About Jim


I'm a transformational coach with specialties in executive and career coaching, divorce coaching, and personal development coaching and training. In a separate and unrelated practice, I'm also a licensed psychotherapist.

 

It's a deeply fulfilling career, and a blast. But it wasn't always this way.

 

In a former life, I was a successful but unhappy private equity executive. I'd had to claw my way there with the legacy of a broken home, family history of mental illness and addiction, and childhood homelessness pulling me in the other direction.

 

It turns out, that experience was exactly what I needed.

 

Together with extensive education and training, and an unusual obsession with research, it led me here, uniquely prepared to do one thing:

help people rebound from adversity to all-new levels of happiness, well-being, and performance. 

About Jim


I'm a transformational coach with specialties in executive and career coaching, divorce coaching, and personal development coaching and training. In a separate and unrelated practice, I'm also a licensed psychotherapist.

 

It's a deeply fulfilling career, and a blast. But it wasn't always this way.

 

In a former life, I was a successful but miserable private equity executive. I'd had to claw my way there with the legacy of a broken home, family history of mental illness and addiction, and childhood homelessness pulling me in the other direction.

 

It turns out, that experience was exactly what I needed.

 

Together with extensive education and training, and an unusual obsession with research, it led me here, uniquely prepared to do one thing:

help people rebound from adversity to all-new levels of happiness, well-being, and performance. 

Specialties

Move on from career disruptions and performance problems into a better-fitting work life.

Divorce Coaching

Don't settle for mere survival, when you can transform your divorce into the breakthrough of a lifetime.

Life's too short to stay stuck in unhealthy or unfulfilling patterns. Your Core Self and a better life are waiting.

I'm available to speak to and train your group about my specialties, and the art and science of human thriving. 

Specialties

Move on from career disruptions and performance problems into a better-fitting work life.

Divorce Coaching

Don't settle for mere survival, when you can transform your divorce into the breakthrough of a lifetime.

Life's too short to stay stuck in unhealthy, unfulfilling patterns. Your Core Self and a better life are waiting.

Speaking and training for groups and organizations on the art and science of human thriving and performance. 

Special Skills

Mindfulness

Mindfulness meditation helps you cultivate awareness, curiosity, and acceptance—and the presence of mind to make the best decisions for ourselves even in the worst of times. I've been practicing for almost 25 years, and am a UCLA-certified mindfulness teacher. 

Hypnosis

Hypnosis lets your unconscious mind help you achieve your goals. It isn't always applicable, but it's very helpful for some clients. (And no, I couldn't make you quack like a duck or do anything else against your will.) I receive training that is only available to licensed professionals.

Research Whispering

It's my hobby to make connections between findings from different fields—neurobiology and social psychology, say—in ways that never occurred to the researchers themselves because of tunnel vision. Then I turn them into action plans for you. 

Special Skills

Mindfulness

Mindfulness meditation helps you cultivate awareness, curiosity, and acceptance—and the presence of mind to make the best decisions for ourselves even in the worst of times. I've been practicing for almost 25 years, and am a UCLA-certified mindfulness teacher. 

Hypnosis

Hypnosis lets your unconscious mind help you achieve your goals. It isn't always applicable, but it's very helpful for some clients. (And no, I couldn't make you quack like a duck or do anything else against your will.) I receive training that is only available to licensed professionals.

Research Whispering

It's my hobby to make connections between findings from different fields—neurobiology and social psychology, say—in ways that never occurred to the researchers themselves because of tunnel vision. Then I turn them into action plans for you. 

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Testimonials

"If you are highly motivated for positive change, and need a true expert to help you on your journey, Jim is an excellent choice."

David Worley

Executive Director of Executive Education

University of Denver


"I would recommend Jim to anybody who's willing to roll up his or her sleeves and make lasting, foundational change." 

Edward M.

Teacher


"Jim helped us tap into our emotional intelligence and provided greater clarity about how to move forward. I'm grateful for the path Jim set us on."

Peggy Rajski

Dean

Loyola Marymount University School of Film and Television


"I was at a crossroads, facing great turmoil and transition in my personal life, at odds with myself, and feeling stuck in a failing marriage, when I started working with Jim. It turned out to be the best decision I've ever made." 

N. S.

Recruiting Executive

Testimonials

"If you are highly motivated for positive change, and need a true expert to help you on your journey, Jim is an excellent choice."

David Worley

Executive Director of Executive Education

University of Denver


"I would recommend Jim to anybody who's willing to roll up his or her sleeves and make lasting, foundational change." 

Edward M.

Teacher


"Jim helped us tap into our emotional intelligence and provided greater clarity about how to move forward. I'm grateful for the path Jim set us on."

Peggy Rajski

Dean

Loyola Marymount University School of Film and Television


"I was at a crossroads, facing great turmoil and transition in my personal life, at odds with myself, and feeling stuck in a failing marriage, when I started working with Jim. It turned out to be the best decision I've ever made." 

N. S.

Recruiting Executive

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