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The Inner Journey in Cologne, DE

The Inner Journey in Cologne, DE

The Inner Journey is a three-day immersive training for coaches, facilitators, and trainers who want to deepen emotional literacy, work confidently with visuals, and turn insight into grounded, strengths-based action in themselves and others.

Day 1: Emotions - Identify and leverage emotions and their connection to behavior.

Day 2: Picture Cards - Harness the power of visual aids.

Day 3: Strengths - Uncover and build on individual strengths.

Details

  • Duration: 3 full days
  • Language: German
  • Location: Cologne (venue to follow)
  • Participants: Limited to 18, international group
  • Inclusions: Learning materials, tool kits, and refreshments

Dates:

  • OCT 16-18, 2026 (Friday to Sunday)

Minimum registration: 10 participants (or full refund provided 4 weeks prior)

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A Coaching Certification Program designed for coaches, trainers, and counselors, this intensive blends hands-on learning with proven psychological frameworks. You’ll practice live in the room, test methods in groups, and leave with ready-to-use formats for both 1:1 sessions and workshops.

The Inner Journey strengthens your self-awareness and coaching presence by working with emotions, pictures, and strengths. Learn methods that help clients access insight, build clarity, and move toward action.

Topics to cover:

✔ Work with emotions and needs using the Nonviolent Communication framework
✔ Use picture cards to uncover unconscious patterns and support deeper client insights
✔ Apply strength-based coaching using the metaFox Strengths Framework (built on Martin Seligman and Ryan Niemiec’s work)

Experience a curated toolbox of metaFox Coaching Tools in action and get a certification focused on real-world applications through experiential methods! Learn more about this event below.

The participants

Coaches
  • Turn emotions into action: Use NVC to move from “I feel stuck” → clear needs → specific next-step requests in-session.
  • Reveal blind spots fast: Picture cards surface patterns your client can’t yet name—great for career pivots, leadership friction, or impostor loops.
  • Build momentum between sessions: Strengths micro-interventions (2–5 min) keep clients practicing, not just reflecting.
Trainers & Facilitators
  • Ready-to-run formats: 60/90/120-min modules you can drop into workshops without heavy prep.
  • Interactive by design: Visual tools + strengths exercises keep energy high and learning sticky.
  • Trainer’s edge: Clear debrief scripts tie activities to business outcomes (behavior change, collaboration, resilience).
Counselors
  • Gentle opening: Picture cards externalize feelings, lowering defensiveness and shame so clients talk sooner.
  • Clear structure: NVC turns diffuse stories into “feeling → need → request,” creating relief and direction.
  • Hope & agency: Strengths reframes (“what’s strong here?”) reduce stuckness and produce doable micro-actions.

Training Schedule

  • Day 1: Emotional Clarity

    Understand the role of emotions in life and work decisions. With metaFox’s proven tools based on the Non-Violent Communication framework, you will be able to support your participants in identifying their emotions and needs and using them as a compass for making important life decisions. We will use debriefing as an important tool for unravelling learning points and move on.

  • Day 2: Visual Insights

    Dive into the world of picture cards and discover how these powerful visual tools can bring unconscious thoughts and emotions to the surface. Learn how to use projective methods to evoke deeper insights in your clients and participants. Through practical exercises, you will learn how to effectively use picture cards in various coaching scenarios to enhance reflection and communication.

  • Day 3: Empowered Growth

    Learn how to identify and cultivate the strengths of your participants and clients using the metaFox Strengths Framework, based on the Positive Psychology principles of Martin Seligman and Ryan Niemiec. This framework will help you foster resilience, self-confidence, and motivation in your participants, enabling sustainable development.

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Max Friedle at Europäischen Trainingspreises 2024 awarding

The tools behind the experience

In addition to experiencing yourself, this certification also focuses on coaching skills and expanding your toolbox for inner transformation. In regular meta-moments, we will examine the methods and tools behind our experience, so you can take them with you and adopt them in your work.

At metaFox, we've been developing this toolbox since 2018. As a global coaching tools publisher, we're packing this event with our most proven tools and topics. One of them—deep pictures—was honored with a Silver Award at the BDVT European Training Prize. This recognition highlights our commitment to innovation and practical relevance in the field of coaching and adult learning across Europe.

Tools you'll be working with

  • Working with emotions

    1. Emotions & Needs Compass
    2. "How do you feel?" Coaching Cards

  • Identifying strengths

    1. Strengths Compass
    2. "Stronger You" Coaching Cards

  • Working with pictures

    1. deep pictures "ORIGINAL"
    2. deep pictures "Leading Change"
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What you'll get in just 3 days

  • Present & Future Picture

    Meet your co-participants by exploring your today, history and future vision with the power of pictures.

  • Strengths Coaching

    Recognize obstacles and identify strengths that will support your journey from today to tomorrow. Use strengths tools yourself.

  • Debriefing the experience

    Have a look at the meta-level of our common experience and understand the methods behind. How do you apply it to your practice?

  • Emotions & Values

    We practice surfacing and naming feelings with emotion cards as well as the values driving our actions. Use tools on yourself to later transform your clients' life.

  • Experiential Learning

    Learn how to design your own exercises and experiences that enrich your participants' learning process.

  • Individual & group transfer

    In the last part of the experience we'll break out into working groups exploring the topics we are most interested in - so you apply and take home what's most valuable for you.

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Your trainer

  • Maximilian Friedle

    Max is Co-Founder of metaFox, coach, trainer and facilitator, passionate about realizing the true potential in people and organizations.

    With more than 2 decades of facilitation experiences Max brings proven tools and techniques to shape your journey - be it working with individuals or teams!

    Based in Germany he leads the way for the metaFox team, which in turn sold over 100.000 Coaching Tools worldwide.

    If you have any questions about the program, just reach out: maximilian@metafox.eu

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What people say and impressions from previous workshops

I could have gone on for hours. It was creative. We went through all the levels of the room. We introduced ourselves with the cards, we “painted pictures” with tape and cards and developed our dreams. I can only recommend the seminar - it was an absolute game changer for me.

Michaela Burch, Coach, Trainer & Speaker

Max' ability to create interactive and engaging workshops was particularly appreciated. The quality of the metaFox cards and Max' expert guidance have enabled our participants to gain profound personal and professional insights. His techniques effectively promote self-reflection and a change of perspective, making them an indispensable part of our training programmes. Thank you very much for your commitment to our systemic online coach training programme.

Benjamin Lambeck, Managing Director at Coachingspace