We are Nicci (MPsych) and Steve (BA, MA) Gould and both have studied, researched, and practiced as a Clinical Psychologist (Nicci) and Futurist (Steve).

We have managed successful practices for over 15 years under the auspice of:

o  Shine Clinical Psychology

o  Steve Gould Futures

Self-Maintenance: to DIY or to Outsource?

In the 1974 classic novel “Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,” the arising tension between ways of servicing a motorbike - that is to DIY or to outsource to a mechanic - compels the rider/author to embark on a deep exploration of the Metaphysics of Quality.

In an interview 40 years after he wrote the book, Robert Pirsig is quoted by Tim Wilson (CBC News APP, 2014) as saying “The study of the art of motorcycle maintenance is really a miniature study of the art of rationality itself. Working on a motorcycle, working well, caring, is to become part of a process, to achieve an inner peace of mind. The motorcycle is primarily a mental phenomenon. The real cycle you’re working on is a cycle called ‘yourself’”.

Nicci read this novel in October 2020 and was deeply inspired, having balanced competing needs to recognise and recover from complex PTSD and maintain a professional private practice as a Clinical Psychologist for several years. Not long after, we wondered how we could blend our Psychotherapy and Futures practices together, and right there & then NowWatt was conceived.

The NowWatt Self-Maintenance Manual is the product of that inspirational energy. 

Metaphorically, when the Now = the present (relative to the past or the future), and the Watt = energy, in some form comes together, Quality ensues.

The Quality IS something – the present and the energy put together - and that something is You.