For those who give deeply
Because a life poured out should not leave you empty
You spend your days caring, serving, leading, loving, and showing up for others. But somewhere along the way, many of us forget that we, too, need to be filled.
Welcome to Poured Out Living. This is a place of encouragement, honest stories, meaningful resources, and gentle reminders that a life poured out for others begins with a heart that is first nourished itself.
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Daily life experiences and refreshing insights from a poured out heart of a busy mum, wife and leader on the missionfield.
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Empty doesn’t have to mean finished
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Meet Nicol
I'm a Dutch psychologist living in Namibia, doing full-time missions with my husband and our four children. I've been living a poured out life for over a decade — and I've learned the hard way that there is a right kind of empty and a wrong kind. The wrong kind destroys you. The right kind changes everything.
I have lived out both kind of empties and through this journey Poured Out Living was born. A place that's honest about the cost of giving everything, and equally honest about how to survive it and even thrive in it.
This is for you
This space is for you if…
You give out more than you put back in
You're a missionary in the field who is tired in ways the newsletter is not able to capture.
You're a mum who pours herself out every single day and wonders if anyone notices.
you’re a wife who holding the family together while quietly running on fumes.
You're a leader — at church, at work, in your community — who everyone leans on, and no one checks on.
You're a Christian who serves faithfully — and is quietly running on empty.
You're considering missions and you want someone to tell you the honest truth before you go.
You support missionaries and you want to finally understand what their life actually looks like between the updates.
Why Poured Out Living
Because the world needs givers who don’t lose themselves to depletion, exhaustion and burnout.
We believe there is a right kind of empty — the kind that is chosen, purposeful, and sustainable. The kind that leads to fullness rather than collapse. And we believe the world desperately needs people who understand and aspire to live out the difference.
