• A safe and open thinking space to create awareness and changes that are authentically yours.
• A thought partner that listens with full attention and asks intentional questions.
• Areas of focus include:
  • personal growth
  • life or work satisfaction
  • relationship with self and others
  • working with emotions and stress
  • spiritual growth
  • any topic valuable to you
• Perfect for introspective, intellectually curious, or highly sensitive people.

Solution-focused or transformational coaching, whichever suits the needs.

Here you won't be told what to do or given advice as in mentoring or consulting. We believe that you're the expert on your own life, and the wisdom you need is already within you. Coaching helps you uncover it and allow what wants to happen happen.

You will not unwind the past or dwell on the problems as in therapy. We believe you are whole and there is nothing to "fix". Coaching focuses on your future and the steps to get you there; or your inner being and the connection with it.

* If you're experiencing acute emotional distress, depression, trauma, addiction, or feel unable to maintain emotional stability, therapy is the right place to begin. Coaching is not a substitute for mental health care.

You will bring a topic for coaching, along with a desire for change and a willingness to explore.

Through conversations, we will co-create a safe and open space for your inner resourcefulness to emerge and flow. Clarity, insights and/or action items will naturally come forward.

Sessions are offered over Zoom or phone. The first session is 1hr to 1.5hr long. Following sessions can be between 30 minutes to 1 hour long each.

A 1-hour trial session is $20. For the following sessions, we will collaborate in determining a rate that is fair and affordable within the range of $60 - $100 per hour.

Pro bono or barter sessions are always available and nobody will be turned away due to lack of funds.

New clients: please schedule a 1-hour trial session here. The cost is $20, non-refundable after the session. We'll work on your actual goals together, so you can experience how coaching works and see if we're a good fit. Clients are often amazed how far one session can take them. I do not use any sales tactics.

Existing clients: schedule a session here. Payment can be made via Zelle to email after the session.

Here is the coaching agreement if you'd like to know ahead of time.

I'm Dan, a scientist with a Ph.D. in biophysics.

I received my bachelors from Peking Univeristy, China, Ph.D. from Universtiy of California, San Francisco, and postdoc training from Stanford University.

Despite a good-looking resume, as a highly sensitive person I spent years struggling with "I'm not good enough" and "I don't deserve it". This later led to a tremendous amount of personal growth.

When I tried to share my learnings with others, I realized that change needs to come from within and happen in each person's own way. That's how I started on the path to coaching.

I received my coach training from Erickson Coaching International, the Mindfulness Coaching School and the Center for Transformational Coaching.

I am constantly inspired by the wisdom and strength of my clients. The more I coach, the more I love it.

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