Nicole was absolutely unwilling to accept the status quo. Unwilling to accept ‘that’s just the way things are’. She was going to change it. She embodies unstoppable. I felt my cynicism dissipating and my own passions fire up in the presence of her love and compassion for humanity, and her grab-your-sword warrior-hood for people having a voice and loving their lives. I’ll have what she’s having. Wow!

Being in the same room as Nicole Gibson was being in the presence of a Big Bang. Not only the room, but the world seemed bigger and continued to grow bigger around her. The rawness and realness of this misleadingly petite woman was a bombshell. Shocking because it’s so rare!

Your talk moved people to tears. There was a shift in my thinking after your presentation. Your inspirational words woke up the entire room to how our current response to mental illness is not working. What I took home was the current system needs tweaking. Every mental health worker should have training from you to see the illness for what it is; no stigma, just love.

There’s few people in this world who really give a damn. And there’s even fewer that have the ability to make others give a damn. Like really give a damn. I’m talking next level give a damn. I’m talking next level soul touching, humanity loving, peace driving, brain energising, freedom giving, give a damn. Nicole makes you feel like you are important, and that you matter, and that you're worth giving a damn about. And she makes you feel like what you believe in, love and trust is important and matters and is worth giving a damn about. I have this game that I like to play. It’s called the ‘watch-Nicole-change-the-world’ game. The first time I met Nicole I could clearly see in my mind that this amazing pioneering young women would change the world. Now, each time I catch up with her or check-in on what she is up to, my excitement grows as her reach expands, her message grows stronger and her influence touches an ever increasing number of people. I have a dream for Nicole...my dream is that she is the one that causes change in our world like nobody else can. And I know she will.