We’ll create a clear roadmap with well defined tasks and path to success.
Text & Email Support
As long as I’m not in a session with another client or asleep, I’ll answer at my first opportunity.
Progress Reports
We will regularly update the roadmap and track your physical and mental progress.
Break Down Problems
We’ll discuss your goals and what’s standing in the way. We’ll look at possible paths forward and choose the one that makes most sense for you.
Mental Exercises
We’ll focus on undoing negative thought patterns using factual evidence from your own life. I guarantee you there’s evidence to counter whatever negative thoughts you have.
Physical Exercises
The first 4 weeks are just walking. Starting from 20 minutes/day and increasing to 30 minutes a day. During the following 6 weeks we will add strength or cardio exercises based on your preference or needs.
Hi, I’m Alex
I was sitting in an Atlanta afternoon rush hour and thought to myself “this is the most amazing feeling. WOW.”
I was contemplating the fact that I wasn’t upset at all. The parking lot known as I-285 was hot and probably for most, miserable. But I was happy and confident and life was amazing.
That thinking was the result of rebuilding my life from the ground up. Due to a health condition, I’d lost my marriage, my ability work (I’d spent a decade as a Software Engineer) and my physical freedom. I’d spent 5 years in a bed in a room in my parents’ house finding ways to stay sane and hopeful, diagnosing myself, developing a recovery program, rehabbing my body and finally re-entering society and building a new life.
I wanted everyone to feel what I felt – the intense and overwhelming feeling of achievement, confidence and joy. Even in a traffic jam.
Now I help others by teaching them the tools I used to simplify complex challenges and develop healthy mental frameworks.
Jonathan Ortega
Marketing
Atlanta GA
“I was facing a challenge in my life where I was lacking direction and discipline.
Alex gave me practical and useful advice which helped me and continues to help me through life’s hurdles.
These are issues that I have battled my whole life and it seems like the answer to my problem has been in front of me the whole time but it took someone like Alex to present it to me in a way that was easy to understand. His genius is not just giving you great advice but also and most importantly listening, understanding your problem and presenting a solution in a way which is easy to follow and understand.”
All habits and thinking patterns (and muscle memory!) work the same way and the behavioral changes I will help you with rely on it. If you’d like to dig deeper, look up “neural pathways” and “neuroplasticity”. In the meantime, below are 2 videos (they’re just 3 minutes each) explaining exactly how the brain works and how you can change it.
Below is a video explanation of why you’ve struggled to change habits and what to do about it.
A video example of rewiring using the proper methods to make affirmations work (because they’re almost *always* done wrong).
A few of the many benefits of self confidence:
-> Better Decision-Making
-> More Professional Growth
-> Stop Imposter Syndrome
-> Better Communication
-> Crush Challenges
-> Know that you’re intelligent
-> Less general anxiety
-> Less social anxiety
-> Less depression
-> Higher Pay $$$$$$
L. V. Rosh
Writer
Georgia
“I was writing a book and got stuck for quite sometime. Alex had me talk out my problem and told me that at one point I had started writing several stories at the same time, and my protagonist (and therefore me) was unable to move forward due to the multiple possible paths ahead.
He guided me back to the core. He coached me how to rid the plot of the extraneous variables and return to the essentials.
I’ve started writing again. I keep my long one sentence paragraph Alex helped me formulate next to my laptop and if I hit a snag, or get distracted, I go back to it. I haven’t experienced writing blocks since then.”
Improving sleep, self-awareness, attention span, memory and emotional regulation.
Practical problem solving allows us to:
Identify the actual (not perceived) challenge(s).
Identify possible solutions.
Choose best solution based on personal values and viability.
Reduce large challenges to small manageable tasks.
Prioritize effectively.
Crush challenges and create accomplishment
Regular physical exertion creates consistency and good habits. It also releases 5 brain boosting chemicals: Serotonin, Norepinephrine, BDNF, Dopamine, Endorphins. Together they:
This is a 3 prong holistic program encompassing both the mental and physical aspects of our health and adding the problem solving component required to effectively tackle your specific challenges.
Habits
Physical Health – We start slow and easy. The goal is not to spend 3 hours a day at the gym; people generally quit when doing that.
The goal is to start creating good habits. Once you get used to doing something and start seeing the benefits, it becomes easy to ramp up.
When we do ramp up, you won’t be doing marathons or body building. Unless you want to. Instead, you’ll settle on a program that gets you all the benefits without having to turn your entire life upside-down.
Mental Health – Again, we start slow and easy. Changing our thinking patterns doesn’t happen overnight.
We’ll define and understand how our self-critical inner voice works and why. He/she is constantly against us!
We focus on your successes and how you can use them to reframe your view of yourself.
Later we’ll use the same strategy to reframe specific negative thoughts or views of yourself.
We’ll bring in meditation and mindfulness. Hint: they’re super easy and useful.
Problem solving
We’ll talk about, and if needed, define your direction and goals.
We’re going to discuss your challenge(s) and identify potential solutions.
We’ll focus in on the optimal solution(s).
We’ll break the solution(s) down into small actionable tasks.
We’ll create a roadmap and follow it to completion.
I will hold you accountable. But you will be expected to hold yourself accountable as well.
“I was struggling with my job. I was burned out and completely disinterested in the role I performed after 8yrs without the possibility for advancement. The job was getting more demanding while the pay stagnated. I needed to make a change but was struggling to make the decision. I wanted to go on my own and start a business.
Alex gave me a step by step approach and structured my decision making in ways that made sense. He pushed me when I was stuck and afraid. His system worked when I followed through with his approach.
I now own my own practice and am able to live anywhere in the world. I’m currently living in Germany, loving my best life.”
Frequently Asked Questions
Why 10 weeks specifically?
New habits take time to form. 2.5 months is a practical time period.
I’ve tried other programs and didn’t get any benefits. How is this different?
I’ve structured everything to be realistically doable. We start slow and build from there. By the time we get to the tough stuff you’ll be hooked on feeling good and will want more.
Are you available outside of sessions?
Unless I’m in a session with a client, I’m available via text or email.
What’s expected of me?
Be motivated and excited to be a better version of yourself and improve your circumstances. Be ready to put in the work.
Raul Gil
Software Engineer
New York
“The main challenge I had was owning the fact that I have many ideas and many different directions I can go in. I had a hard time choosing where to start first.
It was frustrating because I was going in many directions but I wasn’t seeing any true improvement in any of the areas I wanted to work on.
Alex took an inventory of my ideas and personal life challenges and developed a priority order based on what we thought was most logical. He took notice of the things I said and calculated which area or idea I had would have the most impact.
Understanding where to go was the main challenge and having him provide direction and feedback was relieving. Focusing on a high-impact area and having him walk me through it during our sessions feels liberating!”
Visits to some excellent podcasts:
Simple confidence exercises:The Advisor with Stacy Chillemi
3 steps to resilience:The Advisor with Stacy Chillemi