BUSINESS COACHING FOR CREATIVE HEARTS
BECAUSE AS CREATIVES, WE NEED TO DO THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY
Be Brave, Follow Your Heart & Create More
Private and Tailor-Made Creative Business Coaching for Creative Entrepreneurs; Artists, Photographers, Writers, Designers, Coaches and Creative Hearts
Thankfully, you don’t have to do this on your own anymore…
I’m passionate about supporting my creative, heart-centred clients to achieve incredible things…
Launch their dream business and shape it in line with their heart’s desires, personal values and unique gifts.
Transition out of their long-term career and shape a purposeful, creative business doing what lights them up.
Finally, create the podcast, write the book, launch the blog, or host the retreat, workshop or program they’ve been longing to create.
Take control of their routines and build a fulfilling, and sustainable lifestyle they love.
Trust themselves, take action and FINISH the project they long to share with their clients and the world.
Be the bravest version of themselves, back themselves and their ideas wholeheartedly, and create more in their work and life.
As your coach, I will hold space for you to discover your own authentic path, shortcut your learning curve and provide the support, resources and encouragement to make building your heart-centred business more fulfilling, profitable and even fun!
Whether you want support to bring your vision to life, clarity on your purpose and offerings, an authentic marketing strategy or to pivot your business in a new direction entirely, together we will be brave, follow your heart’s desires and create more.
More clarity. More joy. More freedom.
More dream clients. More prosperity.
More rest. More simplicity.
More flow.
What would you love to create in your work & life?
Perhaps you would love to:
Launch your dream business so you can quit your job and be in charge of your own schedule?
Figure out which business to begin, knowing it’s aligned with your heart’s desires, personal values and unique gifts?
Pivot your existing business in a new direction your heart is calling you towards?
Find more flow, creativity, gentleness and joy in your daily routines?
Focus on your most important work, get it out of your head and into the world, so you can better serve your dream clients?
Launch the podcast, write the book, create the course, host the workshop, retreat or event you can’t stop thinking about?
Increase your profits and attract more dream clients, without burning out?
I’m here to help you move forward, listen to your heart and work in ways that light you up, suit your personality and are aligned with your values to create a flourishing, prosperous and meaningful business and life.
Inside this tailor-made coaching experience, you will experience the transformative results that unfold when you:
Receive encouragement, guidance and support from a business coach skilled in the practical and emotional aspects of creating a heart-centred, purpose-driven business.
Flow in the creative process and actively cultivate supportive mindsets in place of any unhelpful beliefs you may have about your ability to create, connect, sell and market authentically.
Have access to feedback, accountability and support while building a business that delights you, your clients AND your heart.
Nicola is the one person I call on with anything to do with business, who I know “gets” running a business that takes care of your energy.
“She always gently reminds me to follow my heart, and I leave our conversations feeling energised, and as though everything I am creating is so much easier and closer to fruition than I had imagined. This is rare.
As my colleague, my dear friend, and my mastermind companion, she’s someone I deeply admire and respect, as well as someone I send people to – for a dose of brave, gentle, nurturing creative energy, a good laugh, and the encouragement to finish, and proudly share their passions and creations with the world.”
Hayley Carr | Life Coach + Lady of Adventure
Here’s What I Do Best…
As a business coach, I work with heart-centred entrepreneurs and purpose-fuelled creatives to help you move from where you are now, to where you want to be in your creative work and life.
I’m excellent at seeing possibilities and ways through things that seem, on the surface, impossible. With natural enthusiasm, a knack for asking powerful questions, and a gentle approach I will offer practical tools, advice and guidance to help you find clarity, momentum, inspiration and motivation to move forward in leaps and bounds on your heart’s desires in your business and life.
After being in business for myself for 20 years (since I was 18!), I know a thing or two about working for yourself. I’ve built a fulfilling, meaningful and sustainable creative business from scratch and over the past decade have masterminded with incredible heart-centred entrepreneurs who have been brave, followed their hearts and created more for themselves, their clients and their communities.
Between us, we have developed and marketed sought-after products and services, published books, launched podcasts, created location independent businesses, doubled and in some cases, quadrupled our incomes, created content that connects, and developed entire courses, events and retreats from scratch. We’ve overcome fears, dissolved creative blocks, and cultivated supportive mindsets to replace beliefs that were holding us back from expressing our value, service and worth in the world. All with a hug, a warm laugh and a safe place to fall when things don’t go to plan.
