Nicola Morgan
Nicola is a Positive Psychologist Coach for Writers; aspiring writers, published writers, academic writers or ‘stuck’ writers of any kind. She uses Positive Psychology techniques in order to help writers with their plans, goals and values in order to enjoy and develop their creative self. Developing confidence and creativity to help people live their true values.
Nicola began her career 25 years ago as a solicitor in the City and was quite happy to step off what she saw as a ‘conveyor belt’ after ten years and re-train to teach English. For the last ten years, she has been working coaching students and clients with their writing and creative projects. Now, with an MSc in Applied Positive Psychology, Nicola draws on a wide range of skills and experience to put together the right support or programme that is tailored to her clients.
If you have always dreamed of being a writer, you can stop dreaming now and get a coach!
Nicola lives with her daughters, husband and two dogs in Buckinghamshire although, in recent times, is mainly found on Zoom.
Nicola’s Blog
Pride and Prejudice Review – Positive Psychology Book Club
Welcome to the new series of Positive Psychology Book Club! Each month I will review a fairly recent work of modern contemporary fiction through a positive psychology lens – announcing the book we are reading and giving you a month to read it in advance....
Developing a Writer’s Mindset
Why Can’t I write my Book? Developing a Writer’s Mindset It is not often that writers lack ideas or technical ability to ‘write the damn book’. Often the reasons are psychological and can be greatly assisted by putting some effort into creating your very own...
Resilience is All Around
It is fair to say that most of us were not expecting a worldwide pandemic to strike or to go through lockdowns, tiers and constant speculations – nor to be catching up with alarming statistics everyday, speaking of infection rates, death rates and admission...
How Can I be a Better Writer?
Sarah sits alone at her desk, it is dark outside and her desk lamp seems to make the glare of her failure even greater; the suffering of a writer is a lonely, painful, unspoken one. Often plagued by self-doubt, highly skilled at procrastination and with very tight...
Happiness Soup – the Power of Positive Eating
In the early days of positive psychology, there was a ‘neck up’ approach; how to be happy, how to live well, how to be ‘positive’. One of the ground-breaking pioneers in promoting a more holistic approach was Kate Heffron (Heffron, 2013) who started to consider the...
Positive Relationships with Teenagers
“They **** you up, your mum and dad. They don’t mean to but they do” – Philip Larkin, This Be the Verse I have two teenage daughters aged 13 and 16; when I tell people this, I am often met with a sharp intake of breath – oooo, teenagers, that’s a difficult age! ...
The Joy of Text – Bibliotherapy and Positive Psychology
Ancient wisdom has suggested that books can be therapeutic from Plato’s time through the enlightenment to modern day Bibliotherapy courses. Literary fiction has been a source of fascination for me since the eighties when my teacher announced that the study of...