Here Be Dragons
Build the mental, emotional, and behavioral resilience you need to achieve your goals in a changing world
I help you face the “dragons” that lurk beyond the edge of your mental map so you can
achieve all that you want to in this life
Transformation Coaching
as a coach, i am here to help you find and meet your dragons so you can...
...deepen your
meaning
to improve your work/life balance
...embrace your
authority
to own your time, energy, and purpose
...locate your knowledge
to use your own strengths
...take appropriate action
to effectively impact
the world around you
Here Be Dragons offers Coaching and Group Work to professionals, entrepreneurs, and change-makers with attention deficit struggles to completely transform your relationship to life and work.While I work with folks from all walks of life, I specialize in three core areas:
Transformation Coaching for Men to connect with the deep Self and thereby learn to love what you do, take care of yourself and those you care about, and build the life you want for yourself.
AD(H)D Coaching to improve executive function, build effective behaviors, and connect with the confidence to set and achieve what you want in life.
Group Work for those interested in working collaboratively with others to set and achieve your most ambitious goals (invite only right now).
my approach
I work with you to identify (and eventually meet) your "dragons" through the Coaching Container and approaches including IFS-style Parts work, Somatic Mindfulness, Breathwork, and Jungian psychology.In our current age of change and uncertainty, whether or not you want to change is not the right question to be asking. I challenge you to start asking instead:how willing am I to take responsibility for the change that is already happening in my life?
The first step to any coaching relationship is the discovery call. You’ll get to ask questions, experience my approach, and see if we might be a good fit.
If you are ready to set forth to live the life you want...then let's get started.At the end of our time together, you will have all the skills, confidence, and bravery to:
Effectively impact the world around you
Improve your work/life balance
Use your inner strengths
Own your time, energy, and purpose
my commitment to you:
I am here to support you as you walk this journey, to see you there and back again. I will challenge you when you need to be challenged, and I will cheer you on when you need to be cheered on.And I will always help you find the best way to go after what you want.
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The Path
meeting your dragons is not easy, otherwise you wouldn't have the difficulties that you have now. they lie in wait in the places you have not yet dared to go...
...through the coaching container, you and i will venture forth on a journey together, from where you are, over the hills, and far away to the edge of your map...
...as your coach, i will help you connect to your meaning, embrace your authority, locate the knowledge you need, and practice taking appropriate action to ultimately prepare you to meet your dragons...
...you will learn to sit with your stress, banish your isolation, conquer your fear, acknowledge your anxiety, and channel your anger...
...but the final step will always be in your hands
Meet Nico
a coach, human-centered designer, explorer, and a human being.I am unwavering in support of my clients, bringing active listening, authentic engagement, and deep communication to the work that we do together.
Qualifications
certified coach, mental health and wellbeing, kingstown college
certified designer, luma institute
a lifetime of experience surviving and now thriving with ad(h)d
"the wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot forever fence it out"tolkien
Here Be Dragons
the edge of the conscious mind is where your wild things roam - here, you will find titans and hydras, minotaurs and chimeras, while scylla and charybdis wait to swallow the unaware...
in this place, you will find and meet your dragons
these are your emotional and psychological struggles made manifest as the challenges, fears, and inner obstacles that feel overwhelming or insurmountable...
But here you will also find the strength, power, and energy to accomplish all that you set out to do.For dragons are not only challenges to overcome......they are guides to the hidden strengths and untapped potential within you.
My Story
Here Be Dragons sprung into being after a trip to my hometown in the mountains of California. while speaking with a mentor of mine, I mentioned that I felt like I was off the edge of the map. Turning to look at me, he said quite seriously, "that's where the most important work takes place, Nico, for there be dragons."He was right. When you go over the edge of the map, you find potential within yourself you never thought possible.
I take a mental fitness approach to coaching, applying my deep experience in mindfulness training through Tibetan Buddhism and Shito-Ryu Karate Do.If the dragon metaphor doesn’t sit well with you, that’s OK!The point is that in our sessions, we keep in mind the underlying dynamics at play in your life, such as habitual patterns, negative thought loops, previous failings, lack of self-confidence, etc.These dynamics are sunk deep into your unconscious and ultimately hold you back from achieving your goals.
By facing these dynamics, you not only alleviate stress, isolation, fear, anxiety, anger, and a host of other negative emotions...you build your resiliency to those emotions.This means you can better adapt to such experiences and maintain your well being in the face of adversity. through this practice, you can focus clearly on achieving your goals.but a word of caution…Doing this is not easy, otherwise, well, everyone would do it!
This is why the coaching relationship is so vital - the conversation and journey we go on together is the platform that will transform:
Your life
Your relationships
Your idea of what's possible
And your very sense of self
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Here Be Dragons
Payment plans / sliding scale availableIf it's a "hell yeah" from both of us, we'll find a way to make it work
always free - full session, the works...
60 min discovery
session
$0
...so you decide to try the waters out...
60-90 min session
single rate*
$200
...aaand you're on your way to meet your dragons
full 8-month coaching program*
$3000
2x 90 minute sessions / mth
1x 30 minute sprint sessions / mth
whatsapp support & check-ins
"all we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."gandalf
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A place for men to connect, hold, and explore the connections between your mind, the man you are, and the man you are capable of becoming
The Dharma Shed is a place of refuge from the world at large, a space for gathering and connection in open masculine energy. Anyone who identifies as a man is welcome, and we always encourage you to bring a friend
What can I expect?
Everyone is encouraged to “Bring What You Can” to the Shed. If you can bring food, bring food. If you can bring tea, bring tea. If all you can do is bring yourself, then bring yourselfWe never charge admittance to the Shed, but we do encourage you to sign up in advance so we know how many people will be coming
Are there any rules?
The Dharma Shed is a place of reflection and creativity. We discuss the tough topics of life, therefore, this is primarily a sober space - unless the theme of the week is exploring the power of substances such as alcohol or tobacco - so we can be as alert and open as possible.
How does it work?
Each month we focus on a different “Dharma”The word "dharma" comes from the Sanskrit root "dhri," which means "to hold," "to sustain," or "to uphold", and has many more elaborate interpretations within Buddhism and HinduismIn the Shed, this dharma usually takes the form of a question that we explore for a month or moreWe hold the question close and try to feel into how it sustains us, how we uphold our answers to it, and how we can move forward in life
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