Meet Nicole
The Many Threads of My Work
I am a pastor, Professional Certified Coach, practical theologian, poet, researcher, and equine facilitator. My work lives at the intersections of neurodiversity, embodiment, faith, creativity, and belonging.
I serve as Associate Pastor for Discipleship at Independent Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama, where I work with children, youth, families, and communities seeking deeper practices of welcome and belonging.
I hold a Master of Divinity with a focus in Bioethics from Wake Forest University School of Divinity and a Master of Christian Education from Union Presbyterian Seminary. I am currently completing a Doctor of Ministry at Wake Forest University, where my research explores neurodiversity, embodied experience, worship, and belonging.
As a Professional Certified Coach through the International Coaching Federation, I accompany individuals and communities navigating leadership, vocation, transition, creativity, and change. Through Equine Paths, I continue learning from horses about presence, communication, trust, and relationship.
Across each of these threads runs a shared conviction: every person carries wisdom shaped by their unique way of experiencing the world. My work is an invitation to notice more deeply, listen more fully, and make room for the many ways we come to know, connect, and belong.
I have always been drawn to the places where people and stories are easily overlooked.
The quiet voice in the room.
The unexpected question.
The person whose way of moving through the world does not fit the usual patterns.
My work begins with attention: learning to notice what is present, what is emerging, and what we might miss when we move too quickly.
I believe every person carries wisdom shaped by their own way of experiencing the world. My work explores the intersections of neurodiversity, embodiment, faith, creativity, and belonging, seeking to make room for the many ways people know, create, connect, and participate.
At the heart of this work is a question:
What becomes possible when we learn to attend with wonder?
The Threads That Ground Me
The work I do is shaped by the life I live.
I find grounding in the slow work of gardening: planting, tending, waiting, and learning again and again that growth cannot be rushed.
I find grounding in poetry and books, in the words of others that help me pay attention to what is unfolding within and around me. Writing is one of the ways I listen for what is asking to be named.
I find grounding in music and theatre, lifelong loves that remind me of the power of story, beauty, creativity, and shared experience. There is something sacred about the ways music and art bring us into deeper connection with ourselves and one another.
I find grounding in horses. They have been some of my greatest teachers, reminding me that presence matters, that communication extends beyond words, and that relationship begins with trust and attention.
And I find grounding in my family, who continually teach me about love, resilience, curiosity, and the many ways we experience the world. They remind me that wonder is often found in the most ordinary moments.
These threads are not separate from my work. They are the places where I continue to learn the practice of attention.
They remind me that wonder is not something we have to chase. It is something we discover when we slow down enough to notice.
