Life and mindset coaching to help you navigate mid-life and beyond with joy and confidence
Would you love a safe space, free of judgement, to explore what you’d really like your life to look like, where your happiness is the top priority?
I’m Nicki Young, a Certified Life Coach. Working with me will give you the chance to reassess, realign, reimagine and create meaningful change.
Working with Nicki was an incredibly valuable experience. She created a safe and supportive space … and helped me to restore confidence in myself and my own abilities.
I would wholeheartedly recommend Nicki to anyone looking for a deeper self-awareness and clarity on their life; particularly as they get older and life commitments change. Working with her is a true investment in you!
Having just turned 60 I was unsure what direction I wanted my life to take and I felt a lack of fulfilment and purpose. Nicki challenged me on some of my self-imposed limitations. She helped empower me to overcome a lack of confidence and to reset in a more positive way.
We grow and evolve from the moment we enter this world – and life can be difficult at any age. But if we’re talking about mid-life (and in my head that’s anything between say 45 and 65!), there are definitely challenges that come with it.
Sure, mid-life isn’t what it perhaps used to be – a time for a stereotypical crisis or maybe just resigning yourself to the idea of “giving up” as the years go by!
We, today’s mid-lifers, expect and want more … but it can still be a tricky time: priorities shift, children grow up and leave home, we may be dealing with divorce or loss of loved ones. Work changes, redundancy or retirement can bring uncertainty, while the responsibility of caring for ageing parents adds another layer of complexity. At this stage of life it’s common to become more aware of our own mortality and the passing years. There’s a lot to think about!
It’s not the end of the world, it’s just another phase of life. But it can bring the realisation that things aren’t as you’d imagined they would be at this stage; you’re not the person you want to be, you’re not doing the things you thought you’d be doing at this point, you feel guilty about making time for you. Maybe you feel you’ve lost sight of the real you, your authentic self or that you’ve lost your spark.
Yes, there may be lots of changes to navigate, both personally and professionally, but this is the perfect moment to think about yourself – grab life by the scruff of the neck, decide how you want to be living it and put that into action.
If you’re like me, you still feel young – our bodies are just a little more lived in than they were when we were in our twenties, or thirties. So don’t give up – go for it, live this life you’ve been given and reach for the things that will truly bring you joy.
Coaching can help you with long or short-term goals, overcoming challenges, developing life skills, finding the confidence to try something new or simply understanding yourself better – the aim is to feel happier and more fulfilled.
Maybe you already have a vision of what you want in life but don’t know how to achieve it.
Perhaps you have no idea of the specifics of what you want your future to be, but you know you want change.
These are things we can explore together. It can be serious stuff, and I coach with kindness, compassion and empathy. But I also believe it’s important to make room for fun and laughter along the way. One of the biggest rewards of coaching for me is sharing the joy of the people I work with.
Date: 28 February 2025
Being self-employed and working from home means that I can (unless I’m working on a tv contract) manage my time to suit me. A few years ago that wasn’t the case. Pre-Covid we lived in Edinburgh, I worked contracts in Glasgow and spent the best part of three-hours commuting every day on top of long hours. That had been the pattern for years and I was more than ready to find a better way of life.
Date: 27 February 2025
Yesterday I was sitting in the podiatrist’s waiting room flicking through the reading material on offer when I came across a feature in the Observer Magazine from a few weeks ago titled It’s Never Too Late. The piece by Donna Ferguson tells the stories of five people who have each learned a life skill later in life and whose lives have changed for the better as a result.
Date: 20 February 2025
A friend had a mug made for me with my name and business name on one side and the words Agent of Happiness on the other. I love both my mug and the idea of being a person who can help bring happiness to others. But happiness can be an elusive thing, and it feels like a big responsibility as a life coach to claim that role for myself.
If you think I could be the coach for you, let’s have a chat. You’ve got nothing to lose … but a whole new life to gain. Arrange a 30-minute discovery call with me free of charge.
No matter who you are or what you do, getting older is inevitable but you have it within you to choose how you embrace this exciting chapter of your journey.
“Never underestimate the power
you have to take your life
in a new direction”
Germany Kent
Broadcaster & journalist