About Nicholas
Nicholas grew up in a small, midwest, blue collar town in Ohio. He was a good athlete but not quite tall, strong or fast enough to play beyond high school. He did well in school and had the good fortune to attend and graduate from Indiana University.
He always enjoyed the arts growing up. According to some teachers he had talent but was too obsessed with athletics to pursue any creative interests.
Funny enough, he was a business major in college but his two A+s in college was in folk music and piano. He graduated with an accounting degree and got a job as an auditor at Price Waterhouse. Can you say, pragmatic?
Nicholas and his wife struggled to start a family. Plenty of people do. They eventually had twins via IVF but unfortunately their babies had to be delivered far, far too early, at only 25 weeks gestation. He started Graham’s Foundation in memory of his son. The parenting journey is a challenging road to navigate no matter the circumstances! Graham’s Foundation supports thousands of families every year that are going through the roller coaster ride of premature birth.
We had the experience of building a couple of custom homes (with the help of architects and contractors, of course) in Hermosa Beach, CA and Perrysburg, OH. Both were built with the right intention with an emphasis on being proportional and aware of the surroundings.
Throughout much of his adult life he was focused on accumulation and recognition as his measures of success. He had grand visions of being a benevolent philanthropist. As he’s grown older, and hopefully wiser, he has learned that his desires for personal and professional success led to unhealthy expansions of everything in his life. The pursuit of more, more of everything, is why he suspects so many of us feel disconnected from our spirit.
Nicholas is intentionally shrinking his footprint, continually challenging his minimalist ways to be a more thoughtful and conscious human being, with a goal of supplying his community with an abundance of love and acceptance.
Nicholas has become far more clear of his principles, values and beliefs. As a citizen of the United States, he feels an obligation to do his part to help impact the trajectory of our planet.
After moving around the country, he is currently based in Bloomington, Indiana in a wonderfully quaint 1950s mid-century inspired ranch. He hosts house concerts, play gigs, creates art in his studio, rents his walkout basement studio on AirBnB and a men’s accessory line called Pocktie.
Currently Nicholas is working on a one man show called Confessions of a Failed Self-Help Guru. Who knows what I’ll do next!?!