MEET NICOLE YOUNG
Helping you slow down, regulate, and move forward with greater clarity and confidence.
Working with me gives you a safe, supportive, and completely non-judgmental space to feel heard, notice patterns, and make sense of what is happening in your life.
Certified Life Coach
In Progress: Clinical Hours for Trauma-Informed Certification
My Story
The name Rising Dawn Coaching isn’t just a business name—it’s a tribute. My journey began in the deepest shadow I’ve ever known: the loss of my mother, Dawn, who died by suicide in 2015. Losing her changed the course of my life. It taught me that pain is often much deeper than what people can see from the outside, that survival can look messy, and that sometimes simply continuing to get up takes more strength than anyone realizes.
I created Rising Dawn Coaching in her name because I wanted something meaningful to grow from one of the hardest losses of my life. I wanted her name to stand for hope, honesty, resilience, and the belief that even after the darkest seasons, there can still be a rising.
My life has not been simple or easy. I have walked through grief, sobriety, difficult relationships, high-conflict co-parenting, and the deep pain that comes with feeling disconnected from the people you love most. Rebuilding my life one piece at a time taught me how to face what is real without abandoning myself in the process.
“My strength is not that I have had a perfect life. My strength is that I understand what it means to rebuild, reflect, and keep choosing growth.”
My Philosophy
Why I Do This Work
My work is not about fixing you, diagnosing you, or telling you what to do. It is about partnering with you in a calm, respectful, and non-judgmental space so you can explore what is happening, break free from autopilot, and reconnect with your own wisdom.
Grounded Regulation
Helping you slow down, tune into your nervous system, and create intentional space between a reaction and a choice.
A Safe Harbor
A deeply human coaching environment where you are completely respected and never made wrong for where you are.
Lived Wisdom
Your struggles are met with real warmth, genuine compassion, and practical support—never clinical distance or performance.
My Approach
Grounded in Safety, Led by You
I practice a client-led, reflective approach designed to help you access your own clarity, strength, and next steps. Inside a session, we focus on:
Deep & Active Listening
Listening closely to your words and experiences, reflecting back patterns and themes so you can see yourself more clearly.
Nervous System Awareness
Supporting you to notice what is happening internally so you can navigate emotional overwhelm and explore choices from a calmer place.
Honoring Your Agenda
Staying completely focused on your goals, creating the precise time and space needed for genuine insights to naturally emerge.
My Training & Credentials
“I am a lifelong student of the human heart.”
I am a Certified Life Coach currently completing my clinical hours toward becoming a Certified Trauma-Informed Coach. I am also continuing my studies toward becoming a Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) Master Practitioner.
My role is not to diagnose or provide therapy. Instead, I am dedicated to providing individuals with supportive, evidence-based tools to better understand themselves, rebuild self-trust, break old patterns, and safely regulate their nervous systems.
My Promise to You
You are not too far gone.
You are not broken beyond repair.
You can rebuild your trust in yourself.
You can create a life that feels like your own.
You can rise again.