Ester Nicholson – Soul Recovery
Ester Nicholson – Soul Recovery
A challenged life…
Ester Nicholson, a celebrated vocalist formerly with Bette Midler and Rod Stewart, is a gifted speaker, teacher, spiritual therapist and former addict who has developed a unique and powerful 12-Step-informed, complimentary program for healing addiction and dependence. Her work, though informed by her work in traditional recovery, is for all who are feeling a sense of spiritual longing and disconnection.
The program is the result of more than a decade of refinement, bridging a unique combination of spiritual practice and the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. The program has been organized into a 12-week process in Ester Nicholson’s new book, “Soul Recovery – 12 Keys to Healing Addiction”.
Ester’s life story sketches a path from humble beginnings: as the youngest child born to a Baptist minister father, growing up on Long Island (NY) then moving to Los Angeles – where she honed her addiction to crack cocaine and later found her redemption from it.
Demonstrating unusual talent in music as a child, she began her love of singing in school and church performances, and standing in her backyard with faux microphone in hand. It would seem unbelievable to her at the time, that one day she would stand on the stage at Madison Square Garden in front of screaming fans as she sang with Rod Stewart, Bette Midler, Faith Hill, Beyoncé, Barbra Streisand and so many more.
But this life of extremes also had a dark side.
Introduced to snorting, then smoking cocaine and having a baby while still in her middle teens, Ester was setting herself up for a life denied. Out on her own, surviving by whatever means, she descended into the hell of addiction, nurturing her anger and resentment and bouncing between relationships both temporary and frightening.
Ester Nicholson performing with Rod Stewart
