From Doubt to Direction

A 12-session decision-making intensive for analytical professionals who want immediate relief from decision paralysis AND strategic support for smart transitions.

Stop overthinking.
Start deciding.
Trust your analytical superpowers.

Start solving now

What if you could make every decision with confidence, knowing it's rooted in what matters most to YOU?

Alex pivoted to leading sustainability initiatives at a Fortune 500 company, combining her technical background with her values around environmental responsibility. At 49, she's energized by work that feels meaningful and knows she's exactly where she's supposed to be..

Rachel joined a tech company that prizes her direct communication style and deep expertise. She's become their go-to person for complex client challenges, and she no longer apologizes for being thorough and smart. Her intensity is now seen as passion and precision.

Lisa stepped into the VP role with clarity about her leadership style and vision. She built her team management skills systematically and now mentors other women moving from IC to leadership roles. She finally sees herself as the leader others always knew she could be.

Maya speaks up in meetings with calm authority, knowing her technical expertise is valuable. When someone questions her approach, she responds thoughtfully rather than defensively. Her team respects her leadership because she leads from her values, not from fear.

Every month you spend stuck in indecision costs you:

Lost opportunities while you "research"

  • Mental energy spent on endless rumination

  • Confidence eroded by second-guessing

  • Sleep disrupted by 3am anxiety spirals

  • Relationships strained by work stress

How much is staying stuck REALLY costing you?

The Hidden Cost of Analysis Paralysis

What If Your Analytical Nature Became Your Decision-Making Superpower?

Life and career transitions are "big hairy problems" - complex, multi-faceted challenges with no obvious right answer.

Traditional decision-making approaches (pros/cons lists, endless research, asking everyone's opinion) fail because they don't account for the human element: your values, your context, your unique situation.

Design thinking was created specifically for solving big hairy problems. Originally developed to tackle complex design challenges like "How do we create a user-friendly smartphone?" or "How do we design a hospital that reduces patient anxiety?" - it's a systematic approach for navigating ambiguity when there's no clear precedent to follow.

Your career transition is the ultimate design challenge: How do you create a professional life that aligns with your values, leverages your strengths, fits your financial needs, AND actually exists in the real world?

Here's how we apply design thinking to your career decisions:

1. Empathize With Yourself Understand your values, motivations, and what truly drives satisfaction in your work - just like designers study their users

2. Collect Strategic Data Gather the RIGHT information (not all information) to inform your decision - focused research, not endless scrolling

3. Generate Options Brainstorm creative possibilities beyond your initial binary thinking - expand the solution space

4. Prototype & Test Run low-risk experiments to validate your hypotheses before committing - informational interviews, side projects, skill-building

5. Decide & Execute Make the decision with confidence based on real data and create an action plan

The result?

You move from analysis paralysis to confident action using a proven framework for solving complex problems.

How it Works

  • 1. Empathize (with yourself)

    Build Self-Knowledge & Decide Who to Listen To

    Learn to distinguish between your inner wisdom and the voices of self-doubt. Through values assessment, Positive Intelligence work, and energy mapping, you'll understand what truly matters to you and identify the saboteurs that have been hijacking your decision-making. You'll also reframe your career story from a place of strength rather than self-criticism.

  • 2. Collect strategic data

    Create Your Personal Decision Criteria

    Establish clear guidelines for evaluating any career decision. You'll identify your non-negotiables, define what success looks like on YOUR terms, and replace limiting beliefs with empowering ones. This phase gives you the decision-making framework you've been missing—your personal algorithm for confident choices.

  • 3. Generate options

    Generate Possibilities Without Judgment

    Break free from either/or thinking and expand what feels possible. Through creative exercises and mind mapping, you'll generate multiple potential paths forward and design 3-5 realistic scenarios for your future. This is where analysis paralysis transforms into strategic thinking.

  • 4. Prototype + test

    Test Your Options Safely

    Move from theoretical to practical by researching your top options through informational interviews and real-world exploration. You'll gather concrete data about each path and evaluate how well they align with your values framework—no more decisions based on assumptions or fear.

  • 5. Decide + execute

    Make Your Decision & Take Confident Action

    Using everything you've learned, make your clear decision with confidence. Create your action plan, build your support system, and get practical help with resumes, LinkedIn, and interviews as needed. You'll also develop tools for making future decisions with the same clarity and self-trust.

    This framework gives you a systematic approach to career decisions that honors both your analytical nature and your authentic values.

  • 45 min free chemistry session before you commit (scheduled separately)

  • Meet twice a month (options to meet on a difference cadence as schedules allow)

  • Private Google folder for collecting homework/reference materials

The From Doubt to Direction package includes:

  • 6 months of action-focused sessions

  • Individualized homework challenges

  • Email/text/10 min phone support during West Coast business hours (9-5).