Emotional Intelligence Coach & Educator
A space to understand what’s underneath your reactions, make sense of familiar patterns, and practice a different way forward.
My approach is grounded in faith. You choose whether Scripture or prayer is part of our work together.
Coaching and education—not therapy, diagnosis, or crisis care.
All sessions via Zoom · Intake form required · Klarna / Affirm / Afterpay accepted
Nichole Marie Coaching
This is emotional intelligence coaching for teens, adults, and couples who want to better understand their reactions and practice a more intentional response. It is practical, relational work, grounded in the present and focused on what comes next.
You bring the pattern you keep running into. We explore what may be underneath it and build a response you can practice in real life. Faith-informed reflection is available if you want it, and never required.
You may recognize this
The ROOT Method
Coaching here isn't about shutting a reaction down. It's about understanding what's happening underneath it — and building a response you choose on purpose. Four movements, in every session, every workbook, every tool on this site.
Name what happens in your body and your words before you have language for it.
Trace where the same reaction keeps showing up — and what tends to set it off.
Notice the belief, assumption, fear, or meaning that may be shaping the pattern.
Practice a different response you can return to in everyday life.
Recognize the reaction. Observe the pattern. Open to what is underneath. Transform the response.
Client stories
"I used to be quick to run away from difficult relationship conversations instead of working through them. Nichole helped me recognize the importance of communicating what I was feeling rather than keeping everything bottled up. She guided me toward a more mature mindset, helped me pause and reflect, and gave me practical guidance I could return to when I needed it. She is incredibly caring and supportive."
"My preteen was going through a difficult time and her faith and courage led her to express the need to dig a little deeper. She started coaching sessions with Nichole and immediately after her first meeting, 'Mom, I feel good, I feel light and free.' The coaching sessions with Nichole have been a great impact on her life."
New · A focused place to begin
Understand one repeating pattern—and leave with one practical response to try.
A private 60-minute virtual coaching experience that includes a guided reflection workbook, personalized ROOT Pattern Map, and 7-Day Response Plan.
Individual coaching
One-on-one coaching for adults and teens who want to understand their emotions, communicate more clearly, and navigate everyday challenges. Together, we explore recurring reactions and practice responses that reflect your needs, values, and goals.
A personalized approach for teens
We begin with a parent or guardian intake, then make space for the teen’s own perspective and goals. I create a customized workbook that we work through together, helping them connect reflection and communication skills to everyday situations.
Couples coaching
Guided sessions for two people who want to understand a recurring communication pattern together, hear each other more honestly, and practice coming back to the conversation instead of leaving it. Coaching — not couples therapy.
Explore Couples Connection →Ways to Work Together
Sessions are delivered over Zoom. Faith-informed reflection is available by your choice and never required.
Understanding What's Underneath
Investment
$249 paid in full
Or 2 payments of $130 — $260 total
Best for
Three private coaching sessions to explore what keeps repeating and practice a different way forward.
What’s included
Format
3 private coaching sessions over Zoom
For the conversation you keep having
Investment
$375 or 2 payments of $195
Best for
A three-session coaching experience for couples who want to understand a recurring communication pattern, build emotional awareness together, and practice more intentional connection. Coaching — not couples therapy.
What’s included
Format
3 private 75-minute couples sessions over Zoom
Choose ROOT if you want individualized support around a specific pattern. Choose Couples Connection if you and your partner want guided support for communication and connection. If you're still deciding, a short clarity call is the simplest place to start.
Personalized Support
The options above are a starting point—not a rulebook. If your circumstances do not fit neatly into one of these paths, reach out directly.
A limited number of reduced-rate coaching spaces may be available for veterans, first responders, survivors, special-needs parents, and others navigating significant life circumstances. We can talk through your goals, determine whether coaching is the right fit, and identify the most appropriate next step.
Coaching is not therapy or crisis support. If your needs are outside the scope of coaching, I may encourage an appropriate referral to a licensed professional or community resource.
