How my journey began…

Nikki Maxwell RN, Certified Life Coach and Brainspotter

I currently work as a Registered Nurse for a major hospital system, have certifications in Life Coaching, Brainspotting and as a Facilitator for The Clarity of Boundaries Courses.
I have one adult daughter and have been happily married to her father for 32 years.

I grew up moving every 2-5 yrs in early childhood which exposed me to many new ideas and cultures. My mother believed in seeking help around brain health when needed for the purpose of growth and healing so I started when I was 5 years old and have continued off and on my whole life.

I share this to let you know I have done my own work, so I know how hard and equally rewarding the work is.

For years, I wondered why telling my story to therapists wasn’t moving me in the direction I wanted to go. Healing.

I finally realized, it was because I was stuck in the “story” of my childhood trauma without any clear direction towards a solution that would help me grow. I needed a plan with achievable goals to move forward and found Life Coaching to be the turning point from a problem to a solution based system. I worked with a Coach, studied to become a Coach and have loved working with clients for the last 20 years.

I also continued working with therapists and one of them used a modality called Brainspotting which cleared away a 31 year old fear in one session!

Through this somatic (body based) modality, I was able to move through things that had been stuck in my body and were not allowing me to go further in my growth or healing. Once again, I was drawn to study the life changing modality that helped me and got certified as a Brainspotter.

Finally, in 2020, I went through a 3 week intensive course on The Clarity of Boundaries which further changed my life by giving me the expanded skill sets of deep care for myself, personal responsibility, embracing grief, and deconstructing blame, shame and guilt.

Following in my own tradition of growth, I will be offering The Clarity of Boundaries several times a year in the hopes others will benefit from these skill sets.

What People Are Saying

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“Nikki is an amazing person. Working with her is like working with a friend. Someone who cares deeply. She gives so much of herself. She gives love and acceptance, never judgement. She cried with me and celebrated my growth with me. She made it clear that she would always be there for me and when I did stumble she helped me see it as learning.”

— Joan B.

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“I’ve always felt like mental health providers saw me through a lens of diagnoses. Nikki wasn’t stuck on the diagnosis. She was focused on how to help me heal. Sometimes doing Brainspotting was like turning the doorknob to a room of stored grief. Sometimes it was a spiritual experience. Most of the time it was both at the same time. With lightning. Then tears of joy. Then thunder.”

— Boston B.

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“Working with Nikki is absolutely transformative!! Truly, one of the best gifts I have ever given myself and I implore you to bless yourself too with the gentle guidance and clarifying wisdom Nikki has to offer. I am beyond eternally Grateful!”

— Laura P.

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“Coaching and Brainspotting have been life changing because it gave me a whole new perspective, taught me self awareness and how to process emotions so I could get THROUGH things not "get over" them. It gave me the push i needed to get out of my comfort zone, to join small groups in my community and try new active ways of healing for growth. I’ve been bringing people with me. All that to say ANYONE can benefit from it, we ALL got scars and experiences that impacted us from childhood to adulthood. I have so many new tools. Society teaches us to just put up these big walls and have hardened hearts and self medicate which makes you feel good in the moment but if you don't deal with your stuff now you'll deal with it one day and that's guaranteed..”

- Ana M.

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''I’ve gotten so much from being part of this course. It’s helped me LIVE boundaries, not just theorise about them. I’ve been thinking a lot recently about why you’re exactly the right person to be leading this course and am so grateful that you are!''

-Julian T.