Beyond the Golden Handcuffs

Beyond the Golden Handcuffs

I coach ambitious humans who want to become their true selves in both their personal and professional worlds. Drawing from my own journey from product management into coaching and writing, I guide professionals through life's inherent uncertainties.

My clients include thoughtful rebels inside organizations (product leaders, software engineers, chief-of-staffs) and those creating their own path (solopreneurs, founders, and creators). What they share isn't a job title - it's a determination to align their work with who they truly are.

Whether navigating momentary lostness, questioning long-held assumptions, or facing destabilization in work and life, my experiential understanding of both the corporate ladder and the pathless path helps clients discover clarity, cultivate meaningful work, and build lives aligned with their values.

In our work together, we might explore areas such as:

  • Managing burnout and finding sustainable ways to work

  • Navigating career transitions or clarifying future direction

  • Making important decisions about jobs and relationships

  • Breaking cycles of urgency and tech addiction

  • Improving interpersonal relationships and addressing conflict

  • Reconnecting with their sense of aliveness and purpose

  • Overcoming fears of failure, commitment, or intimacy

You decide what we address in our work together. I'll help you track topics over time and may highlight blind spots, but ultimately the agenda is yours to set. Our process focuses on exploration and discovery rather than predetermined outcomes—each person's journey is unique.

The People I serve

The People I serve

How we'll work together

My Approach

"In a transitory time where I was plagued with anxiety, lack of self-confidence, and constant worry about the future, Matt continuously challenged me to look within to uncover my true values, what I truly wanted to accomplish, and as a result, who I wanted to become." — Raahul A.

As your coach, I serve as your mirror, ninja, and occasionally, your bullshit-caller. I don't separate personal and professional growth—they're interconnected. I help you discover what you truly want in life and work, then support you in taking aligned action through your own commitment to yourself.

My coaching style balances support with challenge. I create a space where you can explore deeply while staying accountable to your core values and long-term vision. When I challenge you, know that I'm doing so with your best interests at heart. When I support you, I'll always remain candid and direct.

What consistently makes the biggest difference for my clients:

  • Making meaningful commitments to themselves

  • Taking concrete action, even small steps

  • Learning to feel and process their emotions

  • Having the difficult conversations they've been avoiding

  • Changing their environment when needed

I guide you through these approaches by creating space for deeper self-inquiry and presence with what is. Through powerful questions, reflective silence, and attentive listening, I help you access your own wisdom and see patterns that might otherwise remain invisible. We'll work with both your analytical mind and your embodied knowing, developing practices that transform insight into meaningful action while honoring your whole self. My role isn't just to help you 'fix' problems or achieve goals, but to accompany you in becoming more fully human - aware, aligned, and alive to the richness of your experience.

Are you feeling…

My coaching resonates most with those who:

  • Value depth over superficial success metrics

  • Are committed to growth, even when it's uncomfortable

  • Sense there's more to their work and life than what conventional paths offer

  • Want to bring their full humanity to their professional endeavors

While I work with people across various roles and industries, my clients often come to me during inflection points: contemplating a career pivot, scaling a business, taking on new leadership challenges, or simply feeling a call toward greater alignment and purpose in their work.

Some are questioning everything about their current path. Others love their work but seek to deepen their impact and satisfaction. All share a willingness to look beyond quick fixes and engage with the meaningful questions that lead to lasting change.

My coaching resonates most with those who:

  • Value depth over superficial success metrics

  • Are committed to growth, even when it's uncomfortable

  • Sense there's more to their work and life than what conventional paths offer

  • Want to bring their full humanity to their professional endeavors

While I work with people across various roles and industries, my clients often come to me during inflection points: contemplating a career pivot, scaling a business, taking on new leadership challenges, or simply feeling a call toward greater alignment and purpose in their work.

Some are questioning everything about their current path. Others love their work but seek to deepen their impact and satisfaction. All share a willingness to look beyond quick fixes and engage with the meaningful questions that lead to lasting change.

