When the map
runs out, find your
bearings.
A letter from me, to anyone thinking about reaching out.
The most interesting conversations in my life have all been with people who were mid-reorientation. Leaving something stable. Walking toward something that hadn't quite taken shape yet. Trying to separate what they actually wanted from what they had been told to want.
Those conversations never felt like work. They felt like navigation — two people staring at the same horizon, reading the weather, debating what the compass was actually telling us.
Coaching, for me, is a way to keep having those conversations on purpose. It's not a business and it's not a brand. It's the part of Astronomad that isn't pointed at an audience — it's pointed at one person at a time.
I don't have a niche, and I'm wary of people who sell one too confidently. The through-line is less about a job and more about a moment.
- People pivoting into frontier tech
From finance, consulting, law, medicine — wherever — into AI, quantum, space, climate. The jump that looks irrational on paper and inevitable in the mirror.
- ICs trying to think more clearly
Junior to senior engineers, designers, analysts who want sharper reasoning, better frameworks, and fewer borrowed opinions.
- Anyone in a decision with no obvious right answer
Career crossroads, a hard conversation, a quiet gut feeling that keeps returning. The messy, real stuff that doesn't fit in a framework until you talk it through.
- And honestly — anyone, if the question's interesting
I keep the door open. The best conversations rarely fit in the category you built for them.
Plain and honestly: this is a passion, not a practice. I don't have a package, a funnel, or a pricing page. I take on a small handful of conversations at a time, usually when something about the question pulls me in.
We start with a call — no pitch deck, no intake form — where we just talk through what's on your mind. If it's a fit, we keep going. Sometimes that's one conversation that unlocks something. Sometimes it's a thread we pull on for a few months. I'll be straight with you about whether I'm the right person to talk to.
If something above caught, send a note. Tell me what's on your mind — a paragraph is plenty. I read everything; I reply when a real reply is possible.
✦ A small note: I'm not a certified coach, therapist, or financial advisor. This is a conversation between two curious people — nothing more, nothing less.