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Executive Coaching · Facilitation ·
Leadership Development
ICF Associate Certified Coach (ACC) · Being Profile Practitioner
Reclaiming Your Authentic Self
There is a version of you that learned how to survive - and succeed.
That version is competent. It is responsible.
It is high-functioning and reliable.
It anticipates. It carries. It delivers.
It likely brought you very far.
And yet — at some point — you may have started to feel the cost.
Not burnout in the dramatic sense.
Not failure.
But a subtle internal friction, a discontent, a sense that something feels off, a quiet rebellion.
You perform well, but you don’t always feel fully you.
Something begins to feel inauthentic as though you are faking it and living your life according to a borrowed script.
Each time you almost reach the bar - it moves again.
Something in you begins to feel frustrated and discontent.
It wants to stop pleasing, stop carrying the heavy weight.
It is tired of bending overbackawards.
It wants more ease and to care less what others think.
It wants to breathe and live again.
It wants purpose and fulfillment, not more check-the-box activities.
Questions begin to creep into your mind:
I've done all they said I should - the education, the job, the family, the home,
Is this all there is to life?
Surely, there must be more to life, but I don't know where to even start.
Every capable adult carries adaptive patterns.
Ways of thinking.
Ways of relating.
Ways of leading.
Most of them were formed early — to belong, to succeed, to stay connected, to stay safe.
They worked.
But what once protected you may now be overextending you.
You may notice:
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A tendency to over-function or over-responsibilize
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Difficulty setting clean boundaries
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Conflict avoidance disguised as “being thoughtful”
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Perfectionism that feels heavy rather than motivating
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Emotional restraint that keeps you competent — but distant
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Success that looks solid from the outside but feels incomplete on the inside
This program helps you see these patterns clearly — not to judge them, but to understand them.
Because insight without compassion rarely leads to transformation.
Overview
Reclaiming Your Authentic Self is a structured coaching journey for those, who are ready to close the gap between external success and internal alignment.
This is not about reinvention, but about remembering who you were - before you learned who you needed to be.
About the Program
The Being Profile Framework
At the heart of this transformational journey is the Being Profile Framework — a developmental lens that helps you understand not just what you do, but who you are being when you do it.
Together, we explore:
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Your dominant relational strategies
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The emotional patterns you tend to suppress or amplify
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The internal narratives driving your decisions
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The scripts you developed around what it means to be loved, needed and valued
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How you show up under pressure
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The divergence between the person you adapted and the self that you set aside to fit it
This is not personality typing - it is reflection and inner developmental work. When you shift at the level of being, your behavior follows naturally, and the change is likely more lasting, because you're working inside out,.
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What This Journey Includes
This is structured, intentional work — not open-ended conversation and it includes the following:
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Completion of the Being Profile Assessment
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A two-hour Individual Debrief Session of your assessment results
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Three 1:1 coaching sessions customized to your assessment scores
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Three group coaching sessions to leverage the power of community in xxxx
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Reflection prompts and integration practices between sessions
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Optional focus on leadership application
Who This Is For
This journey is designed for thoughtful, high-capacity adults who:
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Carry significant responsibility
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Value growth and reflection
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Have done mindset work but sense there is deeper territory
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Care about both performance and well-being
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Feel ready to examine patterns without defensiveness
It is particularly powerful for leaders in transition — new roles, new life stages, new questions about identity.
If you are looking for quick hacks or motivational intensity, this is not that.
If you are ready for developmental depth, it may be exactly that.
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You are fed with constantly living in fear and anxiety
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You want to break out of the never end cycles of people-pleasing and start caring for your own needs
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You are tired of conforming to societal or other norms and only being what someone once said and expected you to be
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You want to find the courage to be and feel your more authentic self
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You have to move, talk and walk with more confidence
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You desire to be more assertive and speak up for your needs more often
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You sense you are not living life to the fullest and feel that it is fun
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. stressed & exhausted
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feel unfulfilled - stuck in a rut doing what they are "supposed to be", checking all the boxes and yet still asking: is that all there is to life?
What Shifts
When participants do this work, they often notice:
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A quieter nervous system
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Clearer, firmer and healthier boundaries with less guilt
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Reduced internal pressure
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More honest conversations
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Less performative leadership
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Greater emotional range without losing competence
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A deeper sense of grounded confidence
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You stop leading from strategy alone and start leading from congruence.
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You start to feel comfortable being yourself and own who you are
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You express yourself more authentically & assertively
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You apologize less
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Do more of what you love and be willing to communicate who you are (stake in the ground)
What Participants Gain
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Increased awareness of personal communication habits and blind spots
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Practical tools for clear, respectful, and effective conversations
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Improved listening and feedback skills
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Greater confidence in navigating difficult or emotionally charged discussions
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a small supportive group of 4-6 participants that understands your experience
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an opportunity to connect with others who are on the same journey
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a space to explore your blocks
Why This Work Matters
The quality of your leadership, relationships, and decisions is shaped by the place you operate from.
If that place is primarily adaptation, you may succeed — but at a cost.
If that place is alignment, you lead with clarity, steadiness, and integrity.
Reclaiming your authentic self is not indulgent.
It is foundational.
Because when you are no longer working so hard to be who you learned to be,
you regain energy for who you truly are.
The Invitation
If something in this resonates — even quietly — pay attention.
That signal is worth exploring.
You can continue operating from the version of you that learned to succeed.
Or you can begin the work of leading from the version of you that feels whole.
If you’re ready to explore whether this journey is right for you,
book a discovery conversation.
Benefits
What We Will Do In a Group
Session 1
BRANDING
Session 2
STORYTELLING
Session 3
DESIGN
Session 4
CONSULTING
What We Will Do Individually
Session 1
BRANDING
Session 2
STORYTELLING
Session 3
DESIGN
Session 4
CONSULTING
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Being Profile Debrief Session
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Individual Coaching
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Coaching in a group setting
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Visualization Exercises
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Individual Reflection Exercsises
Session 1:
Session 2:
Session 3:
Session 4:
Session 5:
Session 6:
1. Deep Self-Understanding
You complete the Being Profile assessment and receive a comprehensive debrief.
For many clients, this is the moment where things “click.”
Not because they discover something foreign — but because they finally see themselves clearly.
Language brings relief.
2. Real-Time Pattern Awareness
We examine how your profile shows up in:
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Leadership dynamics
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Feedback and conflict
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Decision-making
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Intimate relationships
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Capacity and self-care
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Your inner dialogue
The goal is not analysis.
The goal is awareness in the moment — where choice becomes possible.
3. Emotional Integration
Authenticity is not a cognitive exercise. Many high-performing adults have learned to intellectualize emotions rather than fully experience them.
In this space, we gently work with what has been minimized, overridden, or postponed — so you can lead and live from integration rather than suppression.
This is grounded, psychologically safe work.
No drama. No theatrics. Just depth.
4. Reclaiming Choice
You begin to differentiate:
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What is truly you
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What was learned to gain approval or avoid loss
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What still serves you
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What you are ready to release
From there, we design small, deliberate experiments in aligned action — so change becomes embodied rather than conceptual.
Magical Deserts
Morocco
4/11-5/12
$600
Exotic Urbanism
Brazil
4/11-5/12
$600
Misty Mountains
Scotland
4/11-5/12
$600
Testimonials
I have attended many different training events over the course of my life, and this is one of the best and most impactful ones. You offer a wonderful blend of theory and impactful, hands-on practice combined with powerful reflection.
-Research Lead in the pharmaceutical industry, Switzerland