Nicole Tuxford, known as Nicky, was training to be a life coach. Photo / Supplied
Nicole Tuxford, known as Nicky, was training to be a life coach. Photo / Supplied
Nicky Tuxford was a "beautiful young woman" with a huge smile and a "wonderful giggle".
Tuxford was embarking on a new career as a life coach and spiritual guide when she was killed in the Christchurch suburb of Merivale three weeks ago.
Twenty-seven-year-old Nicole Marie Tuxford, known to friends andfamily as Nicky, had been training for two years with the Phoenix Light Foundation to become a life coach.
Foundation director Phyllis Brown said she had known Tuxford for four years after she began coming to classes as a student "to explore her own intuitive gift and skills".
"She was a lovely young woman with an amazing smile and a wonderful giggle."
Tuxford was hoping to become someone who could help others find themselves, a passion she had discovered she wanted to pursue in recent years, Brown said.
"She threw herself into it, this self-healing process."
An "intensely private" woman, Tuxford was very close with her "lovely" family but did not reveal too much about her inner self, Brown said.
"Her personal life was very much her own thing and we didn't cross those boundaries with her."
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Brown said she and the other teachers at the Foundation were shocked by what had happened and their thoughts went out to Tuxford's family and friends.
