Leaders

For executives, founders & high achievers

You've built
something extraordinary.
At significant cost.

The version of you that got here was built for performance. It may not be built for everything else — your relationships, your body, your ability to actually rest.

Experience
8+ years · 1:1 & group
Credential
Certified Professional Coach (PCC)
Approach
Somatic · Trauma-informed · Evidence-based
Format
Virtual · Worldwide · Private

What brings people here

High performance and a life
that actually works
are not mutually exclusive.

But for most high achievers, the same nervous system that drives extraordinary results is also quietly running the patterns that make everything outside work harder than it needs to be.

Stress that won't turn offYou can perform under pressure. What you can't do is stop. Your nervous system is still running the same operating system that got you here — and it doesn't know how to downshift.

Relationships that sufferYou are capable of extraordinary things at work. The intimacy, repair, and vulnerability that close relationships require activates a completely different system — one that may not have had much practice.

Coping that's become a patternAlcohol, overwork, disconnection, control. The things that took the edge off are starting to have edges of their own. You know this. You haven't found something that actually addresses what's underneath.

The gap between inside and outsideExternally, things look like success. Internally, something feels off — like you've optimized everything except the part that actually matters. You're not broken. Your nervous system is just running outdated code.

How this works

This is not another
executive coach.

Most coaching works at the level of strategy, behavior, and mindset. That's useful. It's also incomplete. The patterns that are hardest to shift — how you respond under pressure, what happens in your closest relationships, why certain things keep repeating — don't live in your thinking. They live in your nervous system.

This work goes there.

What we work on

  • Nervous system dysregulation driving stress, reactivity, and burnout
  • Relational patterns affecting partnerships, family, and leadership
  • Alcohol and compulsive coping that's become load-bearing
  • The gap between external success and internal experience
  • Sustainable performance without chronic depletion

What makes this different

  • Somatic — we work with the body, not just the mind
  • Slow and relational — real change requires real safety
  • Evidence-informed — CBT, ACT, Somatic Experiencing
  • Completely private — no group settings, no programs
  • Outcome-focused — not indefinite, not superficial

What to expect

Structured, private,
outcome-focused.

No indefinite weekly sessions with no clear destination. We work toward specific, meaningful change — and you'll feel the difference.

First Orientation

A 20-minute call to understand what you're navigating and whether this is the right fit. No pitch, no pressure — a real conversation to see if working together makes sense.

Ongoing 1:1 Sessions

Private 50-minute sessions, typically weekly or biweekly. Trauma-informed, somatic, and paced to what your system can actually integrate. Not just conversation — work that changes how your nervous system responds.

Option The Reset Day

A private, one-day somatic intensive for those who want to go deep quickly. Includes full-day coaching, personalized integration guide, and 30-day follow-up. $1,200. Limited to two per month.

Investment

Priced for the
value of the work.

The patterns we work on in coaching are the ones affecting your most important relationships, your health, and your ability to sustain the success you've built.

That's not a wellness expense. It's one of the highest-ROI investments available to someone at your level.

All sessions are virtual. Scheduling is flexible for demanding calendars. Complete privacy is fundamental to how I work.

1:1 Private Coaching

$450

per 50-minute session

  • Trauma-informed somatic approach
  • Personalized to your specific patterns
  • Virtual — anywhere in the world
  • Flexible scheduling
  • Complete confidentiality
Start with a conversation

About Sam

Depth, rigor,
and no shortcuts.

I've spent over eight years working with high-functioning adults — many of them at the top of their fields — who had done the personal development work and still couldn't shift certain patterns. The ones that live in the body, not just the mind.

My approach is slow, relational, and grounded in the nervous system. I've worked with clients across industries and time zones, in 1:1 settings, groups, and intensive formats. My practice is entirely referral-based — I don't run funnels or mass programs. The people who find me tend to stay.

Certified Professional Coach (PCC) — iPEC Coaching
Advanced Somatic Practitioner — Alchemical Alignment
CBT · ACT · Positive Intelligence · Somatic Experiencing
Former coach at Lyra Health & OYNB
SS
Sam Salenger, PCC

Ready to close
the gap?

Send a few sentences about what you're navigating. We'll have a 20-minute call to see if working together makes sense. No pressure, no pitch.

Start a conversation

$450 / session · Virtual · Worldwide · Complete privacy