Executive Self Leadership
Resilience Coach
Coaching the Evolution of High-Achievers into
Resilient, Authentic Leaders with Presence, Wisdom & Heart
Helping People Be Who They Really Are, So They Can Create a Life & Career They Love
Through a compassionate and comprehensive approach to coaching and personal development, I partner with smart, caring, high-achieving people. Executives, business owners, and professionals who are looking for ways to cultivate greater presence, resilience, confidence and purpose.
Feeling stuck, they yearn to be more authentic in their lives, and are seeking deeper meaning and a more fulfilling sense of purpose. They struggle with self doubt, resistance and some powerful ways of holding themselves back from being who they can be, living from their Authentic Self.
They are looking for an experienced, effective, and non-judgmental coach to help them grow and take consistent, positive action forward so they can experience the depth of inner peace and fulfillment that comes with authentic living and leadership.
If this sounds like you and what you’re seeking, please have a look at the coaching & training options below and take me up on my offer for a Coaching Exploration Session to get to know each other, talk about what really matters & see if we’ll be a good fit!
Multiple Coaching Pathways & Approaches
Resilience Training
Develop inner leadership skills & embrace practical tools that help you live with more awareness, presence, inner balance, clarity, self compassion & emotional freedom.
Whole Life Coaching
Coaching for self discovery & personal growth. Let’s clarify your values, uncover your strengths & define your purpose so you can start to enjoy a rich, rewarding & meaningful life.
Self Leadership Coaching
The ultimate coaching & training journey – discover your Authentic Self, become the loving leader within, dissolve draining patterns, reclaim confidence & wellbeing.
Extensive Corporate Experience Coaching Executives from:
Why is a Compassionate, Trauma-Informed Coaching Approach Important?
All over the world, more and more people are experiencing unrelenting stress, anxiety, pain, burnout and depression than ever before. This is causing a cascade of greater negative effects in our lives, our families, and our communities.
We have pushed ourselves beyond our abilities to cope – making it impossible to thrive and flourish.
A term you will be hearing more frequently in personal/leadership development and wellbeing circles is Trauma. Trauma is at the root of many of our physical, psychological, relational and spiritual problems and issues. This understanding must be integrated foundationally into personal development and leadership development.
Trauma disconnects us from our Authentic Selves and our wellbeing, and that is at the heart of many of our issues, which band-aid fixes and positive thinking can’t address. It is even likely that trauma is affecting your life, relationships, and career today, without knowing it.
HeartRich is a Trauma-Informed Coaching and Training platform that takes the nervous system and our various defensive and protective states and strategies into account when coaching and working with change in our lives. This shows up in a lot of important ways including bringing greater compassion, acceptance, understanding, patience, trust and belief in the wholeness of each of my clients and helping them learn to do the same for themselves.
This deeper and more Heart Rich approach, helps them feel safe to be real, and as a result, they are able to bring more of their whole selves to our work. This enables them to drive the process from their deeper wants and aspirations, instead of their fears, insecurities and survival strategies (Ego).
Through HeartRich Coaching, I help people who want to be and live a heart-centered life, make sense of their inner worlds better – including their thoughts and mindsets, emotions and moods, physiological states and behavior patterns.
Building capacities that increase presence, resilience, self-esteem and wellbeing, so they can ultimately lead their lives, on the inside and the outside, from their Authentic Self, which is why I love to call this Self Leadership Coaching.
A Lack of Self & Inner Leadership Drains Our Wellbeing & Resilience
Stacked Stressors
When stressors pile up one on top of another and aren’t resolved, they drain more and more of your energy and resilience each day, making it hard to do everything, which is also a drain.
Self-Critical Inner Chatter
It’s completely normal for the mind to churn incessantly (it loves to think) but we need to learn how to manage the quality of our thoughts because they in turn affect how we feel & behave.
