About the Founder

Training & Experience

  • Institute for Integrative Nutrition

  • Co-Active Training Institute

  • Yin Yoga Teacher Training 

  • Bluepoint Leader As Coach

  • Senior leader in tech 25+ years (Gap, Inc, Dropbox, Dialpad, Smartsheet, Monster.com) LinkedIn

    • Performance management for teams 4-60

    • Built career frameworks

    • Ran culture building initiatives

    • Architected feedback & growth mechanisms to foster deeper psychological safety and an investment in individual employee growth.

  • My work is also rooted in lived experience, raising neurodivergent kids, supporting my stepson through his transgender transition, guiding my spouse’s mental health and chronic illness, and navigating my journey with anxiety, ADD, trauma, and menopause.

Hi, I’m Nicole.

I founded The Well as an outcome of navigating my own career and wellness. I was a leader in Tech for over 25 years. I became a leader quite early actually and learned how to be a good leader through the “school of hard knocks.”

I really loved leadership, but I found after 10 or so years that my love for people was really what I loved about leadership. What I mean is that, while navigating the tricky parts about things like performance reviews, and feedback, is that if you take out the “corporate” part of the job and approach them from the angle of helping other people, the job becomes more about helping others identify what they are excited about, what gives them energy, and how you can support them. The “difficult” conversations then become way more enjoyable for both people in the room, and you end up doing your best work together.

I was really lucky most of my career to be employed by employee-centric companies, but I did hit a few snags working with companies who weren’t so supportive and the focus was more on outputs than the humans in the seats. That’s where my health began to take a dive, and it coincided with early menopause. I didn’t realize this until years later, when working with a coach. In addition, I found myself in situations where my gender seemed to be more of a disadvantage in certain rooms, and as I spoke with other women in my network (and in those companies,) I realized that many women struggle with similar challenges. I found an interesting combination of challenges within myself and with others related to:

  • Being a female leader (and a damn good one, as I have been told,)

  • Being a working mother, the household breadwinner

  • Neurodivergence (ADHD for myself, spouse and son. And Autism for most of my family)

  • Menopause (brain fog, anxiety, nervous system regulation, inner-tube waist weight out of nowhere, gah…)

As I talked with other women, I realized I’m not alone but also we have all felt alone with these problems… but WE’RE NOT ALONE! We just lack a space to discuss and discover that’s not in the public eye.

I began circulating the concept of a private women’s-only community and many, many women in my circle immediately said “yes, I’d love, love, love to be in that community, sign me up.”

So, here I am. I left my corporate job in 2025, I’ve been a professionally trained coach since 2018, I started my own coaching practice full time. I jumped ship. And now I’m here building this community from the ground up.

That’s my story, as raw as it can be, I’m happy to talk more about it.

More than anything, I’d love for more women to join me and create something incredibly special.

All the best,
Nicole

Coaching Client Testimonials

  • "Nicole has an incredible gift for identifying people’s strengths and turning them into action. Her coaching helped me gain clarity, build confidence, and step into bigger leadership opportunities, with multiple promotions. With her support, I found a renewed sense of balance and focus, was promoted once, then hired on two levels higher at a new company."

  • “For the past year I’ve been working with Nicole as as a coach with measurable impact on my everyday life. I started coaching during a period of major career stress when a difficult relationship with a toxic manager was completely draining my confidence. Nicole helped me slow down and separate what’s *I* need from the noise, really helping me get my priorities in order. She helped give me language to describe the overwhelm I was feeling. With her help I’ve been able to give clarity to how I made decisions and navigate the stress on my life. I truly feel more grounded and less reactive with her help.”

  • "When I started coaching with Nicole, I was burned out and reacting out of fear, stuck in a toxic work environment and desperate for change. She helped me slow down, recover my energy, and rebuild my confidence before making my next move. That clarity changed everything, I found a role that truly fits me and a way of working that supports my well-being."

  • "When I started coaching with Nicole, I was burned out and reacting out of fear, stuck in a toxic work environment and desperate for change. She helped me slow down, recover my energy, and rebuild my confidence before making my next move. That clarity changed everything, I found a role that truly fits me and a way of working that supports my well-being."