If you are looking for support to create positive change in your business, want to go deeper and are looking for guidance, accountability and encouragement along the way from someone who has your best interests at heart and wants you to succeed as much as you do, I’d love to work with you.
I would be so honoured to support you to be brave, follow your heart and create more.
Nicola’s gentle nature and energy creates a safe space for you to come exactly as you are. Her presence is calming and grounding and she has the beautiful ability to nurture and really see you by listening closely to what you’re not actually saying.
“Nicola not only has the creative expertise but also the business knowledge and experience to help you see how incorporating and expressing your creative side in your business can enhance it and add elements and dimensions that create a whole new level of connection with your clients.
As someone who has and continues to experience her coaching and mentoring on an ongoing basis, I can’t recommend her highly enough.”
Natalie Gaul | Transformation Coach
“I’ve seen my wife blossom and grow since working with Nicola. Seeing my wife grow stronger, happier and more confident has not only helped her start to achieve her ambitions in life but has also been really positive for our relationship. We made the right decision.”
-Mark Griggs
Here’s What I Believe is Possible for You:
A meaningful, fulfilling, and sustainable business, aligned with your personal values, heart’s desires and unique strengths.
Why do I believe that’s possible? Because my clients and I have created exactly that.
Together, we will gently explore your fears, transform limiting-beliefs, dissolve creative blocks, do the inner work and take the practical steps required to build the business and create the life your heart desires. Throughout our time together I will offer you tools, guidance and support to cultivate supportive mindsets, take intentional, inspired action and design your business and life to align with your personal values, heart’s vision and unique strengths. I will be with you every step of the way, supporting you to be brave, follow your heart and create more.
Thank you for bringing me back to life, I feel like a giddy kid again, delighted by colour, texture and so many possibilities.
“My business had experienced massive growth and I could no longer afford the time to noodle about coming up with design solutions. In fact, I was deep in a mourning phase and so the offer of the one-on-one retreat came at the perfect moment..”
Fiona Jefferies of Diva Works | Founder, Diva Works
Business Coaching is for You If:
You’re feeling unsatisfied in your work or life
You crave more playfulness, creativity and flow in your business
You’ve lost momentum in moving your business forward, or you’re struggling to get started in the first place
You want clarity around your brand, ideal clients, niche, offerings, content, and/or website
You’re starting a business from scratch and want practical guidance to grow sustainably
You feel confused about how to market yourself and want a clear strategy
You find marketing can feel ‘icky’ and you want to learn how to market authentically
You want a purposeful strategy tailored to you instead of ‘one-size-fits-all’ business advice
You’re feeling overwhelmed, unsure or anxious on this journey
You know you want an online business, but aren’t sure where to begin
You’re tired of holding yourself back and are ready to dissolve your self-limiting beliefs
You feel blocked in your creativity and are longing to feel inspired in your business again
You feel intimidated by the ins and outs of the visual arts industry, and want the support of an experienced artist to help guide you along the way
You want to curb your inner critic so you create what your heart wants to create, instead of being derailed by the voice in your head saying you aren’t good enough, your work won’t stand out or you can’t possibly succeed
You want to feel confident, back yourself and know the value you provide to your clients
You don’t have a circle of entrepreneurs around you and your loved ones don’t understand what you’re trying to create
You want to discover how to work intuitively, follow your heart, trust the process and enjoy more flow in your work and life
Your heart is calling you to make a big change and you don’t want to do it alone
You’re ready to discover your strengths, be confident in your gifts, own your voice and trust yourself
You struggle with the technical aspects of online business and would love someone to walk you through step-by-step
You flourish in a supportive and encouraging environment
You are looking for someone to gently keep you accountable and focused
You want to carve out time to focus on you, your business, your creativity, and your life
You desire to work together to bridge the gap between where you are now and where your heart desires you to be
What’s the best way to know if I’m the right coach for you? Read my blog, learn more about me, and browse my client stories to see if my coaching style, values and message resonate with you.
Nicola is an excellent creative, business coach. I always feel incredibly supported, inspired, and motivated by her to keep following my heart and creativity in my business.
“She understands my experiences and challenges and affirms I’m on the right track. She reminds me to be gentle with myself and with the way I approach my business, which has helped me feel more at ease in my life.
Her sensitivity, positivity, and thoughtfulness are her superpowers that make business more exciting and show me that there’s another way to do business that isn’t part of the hustle-bustle.
Nicola is a beautiful example of what’s possible living a creative life and having a successful business. Gift yourself the opportunity to work with this amazing soul, you will not regret it.”
