meet your coach
about nicole bliss
what i do
my mission
I partner with courageous entrepreneurs, senior leaders, and C-level executives to explore and transcend their limiting beliefs so they can create what they most want for themselves, for their businesses, and with the teams that they lead.
As a leadership coach, I am passionate about tapping into the healing powers of self-awareness & self-acceptance as the foundations for growth & change.
After close to a decade of successfully leading account strategy teams in the digital marketing space I realized my greatest source of joy came from helping my co-workers and peers become more self-aware and grow as unique individuals and leaders.
This shift in focus grew out of a realization that I could be doing life better. After recognizing my busy schedule and constant work stress wasn’t serving me, I reignited a stalled yoga practice and immediately recognized the positive impacts on my life - spiritually, mentally, and physically. Wanting to learn more about the philosophy of yoga, I graduated yoga teacher training in 2018 and have since completed additional training in yoga nidra meditation and restorative yoga.
My desire to meld the mindfulness skills I was cultivating in my personal life with the leadership skills I was leveraging in my professional life led me to discover the Conscious Leadership Group. After being inspired by their teachings, I launched a conscious leadership club at Criteo in 2019. My passion for coaching expanded when I entered their 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership coaching certification program in 2020. That is when I began leveraging their approach as an executive and leadership coach to help leaders and teams “get unstuck” from whatever holds them back from achieving purposeful growth.
In 2021, I completed my time with Criteo to become a full-time coach so that I could reach even more leaders outside of the organization. Business leaders have an impact on so many people – the individuals they lead, their cross-functional partners, their customers…the list continues. There is a responsibility to holding that level of impact, and my desire is to stand shoulder to shoulder with leaders to help them explore who they are being and how they want to show up and amplify their impact. We are all co-creating instruments of change. As individuals and teams, we are more than the sum of our parts. We are more than high-performing. The leaders I support through my work with Lead with Bliss, Toscane and Hone enables me to take a human-centered approach to how I show up and expand conscious leadership in the world.
When I’m not coaching, I love spending time with my family: Jarrad, Jackson, Stella & our Mini Australian Shepard, Ashby, who are constant reminders to enjoy life and not to take anything too seriously. I also love giving back and am actively involved with my family’s nonprofit, Expedition. Life., which raises funds to support programs for veterans in need and at-risk youth. As a loyal member of the yoga community, I also enjoy fundraising for Yoga Reaches Out.
education
trainings & certifications
Coaches Rising: Neuroscience of Change graduate (in progress)
The International Coaching Group (Coaching out of the Box) Certified Coach (in progress)
Hoffman Process graduate (2024)
Alethia Advanced Coaching Program Level 1 graduate (2023)
Conscious Leadership Group Coach Mastery Program graduate (2022)
iEQ9 Integrated Enneagram Tools for Teams graduate (2022)
iEQ9 Integrated Enneagram Accredited Practitioner (2022)
15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership Certified with the Conscious Leadership Group (2021)
Common Ground Yoga Restorative Yoga Certification (2020)
iRest® Institute Level 1 & 2 Yoga Nidra Meditation Teacher (2019)
Elements3 Yoga RYT 200 Yoga Teacher Training Certified (2018)
DISCOVER Behaviour & Motivators Train-the-Trainer Certification (2018)
Interested in learning more about my education & experience?
Your unwillingness to see reality, to the results you are creating in your life and your power to change them keeps you stuck. Once you wake up to this moment and see the origins of your suffering, you can create lasting change. This is freedom.
what drives me
my core values
1 curiosity
Curiosity creates space for a shift in perspective. A deep yearning to know yourself and willingness to inquire into what drives how you show up in the world are the foundations for change.
2 connection
Everything and everyone is connected. Embodying this awareness creates a natural shift in how you relate to yourself and to the world. Connection creates space for kindness and compassion.
3 love
You were born complete, whole and worthy. I help you connect to and trust your inner knowing which, at your core, is rooted in love. This is the path for becoming who, deep down, you already are.
4 joy
Energetic joy comes from being fully alive. My deepest desire is to help you lead a blissful life that inspires those that surround you. Together we will create a life that promotes your happiness and well-being.
testimonial
HELPED OUR TEAM SURFACE AND DEAL WITH PROBLEMS
“As the founder of a remote company, I knew we could be doing a better job communicating and dealing with issues. Nicole led our team's first coaching experience and it was transformative! From meeting with us beforehand, to working closely with me on the goals and plan for the day, to holding space so everyone felt safe and heard, she went above and beyond. Nicole not only helped us surface and deal with problems, but got the team excited to adopt conscious leadership as a methodology for dealing with issues in the future. Thanks to her, we left the retreat feeling closer than ever. She has a gift.”
AMIT GUPTA
work with me
“As you think about your own path to daring leadership, remember Joseph Campbell’s wisdom: ‘The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.’ Own the fear, find the cave, and write a new ending for yourself, for the people you’re meant to serve and support, and for your culture. Choose courage over comfort. Choose whole hearts over armor. And choose the great adventure of being brave and afraid. At the exact same time.”
Brené Brown