Become aware
Catch what is happening in your mind and body without immediately judging or fixing it.
No Escape · 12-week small-group coaching
Stop living at the mercy of your emotions.
Develop greater agency and learn to respond more intentionally to anxiety, anger, avoidance, people-pleasing, and emotional reactivity—so you can live with more freedom, peace, and joy.
A real conversation about what you want to change and whether this group is the right fit.
12 weeksEnough time to practice, apply, and build capacity
75–90 minutes weeklyLive coaching, reflection, and real-life application
Up to 6 peoplePersonal attention with the added perspective of a small group
A free guided practice
Something has you anxious, angry, avoidant, or triggered?
Use the Intentional Response Reset to slow the moment down, notice what’s here, remember how you want to show up, and choose your next response.
Is this you?
You know how you want to respond. But in the moment, something else takes over.
- Anxiety and worry pull you into spirals or stop you from doing what matters.
- Anger or defensiveness takes the wheel before you can choose what you really want to say or do.
- Avoidance and procrastination keep important conversations, decisions, and actions stuck in “later.”
- People-pleasing makes it difficult to set boundaries without guilt or fear.
- Emotional triggers leave you feeling controlled by your mood, body, or familiar reactions.
- Self-judgment turns every difficult moment into more evidence that something is wrong with you.
The work
The goal isn’t to eliminate difficult emotions. It’s to become more capable of choosing how you respond when they arise.
The core practice
01 · Notice
02 · Feel
03 · Remember
04 · Choose
Build the capacity to notice, feel, remember, and choose.
No Escape is practice for real life. Through Intentional Awareness Meditation—IAM—you’ll strengthen the space between what you feel and what you do next.
Make room
Meet the emotion with honesty and compassion instead of fighting, suppressing, or obeying it.
Reconnect
Return to what you want to create, how you want to feel, and who you want to be in this moment.
Respond intentionally
Choose your next response when you can. Meet yourself kindly when you can’t. Then keep practicing.
What happens over 12 weeks
Coaching that moves out of the conversation and into your life.
Each week, we focus on the situations that are actually affecting your life: the anxiety spiral, the conversation you’re avoiding, the boundary you haven’t set, the reaction you regret, or the choice you want to make differently.
You’ll receive live coaching, learn from the experiences of a small group, and leave with a clear intention for what to practice next. Between sessions, a simple daily rhythm helps you carry the work into the moments that matter.
This is not a learn-and-leave course. The change comes from noticing your patterns, practicing a different response, and returning—again and again—with compassion.
Measuring progress
We won’t measure success by whether you never feel anxious, angry, or triggered again.
We’ll look for increasing capacity and concrete evidence that your life is changing.
You notice sooner.After the reaction. During it. Then, increasingly, before it takes over.
You recover more quickly.Difficult feelings may still come, but they consume less of your day or week.
You avoid less.You take actions and have conversations that anxiety or discomfort once delayed.
You react with fewer regrets.You create more room to respond in ways that reflect your intentions.
You set clearer boundaries.You become more able to say no, ask for what you need, and tolerate the discomfort.
You treat yourself more kindly.When you can’t choose differently, compassion becomes the intentional response.
The coaching experience
Enrollment now open
Six people. Twelve weeks. One shared commitment to practice.
No Escape Small-Group Coaching
$2,500
12-week coaching experience · up to 6 members
- One live 75–90 minute group coaching session each week
- Coaching on your specific emotional challenges and desired outcomes
- The IAM practice and a simple daily rhythm for applying it
- A consistent group for shared learning, accountability, and belonging
- Practical ways to notice and measure progress in your actual life
About Chris
A practice partner, not a guru.
My role isn’t to tell you what’s wrong with you or hand you another formula for fixing yourself. It’s to help you see what you may not be able to see alone, reconnect with what matters to you, and practice responding with greater awareness, intention, and compassion.
I know this work personally. I’ve lived with chronic stress and anxiety, spent years trying to improve myself, and discovered that real change didn’t come from fighting myself harder. It came from learning to stay, listen, and choose.
I’m practicing too. I’ll bring honesty, curiosity, warmth, and steady attention to the work we do together.
Common questions
Before we talk
Is this therapy?
No. This is coaching focused on awareness, intentional response, daily practice, and the life you want to create. It is not a substitute for psychotherapy, medical care, crisis support, or treatment for a mental health condition. We can discuss whether coaching is appropriate for what you’re facing during the consultation.
Do I need meditation experience?
No. IAM is intentionally simple. The practice is not about emptying your mind or meditating perfectly. It is about noticing when your attention has wandered and gently returning—the same capacity you’ll practice in daily life.
What if I know what I should do but can’t do it when I’m triggered?
That is part of the work, not proof that you’re failing. Sometimes you’ll choose an intentional response. Sometimes you won’t be able to. In those moments, meeting yourself with kindness and compassion becomes the practice. Capacity develops through repetition, not perfection.
What happens during the free consultation?
We’ll talk about the specific patterns or situations you want help with, what you would like to create instead, and whether this group is the right fit for you. It is a real conversation, not a pressure-filled pitch.
You can learn to respond differently
More freedom doesn’t require perfect control.
It begins by developing the capacity to notice what’s happening, remember what matters, and choose your response—one real moment at a time.