Online life coaching to reclaim your sense of identity, create a toxic workplace survival strategy, and design an exit plan for stuck folks who are too overwhelmed to get there alone.
I provide practical, identity-focused coaching for individuals all over the world who want to break free of toxic cycles, whether that’s at work or in their private lives. You can book a free 15-minute discovery call here to see if we’re a match. If you can’t find a time that works for your zone, or you just prefer to write, you can contact me directly.
Does this sound familiar?
Most of my clients don’t start out wanting life coaching. They start out wanting to survive a workplace that feels like a psychological minefield.
You might be dealing with…
- The Stress Hound Manager: Their mood dictates the entire office’s blood pressure. They are perpetually panicked, and because they are reactive, you’re forced to be reactive too, leaving you constantly stressed and off-balance.
- The Moving Goalposts: You work for someone who doesn’t actually know what they want. They change their mind daily about your duties, leaving you to wonder if you’re failing or if the role itself has simply mutated into something impossible.
- The Idea Thief: You’re doing the heavy lifting, but your expertise is being harvested. Your boss takes the credit while you’re left feeling invisible and undervalued.
- Identity Erasure: You’ve spent so many years performing the perfect professional for a system that doesn’t care about you, that you’ve forgotten who you are when you aren’t on the clock. Or maybe you’ve been bullied in the workplace so much you don’t believe you’re worth more.
Most people call it “being stuck.” I call it a stolen narrative.
If that term doesn’t feel familiar, I’m sure you know the feeling.
It’s 2am, you’re exhausted and staring at the ceiling and spiralling because your job feels like a cage you can’t seem to unlock. You can’t turn your mind off, but all that overthinking never lands on a viable option to remain in this situation with your dignity and hope intact. The weekend rolls around but you’re so worn out and stressed you can barely do the basics, let alone actually engage in hobbies or see friends. You’re fantasising about retirement because it seems that’s all there is, even though you’re only 48… or 28. And maybe you’re starting to hate yourself, questioning your worth at every turn.
If you are so busy performing the perfect professional for a toxic system that you have absolutely nothing left for your actual life when you get home, we need to talk.
I’m Nicole Hind. I’m an Australian Narrative Therapist and Online Life Coach with 20 years of experience. I work with professionals—teachers, scientists, tradies, social workers, and engineers—who feel trapped in systems that are draining them and destroying their self-confidence.
Whether you are navigating a toxic boss, planning a career exit you can’t quite trigger yet, or struggling to find yourself again after years of performing a role, I help you cut through the noise and reclaim your agency.
You need a strategy for staying “you” when the world demands you be someone else. A toxic workplace survival strategy for professionals that enables you to rediscover joy, your sense-of-self, confidence, a life outside of work, possibilities, and even plan an exit strategy.
The Reality of Being Stuck
It’s the weight of a job you can’t quit yet. The exhaustion of a workplace that feels like it’s erasing who you actually are. You want to move, but the ‘Stuck Story’ has convinced you that you’ve lost the power to change things.
In my experience, that story builds up and up, with you buried underneath it, unless you take major action. You need to decouple your worth from your work and create a strategy for taking your power back before you burn out.
I help you handle the psychological toll of your current situation while we map out your transition. Using narrative ideas and a curated toolkit of practices, we separate your self-worth from toxic environments and reclaim your identity before you even walk out the door.
Choose Your Container
To get results in 3 to 6 sessions, we need to go ‘Full Immersion’. It can feel like a lot to take on and it’s ok to be nervous. As long as you’re 100% committed to the process, we can make significant tracks.
Both packages are built around 90-minute bi-weekly deep dives + homework. We don’t do “check-ins”; we do the heavy lifting required to restore your agency.
- Note that it’s also an option to do individual coaching sessions without a package. See my counselling services for structural information and fees, or just reach out to ask more.
What We Tackle Together:
The 3-Session “Survival Strategy” (Managing the Crisis)
The Goal: Stop the bleeding and protect your peace. A toxic workplace survival strategy for professionals.
- Session 1: Understand the Problem. Externalising specific elements of your toxic workplace and mapping how they invade your sense-of-self (Eg: the boss who .
- Session 2: Get clear on your own values, skills and goals. Taking a stand. Deciding what parts of you the job is not allowed to have and strategise on how to protect them.
- Session 3: The Survival Plan. Practical skills for staying “you” while you are physically in the building. Get a sense of what could be next (if there’s genuinely no ‘next’ available, we map real tangible results-oriented life goals so they feed your soul).
Investment: $565 USD ($860 AUD)
The 6-Session “Identity-First Transition” (Designing the Exit)
The Goal: Building the bridge to what’s next, beyond a toxic workplace survival strategy for professionals.
- Sessions 1-2: Deconstructing the “Career-as-Identity” trap. Exploring disillusionment and understanding what’s changed. Gaining clarity on who you are ‘now’ VS ‘then’.
- Sessions 3-4: Reclaiming identity, finding sense-of-possibility, finding enthusiasm. Using tools such as the Tree of Life to map your values, skills and dreams (some long-forgotten) that have nothing to do with your employer. Finding self-acceptance and perhaps even forgiveness.
- Sessions 5-6: The Reinvention Blueprint. Authoring the “Next Chapter” and developing the agency to move toward a life that actually fits (nomadic life, career reset, family-focused or total autonomy).
Investment: $1,100 USD ($1,675 AUD)
Why Work With Me?
20 Years of Clinical Authority: I’m a senior practitioner with a Masters in Narrative Therapy and have worked across Australia and across the globe, supporting many different folks in almost every capacity. I value depth and evidence-based narrative tools over hustle culture.
The Nomad Perspective: Now based in SE Asia in my mid-40’s, I live the autonomous values-driven life I help others build. As an Australian I’ve navigated my own exits and know how to bridge that gap between ‘working for the man’ (needing money) and living for maximum joy, connectivity and adventure in our restrictive societies.
High-Impact Boundaries: To ensure focus and dignity, our work is contained within our 1.5-hour sessions and curated email homework. I don’t do “on-call” messaging; I do deep work that sticks.
Ready to Reclaim Your Agency?
If you’re done feeling trapped, holding your breath and waiting for your “real life” to start, let’s get to work.
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- It’s also an option to do individual coaching sessions without a package. See my counselling services for structural information and fees, or just reach out to ask more.
***Please note: This isn’t the place for you if you are in crisis, have trauma from abuse or violence, or many, many years of deep painful suffering. Online life coaching is for folks who are in an ok-ish place but are stuck in toxic systems and negative patterns.
Looking for something a little different to online life coaching for when you’re stuck in life? Don’t need a toxic workplace survival strategy for professionals?
I also offer online couples/relationship coaching that gets to the point, and online counselling if you think counselling is more appropriate for your needs (counselling is global excluding USA & Canada). Plus there are loads of free resources available over on my blog.
Want to get a feel for working with me? My book ‘Bolder’ is now on sale!
‘Bolder’ is a narrative-therapy informed self-worth journey. It’s a 10 ‘session’ deep dive into your problems and how to solve them by reconnecting with your values, deconstructing toxic societal norms, and having some fun doing brave confidence-building practices. Based on my popular online course ‘From Bashful to Bold’. Available on Kindle and all other ebook retailers.
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