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Coaching Fear and Resistance
(A Saboteur Masterclass)

As a coach it’s likely you have experienced the moment when a clients saboteur or inner critic reared its head, and no matter what you tried to do, it just seemed to dig its heels in deeper.  

In seeing the frustration this causes our client, we often try to push them through the barrier of resistance, and yet in so doing, may re-enact the conditions in which the limiting belief was originally formed, or fail to understand how it once served to protect the client from further exposure to traumatic circumstances.  

Indeed, when the saboteur voice or inner critic is the representive of the clients adaptive strategies originally formed to over come hardship, challenging it is akin to telling our client’s younger self to ‘get over it and move on.’ 

To be a more trauma informed coach means, at the very least, to have a better understanding of the way our nervous systems can become dysregulated over time, and leave us favouring either more passive or more active ways of resisting change and the challenges to our sense of security.  

Either can be mistaken for the saboteur or indeed the voice of authenticity.  In this Masterclass, we will use such an understanding, as the basis of bringing to life the foundational approaches to identifying, managing and transforming saboteur voices and limiting beliefs, while also introducing more advanced techniques to apply with clients further along in their growth. 

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I wholeheartedly recommend the Fear and Resistance workshop. As someone who has been practicing coaching for over 15 years, I was deeply impressed by the originality and depth of the materials. They were not only insightful and educational, but also brought surprising new perspectives — even for someone experienced in the field.

The workshop gave me practical tools, while also guiding me through a profound personal process. I gained a deeper understanding of my internal mechanisms around fear, and connected with parts of myself in a new way.

I especially appreciated the facilitation. Nick and Vibeke were a beautiful combination — sensitive, open, warm, and present. They created a space that felt incredibly safe, and modeled true flexibility, acceptance, and connection. The dynamic between them was inspiring.

I highly recommend this experience to anyone ready to meet fear and saboteurs with courage and curiosity.♥️

Talia Dor, PCC, CPCC

“This course offers a thoughtful and grounded approach to coaching through fear and resistance. The facilitators are deeply experienced, and the advanced level of the group created an inspiring learning environment.

The approach goes beyond cognitive understanding to include embodiment, which deepens awareness and presence. What stood out most was the way the course addresses inner ‘saboteurs’—not by overriding or ignoring them, but by exploring the beliefs beneath them and bringing in nuance. That shift allows for more depth in coaching conversations and brings greater sensitivity to the client’s inner world.

The tools provided are practical without being simplistic, and they help coaches work in a way that honours the intelligence behind resistance. I highly recommend it!”

Lonneke Korenromp, CPCC

“Overcoming fear and resistance is a topic that everyone will continuously encounter in their life journey. I would recommend the Master Class of Fear and Resistance from Nick to any coaches who would like to learn extensive but also practical tools as how to work with clients’ fear and resistance with a more holistic approach.”

Jue Engels
Executive Coach and Consultant, CPCC

Coaching Fear and Resistance was incredible for me, as well as our incredible group of coaches. Thank you.

Hollie Rottman
CPCC, MHR

Master Class Trainer

Nick Kettles, France

MCC. Trauma informed coach and trainer.

Nick is a Master Certified Coach, and healer of 25 years experience in the human potential movement. He is known for his skill in guiding his clients to compassionately embrace the full expression of their humanity, especially those parts they have marginalised or placed into the shadow.
In a desire to escape an awkward and painful past, throughout his life, Nick frequently mistook his own adaptive and often reactive life strategies as evidence of a purposeful existence. Today, he delights in finally moving slow enough to discover that our purpose and indeed our spirituality can be found at the heart of our messy humanity. This is his own Threshold of the Soul. It is by moving towards our chaos and mess rather than resisting or trying to control it, that true healing is found. He created Thresholds of the Soul to provide the space and presence in which others can do the same. He lives in France within sight of the Pyrenees mountains, with his family, who keep his feet on the ground and heart open to possibility.

Wiebke Renner, Berlin

Leadership Coach, Trainer, Facilitator
Before discovering the transformative power of coaching and systemic dialogue facilitation, Wiebke was a professional opera singer, performing across Europe for over 12 years.
She now runs her own coaching practice and enjoys her role as faculty member at the Co-Active Training Institute (CTI). Her clients range from conductors and actors to entrepreneurs and leaders in the corporate sector.
Her passion for equity, diversity, and inclusive systemic change led her to the South African–born No-Name Initiative (nni), a global movement that spreads transformational dialogue. She has been facilitating public and organisational systemic dialogue processes since 2017.
She is guided by the principle of bringing our inherent wholeness to life in both her work with individuals and groups.
She loves cats, playing the piano and swimming outdoors.
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  • Logistics
  • 10.25 HOURS OF ICF Core Competency CCEUS awarded. CCEUs will be awarded to participants who successfully meet the minimum attendance requirements of 3 out of 4 sessions + homework.
  • Classes are led by two trainers, presented live by Zoom Groups & limited to 12 participants
  • Fee includes 4 x 180 min classes plus supporting materials.
  • Fee: €495.00 (Includes TVA)
  • Coaching Fear and Resistance is suitable for Accredited Coaches; Coaches currently engaged in an ICF accredited training; and helping professionals with other qualifying experience. If in doubt, please contact me for discuss further.
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