Advisory partnerships
About you
Do you ever sense a chasm in the way you move through the world—between the part of you that excels, builds, achieves… and the creative part that longs to rest in being, alive and free?
Perhaps you recognize some of these patterns:
You’ve succeeded by almost any external measure—leadership, research, entrepreneurship, insight — and yet there’s a feeling of something essential still missing.
Your mind is refined and analytical, but your inner life can feel flat, suspended in abstraction, bored, or hopeless.
Meditation, once a source of discovery, now feels like circling familiar territory. Your practice is rigorous but not alive. You wonder: what’s the point?
At times you glimpse another mode of being—uncontrived, creative, deeply at ease, yet to live there would feel like abandoning something essential.
The mode switch between that open aliveness and your focused, productive clarity carries too much friction. You can’t inhabit both at once, yet you can’t imagine giving either up.
You know you don’t want to lose your edge, your curiosity, or your drive. The work matters. Building, innovating, impacting the real world—this is part of who you are. But you sense there must be a way to live it with more aliveness and joy.
If this feels familiar, you’re not alone. The tension between ambition and freedom, structure and wholehearted living—that’s where we start...
About me
I work with a small number of AI researchers and exited tech founders who are shaping extraordinary worlds. I offer a transformative, personal relationship that revitalizes connection with purpose. I facilitate viscerally-felt change, grounded in action, to the most important decisions in life and work. Choices that once felt stalled or procrastinated flow easily from a different way of being in the world—one that is joyful, vivid, alive, and effective.
I bring decades of experience in personal and organizational strategy, psychological stage development, Gestalt psychotherapy, and contemporary Vajrayana practice. It’s a niche combination. I’m confident that it works. I want to share how, with you.
My personal mentors, and teachers who continue to inspire and challenge me, include Carolyn Coughlin, Brian Whetten, Rich Litvin, Terry Real, and Ngak’chang Rinpoche.
How We Work
You are likely to be looking for more than leadership coaching. Transformation occurs through deep trust in an ongoing relationship with someone dedicated to understanding the complexity of your inner and outer worlds. Our work together is not templated—it’s shaped around your unique context and aspirations.
Our conversations move fluidly between frameworks: developmental psychology, strategy, navigating uncertainty, meditative, embodied, and relational practice. At times I challenge your assumptions. At others I facilitate insight: you cut through noise and see the broader pattern. Together we build awareness and skill so that you become powerful, present, an unshakeable force for good in your relationships and in your life’s work.
Think of this as a private partnership with someone in your corner: responsive, available, and deeply attuned to your trajectory. Some clients rely on me during pivotal transitions; others engage for the long term to continually refine how they show up as leaders and human beings.
Bespoke Retainer
The bespoke retainer model means you have priority access to me—regular sessions scheduled at a cadence that suits you, plus additional contact as needed. The structure adapts to your circumstances: intensives during high-stakes periods, shorter check-ins when you’re in flow. Our agreement is tailored so that it works for your rhythm and commitments.
This is not a transactional hourly service; it’s a value-based, long-term investment in your effectiveness, your freedom, and your capacity to create extraordinary impact.
Who I Work With
My clients include AI researchers, CEOs, founders, investors, engineers, professors, and coaches. Most are highly creative, STEM-minded, and motivated to expand their personal and professional horizons. All are committed to growth, integrity, and making a difference in the world.
“Fit” matters in this kind of partnership. You’ll thrive working with me if you’re curious, willing to experiment, and open to looking at your assumptions in a new light. You like to play with ideas and practices, to test them in the real world, and to fine-tune according to what works in actuality. Our work will be a mix of deep exploration, practical experimentation, and honest reflection.
You can read more about me here.
Next Step
If this resonates, write to me. Tell me about your work, your current challenges, and why you’re seeking an advisor now. We’ll have a conversation to explore whether this is the right fit—for both of us. That first exchange is not a sales pitch: it’s the beginning of our conversation about how you will transform your world.
Practicalities
I will reply within two days—if you don’t hear back, please check your spam folder or follow up.
Engagements are usually structured as a bespoke retainer with a monthly fee.
Intensives and private strategy sessions are also available by arrangement.
I lead small in-person retreats for select groups—if you’d like to co-create one, get in touch.