The Story Behind the Peach Eye
I was fortunate enough to be invited to Naples to spend some time with a very spiritually connected friend.
While I was there, I decided to take the plunge and go on an adventure solo.
I was dropped off at Central Station in Naples with €50 in my hand as a gift. I had no money beyond that. This was my first time properly branching out and being independent since being in recovery.
I couldn’t find the train to the Amalfi Coast. I had no signal. But somehow, I managed to find it in the end.
I got on the train with pure excitement, looking out of the window, not really knowing where I was heading. I’d heard about the Amalfi Coast for years and always wanted to go, and I couldn’t believe I was actually on my way there.
Still with no signal.
When I arrived, I couldn’t contact the person my friend had arranged to collect me. So instead, I went into a local pottery shop. Ceramics are one of the main things Amalfi is known for.
The man in the shop offered to drive me to my apartment.
We were driving up these winding roads when he stopped and, with no English, said something like “picture point”. My nervous system immediately went into overdrive. I genuinely thought he was calling people to say, “I’ve got an English girl here, no signal, come and get her.”
That’s honestly what was going through my head.
But he wasn’t. He was just on his phone.
When we arrived, he pointed and said, “Up there, your apartment.”
It was this old, rickety stairway. I left my suitcase at the bottom and started walking up, still with no signal.
Then a woman popped her head around the corner and said, “Nicole?”
And that was it. I’d found it.
From that moment on, something shifted in me. That trip sparked a real spiritual awakening.
At one point, I walked 40 minutes down ancient paths just to get pizza, wearing a pink tutu, being beeped at by mopeds shouting “ciao bella” as I walked. It felt freeing, not threatening. Just alive.
Then there was the moment on the beach.
Men were walking around selling jewellery. One of them passed me, and I stopped him. I actually called him back.
He picked out a necklace for me. It was an evil eye. It cost €2.
And I let him put it around my neck.
I would never normally allow that. I’m very guarded. I don’t let strangers come close to me like that.
But something in me felt open. Safe. Different.
When I came home from that trip, I was not the same person.
Something in me had shifted.
I even had moments in the apartment where I felt like I saw a presence. Not in a frightening way. It felt calm. Safe. Like something was there to tell me everything was going to be okay.
Maybe it was my dad. I don’t know. But it stayed with me.
When I got back, I started therapy. I wanted it. I was ready for it.
And since then, I’ve done so much internal work that I can honestly say I’m in a really good place now.
But through all of that, one thing stayed with me.
That necklace.
I have not taken it off in over four years.
We all own cheap jewellery. We’ve all had necklaces that break, tarnish, turn green.
I’ve worn countless necklaces over this one, and every single one has gone.
This one hasn’t.
It’s still there. Still strong. Still noticed.
Even last night, someone complimented it.
There’s something about it that feels more than just jewellery.
Something shifted in me that day on that beach.
And that’s where this comes from.
I’ve created the Peach Eye collection as a way of sharing that feeling. That protection. That energy.
It’s more than just a design.
It’s something I carry with me.
And now, I’m sharing it with you.
“The Peach Evil Eye collection is coming soon. I can’t wait to share it with you.”