Poor Emotional Regulation
Without cultivating our ability to self regulate (find calm, clarity, inner balance) and process our emotions, we fall victim to disruptive emotional & physiological patterns, and are effectively impaired.
Unfulfilled Essential Needs
When our essential needs aren’t fulfilled effectively (or at all), we are living under constant stress, which drains our physical, emotional & mental wellbeing.
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Learn the Skills to Manage Your Thoughts, Emotions & Energy Better Helping You Build Resilience & Nurture Wellbeing
Executive Resilience Coaching & Training will help you learn proven strategies, tools & techniques to manage your mind, emotions & energy more effectively, so you can reduce needless suffering & handle your stress more optimally. This life-changing program will help you increase your resilience, enhance your wellbeing, improve your performance and productivity and, enrich your experience of life.
Through Whole Life Coaching, you will clarify and prioritize your core values, so you can better guide the direction of life in the long term, as well as, day to day. Setting goals rooted in Meaning & Purpose, you will get the opportunity to put your Greatest Strengths and undiscovered Gifts to good use through Meaningful Action. You’ll also identify and work on removing the blocks to taking those important actions. Addressing every area of your life that you want to see positive change and growth.
Trauma-Informed Self Leadership Coaching is a blend of all the other approaches offered, with the addition of Parts Work, which leverages the highly effective and deeply beautiful approach of Internal Family Systems (IFS). Re-connecting with your Authentic Self and becoming the loving leader within your own inner world, and living life more from that place. Leveraging the Heart as a Tool to help one step back in to Presence & Self Leadership.
What Does The Heart Actually Have to Do With It?
Our hearts are truly as powerful as we’ve imagined and science can finally prove it. We can use the heart to help us regulate our nervous systems – changing our state of being and with it our capacity to choose to be a better version of ourselves, moment to moment.
I help a wide variety of people, including leaders and executives, learn to connect to the physical heart using Polyvagal-Informed resilience building, self-regulation practices. Heart Rate Variability training helps you learn to generate a state of inner balance and ease, and being in this state improves your overall physical & psychological wellbeing.
I call on the symbolic heart to help you connect to your personal or spiritual core, to tap into who you really are, and to connect to your deepest values, which will guide the way to an authentic, meaningful life.
Become a Heart-Rich Presence to yourself and to those you love and lead.
What People Are Saying
“Guy’s guidance has helped me unlock new levels of self-awareness and authenticity, enabling me to show up as my true self with greater confidence and impact because I now truly trust myself and my ability to cope and manage challenging situations and people.
As a result, I’ve seen significant improvements in my leadership effectiveness, communication skills, and overall influence within my organization.”
“Guy’s approach goes beyond traditional coaching methods; he creates a safe and supportive space where I feel comfortable exploring my thoughts, emotions, and experiences.
Through his insightful, compassionate guidance and practical tools, I’ve gained a deeper understanding of myself and learned invaluable strategies for managing stress, regulating emotions, and bouncing back from setbacks.”
“Through our meaningful sessions, I’ve gained a greater understanding of my own purpose and the things I need to be doing in order to live my life to its highest potential. Guy has the ability to make sense of his clients’ needs and struggles in ways that address the root problems and reasoning for why those inhibiting feelings might be there in the first place – And by simply doing/practicing that, those negative feelings start to dissipate, with a sense of inner satisfaction gained in the end.”
