Executive Coaching and Somatic therapy
As an executive coach and somatic therapist, my mission is to help people self-actualize and lead lives rich in depth, fulfillment, and joy. My holistic approach caters to a broad spectrum of clients, with a particular focus on leaders, founders, creatives, and executives navigating major life changes.
My coaching style is relational at its core, drawing heavily from Jungian psychology and the Hakomi Method of Somatic Psychotherapy. This means I view my client relationships as dynamic partnerships and always strive to tap into the body’s innate wisdom, seeing it as a gateway to deeper insights beyond the mind’s understanding.
My approach, which blends high-performance leadership coaching with somatic psychotherapy, supports people in navigating all aspects of life with clarity and authenticity. I help leaders regulate their nervous systems and cultivate magnetic presence. I coach founders through startup launches, co-founder tension, and make-or-break M&A deals. I guide creatives through vivid somatic journeys to access the intelligence of their bodies, helping them release anxiety, integrate wounded parts, and shift out of feeling stuck. And I support executives as they navigate career changes, divorce, loss, spiritual emergence, and other transitional moments.
I am also an expert in overcoming addiction and have helped many individuals enjoy lives free from numbing, distraction, and dissociation. My specialty skills and domain knowledge also extend to supporting psychedelic integration, spiritual awakening, and the deepening of contemplative practices like meditation.
No matter what your priority is, we will create a bespoke approach that allows you to thrive across all dimensions of your life.
Above all, I am passionate about helping you cultivate greater awareness of your inner and outer experience. My coaching aims to deepen your understanding of how the unconscious shapes your present reality, while also guiding you to discover the purpose and vitality that already reside within you. Through this work, I will challenge you, care for you, and call upon your spiritual potential.
What my clients report and you may find:
An invigorating sense of purpose
Freedom from self-destructive habits
Fearless creative output and prolonged states of flow
A quiet and spacious mind
Trust in the body’s intelligence and intuition
Spiritual depth and maturity
GREY NGUYEN
CO-FOUNDER & CEO @ STARLIGHT
Working with Alex as my executive coach was a transformative experience. His insightful questioning helped me achieve breakthroughs professionally and personally. Alex created a space where I felt comfortable diving deep into sensitive topics far beyond business. I’m grateful to have connected with Alex and cannot recommend him enough.
JOE KAHN
INVESTOR @ THRIVE CAPITAL + FORBES 30/30
Alex and I met during a major life transition: new job, new relationship, new city. He has been an extraordinary catalyst and guide across every dimension of my life, from the-day-to-day of performing in an intense job to helping me define and express my core values and mission. He is uniquely able to blend the best of spiritual practice and high performance coaching without diluting either. Our work has spanned meditation over Zoom and weightlifting training to workshopping written memos and strategizing on dealmaking together. After 18 months together, I am in the best shape of my life mentally, physically, and emotionally.
WILLIAM OLIVER
CO-FOUNDER @ INPRACTISE
Working with Alex has had a deep and sustained impact on my life. Our work together helped me clarify and address the blockages to living my purpose. I believe that part of what makes Alex so effective as a coach is his ability to listen deeply and non-judgmentally. Combined with his proficiency in a range of powerful therapeutic techniques, this allowed us to go deep fast and address blind spots compassionately and creatively.
ALEXANDRE DANA
CO-FOUNDER & CEO @ LIVEMENTOR + PUBLISHED AUTHOR
"Working with Alex opened a door to a whole new world. He helped me understand the many different identities inside me and then helped transform my relationship with them. He has a deep, deep, deep knowledge of meditation, breathwork, embodiment practices, yoga, and so many other tools. I felt 10x lighter after each session with him... and the impact lasts! He is also extraordinarily gentle, which is unfortunately quite uncommon in the coaching landscape. And I would know—I founded one of the leading mentorship companies in France! Can't recommended him enough."
CARISSA BERUBE
GLOBAL CUSTOMER SUCCESS LEADER @ LINKEDIN
“Alex’s coaching provided a safe space for me to explore the parts of myself I had abandoned over the course of my career in tech in order to “fit in”. He guided me to my inner resources of awareness and creativity, which gave me the confidence I was lacking to own my story. He moves with ease from challenger to ally in every interaction. He somehow knew exactly what I needed to get out of my own way. As a result of our work together, I can honestly say I feel more deeply connected to myself, and more confident in the value my authentic leadership style has to offer.”
