Hi, I’m Nikki

I use my 25 years marketing communications and business expertise combined with creative and mindset coaching to help women create and grow beautiful businesses they can be proud of.

Do you have a business or an idea you are passionate about but you’re:

  • not sure about the process of starting a business
  • feeling overwhelmed by information and differing advice
  • falling into procrastination or comparing yourself to others
  • lacking confidence
  • struggling to make the next steps happen? 

The good news is that a) this is pretty normal and b) I can share with you valuable tools, processes and information that will support your entrepreneurial adventures every step of the way.

My story

My love of business began when I started working at my family’s art gallery/café when I was 12 years old. It was a beautiful inner city space filled with art, jewellery and pottery and a bohemian café that overlooked the garden. At night, the space turned into a yoga studio or exhibition.

As a teen, I studied small business management at the local TAFE but my passion for writing pulled me into journalism, editing and publishing. Later I was able to use my skills to expand into marketing and communications, both as a business owner and as a consultant/manager in the corporate and government sectors. 

Over the years, I have worked with a wide variety of industries including publishing, health, alternative therapies, energy, insurance, hospitality, retail, local/state government, education, music, food, property, interior design, marketing, animals/pets, tourism, and real estate.

During this time, I have:

  • created hundreds of business, marketing and communication strategies and plans
  • rolled out multiple campaigns and managed high-end budgets
  • edited national magazines and a regional newspaper
  • utilised every channel for marketing including digital/print/TV/radio
  • designed channels from scratch including digital and print publications
  • developed websites
  • led the design of brands and brand re-designs
  • supported many small businesses and start-ups to grow
  • submitted winning business award submissions (regional and state levels)
  • developed cross promotional strategies including giveaways working with celebrities, TV shows and high profile businesses 
  • facilitated brand workshops, and
  • trained, mentored and coached people.

My passion now is to share my experience and learnings through coaching, guiding and mentoring women who want to bring their dreams to life.

My approach

When you’re starting out it’s important to choose a guide, mentor or coach that you relate to. Below are the five keys to success that I aspire to instill in my clients to empower them to bring their dreams to life.

Creativity: I see creativity as a mind muscle – the more you flex and strengthen it, the more it activates and grows. Creativity returns benefits such as productivity, focus, curiosity, enthusiasm, inspiration, ideas, innovation, playfulness, passion and so much more. Creativity is not just about being a creative person – it’s about your mindset and the way you tackle and solve problems.  

Clarity: Having a clear vision is a beautiful thing, and it’s paramount to keeping you on your path towards realising your hopes and dreams. That said, clarity is not about being inflexible and pushing towards a goal regardless of the cost. It’s about understanding who you are, your ‘why’, what gets you out of bed every day, what lights you up and what you stand for.

Alignment: Your values are the things that are important to you; what you believe in and what makes you uniquely you. Your strengths are your natural abilities and skills that make you feel energised. Aligning your business to your values and strengths will help you to more easily handle the issues that arise and make your day-to-day responsibilities more rewarding.

Self-love and care: Women may be great at juggling family, work and business commitments, but from exhaustion and burnout, illness and health issues often follow. Self-love is about taking care of YOU, not only nurturing your hopes and dreams, but also nurturing your health and well-being on every level.

Self-belief: Believing in yourself, your ideas, your business and what you offer is incredibly important to any business operator or entrepreneur. Developing and maintaining self belief is something that needs to be learned. It’s easy to be derailed by skeptics, fear (of failure or success), and your own mindset (self-doubt, going into comparison with others). With each of the workshops I offer, we are always checking in with your mindset to ensure that you grow more confidence and self-belief as a successful business owner every step of the way.

Some of my (relevant) learnings

  • Women in Leadership (2018)
  • Mind Detox Practitioner training (2018) (aka mindset coaching)
  • Monetise You (6-month entrepreneurial masterclass) (2017)
  • Cert IV Business Management, Metropolitan South Institute of TAFE (2014) (based on my business concept and presentation, I won a scholarship for 1:1 business coaching throughout this program)
  • Inbound Marketing Certificate, Hubspot (2014)
  • Kaizen-Muse Creativity Coaching (2013) 
  • Integrated Brand Management, AdSchool (2012)
  • Creating & Evaluating a Winning Social Media Strategy, SMK (2012)
  • Powerful Presentations, Australian Institute of Management (2012)
  • Diploma of Marketing, Metropolitan North Institute of TAFE (2011)
  • Adobe InDesign & Photoshop (2011)
  • Internal Communication Black Belt Program, Melcrum (2010)
  • Creative Writing, Wollongong University (1993 – 1995)