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We met in a group just like this one. That's where this started.
"Listen for what's being said, and for what isn't."
Dan
The desire to form this group came out of my own life. At different points, I found myself craving a space and a structure where I could share what I was going through with other men. The feeling that my work had stopped meaning something. The particular grind of parenting three young children while trying to build a career. A kind of stuckness for which I didn't have words but was increasingly impossible to ignore. And somewhere in the middle of all of it, watching friendships that had once felt solid quietly fade, the way things do when nobody has time to tend to them.
Part of what I needed to know was whether any of this was unique to me, or whether other men were experiencing something similar. And if they were, how were they navigating it? The groups I eventually found became one of the most grounding parts of my life — seeing myself in other men's stories, sharing openly without needing to perform, and above all, knowing I wasn't alone with it. That's what we're trying to build here.
I am an executive coach and group facilitator. I work with men navigating leadership and identity transitions, men who are increasingly asking whether they're living by their own standards or someone else's. I bring pragmatism, interpersonal warmth and a balance between rigor and care.
In addition to my coaching work, I work as a therapist-trainee with people navigating grief and major life transitions and am finishing a graduate degree in counseling psychology. My life has always been between languages and countries — the Republic of Georgia, the UK, Israel, and the US — which probably has something to do with how at ease I am with people who see the world very differently than I do. I live in the East Bay with my wife and three teenage children, which turns out to be its own kind of leadership development.
Emily
I'm used to being the only girl in a room full of men. Growing up, it was my brother, my three male cousins and me: the outlier. While the boys spent most of the childhood mercilessly ripping off my dolls' heads, I got used to it. Fast forward to my adult life, I find myself surrounded by, yet again, mostly men. The motivation to create this group came after hearing the same themes emerge again and again in my work with male clients. Themes around uncertainty, longing, pressure, self-doubt, and a wish for more connection. Although each person's story was unique, I began noticing how many men were carrying similar questions, insecurities, hopes, and wishes, often without realizing how many others felt the same way.
That desire eventually became the seed for this group: a candid and thoughtful space where men can come together in community and talk. My hope is to create an environment where men can explore the things they may not always have room to say elsewhere, including relationships, work, love, identity, fear, purpose, and everything in between. While some may question a female facilitator for an all male group, this has always been a comfort zone for me.
I am a coach and former therapist with over a decade of experience supporting individuals, founders, co-founders, and teams through personal growth, relational dynamics, leadership challenges, and moments of transition. My work is grounded in deep listening, honesty, pattern recognition, a little bit of tough love when it's called for, and a belief that people grow most meaningfully in spaces where there is enough trust to be fully themselves.
"The real work is letting yourself be known before you have everything figured out."
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