Listening SPA · Mindful Listening

You already understand it.
It keeps happening anyway.

It isn't a discipline problem. From inside a system, you can't see the system.

A group of trained people, taking turns to hear you out.

Not interrupted · Not judged · Not analysed · Not advised

Online group · about 2 hours · usually 3 people, 20 minutes each · 218+ sessions held

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“If only I had learned to listen sooner —
how much gentler, how much more at ease I might have been.”

— 热漾 (Rèyàng) · Listening SPA member · 11th week of continuous participation

About

Nicolas Laurent

ICF PCC certified coach. French, 18 years in China, trilingual — Chinese / English / French. Hosts the Listening SPA mindful-listening group every week.

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ICF PCC Certified Coach Robbins-Madanes · Strategic Intervention Coach CAS · Psychological Counselor MOHRSS · Family-Education Consulting
Taiji Zen Certified Coach French Institute of TCM · Tuina Therapist Master's degree · French Engineering Grande École

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Blending Western evidence-based psychology with Eastern wisdom. Guided by the ICF Code of Ethics — I walk with you as you find your own answers, rather than giving advice or judging on your behalf. This mindful-listening approach is my own synthesis of years of practice, not a repackaging of any ready-made system.
The record — how much, and how it went
880+hours of 1-on-1 coaching
1050+hours teaching & group facilitation
218+Listening SPA sessions hosted
9.5/101-on-1 client satisfaction · 367 anonymous ratings
10260 · 70.8%
955 · 15.0%
841 · 11.2%
78 · 2.2%
62 · 0.5%
51 · 0.3%

Rated anonymously by the client after each session, 0–10. The chart is the full distribution, drawn straight from the raw ratings — the lowest is a 5, and nobody went below it.

836 pieces of feedback kept verbatim · 2016–2026 · 28 topics covered
What they came with
Self-awareness & inner clarity350
Communication & listening168
Anxiety & stress143
Anger & emotion regulation126
Confidence & self-worth109
Mindfulness & meditation96
Life direction & decisions86
Career & workplace69
What they said they left with
A new perspective — things got clearer362
Learned a concrete method240
Emotions settled197
Behaviour actually changed162
Kept coming back over the years80
Motivation came back79

Topics and outcomes are counted from written feedback collected across every service since 2016 (1-on-1 coaching and consulting, Listening SPA, mindfulness and emotion courses, online audio courses, corporate and school events), kept verbatim and de-duplicated. One piece of feedback can touch several topics, so the rows add up to more than the total. No names are published.

What they said afterwards

似乎因为教练的包容开放和鼓励,我自己有能力从复杂的故事里面得出我真正的问题

—— 1-on-1 coaching client

在和教练聊天的时候,我感觉我被平等的看见,没有被评判,被审视

—— 1-on-1 coaching client · 2026
Services

What we offer

Community walks with you · Courses help you know · Camps help you do

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Community (walk together) · Listening SPA

A weekly online mindful-listening group. In a space where you are not interrupted, not judged, not analysed and not advised, be truly heard — and practise truly listening. A group of people on the same wavelength, walking with you for the long run.

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Learn (know) · Courses

Self-paced online learning, at your own rhythm. Start with the "why" — from a single map of the whole knowledge system, pick the door that draws you most.

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Deliberate practice (do) · Camps

Online small groups, once a week over a set period. Turn "knowing" into "doing" — bring a real situation, and grow it into yourself, session by session, while being genuinely listened to.

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Get Coached

Nicolas's ICF one-on-one — I walk with you as you find your own answers, rather than giving advice or judging on your behalf.

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For Teams

Turn "really listening" into a team's leadership. A sustained, measurable practice that moves forward month by month — and grows leadership on both sides.

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In their words

How participants described it afterwards

He believes every one of us is the expert on our own problems, and he gives us safe company and limitless acceptance!

— Listening SPA participant · 2023 · translated from Chinese

From being low and not wanting to speak at the start, to talking freely, to not wanting to leave. So simple that in fewer than five questions it pulled me out of the cage of my own thinking.

— Listening SPA participant · 2022 · translated from Chinese

Nicolas gave no solutions at all, but he gives you the courage to face things and the capacity to resolve them, waking up the energy underneath bit by bit.

— Listening SPA participant · translated from Chinese
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