Nicole’s main focus is to help individuals and teams have awareness of unhealthy thoughts, beliefs, and patterns of behaviours that are limiting their success and happiness and to make changes to support growth mindsets, clear communication styles, and healthy, vibrant living. Nicole aims to expand her services to include corporate, team, and coaching training programs to focus on mental wellness, emotional intelligence, and resilience training for employees and leadership teams. By integrating mental health awareness and personal development into corporate environments, the business will leverage its expertise to foster healthier, more productive work cultures. Happier work cultures naturally extend to happier personal and family lives.
Nicole Morrison’s journey to founding Inspire Counselling and Coaching began with her desire to provide more personalized and holistic care. While she loved her work within the school system, its fast-paced environment left little room for the deep, meaningful progress she sought to achieve with her clients. Her private practice allows her to integrate various modalities, including hypnotherapy and energy work, into her counseling approach. These tools enable her to support clients holistically, especially those with anxiety, many of whom are Highly Sensitive People (HSPs). Her practice focuses on helping clients feel more grounded and confident within themselves, creating a ripple effect of improved relationships and self-trust. These same tools and teachings are beneficial to all in every domain of life. This is why she is excited and passionate to extend her reach into corporate training and professional development.
Nicole’s mission is simple yet profound: “To help people realize they are far more powerful than they realize.” Through simple, powerful tools and teachings, Nicole helps people to cultivate healthy mindsets and connections, as well as clear out limiting beliefs to health and happiness while strengthening healthy mindsets for curiosity, self-mastery, and joy.
Nicole first discovered the Business Centre when she initially opened her practice and needed advice. When she decided to expand her business in 2024, she reached out again, knowing that expanding her offerings required business expertise that was outside of her current knowledge and skill base. A recommendation from a colleague that had much success in the program reaffirmed her decision to join Starter Company+.
Through the program, Nicole benefited from weekly sessions dedicated to her business growth, which kept her focused and motivated. She valued the opportunity to connect with entrepreneurs from diverse industries, which broadened her perspective beyond the social work field. Additionally, having access to a dedicated business mentor provided her with tailored guidance on various aspects of her business, helping her feel supported throughout her entrepreneurial journey.
The Starter Company+ Program also instilled a greater awareness of the opportunities available to her business. She noted that the program helped her build momentum and develop a proactive approach to seizing opportunities as they arise.
Nicole brought an impressive array of professional expertise to her business, but she acknowledges that her journey as an entrepreneur required her to develop new skills and mindsets. One of her key takeaways from the program was learning to leverage her social resources. Historically, Nicole hesitated to ask for advice or help, fearing she might inconvenience others. However, her time in the program helped her shift her mindset to view networking and collaboration as mutually beneficial exchanges of knowledge and support.
When reflecting on her entrepreneurial growth, Nicole’s advice to her past self is clear: “Connect to as many other professionals as you can. Step out of your familiar networks and meet all types of entrepreneurs to learn from and to grow alongside of. You don’t have to do this on your own, nor should you.” The value of networking and building a support system, she realized, is about a mutual exchange of ideas, experiences, resources, and clients.
Nicole’s time in the Starter Company+ Program has reinforced her commitment to making a difference in her clients’ lives. Her next steps include expanding her foundational teachings to larger and more varied audiences in efforts to help them feel clearer and more confident in themselves. With her holistic approach and entrepreneurial growth, Nicole continues to inspire and empower others on their journeys to self-discovery, healing, and growth.
