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THE RETURN TO SELF · A TWELVE-WEEK DISCOVERY OF YOU

You built exactly what you set out to build. And lost yourself doing it.

Fifteen, twenty years of building. A company, a brand, a corporate legacy. The money came. The accolades came. And then one morning, none of it meant what it used to.

You found success. Now find yourself.

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THIS ISN'T burnout

Burnout is depletion: the wanting is still there and the energy is gone. This is you, with energy, but not knowing what you want. The wanting is what got silenced.

Rest alone won't resolve this, but an honest set of questions will. The first you have been dismissing for years: What do I actually want?

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WHO THIS IS for

You spent fifteen years or more building a career, a company or a legacy, and it worked.

From the outside it looks like you have everything. From the inside it feels like you are living someone else's life.

You have dialed things back, or you are about to, and the question of what you actually want has no clear answer in front of it.

You are not in crisis. You are at a crossroads, and the two call for very different work.

THE CROSSING, in three phases

Twelve weeks across the bridge, from the self you built to the self you are. Each phase builds on the last.

WEEKS 1–4 · LOCATE

What you value, measured against where your hours actually go. The gap between the two is where you traded your truth away. That gap tells us where to start.

WEEKS 5–8 · UNCOVER

The patterns installed early and rewarded for decades. Some served you beautifully. Some have been the bars of your golden cage.

One session a week, thirty minutes each. Your opening session is a full hour.

WEEKS 9–12 · REBUILD

New operating rules, built from what you actually want and implemented into your life. Adjustments are made authentically.

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WHAT YOU receive

  • Your pre-work before we meet: the values you live by, what you want at one month, three months, six months and a year, and what's in the way. We start deep because you arrive ready.

  • A full hour to map where you are.

  • Your values measured against how your life is actually built. It sets the map everything after it is measured against.

  • Thirty minutes each, entirely yours.

  • A written summary after every session: what surfaced and what you decided, so nothing from our thirty minutes gets lost between one week and the next.

  • One between each session. Not homework. Each activation integrates what you uncovered in session, and carrying it out tends to surface more.

PAID IN FULL · TWELVE WEEKS

$1,750

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WHO I am

I began with seven years at Sony Interactive Entertainment, growing enterprise partnerships and learning early that lasting revenue is built on trust. During Q2 in year seven, I hit $1.2M in closed revenue but could not stop crying in my car on the drive home.

Once the hyper-drive required for success shattered my illusion that I had everything I'd always wanted, I put ladder-climbing on pause and dove deep into my truth. The outcome of my personal exploration evolved me into a coach who can authentically guide my accomplished clients. For more than fifteen years, I've been a steadfast and dynamic advisor, as they go deep into what's been missing and learn how to design their desired life.

  • “Aya has been a bridge for me, from an old self to new.”

    ROB THOMAS · Partner, Frederick Fox

QUESTIONS worth asking

  • Burnout is depletion: the wanting is still there and the energy is gone. At a crossroads, the energy is there and the wanting got silenced. Many of my clients arrive with plenty of energy and no idea what they want. We work out which one you're in on our first call.

  • This is coaching, and it faces forward. We work on what you want now and what has to change for you to have it. If you are in acute crisis, that needs clinical support first, and I will say so plainly.

  • Yes. Locate, the first phase, is built for exactly that. We begin with The Alignment Map: what you truly value, measured against how your life is actually built. The gap between the two shows us where to go.

  • One 30 minute session a week. Our first session is a full hour. Between sessions you'll have one activation, small enough to actually do. Session Notes arrive after every session, so there's nothing to write down or remember.

  • Founders, executives and accomplished professionals who spent fifteen years or more building a career or a company, and it worked. From the outside it looks like you have everything. You're ready for what's next, and you want to know what you actually want before you take the next step.

  • $1,750, paid in full, for twelve weeks. Everyone starts with a 30 minute discovery call. We discuss whether this is burnout or a crossroads, and if working together feels like a yes. If it does, you pay by Venmo or Zelle and we set your start date.

  • Sessions are on video, so you can join from anywhere. I split my time between Nashville and Los Angeles, and I work with clients everywhere.

  • Microdosing is absolutely not a requirement. For clients who are curious, I offer educational material on innovative tools and approaches, including microdosing.

  • You leave knowing what you want, why you stopped wanting what you built, and what changes now.

ONE CONVERSATION to move forward

A 30 minute discovery call. We discuss whether this is burnout or a crossroads, and if working together feels like a yes.

BOOK MY 30 MINUTES

The bridge from who you were to who you actually are.