The Inner Work
That Makes Everything Else Flow

An 8-week practitioner cohort for helping professionals who are ready to stop white-knuckling their practice and start building something that nourishes you, your clients, and your bottom line.

Enroll Now — $1,575 CADSee everything that is included
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Discover Your Own Blind Spots
Your Saboteurs do not take a day off just because you help others for a living. This program helps you see what has been running your show.
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Add a Powerful New Modality
Experience Positive Intelligence® from the inside out, so you can speak to its impact from your own life, not just a brochure.
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Find Your People
Meet a curated cohort of practitioners in adjacent fields. The cross-pollination and collaboration that comes from this alone is worth it.
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Create More Ease and Income
When you operate from your Sage brain, you make better decisions, attract better clients, and build a practice that does not exhaust you.

The honest truth

Facilitators are often the last ones to receive support

You went into this work because you are good at holding space for others. You are perceptive, empathetic, and committed. And there is a real chance that the very gifts that make you effective are also the ones that keep you stuck.

The internal critic that shows up in your clients' stories? You have your own version. The patterns that keep people playing small? They are as familiar as your morning routine. You know the map. But knowing the map and walking the terrain are different things.

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    You help others break free from perfectionism while holding yourself to impossible standards
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    You counsel boundaries with clients but struggle to enforce your own in your business
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    You teach nervous system regulation but your own survival brain is running the show under pressure
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    You are building a business and a practice and a life at the same time, and the friction is real

"The most powerful thing you can do for your clients is do the work yourself."

This program is built on that belief. When you have felt your own Saboteurs loosen their grip, when you have accessed your Sage brain in a moment of real pressure, you can guide others there with a credibility that no certification alone can give you.

91%
reduction in stress
92%
improvement in teamwork reported after 7 weeks across 2,000+ professionals
98%
report greater emotional steadiness under real pressure

Everything included

This is not a program you observe.
You live it.

Eight weeks of doing the work yourself, alongside peers who understand your world. Here is what that looks like.

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Saboteur to Sage Session
Before the cohort begins, you and Nancy meet one-on-one. You will unpack your specific Saboteur patterns, see what they are costing you in your work and relationships, and experience real wins using your first Mental Fitness tools. This session alone will shift something.
Private 1:1 Session
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8 Weekly Live Cohort Sessions
Every week for 8 weeks, you meet with your cohort on Zoom with Nancy facilitating. Real conversation, real implementation, real accountability. This is where the intellectual understanding becomes embodied practice.
Every Tuesday
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8 Weekly Video Modules
One 1-hour module per week via the Positive Intelligence® app, led by Stanford researcher and bestselling author Shirzad Chamine. Self-paced, on your schedule, with daily practice tools built in.
Positive Intelligence® App
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1:1 PQ Coaching Session with Nancy
During the 8 weeks, you have a private coaching session with Nancy using the Positive Intelligence model. You will bring something real that feels stuck. You will leave with movement. And you will understand from the inside what this coaching model does.
Private Coaching
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The Practitioner Circle
The cohort is curated. You will be in the room with coaches, therapists, facilitators, and consultants in adjacent fields. The cross-pollination and referral relationships that develop here keep giving long after the 8 weeks end.
Peer Network
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Daily Mental Fitness Practice
The app includes daily guided practices that take as little as 90 seconds. These are the reps that rewire neural pathways over time. Between sessions, this keeps the momentum alive and builds the muscle that matters most under pressure.
Daily Practice App

Your facilitator

Nancy Shadlock
has been there too

Nancy is a Mental Fitness coach, certified Positive Intelligence® trainer, and the founder of Centered Mental Fitness. She has spent over two decades facilitating growth in boardrooms, classrooms, and community circles across five continents. She speaks to performance and wellbeing not from a distance but from lived experience.

As a conversion therapy survivor and someone who spent years performing for other people's approval. She knows what it costs to operate from survival brain. And she knows what becomes possible when you stop.

Her approach is warm, direct, and never preachy. She will not tell you what to think. She will help you hear yourself more clearly.

