Nicole Cicco’s story unfolds like a garden reclaiming wild, fertile ground—rooted in resilience, blossoming through transformation, and reaching skyward with purpose. For 23 years, she thrived in the cultivated rows of corporate real estate accounting, excelling in financial analysis, data security, and management. Yet, life’s unpredictable storms uprooted her path when a spinal surgery left her with arachnoiditis—a painful, incurable condition that sent her into the shadowed depths of chronic pain and despair.
From this broken soil, Nicole planted new seeds of hope. She nurtured herself back to wholeness with the wisdom of nature, the precision of science, and the timeless rituals of spirituality. Her recovery from a spinal cord injury and nervous breakdown became the fertile ground where she grew a new life—one dedicated to guiding others through their own seasons of healing and growth.
With an Associate of Science in Technology, an Associate of Applied Science in Business Management, and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Nicole’s foundation is as structured as the roots of an ancient tree. Her branches stretch toward holistic wellness, bearing certifications in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Hypnotherapy, Meditation, Herbalism, Trauma-Informed Counseling, Strategic Life Coaching, Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), Thought-Field Therapy (TFT), and Advanced Integrative Energy Therapy (AIET). As a certified Reiki Master, ordained Spiritual Minister, and recipient of the 9 Rites of the Munay-Ki, she carries the lineage of ancient healing traditions into the modern world.
Nicole’s garden became her sanctuary—a living metaphor for resilience, balance, and renewal. Inspired by its cycles of growth and restoration, she founded The Sound Within Us, a holistic wellness practice that integrates trauma-informed counseling, energy medicine, vibrational sound therapy, and mindfulness. Like sunlight coaxing blooms from the earth, her work illuminates the path to healing, helping others cultivate harmony between body, mind, and spirit.
Out of this flowering vision, The Red Dragon Growers took root—an initiative devoted to ecotherapy, sustainability, and biodiversity. Its gardens serve as sanctuaries of growth, offering medicinal herbs, organic produce, and handcrafted remedies infused with Reiki’s restorative energy. Nicole’s workshops and homeschool programs teach others to tend not only to the soil but also to the soul, empowering them to embrace nature’s rhythms as tools for well-being.
A storyteller at heart, Nicole’s words bloom in her books, Finding the Sound Within: A Guide to Spiritual Evolution and Inner Harmony and Nurturing the Body, Mind, and Spirit: A Guide to Whole-Body Wellness – Integrating Nature, Science, and Spirituality. These works weave together ancient wisdom and modern science, offering readers seeds of insight to cultivate their own transformations.
To support others in planting sustainable businesses, Nicole also founded the Thomas S. Dragani Holistic Business Institute. Here, she mentors healers and entrepreneurs, helping them root their passions in purpose and nurture thriving practices that uplift communities.
A singer, artist, and musician, Nicole’s creativity branches into every facet of her work, offering sound, color, and form as tools for expression and transformation. Despite living with arachnoiditis and the thorns of chronic pain, she stands as proof that beauty can bloom in even the harshest conditions.
Nicole’s journey is not just one of survival but of flourishing—of tending to what was broken and coaxing new life from the soil of adversity. Through The Sound Within Us, The Red Dragon Growers, and her written works, she plants seeds of hope, guiding others to root themselves in strength, rise toward possibility, and bloom into their fullest potential.
"Be the change that you wish to see in this world."
