Nichole Morrin (she/her) is a registered clinical psychologist, credentialed eating disorder clinician, and board approved supervisor. Nichole has a gentle, professional and supportive approach to help clients understand how to improve their wellbeing, develop hope and potential for life. Further, Nichole works from a strength-based, holistic perspective integrating mind and body.

​Nichole has a lived understanding of zebra conditions (i.e., chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome/Hypermobility, POTS, and pelvic conditions), and of rural life and the impacts it can have towards mental health and wellbeing, and the challenges and benefits associated with living rurally.

​Nichole works with persistent pain conditions, chronic overactivation of the nervous system, dysautonomia, functional neurological conditions, anxiety, depression, trauma, stress & burnout, eating disorders, body image, sleep and somatic problems, and ADHD.

Nichole’s experience has involved working with complex, persistent, and severe mental health, working with Aboriginal and Indigenous populations, and in both public and private mental health settings.

​Nichole works clinically with older children, adolescents and adults from a boutique clinic and via telehealth with people across Australia.

​Other areas of focus are with psychological testing and assessments, including ADHD, cognitive, personality, memory, adaptive functioning, executive functioning, autism, etc. 

Business, Entrepreneurship, & Me

I work with people who are building real businesses in real conditions — often without a built-in ecosystem, boardroom, or safety net — making complex decisions largely on their own, and trying to grow without sacrificing their health, values, or life in the process.

My work sits at the intersection of psychology, foundership, and sustainable business design. I focus on how founders think, decide, behave, and structure their work — and apply that directly to building businesses that support clarity, longevity, and freedom.

I bring this perspective through a combination of education, over two decades of experience across business and professional life, and lived experience spanning rural and regional business, health, hair and beauty, manufacturing, and service-based industries.

This isn’t mindset work layered on top of strategy. It’s psychology applied to the realities of ownership — helping founders design businesses that function well without requiring self-sacrifice to survive.

I’m also a writer and the host of the podcast Shine the Spotlight: The Psychology of Health and Business, where I explore how people build, lead, and live well under pressure.

Outside of work, I’m intentional about balance. I spend time with my family and pets, read and write, listen to music, and make space for quiet, restorative walks — because the work I do is grounded in the belief that success should expand your life, not consume it.

​Accreditation and Research

Academic qualifications

• Master of Psychology (Clinical)

• Bachelor of Science Psychology (Honours) First Class

• Bachelor of Science (Psychology)

Professional registration

• AHPRA registered psychologist PSY0002151144

• Member of Australian Psychological Society

​Publications/Media

• Author of Girl, Get Out of the Freaking Car! Nine-Step Road Map to Simple Self-Worth and Possibilities, 2024

• Podcast host of The Sustainable Success Series

Research

• Previous research being forwarded for publication 2021

• Morrin, N. (2019). Alternative education as a ‘therapeutic environment:’ A parental perspective. Unpublished masters thesis, University of Southern Queensland.

• Contributor in textbook: Psychology 5th edition (Burton, Westen, & Kowolski, 2018)

• Morrin, N. (2017). Psychological wellbeing and capacity to aspire in youth enrolled in alternative education. Unpublished honours thesis, University of Southern Queensland.

• Psychological Wellbeing and Capacity to Aspire in Marginalised Youth - Research presented at the Changing Worlds in Education Conference October 2018.