Reach out directly →Coaching scope
Nichole Marie Coaching provides educational and coaching services. It is not therapy, counseling, diagnosis, medical care, or crisis support.
Guided workbooks
Not every transformation happens in a coaching session.
Sometimes it starts with a question you finally let yourself ask, a story you need to understand differently, or a conversation you aren't quite ready to have yet.
I create guided workbooks that bring psychology, honest reflection, Scripture, and practical application together—so you can keep doing the work between conversations, around your own table, or with a group.
Created for different seasons of life — from growing into yourself to navigating relationships, healing, faith, and the realities of caregiving.
Faith & discipleship
Scripture-rooted reflection for the weight you've been carrying alone.
View workbook →
Healing & emotional life
A workbook on the life of Leah — for anyone who has felt overlooked.
View workbook →
Relationships & patterns
Understand the push-pull cycle and practice a more secure response.
View workbook →What readers are saying
“This work gave me language for what I was carrying. I no longer feel that same burden. My son is now four years old and thriving. Thank you, Jesus.”
“I am going on 72 years, and this book helped me with scars and hurts from long ago. I loved how it was engraved and sealed in me: I am chosen by God Almighty.”
Workbooks are educational and reflective resources — not therapy or clinical care.
About Nichole
Hi, I'm Nichole — an Emotional Intelligence Coach based in San Antonio, Texas.
Before earning my degree in Psychology, I spent 20 years behind the salon chair.
For two decades, people trusted me with more than their hair. They talked about relationships, conflict, family, confidence, heartbreak, stress, and the things they didn't always feel safe saying anywhere else.
That experience taught me something I still carry into my work today: the reaction is rarely the root.
My psychology education gave me a deeper framework for what I had been observing for years. Combined with lived experience, emotional intelligence, and coaching, I help people look beyond the surface of a reaction and better understand what's driving it.
Today, I coach teens, adults, and couples who want to understand themselves more deeply, communicate with greater clarity, navigate relationships more intentionally, and develop emotional skills they can actually use in everyday life.
My approach is practical, conversational, and rooted in the belief that awareness matters most when it leads to change.
Faith-informed reflection is available for those who want it, but never required.
Read My Story →“Ministry is others being blessed by the oil that came from your crushing.”
Faith, by invitation
Some people want Scripture, prayer, or faith-informed reflection woven into the work. Others don't, and that is equally welcome. You tell me on your intake form what you prefer, and you can change your mind at any point.
Clear about the line
Both are valuable. They simply do different work, and if your needs fall outside coaching, we can discuss other support options.
If you are in immediate danger or experiencing a mental-health emergency, call 911 or call/text 988 in the United States.
Free Resource
7-Day Challenge
A 7-day guided challenge for understanding anxious attachment patterns and practicing more secure responses. Written for people who recognize themselves in that pattern — one short email and one small step a day.
Notice the anxious signal
Name the attachment pattern
Find the root story
Pause before reacting
Practice one secure shift
Repair without losing yourself
Carry security forward
Prefer to explore other free material? Browse the free resources library, or go deeper between conversations: Explore the guided workbook collection →
Newsletter
Weekly notes on emotional intelligence, communication, and the slow work of becoming someone you actually like being. No fluff, no formulas — just the stories underneath the reactions.
Already taking the 7-Day Challenge? Subscribe for weekly notes on emotional intelligence, relationships, and the stories beneath our reactions.
Subscribe freeWorkshops
Explore a workshop available for private group bookings focused on caregiver overwhelm, burnout awareness, and adjusting to a child’s diagnosis—without pressure to have everything figured out.
Explore WorkshopsFor Companies
My corporate work — Crew Voice Pulse™ surveys, leadership workshops, and ongoing culture partnerships — now lives at its own home.
Visit eqclimate.com →FAQ
Where to start
A short clarity call is the simplest place to begin. We'll talk about what keeps repeating, whether coaching is the right fit, and what a useful next step looks like.
Coaching and educational support—not therapy, diagnosis, or crisis care.
Based in San Antonio, TX. Working with clients across the country over Zoom.
