When change, conflict, and doubt disorient

I will help you find direction

and adaptability

STRUGGLES FOR

ORIENTATION

CAN BURN UP

ALL OUR ENERGY

Change accelerates, old guidelines break away and uncertainty spreads. As views and motives compete for recognition, many of us struggle with doubt, conflict, and regressive rigidity. But those risks are equaled by opportunities for inspired growth. With my writing and by facilitating adaptability and shared purpose, I accompany endeavors for such transformation.

TO MASTER CHANGE

WE HAVE TO EXPAND

OUR SENSEMAKING

COMMUNICATION

AND MINDFULNESS

Support for Individuals

Support for Groups

Meet me at my weekly class "Learning to meditate" — Sundays, 3.45 pm, at Yoga Now Berlin

Meet me at my weekly class "Learning to meditate" — Sundays, 3.45 pm, at Yoga Now Berlin

Wayseeking Minds

Learn about my approach and see a collection of my writing on my blog

  • Client voice

    With Nikolas, I learn to see things anew. With incredible sensitivity to subtle interactional patterns and intentions, he shows me how I shape my relationships unconsciously. And he's helping me overcome limiting beliefs and narratives. New paths and possibilities now crystallize with exhilarating clarity.

    Herbert Nebel
    NGO Board Member and Politician

  • Colleague voice

    Working with Nikolas is inspiring. He consistently offered a wealth of lucid reflections and innovative suggestions. As an empathetic, attentive listener, Nikolas accurately identified clients' positions and needs. His originality and high level of observation make him an enriching process facilitator.

    Valeria Berghoff-Flüel
    Intersectoral Transformation Expert

Hey, I’m Nikolas,

I help people find orientation, overcome limiting habits and narratives, communicate empathically, and transform conflict. I’m a certified trainer and coach with three first-class degrees in psychology, philosophy, and organization studies (the details are on LinkedIn). Among others, I work for the School of Life for Business, the Psychologists for Future, and the International Youth Initiative Program (YIP) in Sweden.
       My work is most influenced by the psychologists Karl Weick and Irvin Yalom, the existential phenomenologies of Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, and Heidegger, and by Buddhism and Taoism as they come together in Zen. I practice Zen Buddhism with dedication and have studied intensely in monasteries of several lineages.

I was privileged with the freedom to explore countries, communities and purposes for many years. Having grown up in Berlin with a thirst for life's possibilities,  I left after finishing school, first to work with disadvantaged children in Peru. Over the following colorful decade, I grew my discipline and self-determination, sensitivity to the joys and sufferings of the world's people, and a deep appreciation for human and environmental flourishing.
      But the privilege of freedom became a burden for me when, in my mid-twenties, I lost my grip within the multiplicity of human endeavors. Resolutely, I had followed my own judgment and questioning mind. But then my judgment got confused by myriad possibilities and my mind’s questioning turned into restless doubt. My pursuits seemed ungrounded, my joys arbitrary. As a Zen teacher put it: “You’ve learned to pull the ground from under your feet but you haven’t yet learned to fly.” Now, Zen practice is teaching me to fly—it’s teaching me how not to get stuck.

The energy of conflict and doubt, we must not forget, also signals our will to assume responsibility. It drives endeavors for emancipation and participation. And I am convinced that it can expand our vision and initiate empowering transformation. But we must learn to handle it well. I invite you to join the learning journey…