Nicole here. I'm a coach, consultant, mentor, writer, maker, and evolving human. I’m also a queer cis-woman using she/her pronouns and benefitting from white privilege. I live in Bellingham, Washington, on the unceded lands of the Lummi, Nooksack, Samish, and Semiahmoo native peoples. I feel so grateful to live on this land, surrounded by forests, lakes, rivers, and wild animals.

Growing up, I was always in search of deeper purpose and meaning. As a kid, I was drawn to art, play, writing, and nature. In time, society taught me that my life “should” look a certain way, that my accomplishments were what made me worthy. I learned the tools of overachievement, shame, judgement, and perfectionism as means to avoid myself, to control the world around me. I spent over a decade in the tech world where I built programs and products for customers around the world. I was good at my job and making great money, but I was also burnt out, discontent, and resentful. I was complicit in upholding the systems that harmed the people I claimed to love. Both worn down and benefitting from capitalism, I was disconnected from my body, numbing my grief, and separated from my aliveness.

There was no single moment that shook me awake. No ‘aha’ moment that brought me to my knees. But eventually, after years of healing work, I started to follow the thread of my intuition. I ended my long-term relationship and came out as queer. A year later, I left my corporate job to carve a new path. I prioritized slowing down, creating art, and recalibrating my ideas about what matters. I opened myself up to new layers of joy, grief, and ancestral healing. In 2022, I started a multi-faceted coaching business to help curious humans and soulful visionaries build values-aligned lives and businesses. I’ve made it my life’s work to help others come home to themselves.

I’m fiercely committed to building a life of integrity, where healing, joy, and liberation are prioritized and centered. I want to help others reclaim their power, step into their inherent wholeness, and make decisions that create a better world. My coaching practice is one of the ways I stay accountable to my commitment to breaking cycles of intergenerational harm both caused and endured by my ancestors.

I have a newsletter called Berries and Brambles, where I write about reinvention, quitting, queerness, healing and letting go of privilege and power. I also have a tiny art shop, the Pigeon Hole, where my partner and I share our handmade, joy-crafted creations.