Coaching at Summit Within

Coaching at Summit Within is for those who arrive with something specific in mind — a goal, a transition, or a change they are moving toward. Sessions are structured around what you want to achieve and the strengths you bring to it. Behind each coaching relationship is the same collective that shapes our therapeutic work — a range of complementary orientations that can be drawn on to support your specific goals.

Coaching Topics

The perspectives below reflect the breadth of our collective approach, drawn on thoughtfully and tailored to what each person needs.

Conflict and Change

Conflict and change are among the most demanding experiences we navigate — whether in our relationships, our work, or our sense of who we are becoming. This coaching offers a structured space to understand what is driving the conflict or transition you are facing, and to find new ways of moving through it.

Values, Direction and Life Planning

Sometimes we arrive at a crossroads, feel stuck in a life that no longer fits, or find that achievement has brought less meaning than we expected. This coaching offers a space to step back, reconnect with what matters most, and find a clearer sense of direction — one that is genuinely yours.

Transitions and Creative Life

Some of the most disorienting moments in life come when something we have built — a relationship, a creative practice, a sense of self — needs to change shape. This coaching offers support through those moments. This can include those navigating significant relationship changes — becoming a parent, separation, or the shifts that quietly reshape a partnership over time. It can also include those sustaining a creative or intellectual life through blocks, burnout, and the demands of the everyday. Whatever the transition, the work is about finding your footing in what comes next.

Our Services

Helping guide your path as the clearer view unfolds.

Meet the Team

Each of our practitioners offer coaching options.

Colin Herfst

  • Life design

  • Discover the next step, and what you need to get there.

Kieren Brittkovich

  • Navigating conflict with curiosity, skill, and confidence

  • Finding footing in the midst of change and transformation

Sitara Thobani

  • Creating a sustainable life in academia

  • Navigating transitions within relationships, parenting, separation and divorce

Facilitated Workshops

Bring Us To You

Conflict-Intelligent Leadership

Conflict isn't the problem, how we respond to it is.

This workshop helps you understand your own conflict patterns, sharpen your emotional awareness, and transform disagreement into an opportunity for deeper connection and better outcomes.

Here's what you get:

  • Understanding your personal conflict style and default responses

  • The neuroscience of conflict

  • Emotional intelligence as a foundation for conflict awareness

  • Moving from reactive to responsive — building your conflict intelligence muscle

Total value: $1997

Today Just $997

Conflict Management For Teams

Every team experiences conflict, but high-performing teams know how to use it.

This workshop equips your team with practical skills and shared frameworks to navigate tension constructively, strengthen relationships, and move forward together.

Here's what you get:

  • Identifying the root causes of team conflict

  • The Conflict Lifecycle and a 4-step conflict analysis process

  • Management strategies for conflict mitigation

  • De-escalation techniques for in-the-moment conflict

  • Building a team culture where conflict becomes a tool for growth

Total value: $1997

Today Just $997

Building Psychological Safety

When people feel safe to speak up, take risks, and be themselves, teams don't just function — they thrive.

This workshop gives leaders and teams the tools to build a culture where trust is the foundation and every voice matters.

Here's what you get:

  • Debunking misconceptions

  • How to move through the four stages of psychological safety

  • How fear, shame, and silence show up in workplace culture

  • The leader's role in modeling vulnerability and openness

  • Practical language and behaviours that build safety

Total value: $1997

Today Just $997

Join our Upcoming Events

Design a Life You Love

Life life on purpose, and design a life you love with our Life Design Workshop. This workshop includes 2 hours of activities that bring you back to yourself.

Stronger Together

Whether you're in transition, navigating persistent conflict, or struggling with communication, our couples workshop will help guide you back to each other.

Parenting On Purpose

Congratulations! Bringing a baby home is a transition unlike any other. Our team has trained in Perinatal Coaching and Counselling to support you every step of the way.

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