Live Your Bigger Picture

The Origin Story!

I’m Nicky – a Channel Islander by origin, a critical thinker by instinct.
I believe that the edge is where we grow. Something about being in an outpost, perhaps, brought out the outlier. Maybe that’s why I’ve always been drawn to the edges of ideas — to the places where nuance lives, where reflection sparks change, and where you’re more likely to find the right question than a ready-made answer.

That’s the spirit I bring to coaching. Quietly disruptive. Deeply reflective. Devoted to insight, not instruction.

Coaching

ICF PCC credentialled 
Career, business & leadership coaching

Mentor Coach.
DISC-certified.
Time to Think.
Strengths in the Workplace

Action Learning Sets
Appreciative Inquiry in my research

Assets-Based Development in community projects.

I work with intrapreneurs, new hires, senior leaders, and MD founders – including solo and serial entrepreneurs – on leadership, career, and wellbeing.

Recent publications on coaching and journaling include features in Coaching Perspectives, StartUps Magazine, Enterprise Nation, Small Business Research + Enterprise Centre, BAPAM, Collinsdebden and more. My MA research was awarded a  distinction for its original methodology, and I’ve received awards for Innovation in course design and delivery and for being an Inspiring Trainer.

In 2024 and 2025, I was a panelist presenter at the Photography in Coaching Symposium and selected for Create South East’s Business Growth programme.

Journaling 

I facilitate in-person and online journaling sessions – for business owners, creatives, staff, community groups, for library services and more!

I discovered that the quiet act of journaling was a radical act from quite a young age. A companion, a guide, a thought disrupter, mood enhancer, chief sense maker. Writing freely on the page is an act of self-knowing. Relevant for navigating complexities, paradoxes, difficult emotions. For life, for work. It’s made all the difference.

And that’s why I facilitate groups. A simple, free tool to help you see yourself more and live your bigger picture. 

Work/Life Pages 30-mins on a Monday morning online (UK time) is the perfect week to set the tone for the week.  

Welcome to these thinking places. Pull up a chair, find your edge — and unlock better answers.

HUMAN RIGHTS & ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

I used to work in human rights and lived for a decade overseas – Russia, Czech Republic, Japan and Italy amongst other places. Working with Roma NGOs, I worked frequently in Romania and ran training and study visits to Ukraine. I secured funding for multi-partner, multi-country, multi-year democracy building projects. 

CREATIVE WRITING & WORKSHOP FACILITATION 
I write creatively and my record of publications and creative writing courses can be read on my sister site: https://nickytorodesite.wordpress.com/

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