Nicholas Fournie (based in Calgary, Alberta) experiments at the edges of contemplative practice, identity, and modern life. He shares what he’s learning at the meeting point of inner and everyday life, where questions of money, meaning, desire, and grief are allowed to sit side by side.

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After early years in fashion, and later seasons in the mountains, graduate theology classrooms, and contemplative communities, Nicholas has grown wary of polished personas, especially spiritual ones. He is more interested in honesty than in appearing enlightened: honesty about longing for beauty and stability, about losing and rebuilding faith (more than once), and about trying to live with integrity in a world that rewards performance.

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Through writing, developing online offerings, and holding one-on-one companioning sessions, Nicholas creates spaces of deep listening and gentle support for people who are tired of choosing between their “spiritual” and “material” selves. His approach is grounded, relational, and non-hierarchical: no guru, no quick fixes, just the slow work of becoming more fully yourself.

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Threads that once shaped his creative expression still sit in the background of everything he does: attention, embodiment, and a willingness to stay with what doesn’t resolve quickly. Whether online or in conversation, Nicholas is drawn to the places where grief and beauty, confusion and clarity, can coexist, and to walking with others as they learn to hold both.