I coach burned out high performers toward the change they keep putting off.

The career move. The business. The book. The thing you circle late at night and talk yourself out of by morning.

Javier Galarza-Garcia outdoors by a lake — Javier Galarza-GarciaSanta Monica

The shift

Rest was never the problem.

You've already tried it. The long weekend, the vacation, the early nights. It worked for about a week. Burnout is what happens when you spend your days building something you've quietly outgrown. The fix isn't more recovery. It's moving toward what you actually want, with someone who keeps you honest about it.

Who this is for

You're good at what you do. That's part of the problem. The output still looks fine, so no one sees the gap between the life you built and the one you actually want. You know the change you need to make. You've known for a while. What's missing is someone to ask the questions you've been avoiding and keep you moving once you answer them.

Javier Galarza-Garcia hiking — Javier Galarza-Garcia

My story

I needed a coach before I became one.

For years I built an impressive portfolio. Big clients, demanding rooms, work that looked like the thing you're supposed to want. I was good at it. I was also pulling my energy from an empty barrel.

To keep going, I made myself believe the mask was me. I told myself the part of me that knew this wasn't the life I wanted was the part to suppress. As a gay man, a lot of that was about proving something, being undeniable, leaving no room for doubt about whether I belonged.

That version of me, the one who could dream and still moved through life connected to who he was, was never gone. He got buried under the performance.

Coming back took the same work I now do with other people. Mindset, coaching, and movement, used on myself first, to take real steps toward a life worth building. Now I help other people build on the other side.

From the feed

Going after what you want can be freeing and terrifying. Working toward big things requires big moves.

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How we work

Pick the depth that fits where you are.

Regulate first, then move. Every option runs on the same spine.

Reset Intensive

One long session (about three hours) plus a two-week follow-up.

You leave with the change named, the first move chosen, and two weeks of it already behind you.

One three-hour working session
A two-week check-in to hold the first move
A written recap: the change, the plan, the next step

90-Day Container

Six sessions over three months, every other week.

You regulate first, then move. By the end you've started the thing for real, with the accountability to keep it going once we stop.

Six 60-minute sessions, biweekly
Meditation practices to regulate between sessions
Strategy work to move the thing forward
Text access between sessions for the moments that don't wait
A working doc we build as we go, yours to keep

6-Month Container

Twelve sessions over six months, every other week.

For the bigger build. You get through the hard middle, the part where most people quit, and come out the other side actually doing the work you set out to do.

Twelve 60-minute sessions, biweekly
Meditation practices to regulate between sessions
Strategy work to move the thing forward
Text access throughout
The full working doc, start to finish
One Reset Intensive built in, whenever you need to stop and re-aim

The other side

There's a version of you on the other side of this. My job is to get you there, from exactly where you are right now.

I'm ready for a change →

Questions

Is this therapy?+

No. Therapy tends to work backward through what happened. We work forward. Where you are now, the change you keep avoiding, and what you actually do about it. If what you need is therapy, I'll tell you.

What if I don't know exactly what I want yet?+

Most people don't, not clearly. That's usually the first thing we find. You don't need the whole plan to start. You need to stop pretending the current version is working.

What happens when I reach out?+

A few short questions, then an honest call. Where you are, what's kept you stuck, where you want to go. No pitch. If it's not a fit, I'll say so.

Do I have to be into meditation?+

No. It's one tool, not the point. We use it to regulate so you can think and move from a steady place. You don't need experience, just a willingness to try it.

For organizations

Here for a team, not yourself?

I design and produce wellness experiences and programming for organizations, led by years in live event production. Retreats, activations, and team wellness built to actually land.

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