I coach ambitious humans who want to become their true selves in both their personal and professional worlds. Drawing from my own journey from product management into coaching and writing, I guide professionals through life's inherent uncertainties.


My clients include thoughtful rebels inside organizations (product leaders, software engineers, chief-of-staffs) and those creating their own path (solopreneurs, founders, investors, and creators). What they share isn't a job title - it's a determination to align their work with who they truly are.


Whether navigating momentary lostness, questioning long-held assumptions, or facing destabilization in work and life, my experiential understanding of both the corporate ladder and the pathless path helps clients discover clarity, cultivate meaningful work, and build lives aligned with their values.

Are you feeling…

  • burned out but not sure what to do about it?

  • lost in your career?

  • like you either have to grind it out or rage quit?

  • caught in a vortex of constant urgency and rushing?

  • numbed out by technology and endless doomscrolling?

  • afraid to face interpersonal conflicts or trapped in people-pleasing?

  • like your day-to-day is missing a sense of aliveness?

  • paralyzed by fear of failure or self-judgement?

  • lonely or afraid of intimacy?

  • burned out but not sure what to do about it?

  • lost in your career?

  • like you either have to grind it out or rage quit?

  • caught in a vortex of constant urgency and rushing?

  • numbed out by technology and endless doomscrolling?

  • afraid to face interpersonal conflicts or trapped in people-pleasing?

  • like your day-to-day is missing a sense of aliveness?

  • paralyzed by fear of failure or self-judgement?

  • lonely or afraid of intimacy?

“Matt is an incredibly effective coach. Each session ends up being a deeply meaningful and powerful milestone on my journey... With his facilitation I begin to gain insight into myself, my patterns, how I am showing up in different parts of my life." — Ruthie N.

“Matt is an incredibly effective coach. Each session ends up being a deeply meaningful and powerful milestone on my journey... With his facilitation I begin to gain insight into myself, my patterns, how I am showing up in different parts of my life." — Ruthie N.

In our work together, we might explore areas such as:

  • Managing burnout and finding sustainable ways to work

  • Navigating career transitions or clarifying future direction

  • Making important decisions about jobs and relationships

  • Breaking cycles of urgency and tech addiction

  • Improving interpersonal relationships and addressing conflict

  • Reconnecting with their sense of aliveness and purpose

  • Overcoming fears of failure, commitment, or intimacy

You decide what we address in our work together. I'll help you track topics over time and may highlight blind spots, but ultimately the agenda is yours to set. Our process focuses on exploration and discovery rather than predetermined outcomes—each person's journey is unique.

How we'll work together

In our sessions, we'll blend deeper insights with practical actions:

  • finding sustainable rhythms when burnout has dimmed your light

  • uncovering the career direction that resonates with your core values and strengths

  • exploring choices thoughtfully when you're at crossroads in your work or life

  • creating space to breathe when everything feels constricting

  • developing a healthier relationship with technology that serves rather than drains you

  • communicating authentically so you can step out from behind the mask

  • reconnecting with activities that spark genuine aliveness in your day-to-day

  • transforming fears from barriers into valuable signals for growth

  • breaking free from the hypnotic rhythm of urgency to create space for what truly matters

You determine our focus areas, and I'll help track progress and patterns. I'll offer frameworks, ask targeted questions, and provide tools tailored to your situation while remaining attentive to the intuitive signals that often guide our most important decisions.

"In a transitory time where I was plagued with anxiety, lack of self-confidence, and constant worry about the future, Matt continuously challenged me to look within to uncover my true values, what I truly wanted to accomplish, and as a result, who I wanted to become." — Raahul A.

As your coach, I serve as your mirror, ninja, and occasionally, your bullshit-caller. I don't separate personal and professional growth—they're interconnected. I help you discover what you truly want in life and work, then support you in taking aligned action through your own commitment to yourself.

My coaching style balances support with challenge. I create a space where you can explore deeply while staying accountable to your core values and long-term vision. When I challenge you, know that I'm doing so with your best interests at heart. When I support you, I'll always remain candid and direct.

