Testimonials
Hai-Nhu, Program Director of Content Design, San Francisco
“Nichole’s Monday Morning Meditation circle has provided such a place of refuge during the uncertainty and unpredictability of the pandemic. I join regularly for the meditation practice and for the community that Nichole has created. She has a way of imparting profound truths in a simple way, which makes her teachings both accessible and nuanced. The mindfulness practice that I’ve cultivated over several years now, with Nichole’s guidance, has truly changed how I manage anxiety and stress. Mindfulness has helped me to grow compassion for myself and others, and to navigate life’s challenges with more ease and grace. I’m so grateful that I get to learn from and practice with Nichole regularly.”
Scott, Artist San Francisco
“Nichole doesn’t pretend to have all the answers. Instead she skillfully guides us to explore and discover the latent abilities within ourselves, allowing us to grow in awareness, understanding, empathy for others, and self-love. It’s like living in a black and white movie and being made aware of the colorful world that’s always been around us.”
Private client, SAn Francisco
Nichole has an incredible sense in attuning to my needs as a client with PTSD from physical and psychological abuse as a child.
She has the ability to know just the right amount of depth I can tolerate without overwhelming me. I have never experienced a more profound source of support and guidance in the 15+ years of going to therapy to resolve my childhood trauma.
Working with Nichole has given me agency, compassion and the resources to grow and recover from my challenging circumstances. I feel fortunate to have encountered her and her masterful practice in Somatic Experiencing and Mindfulness. This has been the most powerful assistance in my recovery and each week I look forward to our sessions, always feeling more hopeful and inspired afterwards. Her skill, dedication and expertise are invaluable.”
INDIVIDUAL CLIENT TESTIMONIALS
Sandy, Product Manager, Facebook, San Francisco
“Nichole has been the best meditation coach that I have worked with. I met her at the UCSF Osher Center 6 years ago during a challenging time in my life and she was invaluable in supporting me through it. Over the years, my one-on-one sessions with Nichole have helped me take my meditation practice to a whole new level and build a resilience I didn’t know I had. Nichole is both able to meet you where you are and push you towards getting you where you want to be. I look forward to working with Nichole for a long time.”
Xin Zhang- Designer, Google, Zurich
“My sessions with Nichole came at a fork in the road of life, and they’ve been super helpful. She listens carefully and is able to understand the situation very well. Her nonjudgmental approach has helped me navigate a lifetime of many complicated and hard problems. Nichole has also enabled me to develop deep insight and reflection, which has allowed me to consider new perspectives. I would like to thank her very much for the help and support that she has given me.”
Amanda, Psychotherapist, New Orleans
“Nichole has helped me work through the ingrained oppressions from my experience living as a woman, and my experiences of trauma. Through my work with Nichole, she has guided me to spend time connecting with hurt parts of myself and re-writing my narrative. I have grown exponentially in my power to set and hold boundaries, to differentiate myself from others, and to continue living as an empathetic and compassionate person while growing and maintaining love and compassion for myself first. Nichole seems to always be in tune with where certain pains or conflicts come from internally, simultaneously validating my experience while offering perspective and gentle motivation to broaden my acceptance of my emotional experience. Through Nichole’s Sister Well Circle, she likewise supported each woman’s experience exactly where they were at, providing a space of total acceptance, which allowed myself to continue fostering compassion for myself and my experience. Nichole exudes validation, compassion, and acceptance while engaging me to challenge my inner critic and is always in tune with the macro-level impact of society and systems on my personal experience. Nichole is always warm and inviting, easy to communicate with, and is incredible at guiding somatic experiencing to fully aid the healing process. Through her training and focus on working with women, she is incredibly skilled at understanding the nuances of living as a woman and the work often needed to support women’s empowerment. Likewise, her skills and strengths in teaching and guiding mindfulness has been crucial in my healing process as I continue to grow my capacity to love and accept myself and my experience. I am forever grateful for my work with Nichole, I would not have made it through all the intense challenges of this year, both on a macro and micro level, without the work I have done with her. I have examined incredible beneficial changes in my romantic partnership, my professional endeavors, and my relationship with myself due to working with Nichole.”
Barbara A., San Francisco
“Imagine a personalized meditation retreat: sessions with Nichole are exactly that experience. Strengthening my mindfulness practice and cultivating a sense of loving kindness were the gifts I received from my collaboration with Nichole. It is with heartfelt gratitude that I say thank you.”
Daniella M., Media Host, Chef, Coach, and Creator, Los Angeles
“I’ve been working with Nichole since 2015 and as a result I feel our work together has helped me grow in ways I could have never previously imagined. I have felt immensely understood with total acceptance and nonjudgment by way of Nichole’s unwavering presence and support. Her exquisite skill of being authentically loving and respectful toward me has led me to feel seen at every stage of my growth. Nichole’s strength is truly meeting me where I am, while allowing me to move through my experience exactly as it unfolds, which has provided me the sense of feeling secure and safe to go deep and get honest in our work together. As a result of all of this, I have been able to work through the most difficult and transformative experiences of my life by cultivating true self love and gratitude for the grace that has been placed over my life exactly as I am.”
Kate, Retail Executive, Williams Sonoma, Inc, San Francisco
“I have worked with Nichole for several years and she has helped me to grow spiritually and professionally. She is my biggest cheerleader and has appropriately challenged me to find my truth in how I live my life. I love how Nichole incorporates a mindfulness approach to her coaching and teaches me how to weave this into my personal and work life. I would highly recommend Nichole as an incredibly thoughtful mindfulness coach, therapist, and advocate as she has certainly bettered my life!”
Susan S., philanthropist, private mindfulness/meditation student
“With Nichole I am able to learn and grow my meditation practice in ways that are tied to my actual experience. She has helped me develop tools for navigating the most challenging time in my life in ways that I would not have thought possible. She is flexible and responsive to what is going on, brings deep knowledge, experience, and compassion to the work. Her openness about her own meditation experience and struggles really demystifies the process and makes it easier to step into.”
Lisa M., Director of Outpatient Services, Muir Wood Adolescent and Family Services
“Nichole is such a breath of fresh air. She brings thoughtfulness and a sense of wonder to the families and young adults we serve. She facilitates in a very ‘outside the box’ sort of way… she is dedicated to helping families see their positive qualities, appreciate what is different about each other, develop new tools and restore ease and well-being in the family system. She brings a sense of grounding and calm to our program, and we have been so lucky to work with her.”