Cameron Airen | Co-Founder of Feminist Coach Academy
Choosing to explore my life, hopes and dreams with Nicola was as natural as turning towards the sunshine. She has an authentic spirit and calm, persuasive energy.
“Creating my vision with her has been gently powerful, real, fun, inspiring, challenging… If you are searching for someone to help you open your soul to possibility reach out to Nicola.”
Kelly Herrick | Contemporary Landscape Artist
Nicola is an incredible coach. I’ve been blessed to not only witness her coaching prowess on group calls, but to also be impacted by them first-hand myself.
“Every time I’ve encountered an issue in my business or have struggled to make a decision, she has not only offered above-and-beyond support, but a fresh perspective, loads of suggested helpful resources (from a range of podcasts, books, and other useful places!), and ways I can nourish myself and my energy in the process.
She also has this infectious energy that uplifts, inspires and brings joy to your heart. Combine all this with her gift for creativity and ability to hold you gently accountable, and that’s one powerful coaching combination. I can’t recommend working with Nicola highly enough!”
Naomi Arnold | Co-Founder of Feminist Coach Academy
So What is Be Brave, Follow Your Heart & Create More 1:1 Coaching?
Here’s how we’re going to spend our time together creating awesome things in your work and life…
60-minute coaching calls
Every 2-3 weeks we will get together on Zoom (or Skype) for a 60-minute coaching session. We will dive into your business, heart’s desires and big-hearted business dreams. We’ll gently explore and transform the beliefs or thoughts that may be holding you back, so you can take purposeful, inspired action and create more. I will guide you through exercises and projects to support you in following your heart’s desires and hold the space for you to truly listen to yourself along the way. After our coaching sessions, you will feel inspired, clear and ready to create more in your business and creative life.
Private VIP Retreat Days
In tailor-making your coaching experience, there is the option to have an in-person private VIP retreat. If you are looking for in-depth and expedited results, a VIP creative business retreat might be just the ticket. Think beautiful location, great food and heart-centred coaching, focused solely on YOU and your business.
Plus additional email and video support whenever you need it too
Throughout our time working together I’m just an email away. I’ll reply via email or a personal video with a pep talk, encouragement, accountability or guidance, so you don’t have to feel alone on this journey.
Tasks, action steps and intentions to keep the momentum going
Before we finish each call, we will set tasks, action steps and intentions to keep you focused and moving forward during the coming weeks. I will also provide any relevant resources to support you in moving forward.
Creative exercises to support you to flourish in your business and life
During our time working together, I’ll provide creative exercises and hand-picked projects to help you connect with your heart, discover your voice, listen to your inner wisdom and move forward with your heart’s desires to create more.
A private client page
You’ll have access to a private client page with links to our call recordings, personal notes and hand-picked resources, which you can continue to access after we’ve finished our work together too.
What’s Included…
Coaching Calls
Private 60 minute coaching calls via Zoom. Recorded, so you can refer back to them again and again.
Private Portal
Private client page with recordings and notes from our sessions which you can continue to access once we’ve finished our work together too.
Personalised Notes
Comprehensive notes from each session including insights, reminders and action steps.
Intentional Action
At the end of each call we will set tasks, action steps & intentions to keep you moving towards your heart’s desires.
Audio Recordings
Audio file recordings for each coaching call so you can listen again while you’re in the car, while out walking, etc.
Affirmations
Supportive affirmations & guided meditation to help guide you back to connecting with yourself and feeling brave to follow your heart.
Creative Exercises
Creative exercises are provided as needed to guide you in the pursuit of your business goals and heart’s desires.
Email Support
Between calls, I am just an email away. Perfect for pep talks, accountability, guidance and heartfelt encouragement.
Your Investment
I tailor every coaching experience to best support the person I’m working with.
Private retreats in beautiful locations. 3,6 or 12-month packages. Experiences designed to transform your work and life.
As these packages are hand-tailored to you, the investment varies accordingly.
To give you an example of coaching package pricing, a popular 6 month coaching package including 6 private 90 minute sessions and unlimited email support is $4500 AUD (plus GST for Australian residents).
This includes coaching calls, email support, coaching call recordings, personalised notes, resources and strategic planning. Other tailored packages may include in-person retreats or VIP days.
Some clients choose to extend to a longer coaching package once we get started as they’d like more time together and find the ongoing support with a coach they know and trust is so helpful.
I am here to support you to make things happen in your business and life.
Sound exciting? Wonderful!
Here’s Your Invitation:
Are you ready to Be Brave, Follow Your Heart & Create More?