What consistently makes the biggest difference for my clients:

  • Making meaningful commitments to themselves

  • Taking concrete action, even small steps

  • Learning to feel and process their emotions

  • Having the difficult conversations they've been avoiding

  • Changing their environment when needed

I guide you through these approaches by creating space for deeper self-inquiry and presence with what is. Through powerful questions, reflective silence, and attentive listening, I help you access your own wisdom and see patterns that might otherwise remain invisible. We'll work with both your analytical mind and your embodied knowing, developing practices that transform insight into meaningful action while honoring your whole self. My role isn't just to help you 'fix' problems or achieve goals, but to accompany you in becoming more fully human - aware, aligned, and alive to the richness of your experience.

My approach

The practical details

Investment

As your coach, I serve as your mirror, ninja, and occasionally, your bullshit-caller. I don't separate personal and professional growth—they're interconnected. I help you discover what you truly want in life and work, then support you in taking aligned action through your own commitment to yourself.

My coaching style balances support with challenge. I create a space where you can explore deeply while staying accountable to your core values and long-term vision. When I challenge you, know that I'm doing so with your best interests at heart. When I support you, I'll always remain candid and direct.

What consistently makes the biggest difference for my clients:

  • Making meaningful commitments to themselves

  • Taking concrete action, even small steps

  • Learning to feel and process their emotions

  • Having the difficult conversations they've been avoiding

  • Changing their environment when needed

I guide you through these approaches by creating space for deeper self-inquiry and presence with what is. Through powerful questions, reflective silence, and attentive listening, I help you access your own wisdom and see patterns that might otherwise remain invisible. We'll work with both your analytical mind and your embodied knowing, developing practices that transform insight into meaningful action while honoring your whole self. My role isn't just to help you 'fix' problems or achieve goals, but to accompany you in becoming more fully human - aware, aligned, and alive to the richness of your experience.

"In a transitory time where I was plagued with anxiety, lack of self-confidence, and constant worry about the future, Matt continuously challenged me to look within to uncover my true values, what I truly wanted to accomplish, and as a result, who I wanted to become." — Raahul A.

The practical details

My coaching structure is intentionally simple:

  • Two 60-minute sessions per month

  • Post-session notes that capture insights and patterns I'm noticing

  • Resources and homework tailored to your specific journey

  • Unlimited support between sessions (email, text, voice notes)

My coaching structure is intentionally simple:

  • Two 60-minute sessions per month

  • Post-session notes that capture insights and patterns I'm noticing

  • Resources and homework tailored to your specific journey

  • Unlimited support between sessions (email, text, voice notes)

"In the midst of starting my business, Matt has been a thought partner whose sessions have kept me grounded, challenged, and reflective. He has experience, resources, and a penchant for asking all the right questions." — Saalik L.

"In the midst of starting my business, Matt has been a thought partner whose sessions have kept me grounded, challenged, and reflective. He has experience, resources, and a penchant for asking all the right questions." — Saalik L.

Investment

I offer several pricing options because I believe money should never be a barrier to transformation:

  • Scholarship: $350/month (1 spot remaining)

  • Standard: $600/month

  • Executive: $1000/month

I ask for a three-month commitment upfront—not as a formal contract, but as a commitment to yourself and the process of growth.


Ready to explore if we're a good fit? Let's schedule a complimentary 60-minute intro session where we can go beyond the superficial and see if working together feels right for both of us!

I offer several pricing options because I believe money should never be a barrier to transformation:

  • Scholarship: $350/month (1 spot remaining)

  • Standard: $600/month

  • Executive: $1000/month

I ask for a three-month commitment upfront—not as a formal contract, but as a commitment to yourself and the process of growth.


Ready to explore if we're a good fit? Let's schedule a complimentary 60-minute intro session where we can go beyond the superficial and see if working together feels right for both of us!

Not ready yet for coaching? I share my own journey and lessons learned on my blog, along with resources and tools that might help you on your path. Subscribe here to stay connected.

Not ready yet for coaching? I share my own journey and lessons learned on my blog, along with resources and tools that might help you on your path. Subscribe here to stay connected.