HARRY MATHERS
OWNER & PRESIDENT @ I.H. MATHERS
“If you are searching for your best life, Alex is your guide. As the owner of a marine, offshore, and logistics company, I was looking for someone to help me create the best structure for my life. I wanted a balance between work, play, and spiritual practice. With Alex, I found exactly what I was looking for, and more. After working with him, I became more grounded and connected—not to mention, in the best mental and physical fitness of my life. Just enormous praise for his coaching. I was lucky to find him!”
TREVOR KING
FOUNDER & CEO @ ALCHEMY ACADEMY
“I would not be where I am today without Alex's powerful words and sage advice. Alex challenged me to look inward, and his counseling methods helped me to address issues that I would otherwise avoid. I was finally able to confront obstacles that impede my happiness, health, and success. Alex was able to help me do the introspection and self-reflection that I needed to learn and grow, while also guiding and encouraging me to found an international start-up. I simply cannot recommend Alex' coaching services enough.”
CONLAN O'LEARY
CEO & FOUNDER @ SIGHTEN
“Alex is a BEAST! He combines the pure soul of the spiritual seeker with the fire of an entrepreneur. Not only has Alex been a transformative personal mentor and friend, but he helped me navigate some truly harrowing situations as a startup CEO. Very few coaches can help build a go-to-market strategy and make sure your life path is bringing you closer to your soul’s purpose. Alex is one of a kind and a true gift to humanity!”
GARY FOWLER
CEO & CO-FOUNDER @ YVA.AI + GSD STUDIOS
"Alex is force of nature. He's sharp, strategic, and efficient. We wouldn't have been able to scale Yva.ai to a global top ten HR-tech company without him. He’s a blast to work with and always keeps the mood high. Alex is the secret weapon you need on your team."
SAM SABKY
CEO & CO-FOUNDER @ KING’S ROW COFFEE
“Alex's involvement on the ground floor was instrumental in giving our start-up lift off, and his guidance helped us put the pieces in place to scale efficiently. I especially appreciate the positivity and creativity with which he attacks complex problems. On top of his expertise in taking a business from 0 to 1 and beyond, he is an amazing coach who will always shoot you straight.”
KATHY CURRAN
FOUNDER & DIRECTOR @ THE HEALING WELL
“Alex has been a great gift to our Healing WELL community. In the classes he facilitates, which draw adults from across the socio-economic spectrum, Alex's teaching ability is superb. He listens closely, models clearly and adapts readily. He creates an environment which is not only calm and supportive, but also joyful. We have been blessed by his kind spirit and masterful wisdom."
Training, expertise, & experience:
I am a two-year graduate and trained in the Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy—a modality that blends mindfulness, talk therapy, Buddhist & Taoist philosophy, and a body-centered approach to promote psychological growth and transformation. I additionally draw on Internal Family Systems, Nonviolent Communication, Motivational Interviewing, integral theory, and contemplative traditions such as Vajrayana Buddhism, Hindu tantra, Siddha Yoga, and Amazonian curanderismo.
My work is shaped by my direct experience, including overcoming a near-fatal addiction, exploring non-ordinary states of consciousness for healing, training in shamanic lineages, and liberating my mind with meditation. Moreover, I’ve built successful startups and non-profits from the ground up, whether in Silicon Valley or while innovating in the addiction and psychedelic field.
My diverse life experiences, with their intense highs and lows, blend, I hope, the compassionate nature of a somatic healer with the no-nonsense approach of an entrepreneurial operator. I always aim to keep it real and down-to-earth in our sessions. This balance is true to who I am and seems to help people create lasting change in their lives.
To set up a free Zoom consultation to discuss working together, please click on the application below and briefly tell me about yourself and what you’re working on. I look forward to meeting you.
“Hakomi… is something that I found very helpful for learning to feel again, after a lifetime of numbing and dissociation… it’s been a process to relearn how to feel, and to embrace that sensitivity as a gift and not just a liability.”
—Tim Ferriss, NYT bestselling author speaking to the benefits of the Hakomi Method of Somatic Psychotherapy
Still have questions? Drop me a message. I look forward to hearing from you.