As a leader, do you recognize any of these challenges?
Underneath it all you know that something needs to change. You may even want to change. But the change isn’t happening, and if it is, it’s not in the way that you’d like.
You're stuck. And that’s where I come in.
I help founders, entrepreneurs, and leaders who notice that their previous strategies are no longer serving them breakthrough the patterns that hold them back and discover new ways of leading.
Together, we'll identify, understand, and shift the patterns that hold you back, wake up to the wisdom of your intuition and inner guidance system, and create greater levels of authenticity, alignment, and aliveness in your work and life.
Interested? Let's connect. I'm confident that I can help.
"Justin has helped me become a better founder & CEO but more importantly he’s made me a better husband, friend, and human being.
They say founding a start-up is like eating glass and honestly, that’s an understatement. I first started looking for a coach because I was suffering from all of the classic “founder issues” - how to be a leader, how to deal with (near constant) failure and how to work with my co-founders. I felt overwhelmed, I felt lost, and I knew without help the company (and maybe my sanity) would not make it.
We interviewed an all-star list of people - youtubers, podcasters, published authors you name it. We chose Justin because he was able to provide the safest, most open, most healing “space” for our conversations.
Justin is able to somehow balance being a coach, therapist and consultant. He gives tough, actionable advice while also providing constant human connection and support. With Justin, you feel safe and challenged at the same time - and that results in growth.
Today, I am a better communicator, leader, and person thanks to Justin. He’s helped me understand my strengths and my "blindspots." I can now better process my emotions and grow my relationships. I am able to push past my old mental blockers. I can finally “get out of my own way.”
So if you’re looking to grow professionally or as a human being, if you feel “stuck” and don’t know what to do - you should work with Justin."
- Michael Wang, Co-Founder & CEO of Roger
"I had heard great things about Justin before working with him, but I wasn’t sure how his experience would translate to my industry. My biggest surprise in working with him has been just how beneficial his coaching is.
Justin has helped me think outside the box. He’s helped me navigate my personal feelings about my job and managing people. With his help I’ve had hard conversations and navigated tricky situations with my team that I may have avoided otherwise. One of my favorite parts about working with Justin is how he asks hard questions in a way that challenges you but doesn’t make you want to run the other way.
Since working with Justin, I’m more confident as a leader. I’m more confident in saying the hard things that I need to say and knowing how to do that effectively. I’m better at addressing things sooner rather than later, especially confrontation that I might prefer not to face.
I recommend anyone who owns a business or is in a leadership or management role work with Justin. He has expertly helped me with with people management, team building, and cultivating the kind of relationship that I want with my employees."
- Tiffany Rangel,
Founder of Twice Pediatric Dentistry
"Since working with Justin, I’m more conscious about what I’m doing in my business. Before, I was driven by my emotions and feelings. Now I’m able to step back, understand what’s going on, and see everything from a new perspective— to take a 10,000 foot view about what’s going on—and make decisions from there. I can get out of my head and feelings and more clearly see the situation as a whole.
Justin has this unique ability of helping me find the answer by digging deeper into my struggles, rather than giving suggestions or advice. I’ve been surprised by how deeply we’ve gone into me while working together. I expected tactical and actionable tips, but we spend more of our time going deeply into the root cause of my thoughts, emotions, and how I see and operate in the world. Working with Justin, I feel like I’ve opened doorways to new parts or myself. He has this ability to immediately create safety and rapport. I know that I can trust him and talk about whatever I need to talk about.
If you’re a startup founder who’s going through the startup rollercoaster, finding yourself struggling to make difficult decisions, or want to stare into the abyss and confront the deepest challenges of leadership and growing your business, I recommend working with Justin."
- Felipe Abello,
Founder & CEO of Nara
"Justin is a shaman dressed as a leadership coach. He has helped me to see that things I wouldn’t expect connect in important and meaningful ways. He’s illuminated how many of the stories I was telling myself were just that: stories, designed to protect me from something else. As a founder, it is shocking how many "business problems" actually stem from these (almost all of them!).
Justin is very skilled at straddling the yin and yang of: structured vs organic; goal-oriented vs understanding-oriented; analytical vs intuitive; intellectual vs felt-experience. Working with him has exceeded my expectations by 100x. Highly recommend working with him if you are ready to open up your heart to the inner work."
- Ammar Mian, Co-Founder at Malla
Hi, I’m Justin. I’m a Conscious Leadership and Executive Coach, a Facilitator for leadership teams, and a passionate practitioner of what I preach. Over the past five years I’ve had the pleasure of helping over 100+ leaders transform into more authentic, aligned, and empowered expressions of themselves. I love what I do.
I specialize in supporting founders to use the content of their startup to facilitate deep inner exploration and create transformational shifts. I work with leaders who are driven, emotionally aware, self-inquisitive, and ready to dive deep. I usually meet leaders at a point where they can tell it’s time for a change—they no longer feel as if they’re as successful or as fulfilled as they could be. That inner knowing provides the engine for our exploration and their transformation. As we work together, the leaders I work with report trusting themselves more. They find more ease and enjoyment in work. They communicate more directly and effectively, build more deep and satisfying relationships, and more quickly and effectively cut through noise to get to the heart of what matters. In short: they succeed AND they thrive.
I am an avid believer and practitioner of conscious leadership. I'm a certified 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership Coach and devotedly practice The 15 Commitments in my day-to-day life. I use the principles of Conscious Leadership to support my clients to better understand themselves and become more empowered leaders.
Before becoming a coach, I worked in leadership roles at multiple venture-backed technology startups. That part of my career ran the gambit of experiences, be it kicking off as employee #3 at a fast-growing company, running data for a $9M fundraise, or leading product and data through an acquisition. Thanks to these experiences, I bring real, in-the-trenches, operational and leadership experience to my coaching.
If you’re interested and want to be supported, held, and lovingly challenged, all in the name our your personal growth, please reach out. It would be a delight to connect with you.
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