Hello
I'm Nicole, but you can call me Coco or Joy—the inspiration behind my company's name. My lifelong passion has been helping people navigate life's challenges with resilience, purpose, and joy—a "Joy Coach," if you will.
As a Master Certified Professional Coach and Advanced Integrated Energy Therapy® Practitioner, I blend transformational coaching with energy healing to support the whole person—mind, body, and spirit. My work focuses on Leadership Mindset, Positive and Emotional Intelligence, Life Touchpoints Coaching, and holistic healing, helping clients release what no longer serves them, reconnect with their authentic selves, and create lasting transformation. My mission is simple: to help you discover and embrace more joy, fulfillment, and balance in both your work and personal life.
My coaching style is warm, honest, compassionate, and—hopefully—a little humorous. I combine deep listening with thoughtful coaching, strategic consulting, intuitive insight, and practical tools to create meaningful conversations that inspire growth and action. Whether you're navigating a career transition, a life change, personal challenges, or simply feeling called to something more, my goal is to help you move beyond what's holding you back so you can step fully into the life you're meant to live.
Beyond working one-on-one with clients, I've designed and facilitated live and virtual workshops, retreats, and webinars for organizations including Dunkin', Kronos Inc., and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. My programs explore leadership, emotional intelligence, personal and professional development, communication, resilience, well-being, and other topics that empower individuals and teams to thrive.
I believe that true transformation happens when we nurture both our inner and outer worlds. It would be an honor to walk alongside you as you heal, grow, and create a life filled with greater joy, purpose, and possibility.
I look forward to beginning that journey with you.
The Story Behind the Name Coco Joy
The name Coco came from when I was learning to talk. Instead of saying “Nicole” I said “Co-Cole” which got shortened to Coco. It became a nickname throughout my childhood and in the past few years I’ve embraced it in my professional life.
The name Joy is a longer, more interesting story. In 1995, I worked at an upscale dining establishment in North Carolina which was where I went to college. One evening my manager told me I would be serving the renowned Dr. Maya Angelou!
As the night came to a close, I seized the moment. With a piece of paper bearing the restaurant's emblem, I approached Dr. Angelou with a humble request for her autograph. She graciously complied, writing my name at the top, her iconic signature at the bottom, and a single, meaningful word: "Joy” in the middle. The signed memento found its place in a box, gradually fading from my immediate consciousness.
Decades later, during a women's retreat, I was randomly assigned the character of "Joy" to act out for a skit. In the weeks that followed, people from the retreat began calling me Joy and at a women's luncheon just a few weeks later we were all given random mugs to take home. You guessed it - my mug bore the word "Joy."
The “joy whispers” continued. While sorting through personal belongings months later, I stumbled upon Dr. Maya Angelou's autograph, with the inscription of "Joy." It dawned on me that maybe something greater than myself was orchestrating a central theme to my life. As life continued, I found myself going through some very difficult times. Yet even in the murkiness and hardships, I somehow discovered joy in it, too.
These collective moments have led me to accept that "Joy" is my purpose and the launching of Coco Joy is yet another thread in that tapestry.