“Whether on the phone or in person, Guy always creates a positive and non-judgemental environment to discuss any topic. I truly appreciate that he knows when to challenge and hold me accountable or when I just need to talk and “vent”. His approach is very personalized and he’s one of these persons whose positive impact in your life cannot be forgotten…”
“Over the last few months, I’ve worked with Guy to develop healthy coping strategies for dealing with life’s up and downs. It has been a big help. I’m currently going through a job transition, and instead of panicking, I’m reacting calmly and thoughtfully. I think my most significant change has been to stop being overwhelmed by worrisome thoughts to focus instead on appreciating each moment and on being thankful for the people and activities that bring me joy. Thanks, Guy! ”
“Within just 2 sessions with Guy Reichard, I started to feel better. My sessions with Guy were invaluable, and a solid investment to all aspects of my life. I will continue to use Guy’s teachings to improve, maintain a positive outlook on a daily basis and to centre myself when things happen – which they inevitably will and that’s ok, as I am now much better equipped to deal with any issues as they arise. I would not hesitate to recommend Guy to anyone, he is truly a beautiful, compassionate, knowledgeable & open-minded soul and I cannot thank him enough for his help and friendship!”
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HeartRich Resilience: Developing A System for Authentic Flourishing
Imagine a compass guiding you in life, not just to “survive” but to live deeply, meaningfully, and resiliently. The HeartRich Resilience Compass is designed with nine interconnected facets, each representing an area of your inner world and a suite of principles and processes or skillsets we can learn.
When you learn to turn these dials from the negative, destructive side toward the positive, life-affirming side, you begin to embody your truest self. You no longer react out of fear, avoidance, or survival; instead, you consciously choose your responses, acting with intention, clarity, and heart.
A Year of Reckoning and The Call for Love and Courage
I had not one inkling that the final year of my 40s would turn out the way it did. This past year has reshaped both my inner and outer life in ways I could never have anticipated. I hate to admit it, but I was incredibly naïve, and ignorant. The writing was quite literally, on the wall….
As I turned 50 just days ago, I find myself contemplating how this year of horror, trauma, violence, and hatred has fundamentally shifted my identities – as a Jew, an Israeli, a Canadian, a family man, friend and neighbor, and as a professional who tries to bring more heart to the world.
Beyond Stress Management: Expanding Your Window of Tolerance to Restore Authenticity, Resilience & Heart
Is Stress Changing Who You Are? It’s highly likely that the toll of chronic stress is silently reshaping you, and without understanding how to manage it, the risks to your wellbeing, family life, and leadership effectiveness are only growing.
I would like to share a model to help explain what might be happening, from a neurophysiological perspective, called the Window of Tolerance.
Burnout is Not a Badge of Honor: The High Achiever’s Dilemma
“In the relentless pursuit of success, many high-achieving executives wear their burnout as a badge of honor, not realizing it’s a complex condition that can be rooted in trauma, as well as cause it.”
At the heart of this issue lies the High Achiever’s Dilemma: being in perpetual pursuit of achievement, while continuously increasing one’s standards and expectations of themselves, and no matter what they achieve and accomplish, they never feel “I am enough”. There is a void where there should be a natural sense of worth, self worth and ‘Good Enoughness’
The Power of Heart Coherence (HRV) for Balance, Resilience and Wellbeing
Lately, many of us find ourselves tossed about by tsunamis of stress, emotional adversity, and uncertainty about the future. Amidst the chaos, we can always find a profound yet often overlooked resource within us – the power of our hearts to help us generate a state of greater inner balance, harmony and coherence.
At its core, heart coherence is a tangible psycho-physiological state with profound implications for our mental, emotional, and physical wellbeing. It’s rooted in the science of Heart Rate Variability (HRV).
Coresilience: Cultivating Inner Safety to Build Resilience Through Connection With Others
“The people who have survived trauma teach us about what it is to be human, by teaching us what they’ve lost – and they’ve lost the ability to feel safe enough with another.” ~ Stephen Porges
It got me thinking deeply about how the need for connection and social engagement. How, at a time when we could use the support of others, the hearts of others, some of us just can’t open up to receive those benefits – instead, we close our hearts, we isolate and we shut down to protect ourselves.
This article explores the profound need and impact of feeling safe within ourselves and with others, and offering practical steps to cultivate inner safety, regulation, and resilience through heart-centered practices, so we can ultimately connect with others, and mutually reinforce resilience and wellbeing.
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