How my journey began

Hey, I’m Nicki!

• Corporate ladder climber turned Women’s Empowerment Coach

• Mama of two

• Recovering perfectionist

• Personal development junkie

• Lover of sunflowers and collector of hats

• Creator of freedom, & cultivator of self-love and fulfillment

• Passionate about learning to love myself wholly and live my life more fully

• On a mission to help you do the same

  As an achiever and a people pleaser, I spent my whole life focusing on what other people wanted for me and how to make other people happy. It took me nearly 30 years to recognize that I didn’t really know who I was or what I wanted for myself. I spent a lot of my life feeling like I had conflicting desires and sides of me—but it wasn’t until I started doing the work that I realized those warring parts of me were the person I really was and the person I thought I needed to be in order to be loved and valued.

  Deep down, though, one thing has always remained constant: my desire to make a meaningful impact on the world. I’ve always felt a calling to help others, whether it was through working with children, volunteering for causes close to my heart, or pursuing a degree in International Development. I dreamed of a career in the non-profit sector, but when that path didn’t pan out, I let the voices of doubt convince me to play it safe in a corporate job instead.

  I found myself in the tech industry, working in security software. On paper, I was successful—I climbed the corporate ladder, earned a decent paycheque, and convinced myself that this was enough. Yet, deep inside, I felt lost and unfulfilled. Each time that quiet voice whispered, “This isn’t you,” I silenced it, thinking I should be grateful for what I had. I didn’t realize I could feel both gratitude and a longing for something more.

  As life unfolded, I became a mother, and my days turned into a blur of commutes, chores, and exhaustion. I felt trapped in fatigue wearing my “busy-ness” like a badge of honour. I became frustrated, resentful, bitter, cynical. My inner spark dimmed all but extinguished, I found myself drowning in the mundane, drinking too much and losing myself in mindless distractions. I was simultaneously overwhelmed yet underwhelmed with my life—stuck on autopilot, checking boxes without checking in to see if they were the right ones for me. Like a hungry ghost trying to fill the void, thinking if I just made more money I could buy the things that would satisfy me and “make everything better”, but it never did, it only made things worse as the debt began to pile up.

  Then, one day, I looked in the mirror and barely recognized the person staring back. I was a far cry from the starry-eyed dreamer I used to be. I knew something had to change and the one area I knew was wrong was my job. So I applied for this job with a great company — I saw it as a way to marry my corporate experience with my desire to do something meaningful. I went through the whole process and in the end, they offered me the job—they were sure I was going to accept and honestly, so was I, to say congratulations they sent me the book “Mindset” by Carol Dweck. The irony was that I was still really struggling with my mindset and I was afraid to leave my secure job so I declined. Months later when I finally began to read that book, my passion for mindset work was ignited. I could see how my limiting beliefs had developed and how they had shaped my life. That book was the catalyst for my insatiable appetite for personal development and I went on to read and listen to everything I could get my hands on. It was throughout this process I realized I wasn’t living my values and being my authentic self.

  Eventually, I read an article about life coaching and had a profound realization that it was what I was meant to do. I realized I had two choices: I could dig deep and find the courage to pursue what I’d been searching for—work that filled my life with meaning and purpose—or I’d have to accept that I would always feel like something was missing in my life and be prepared for how that would affect the other areas of my life. So I decided to take the leap and get formal training; I pursued a dual certification in Health and Life Coach from the Health Coach Institute.

  I felt things really beginning to shift for me and it continued to. The more committed I was to the work, the more I witnessed how my life began to change. It started to FEEL different even before it looked different. After studying mindset and habits extensively I began to realize that there was still something missing. I knew I had deep core stories and wounding around not feeling good enough, not feeling safe to be seen and heard, and some deep unconscious beliefs around money and worth but I didn’t know how to work with them. That’s when I found the Institute for Coaching Mastery (ICM). I spent a year doing the deep transformational work for myself and learning how to do that same work with clients. I developed the tools to get to the root and clear blocks at the core, helping clients awaken to their inherent worth and wholeness so that I could serve my clients at a deeper level and really transform their life from the inside out. It’s some of the most powerful work I’ve had the privilege of witnessing and I’m honoured to be a part of ICM’s mission to up-level the coaching industry with this work. I’ve seen the way it’s changed my life and the lives of the many women who’ve had the pleasure of experiencing it for themselves, and now it’s your turn.

  For the past two years, I’ve been growing my business to serve women like you all over the world. I’ve worked with clients internationally, spanning from London, England to San Diego, California. Wherever you are in your life or across the globe, i’d love to serve you. If you’re interested in becoming a client, send me an email or visit the “Work With Me” tab to see more options. I can’t wait to help you flourish and create your vision of the good life!