About
I'm Nicole, I'm a person in recovery,
A nurse, a mother, a wife, a writer, a dancer, a person passionate about experiencing and integrating all life has to offer.
I entered recovery in spring 2005 and have maintained active and continuous sobriety ever since. I acknowledge and hold space for the many ways our journeys bring us into seeking recovery and the varied pathways our recovery can take.
Working in healthcare since 2007, I found myself desiring a way to bring all aspects of myself and my life experiences into the work I do so that I could live more fully and authentically, beyond stigma, and of greater benefit to myself and others.
Then the pandemic happened. I started hearing and reading the stories of how the stress and isolation on healthcare workers during this time and the staffing crisis that followed, was impacting my fellow HCWs. I wondered if there was more that I could be doing to help.
In the summer of 2022, I did my training with Still Here to become a certified recovery coach followed by a 20-week mentorship program.
I have a variety of lived and professional experiences to draw from including: retail industry, office and corporate work, adult entertainment, healthcare, being unstably housed to home-ownership, living as a Single sober young person to becoming a stepmom and then a mother. I have a long list of volunteer experience focusing on supporting individuals affected by cancer.
As someone in recovery and who also works in end-of-life care, I help people through the spectrum of living and dying well. I am here with you, wherever you are.
I’m not afraid of the dark places because I have been there and bring my own light so we can find our way. I carry a spark of humor and joy along with me.
I consider myself an edge-walker, someone who has been through and walked to the edges of experiences and is building bridges of connections between those worlds. For me recovery coaching is about connections- finding connections to others, ourselves, the places we have been and the pathways we want to reach. Let’s take a walk together.Â
I'm Nicole, I'm a person in recovery,
A nurse, a mother, a wife, a writer, a dancer, a person passionate about experiencing and integrating all life has to offer.
I entered recovery in spring 2005 and have maintained active and continuous sobriety ever since. I acknowledge and hold space for the many ways our journeys bring us into seeking recovery and the varied pathways our recovery can take.
Working in healthcare since 2007, I found myself desiring a way to bring all aspects of myself and my life experiences into the work I do so that I could live more fully and authentically, beyond stigma, and of greater benefit to myself and others.
Then the pandemic happened. I started hearing and reading the stories of how the stress and isolation on healthcare workers during this time and the staffing crisis that followed, was impacting my fellow HCWs. I wondered if there was more that I could be doing to help.
In the summer of 2022, I did my training with Still Here to become a certified recovery coach followed by a 20-week mentorship program.
I have a variety of lived and professional experiences to draw from including: retail industry, office and corporate work, adult entertainment, healthcare, being unstably housed to home-ownership, living as a Single sober young person to becoming a stepmom and then a mother. I have a long list of volunteer experience focusing on supporting individuals affected by cancer.
As someone in recovery and who also works in end-of-life care, I help people through the spectrum of living and dying well. I am here with you, wherever you are.
I’m not afraid of the dark places because I have been there and bring my own light so we can find our way. I carry a spark of humor and joy along with me.
I consider myself an edge-walker, someone who has been through and walked to the edges of experiences and is building bridges of connections between those worlds. For me recovery coaching is about connections- finding connections to others, ourselves, the places we have been and the pathways we want to reach. Let’s take a walk together.Â
When we work together
What I offer to you is
01.
Security
A safe, non-judgmental space to bring yourself to. All of who you are is welcome with me. You are not too messy, too much, too little or broken.
02.
Being heard
Through attentive listening, compassion and confidentiality. I respect you and this powerful work that we are doing.
03.
Curiosity
I will ask questions to encourage you to look deeper and beyond the beliefs and habits that limit and no longer serve you.
04.
Celebration
I will acknowledge the successes as you move through the highs and lows of creating a new way of being and living for yourself.
05.
Perspectives
I will remind you of where you have come and where you are aiming to be by offering up reflections and sharing of my own experiences for consideration
06.
Allyship
 I am here to champion and guide as a loving and fierce advocate for you as we walk together along this journey. I can’t do it for you, I do come along with you cheering you as an ever supportive companion.