More clarity. More joy. More prosperity. More freedom. More dream clients. More rest. More simplicity. More flow.
Let’s have a conversation that could change your business & life.
Simply enter your name & email below.
I will send you a questionnaire & invite you to share what you deeply desire in your work and life.
If I believe I can support you, you will then be able to book a time in my calendar for our conversation.
I will give you 90 minutes of my time, for free.
This is not a sales call, but a coaching experience with me.
I could write pages about working with me, but the best way to find out how we can create more
in your business and life, is to experience it.
Book in below. I will coach you for free, and we can see if we are the right fit.
Let’s dive in!
BOOK A COACHING CALL
#1. Enter your name and email below.
#2. Follow the link sent to your email and complete the application form.
#3. Schedule a complimentary coaching session.
“With the perfect mix of patience, objectivity and understanding Nicola has helped me uncover the desires that fuel my passion and worked with me on succinctly making a plan for their achievement in my business.
“With her background as an artist and multi-passionate creative and having set up and successfully run her own business, Nicola is in the perfect position to advise and mentor those of us just starting out.
Nicola’s ability to put herself in my shoes was very reassuring and allowed her to point out each of the many paths that were available to me.
Whether you are looking for direction, knowledge or accountability I couldn’t recommend Nicola more highly.”
Assisi Chant | Writer & Editor
Here’s What We Can Do Together:
Find clarity, focus, & direction in your business
Develop your signature services or products
Plan, map out and LAUNCH your next big thing; whether it’s a program, course, event or book
Put together a book proposal ready to approach publishers with your manuscript or book idea
Develop a location-independent business, so you can fulfil your nomadic heart’s desires
Release any blocks, transform resistance, shift limiting beliefs and move beyond the fears which may be holding you back from expanding and living your own version of a flourishing business and life
Embrace your natural rhythms and inner seasons and discover how to work with your monthly cycles as a woman
Help you listen to the wisdom of your own heart and find direction from within
Release perfectionism, embrace your personal rhythm and be kind to yourself so you can create more
Cultivate more playfulness, creativity, gentleness and flow in your business & life
Help you feel confident and more fully own your unique gifts and talents
Stop feeling anxious about doing something wrong, upsetting people or being “too big for your britches” where anxiety stops you from creating what your heart desires
Prioritise your best, most important work, so you can go to bed at night knowing you’ve done what is important to you
Back yourself, trust your voice and know your worth when it comes to sharing your offerings with the world
Develop a meaningful and effective content marketing plan
Add more joy to your routine, your schedule, and your process
Walk you through a transition period in your work and life
Define your core values and know what success looks like for you during this season in your life
Have access to feedback, accountability, and support every step of the way
Finally, write the book, launch the podcast, event, website or course your heart is calling you to create
Help you move past burnout and overwhelm and create systems and routines to support you and take care of your wellbeing
Feel confident getting started on a new offering or project
Define your branding and build your online presence
Know how to dissolve creative blocks with gentleness and curiosity
Take the pressure off yourself – stop feeling like everything has to be perfect
Deal with criticism – from your inner critic or from others
Understand the value of being gentle with yourself & have practical tools to do so
Write from your heart & develop your unique voice
Use creativity as a form of self-care so you can nourish your soul from the inside out
Develop the tools, confidence, strategy, and intuition you need to move forward with your business in a way that feels good to you
I can’t do the work for you, but I can support you every step of the way to be brave, follow your heart and create more.
“I didn’t have the confidence to pick up a paintbrush or pencil & experiment, & even when I did try, the inner critic crushed my spirit.
What has changed is my mindset. My skills appeared when I freed myself from the inner critic & took a playful, compassionate & experimental approach. My creative practice is now Flourishing!
I’m taking time out for me, daily now.
Emma Shields | Yoga Teacher & Health Coach
As Your Business Coach, I Will Be Your:
Creative mentor
With 20+ years experience as a professional artist, creative business owner and writer, I’m here to support and encourage you in creating what you long to create in your business and life. I’ll share insights, shortcuts and processes I’ve learnt in my own journey creating online courses, hosting events and private painting retreats, hosting a podcast, writing books and connecting authentically with my customers through content marketing. I’ll share an alternative viewpoint and guidance if you feel stuck and I’ll hold space for you to explore all your desires, hopes, fears and dreams in the process.
