G’DAY, I’M NICK.
I am a motivational speaker, a best – selling author, and trauma therapist .
And I’m a successful and UNsuccessful entrepreneur.
I started on this journey as a small business owner and startup founder. I built and sold a few businesses.Â
And I failed.Â
A lot.Â
Some of my best ideas turned out to be terrible ones and, thankfully, vice versa. I’ve built agencies.Â
I’ve built apps.Â
I’ve sold stuff online.Â
And I’ve helped loads of people tell their stories to the world by honestly telling mine.
Storytelling was key to me being able to build and sell startup businesses, and it was key to me leaving the small biz world when Facebook recruited me to start, build, and run their small business operations in Australia and New Zealand.
After leaving Facebook, I went on to work at Twitter, and to this day, I am still the only Australian to have worked at both Facebook and Twitter and the only person in the world to have worked in marketing departments at both brands.
But you know that feeling when you’ve got a good job, and you’re doing fun work … but you just feel like you should be doing something else?
And so I did.
The pandemic knocked me around a bit, as it did for millions of people all over the world.Â
But as we come out the other side of it now, it’s time for us all to reset, reboot our thinking, and keep moving towards being the best version of ourselves.Â
And whether it’s seeing me speak at a conference or an event, reading one of my books, or engaging in some one-on-one counselling, coaching or therapy work with me, I would love to help you reset from all of this in the best position and putting your best foot forward.
Motivational Speaker
Click here for information on me speaking at conferences and events.
Best-Selling Author
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Coach and Therapist
Click here for information on counselling, NDIS recovery coaching and therapy.
Recovery is hard.
 IT’S A BIT EASIER WHEN YOU’RE NOT DOING IT ALONE.  Â
ARE YOU READY TO GET STARTED?  Â
You deserve to be happy.
I mean, finally, actually, happy. I wasn’t happy in my life for a long, long time. And for much of that time, the people around me in my life weren’t happy either. It wasn’t until I found someone that I could unpack all of the hard stuff with, the pain and the trauma and the sad stuff that I finally started to move forward and become … happy. I want that for you too. Are you ready?
Are you a participant?
If you are accessing the NDIS, and you have a psychosocial disability and have been allocated some hours on your NDIS plan for Psychosocial Recovery Coaching, we can work together at no cost to you under your NDIS plan.
Are you a participant?
If you are accessing the NDIS, and you have a psychosocial disability and have been allocated some hours on your NDIS plan for Psychosocial Recovery Coaching, we can work together at no cost to you under your NDIS plan.
My Most Recent Articles
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