While it’s our job as coaches to champion our clients to create their own unique vision of a fulfilled life, its also our job to support them in embracing the fullness of their present life experience. And, while it is never planned or intended, this can also include the experience of loss, whether arising from the death of a loved one; end of a relationship; loss of home resulting from displacement; or loss of identity. Indeed, its unlikely that during your career, you will not encounter a client experiencing loss and the inevitable grief which follows. Like any other emotion grief is part of the human experience, not a symptom of a pathology, and so while it can be intense, with sensitivity, courageous honesty, and the right skill, its gentle transformation over time is possible. With patience, over time, our ability to successfully coach grief and loss, serves our client in helping renew their connection to life and the future they wish to create. This class is designed to help you to upgrade your existing skillset to meet the needs of your clients encountering loss. Still have further questions? Please click here for our FAQs.
Master Class Trainer
Nick Kettles, France
MCC. Trauma informed coach
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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.
Nick’s personal experience with grief and loss has been a consistent theme throughout his life, and in particular as a child via the loss of relationship to both his parents following a traumatic divorce, and also in having to confront his own mortality via being hospitalised 3 times, the last following a prognosis of major organ failure within 24 hours. Ten years ago Nick was present at the death of his mother who died suddenly aged 68 – an experience which taught him the importance of allowing time to explore the experience of how the loss happened, as distinct from the relationship to what has been lost itself.
Professionally Nick’s experience of working with death and our sense of mortality encompasses 3 key areas. In the 90s he worked for six years as an integrated breath therapist (commonly known as Holotropic or Rebirthing breath work) during which he helped 100s of people explore and process the impact of the unique circumstances of their birth, life and their fear of death. This was an initiation in somatic body work, as he learned to be present to, facilitate and witness the release of residual trauma held with the body and nervous system. Nick has also been a practitioner of 25 years in two meditation disciplines rooted in the Hindhu tradition, both of which invite us to consider the impermanence of our human existence, and indeed, the inevitability of our own death. And, over the last 15 years, as a coach, Nick has developed a clear niche as a trauma informed coach (trained via CTI, Thomas Prattki Institute, and the NARM Institute) with a specialism in helping his clients become present to their sense of loss and separation, and in time support them to release the residual trauma associated with it, so it can be included in the persons life story without fear or judgement.
Selina Lamy, London, UK
PCC, Leadership and Confidence Coach
Selina is an ICF-certified coach (PCC) who works with leaders and professionals who are looking to navigate personal and work challenges with confidence and purpose. She came to coaching after a 20-year corporate career in Financial Crime and programme management and loves helping her clients bring more of their human side into the workplace.
She first came across Nick’s programme when she took part in the pilot Coaching Grief and Loss course in early 2023. Having experienced significant family loss from a very young age, she loved the power and importance of this work, and has been involved with supporting Nick to bring it to a wider coaching audience ever since.
Selina lives in a very green part of London with her husband and two sons, and various four-legged friends.
Shan Wu, Vienna, Austria
PCC, Executive Coach and Consultant.
With 20 years of coaching and facilitation experience, Shan helps individuals, teams, and organizations break limits and amplify their unique value proposition. Known for her precision and depth, she empowers clients to overcome stagnation, navigate challenges, and achieve breakthrough growth. As one of China’s first Co-Active® Coaches, she has helped multinationals expand in China, build cross-functional teams, and develop globally minded leaders.
Shan also pioneered the first Coaching Grief and Loss classes for Chinese Co-Active Coaches, playing a critical role in both translation and presentation. Now based in Austria, she guides international entrepreneurs and executives to bridge cultures and lead strategic expansion.
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Agenda (each live session is 2 hrs)
Session 1
Foundations. Isolation and the limits of timebound processes.
Session 2
Coaching the loss event as a doorway to our grief.
Session 3
Remembering the whole person.
Session 4
Honoring Cycles of Time with Meaningful Acts.
Session 5
Death, Dying, and Ancestral Loss
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NEXT DATES: CGL003 - 14 Oct · 28 Oct · 11 Nov · 25 Nov · 9 Dec.
START TIME: 10.30 AM - 13.00 PM CET SINGAPORE 17.30 PM - 20.00 PM *
( * 14TH OCT starts at 16.30 PM Singapore time)
- Logistics
- 8.75 HOURS OF ICF Core Competency CCEUS awarded. CCEUs will be awarded to participants who successfully meet the minimum attendance requirements of 4 out of 5 sessions, including the first + homework.
- Classes are presented live by Zoom Groups limited to 10 participants
- Coaching Grief and Loss is for Accredited Coaches; Coaches currently engaged in an ICF accredited training; Helping professionals with other qualifying experience. If in doubt, please contact me for discuss further.
- Fee: €349.00 (TVA/VAT applied where applicable)
- Fee includes 5 x 150 min classes plus supporting materials.
- Still have further questions click here for our FAQs
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