Accountability partner
If you are looking for someone to gently help you stay focused and point you back towards the tasks and intentions you have set for yourself, I am your woman. I’m here to help hold you accountable. And while I understand there will be times your desires or intentions may change or your focus will shift, I’ll help you to recognise when it might be fear holding you back or a question that simply needs an answer, and I will help dissolve those creative blocks that masquerade as resistance, so you can take action and move forward in alignment with your heart’s desires.
Most enthusiastic cheerleader
I’m naturally an enthusiastic person, but seeing clients step towards their heart’s desires makes me jump-out-of-my-skin-excited. I will cheer you on, celebrate every big (and small – I’m a big fan of small) steps towards your dreams and get truly excited with and for you. I’ll remind you of what you are capable of, hold a big vision for your future, and celebrate with you. During our time together, you won’t have to feel like you are alone on this journey, as I’ll be with you, cheering you on every step of the way.
Strategic planner
There’s not much I love more than creating a plan, just ask my husband 😉 Let’s write a list. Break it down. Make it achievable, doable, simple and even fun! I’m here to support you in turning your ideas into action steps. Together we will map a plan to move out of dreaming about your heart’s desires happening ‘one day’, and we will get specific about what needs to happen to bring them to life in the ‘here and now’! We will get clear on what you want, dissolve any blocks holding you back, take action towards your dreams and stay open to big things happening in your creative life.
“I’ve followed Nicola now for several years & have found her such an inspiration. So when she released Flourish! I truly wanted to be a part of it. I learned I shouldn’t be harsh with myself and when I painted, I felt peaceful and grounded.
When I paint, I really calm down and I can forget everything around me. Since the Wabi Sabi session, I walk through my days with open eyes. I enjoy the little things and am happy to see all the “mistakes.”
Jocelyne Clémençon | Graphic Designer
My Heart-Centred Promise to You:
As your coach, I promise you this: I will support you and show up for you every step of the way.
I’ll be present, listen wholeheartedly and be sensitive to your needs, holding space for what is most important to you in this season of your work and life. We will have powerful and meaningful conversations, and good belly laughs at times too. I’ll be sensitive when you need a gentle nudge to push you forward and when you need to rest, slow down and simplify along the way. More than anything, I’ll encourage you to be kind to yourself, and remind you of what you’re capable of even when you may not be able to see it right now.
My one request is you give this process 100% too. Bring your honesty, curiosity, open-heart and playfulness and don’t hold back. During our time together we can achieve incredible results in your business and life, all you need to do is be brave, follow your heart & create more.
Nicola has a gift for business coaching.
She’s been in business a LONG time, is uncompromising in assuring her business fits in with her life and values and is the most encouraging and enthusiastic person I know. Her child-like joy as I’ve vulnerably shared my heart’s desires with her is forever etched into my memory.
I don’t think I would have had the courage to do half of the things I’ve done in my business, without Nic by my side.”
Amanda Rootsey of Amanda Rootsey & Shine from Within | Teacher & Mentor for Teen Girls, Eco Model & Writer
Your Investment
I tailor every coaching experience to best support the person I’m working with.
Private retreats in beautiful locations. 3,6 or 12-month packages. Experiences designed to transform your work and life.
As these packages are hand-tailored to you, the investment varies accordingly.
This includes coaching calls, email support, coaching call recordings, personalised notes, resources and strategic planning and may include in-person retreats or VIP days.
Some clients choose to extend to a longer coaching package once we get started as they’d like more time together and find the ongoing support with a coach they know and trust is so helpful.
I am here to support you to make incredible things happen in your business and life.
Sound exciting? Wonderful!
Here’s Your Invitation:
Are you ready to Be Brave, Follow Your Heart & Create More?
More clarity. More joy. More prosperity. More freedom. More dream clients. More rest. More simplicity. More flow.
Let’s have a conversation that could change your business & life.
Simply enter your name & email below.
I will send you a questionnaire & invite you to share what you deeply desire in your work and life.
If I believe I can support you, you will then be able to book a time in my calendar for our conversation.
I will give you 90 minutes of my time, for free.
This is not a sales call, but a coaching experience with me.
I could write pages about working with me, but the best way to find out how we can create more
in your business and life, is to experience it.
Book in below. I will coach you for free, and we can see if we are the right fit.
Let’s dive in!
BOOK A COACHING CALL
#1. Enter your name and email below.
#2. Follow the link sent to your email and complete the application form.
#3. Schedule a complimentary coaching session.
I can’t wait to learn more about your creative dreams!
Apply above to book your complimentary coaching call and we’ll explore what incredible things we can create in your business and creative life, together.
