Welcome to the work:
“Begin again; that is the practice.”
– Dana Faulds
Offering one-to-one support rooted in mindfulness, nervous system care, and honest inquiry, for moments of overwhelm, transition, or quiet recalibration.
You don’t need to be fixed. You need to be found.
…the work of becoming
People come to this work when things feel loud, uncertain, or tender — when old strategies aren’t working anymore, and rushing toward answers only adds more noise. This isn’t the place for optimisation. It’s support for presence, discernment, and nervous system steadiness in real life.
A lover, a seeker, a meaning maker.
I have spent twenty-five years leading creative and design work across publishing, advertising, and technology, including as a Global Design Director at one of the world's largest firms. I know what it means to be highly capable in a demanding field. I also know what it costs.
When my own world came apart, contemplative practice was the only available ground. It held. Soft Systems comes from that — not from having figured it out, but from having gone through it with practice as the companion.
I hold a certification in Mindfulness and Compassion Teaching through the programs of Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield. I am currently training as a Holistic Therapist through Working With People, in the Path Retreats lineage of Rafia Morgan and Turiya Hanover. I have been on my own inner transformation path for two decades.
Coaching with Nicole Daboul
Some things can only happen in private. In a group, you can learn. In writing, you can be moved. But the work of actually changing, of meeting yourself honestly, of practising something new in real time — that requires another person willing to stay with you while you do it.
1:1 Human Capacity Coaching is for people who are ready to stop circling and start going deeper. Not faster. Deeper. With someone who has done their own work, who won't flinch at yours, and who brings two decades of contemplative practice to every conversation. This is not mentoring in the conventional sense. There is no expertise being transferred. There is presence, honest attention, and a held space for the work that can't be done alone.
Trained through a lineage that includes Tara Brach, Jack Kornfield, Lama Rod Owens, Rev. angel Kyodo Williams, and Ruth King. This is a contemplative practice that understands inner transformation and collective liberation as the same project.
There is no fixed curriculum here. The work emerges from what you actually bring; your questions, your edges, your moment. Every container is different because every person is different.
Shaped by what's alive in you
This work will meet you where you are. It will also ask you to stay with the difficult feelings, the inconvenient truths, the parts you've been moving quickly past. Gently, but without looking away.
Honest and present, not just comfortable
Practices and language for things you haven't named yet
Some of what you're carrying doesn't have words yet. Part of this work is finding them — and pairing them with practices that let you actually feel, integrate, and return to what matters.
We begin by paying attention. We move outward into relationship. And eventually, the world itself becomes the thing that teaches us how to pay attention again. This work is trauma-informed and mindful of race and systemic harm; not as an add-on, but as foundational to what practice actually means.
A lineage that holds the whole picture
None of us is free
unless all of us is free.
The pillars of how we work
Presence First
I center the human in front of me, not a framework, outcome, or agenda. Sessions are shaped by what is actually alive for you, not what you think you should be working on.
I work slowly and intentionally, with respect for the nervous system and the complexity of being human. Rather than offering formulas or quick solutions, I support people in building capacity, clarity, and trust in themselves at a pace that is actually sustainable.
Depth Over Speed
We don't rush toward resolution. We slow down enough to find what's actually present — beneath the story, beneath the urgency."
Consistency and Care
I show up with steadiness, attention, and respect for your time. This work values follow-through, trust, and continuity rather than intensity for its own sake.
Structure, Gently Held
There is structure here, but it is responsive rather than rigid. We adapt as needed, guided by what supports regulation, clarity, and integration.
If you're curious enough to find out, let's have tea.
Inner transformation for collective liberation
Inner transformation for collective liberation
Sessions & Investment
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For people who need one conversation or who want to begin before committing to more. We start wherever you are. 60 minutes — by video call.
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We meet twice a month for three months — six sessions, each 60 minutes. Three months is long enough to move through something real. Short enough to stay honest about why you began. Between sessions, I may send a short reflection or practice when something feels worth naming. But the container is yours to shape.
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For people who want a long-term practice relationship — not a program with an end date, but a presence over time. Monthly or fortnightly, open-ended.
Who this work is for
People navigating real change who want to do it with more care, more honesty, and more of themselves intact. You don’t need to have a meditation practice. You need to be willing to slow down and tell the truth.