Brieanne Traube, Director of Business Development, San Francisco

I came to Alexandra when I was trying to decide on what career path would be right for me and if I should be making a change. I knew that Alexandra had some great insight and experience into career changes and the important key factors for each individual and what matters to them. My experience during our work was fantastic! Lots of great thoughtful questions that have given me points to think on and some ways to structure my internal dialogue and priorities. I now understand my happiness and the things that bring me happiness can be simple but are also essential. I learned that I should be prioritizing my own happiness. I’ve been asking myself more if I really feel a certain way or just feel that I SHOULD feel that way - important distinction! I would absolutely recommend Alexandra.

Sonya Kleshik, Artist & Business Owner, www.sonyakleshik.com

It's hard to believe it’s been well over a year since I started my work with Alexandra. I remember how lost and far away I felt from my vision and my dreams, and she, without my expecting or willing it, drew they out of me again with her deep listening, pointed questions and loving encouragement. She believed in me when I couldn’t, and reminded me to be gentle with myself as my path took all kinds of twists and turns - most of which were unexpected. In my frustration at my ‘lack of progress’ and my emotional fragility she often told me that I am where I need to be, and was  always right. I feel so much gratitude for all her support and guidance over this past year. I feel so much more on track, confident in my vision and my abilities to achieve it, and most of all, am learning to trust the process that has its own mysterious wisdom.  

Sammie Rayner, COO & Co-Founder, www.handup.org, San Francisco  

Alexandra has been an incredible coach. She understands that in order to grow your business, you have to grow yourself. Our coaching calls really help me work through barriers and focus in on what I need to do to get where I want to go. In addition to so much personal insight, my customers have double since we started talking… and she's definitely been a part of that! Highly recommended.

Alexa Cole, Career Coach and Facilitator, www.coleconsultinglc.com - Past board member of Young Women Social Entrepreneurs

Alexandra is a natural facilitator and coach. She has a great balance of strategy (providing clear directions, worksheets, and import to the exercise), while also a very soothing and calming presence. She also led a very powerful visualization. I love working with leaders that have all of these skills and can help me feel supported and motivated to live out my goals! Alexandra was a facilitator for a retreat I organized for the Young Women Social Entrepreneurs of San Francisco. We hope to have her at more events in the future!

Ellen Hohbach Scheetz, Coach, San Francisco, US - www.authenticyou.co

Alexandra, Great workshop. Your delivery was empowering and gave people permission to do what was right for them. Your definitions of vision, mission, and purpose were insightful.

Meike Hennon, Co-founder, San Francisco - Shinebright.us

I am a co-founder of an education company called Shinebright. We have been in existence for three years, the first year and a half was development and only have been selling our products for the last year and a half. We now have a line of developed products ready to sell. Our focus needs to be on marketing and sales, but only having two people working on this feels overwhelming. We knew we needed help to focus our time to be most productive.

I was familiar with Alexandra and her style of coaching. Her passion for helping people stay true to themselves and their passion in their business was extremely appealing to me. My co-founder and I had had a coach with a more antiquated style, that was more him talking to us about what we should know, versus, coaching us to grow our confidence in our abilities and tapping into our passions. We were looking for someone to help us build our confidence in ourselves, to help us find our focus and create a strategy to be as productive as possible. We also have an incredible passion for the work we do within education, we know this passion motivates us to work hard, we just needed someone to help us find a path to success. After getting to know Alexandra, we knew she would be able to help us.

Alexandra was able to quickly assess what our weaknesses were, what was holding us back from accomplishing all that we needed to get done and to help us determine what needed to take precedence. After determining our needs, she also was able to quickly help create a weekly plan, including four areas of focus and a time structure to make sure we hit each area. Between our sessions Alexandra held us accountable for what we had promised to undertake. She also heard us when something was not working and was able to help us easilycorrect and reorganize what needed to be changed. 

Alexandra listens and hears you and has many practical suggestions to help you get on track within your business. In only a few sessions we were able to clearly see where we needed to focus more, how we could divide our time to do that and also how to work most effectively. Alexandra has an innate ability to strategize and move you along in your business towards success.

Both my co-founder and myself walked away from our sessions feeling motivated, with a clear understanding of what needs to be done and a plan to attack that ever growing list of things to do. We feel ready to tackle some of our biggest challenges with a newfound energized focus.