Certified PQ TrainerStanford-based FrameworkMA in Spirituality25 Years FacilitationCQCC Innovative Supplier of the Year

"This program is the most accessible I've ever seen! The way the program is laid out, Nancy's guidance, and the usability of the App has really helped me to be a better version of myself everyday. Plus, I feel like this mindset shift will stay with me, unlike other programs where all is forgotten so quickly."

~ Dr. Cindy Le, B.Sc, TCMD, R.Ac, RMT

Trusted by

Government of Canada  ·  KPMG  ·  McMaster University  ·  Global Affairs Canada  ·  Calgary School Board

Is this for you?

You will thrive in this if any of this lands

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    You are in a consulting, facilitation, coaching, therapy, or helping profession
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    You want to do the inner work that makes your outer work more credible and sustainable
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    You are curious about Positive Intelligence® as a potential modality for your practice
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    You are building or growing a practice and want to do it with more ease and less grind
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    You want to meet and build genuine trust with practitioners in adjacent fields
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    You are ready to be a participant, not just a facilitator, and do real work on yourself

Not the right fit if...

A few honest boundaries

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    You want to add a credential without doing the actual inner work that makes it real
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    You are not willing to show up each week and do the daily practice between sessions
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    You are looking for a networking event rather than a genuine peer development experience
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    You are in crisis and need clinical support first. This program complements but does not replace therapy.

Enrolment

Ready to begin?

Your first step after enrolling is booking your private Saboteur to Sage session with Nancy. That is where it begins.

Creating More Ease in My Life and Work
8-Week Practitioner Cohort with Nancy Shadlock
$1,575
CAD — full program investment
Cohort begins March 31st
Limited spots — this cohort is intentionally small
  • ✓Private Saboteur to Sage session before the cohort begins
  • ✓8 weekly live Zoom cohort sessions with Nancy, Tuesdays
  • ✓8 weekly video modules via the Positive Intelligence® app
  • ✓1:1 PQ coaching session with Nancy during the program
  • ✓Daily Mental Fitness practice app access throughout
  • ✓A curated cohort of vetted practitioners in adjacent fields
  • ✓Tools and practices you keep for life
Enroll and Book Your Saboteur Session

Questions first? Reach out at [email protected]

Questions

Things people often ask

Do I need any prior knowledge of Positive Intelligence?
No. The program is designed to be your first experience of PQ from the inside. If you have heard about it but never done it, this is the ideal entry point. You will understand it far more deeply by living it than by reading about it.
How is this different from doing the PQ program on my own?
The app program is the content. Nancy's facilitation, the private Saboteur to Sage session, the 1:1 coaching session, and the peer cohort are the container that makes the content land differently. Most people who do the app alone finish with insights. People who do it with facilitation support finish with change.
Will this give me a credential to deliver PQ to my clients?
This program gives you lived experience and deep familiarity with the PQ framework. If you want to become a certified PQ coach, that is a separate certification path. Nancy can speak to that with you during the program if you want to explore it.
How much time does this require each week?
Plan for about 2 hours per week for the module and live session, plus a daily practice of 10 to 15 minutes using the app. This is designed to fit into a full practice, not take it over.
When does the Saboteur to Sage session happen?
Right after you enroll. You book directly with Nancy and it happens before the cohort starts on March 31st. It serves as both a powerful standalone session and your orientation into the program.
Can I expense this as professional development?
Absolutely. An invoice is available on request at [email protected]. Many practitioners in past cohorts have expensed this through their business.
Who else will be in the cohort?
The cohort is intentionally small and curated. Nancy personally reviews who is joining to ensure a mix of complementary practitioners. You will not be in a room full of direct competitors.
What happens after the 8 weeks?
You keep the tools and the relationships. Graduates are welcome to continue with Nancy through Mental Fitness Momentum, her monthly alumni program which includes a group call and a monthly 1:1 session.

The next step

You have been holding space for everyone else.
This one is for you.

March 31st. A small, curated cohort. Eight weeks of real work. Tools that make the rest of your work feel lighter.

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