Nicola Williams

I work with: - Voice Dialogue (parts work) - Inner child re-parenting - The Initiator-Inquirer process (for deeper communication) - Body awareness - Mindfulness - The Polyvagal Theory (nervous system awareness exercises and regulation) - Attachment theory/styles - The Drama Triangle - Non-Violent Communication (NVC) - Guided meditation - Menstrual cycle and menopause awareness and care - A wide range of experiential exercises and models that support greater awareness, deeper connection, learning and growth in your relationship with yourself and with others My coaching approach is both inner-process oriented and action-oriented. It is practical and includes homework or homeplay that will help you to practice what you learn, stretch your comfort zone without overwhelm and discover in our sessions and integrate it into your everyday life. I work with a range of themes, including: - Authentic Relating & Kind Communication - Befriending Your Whole Self - Deepening Connection & Intimacy with Yourself & Others - Everyday Spirituality - Healthy Boundaries, Saying No & Assertiveness - Self-Love & Self-Care - Understanding Relationship Dynamics

In my early twenties I took a masters degree in community development and began my professional career supporting the empowerment of local communities, soon realising that community empowerment was impossible without the individuals of those communities becoming personally empowered in their own lives and relationships. Realising that life is all about relationships, I began offering an assertiveness course. I loved seeing how people’s lives transformed when they learned how to listen to themselves and say “no” and “yes” clearly and kindly. Many reported being newly empowered to speak up and handle difficult conversations at work, communicate better with their partner and set healthy boundaries with their children and other family members, feeling freer to be themselves, happier and more at peace. And the personal challenges I faced in my own relationships led me to seek out training that would equip me to navigate them with more skill and kindness, and to support others to do the same. This includes training with Jan Day, Voice Dialogue training with Transforming Dialogue, A Year of Polyvagal with Deb Dana and Irene Lyon’s Nervous System Health Program Smart Body Smart Mind. The huge shifts I’ve experienced in difficult relationship patterns means my life is now much happier, healthier and more fulfilling than I ever thought possible. I’ve learned and discovered a great deal since my early thirties, that, if I’d been taught at school, would’ve made life so much simpler, happier and more peaceful. I have a huge passion for sharing with others what I find most helpful, and a deep wish for us all to experience what we most long for in our relationships with ourselves, with others and with life.