Nicole Stawiarski

Nicole Stawiarski is the Lead Content Manager at Thought Catalog. She has authored hundreds of articles for digital publications, ranging from TV and film reviews to horoscopes and personal essays. Whether she’s analyzing plotlines or personalities, she takes a layered, nuanced approach to the human experience to forge meaningful connections with readers.

Core Roles

  • Nicole is the Lead Content Manager for The Thought & Expression Company, Inc. and has been contributing here since 2017.
  • Prior to her work with Thought Catalog, Nicole spent over a decade in digital advertising, working closely with streaming platforms and theatrical studios to grow ad sales and inform branded campaigns.

Experience

  • Nicole is bilingual in English and Spanish, and has studied French, Italian, Portuguese, and Hindi. Her love of Mexican telenovelas inspired her to pursue a Bachelors of Arts in Spanish at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, as well as the start of her career in media and advertising at Telemundo Chicago. 
  • Nicole is an expert on Bollywood and Hindi cinema, an avid fan of Korean dramas, and all TV and film with subtitles. She is passionate about the ways cultural currency has become more accessible in the digital age, and the remarkable ability art has to connect people on opposite sides of the globe.
  • These Are the 4 Bluntest Birth Months

    These Are the 4 Bluntest Birth Months

    Honesty is a trait that people tend to either admire or struggle with, depending on how it shows up. Interestingly, certain birth months are more naturally inclined to this direct style of communication. They don’t always sugarcoat things, but they also don’t leave you guessing where you stand. Whether it’s calling out a problem, giving…

  • How You Respond To Change, Based On Your Birth Month

    How You Respond To Change, Based On Your Birth Month

    Change is one of the few constants in life, yet everyone responds to it in completely different ways. Some people run toward it, others resist it, and many fall somewhere in between, depending on the situation. Personality plays a huge role in how we process uncertainty, whether we see it as a threat, an opportunity,…

  • How Each Birth Month Will Recognize Their Soulmate

    How Each Birth Month Will Recognize Their Soulmate

    There’s no single, cinematic moment where everything suddenly clicks and you just know someone is your soulmate. More often, it reveals itself in subtle shifts, quiet realizations, and the small ways your behavior begins to change without you even noticing. The way you argue, the way you give, the way you open up, or even…

  • 4 Birth Months About To Take A Life-Changing Risk

    4 Birth Months About To Take A Life-Changing Risk

    Taking a risk does not always mean making a dramatic, overnight change. Sometimes it’s a quiet decision, a small action, or a shift in mindset that sets everything else into motion. There are moments in life when playing it safe no longer feels like an option. Growth often asks us to step into the unknown,…

  • 4 Birth Months Who Are Unashamed To Have Loved And Lost

    4 Birth Months Who Are Unashamed To Have Loved And Lost

    July You are the type who suffers in silence July, but you don’t hide your feelings out of shame. You don’t feel the need to draw attention to yourself after a breakup, no matter how serious the relationship was. You don’t go looking for pity or revenge. You just deal with your hurt privately. Your…

  • The Month Your Frenemy Came Into the World

    The Month Your Frenemy Came Into the World

    There are endless causes for covert tension in what appear to be perfectly cordial relationships to everyone looking in. Subtle shades of envy, healthy doses of competition, and foils who force us to self-evaluate all lend way to frenemy dynamics. Looking to understand your worthy opponent better through their birth sign? You’ve come to the…

  • 4 Birth Months Whose Worlds Will Be Rocked This September

    4 Birth Months Whose Worlds Will Be Rocked This September

    September is shaping up to be one of those transformative months, especially for a few birth months who are about to experience major internal and external breakthroughs. There are moments in life when everything seems to shift at once, when clarity replaces confusion, confidence replaces doubt, and opportunities appear where there once were none. Whether…

  • 4 Zodiac Signs About To Rip The Bandaid Off Their New Life Chapter

    4 Zodiac Signs About To Rip The Bandaid Off Their New Life Chapter

    SAGITTARIUS What people don’t realize about Sagittarius is that though their comfort zones are at the very far ends of the spectrum, they struggle with all the room in between. They can spend a lazy day at home in their pajamas or spontaneously hop on a plane to another country, but facing an unknown change…

  • 4 Zodiacs Whose New Life Will Be Scary But Worth It

    4 Zodiacs Whose New Life Will Be Scary But Worth It

    SCORPIO Your new life is filled with authenticity and vulnerability, and I know the mere thought of that feels like it’s going to make you go catatonic with shock, but the truth is, Scorpio, that this is what’s best for you. This is what will finally allow you to breathe and feel comfortable in your…

  • 4 Zodiacs Commencing A Growth Journey

    4 Zodiacs Commencing A Growth Journey

    You are an ocean of unrealized potential. You cannot imagine how deep and how wide your capacity really is unless it’s been tested until you’ve been moved beyond where you thought your limits were and have had to redefine them. Brianna Wiest, The Pivot Year CAPRICORN Capricorn is about to be thrust into the fire,…

  • 4 Zodiacs Embracing Risk To Find True Love

    4 Zodiacs Embracing Risk To Find True Love

    ARIES Your comfort zone is strength, Aries, but love requires softness. It requires surrender and compromise and flexibility. It requires you to trust that the other person will not take advantage of you, and that when you give, they will reciprocate. It requires you to trust yourself, that you have the capacity to tell the…

  • 4 Zodiacs Who Have Been Set Up For Failure But Will Come Out On Top

    4 Zodiacs Who Have Been Set Up For Failure But Will Come Out On Top

    VIRGO People see your strength, Virgo, and decide you don’t need the same support as your peers. Instead of thinking about how much farther you’d get with the right tools, they count on you to build your own, while focusing on those you don’t have your grit. It’s infuriating and isolating, and it’s no wonder…

  • 4 Birth Months Who Will Find Rebirth This Autumn

    4 Birth Months Who Will Find Rebirth This Autumn

    April If you were born in April, your rebirth this Autumn represents the end of something you’ve been training for. Whether this effort was purposeful or unconscious, the switch is being flipped from rehearsal to opening night. This winter was your Rocky montage, albeit in a much different form. You weren’t running the streets of…

  • Warm Words For 4 Zodiac Signs In Need Of A Hug Today

    Warm Words For 4 Zodiac Signs In Need Of A Hug Today

    PISCES Pisces, you are enough, as you are, in this moment, today. The world is a better place for having you in it, and you cannot begin to comprehend just how necessary your talents and abilities are. Your imagination, your perception and intuition all make the world a deeper, more soulful place to be. They…

  • 4 Birth Months Who Always Want What They Can’t Have

    4 Birth Months Who Always Want What They Can’t Have

    Have you ever noticed how some people are always reaching for something just out of grasp? Some people crave rest but fill every second of their schedule, while others want emotional freedom but feel everything deeply. If you have ever felt like you are chasing a version of life that never quite matches reality, you…

  • How Each Birth Month Acts When They’re In Love (But Don’t Realize It Yet)

    How Each Birth Month Acts When They’re In Love (But Don’t Realize It Yet)

    Falling in love is not always obvious, especially at the beginning. It shows up in habits, reactions, and small shifts in behavior long before anyone says the words out loud. Each personality has its own way of circling around love before fully stepping into it. These early signs can be confusing, but they are also…

  • 4 Birth Months Who Fear Change The Most

    4 Birth Months Who Fear Change The Most

    Change is often described as necessary for growth, but that does not mean everyone welcomes it with open arms. When routines are disrupted or the future becomes uncertain, it can trigger stress, anxiety, and resistance. Some birth month personalities feel this more intensely than others. For them, change is not just inconvenient; it feels deeply…

  • How You Show Up For Your Friends (According To Your Birth Month)

    How You Show Up For Your Friends (According To Your Birth Month)

    April The clapback friend. You’re the dark knight in the comments section. The quick draw on a snippy email thread. The passive-aggressive response in an Instagram story. Whatever it takes to come to a friend’s defense, wherever injustice and pettiness occur. You usually wouldn’t dignify this kind of amateur behavior with a response, but when…