Every single day I see it in these driven, successful owners and execs who sit across the table.
You have the ambition and the track record.
Your friends and family look to you as the one who's got it all figured out.
But inside, you’re weighed down.
And it’s keeping you from feeling and operating the way you thought you would be by now.
You're not alone if you feel
Self-Doubt & Imposter Syndrome
Despite that great CV and list of wins
Fear that occupies way too much space
And is keeping you from feeling like the real you
Pressure that never seems to quiet
It may have helped at one point, but you know it can't go on like this
Lack of connection in your work
And the Sunday 4pm dread that pops up right on schedule
Unclear about where life and work is going
Deep down, the whole compass just seems murky
There isn't an owner or exec on this planet who hasn't felt these things.
Most people would be amazed at the accomplishments of the people who have walked through my door to work on these exact struggles. This is extremely common territory.
But here's the thing.
The vast majority of leaders will continue to struggle with these feelings for the rest of their careers.
Not because they’re not capable of overcoming them.
But because they rely on temporary fixes instead of addressing the root cause in a systematic way.
More books, TED talks, advice from friends. All the outside-in surface stuff.
And just like trying to stop a river with a weak dam, those patches eventually break, and we’re right back where we started.
Rather than systematically pinpointing the root of these struggles and working from the inside-out, they end up trapped in a cycle.
It truly doesn't have to be this way.
I sit across these leaders every single day under an NDA, and I've seen them overcome barriers they've carried for months, years, sometimes decades over the course of our 3 months together.
Erika Sestok
Founder
Groundwork
I could tell within the first 5 minutes of chatting with Tarik that he was exceptional at what he does. Not because of the questions he asked — but because of his tone, his delivery, and the immediate sense of safety he built out of what felt like thin air.
I felt trust and warmth almost instantly. That's not something you can fake, and it's not something most people can manufacture on demand. Tarik just does it.
In the 30 minutes that followed, he challenged me to let go of beliefs I didn't even realize were holding me back. He wasn't just motivational — he was perceptive in a way that stopped me mid-sentence more than once. He saw things before I said them. Before I even came to the realizations myself.
Jeff Abracen
Founder
Disruptive Influence
Matt Mayers
Co-Founder & COO
Spellbook
Tarik’s coaching and thought-provoking energy has been a true catalyst for my growth.
His ability to ask the right questions, challenge assumptions, and inspire new perspectives has ignited paths of clarity and purpose within me.
Tarik is incredibly dedicated to his work as a coach. He’s helped me navigate obstacles, uncover hidden potential, and move confidently towards meaningful goals.
He doesn’t just coach - he empowers. And with every session, he brings out the best in me.
Phillip Owens
Director, Corporate Social
Anser Advisory
He has this incredible ability to help me see the patterns
What I appreciate a lot about working with Tarik is how personal and natural our conversations feel.
He asks such thoughtful questions and he has an ability to truly listen to you but also build on your answers with even more questions, and that always leads to amazing realizations even in one session.
I've become more confident in leading my teams, influencing others in positive and mindful ways, and also in putting myself and my well-being as a priority.
Stephanie Boucher
Retail Innovation Lead
Accenture
Adam Velji
Real Estate Development
TELUS
If you’re on the fence about hiring a coach, go with Tarik.
You won’t regret it.
Before working with Tarik, I struggled with clarity and confidence as a leader. I was held back by limiting beliefs and felt unsure of how to move forward.
After just a couple sessions with him, I started to feel a real shift within me.
He helped me uncover those internal barriers that were holding me back and find actionable paths forward to overcome them.
The biggest trap with all this stuff
Imagine it's 90 days from now, and you're about to fire me.
You told me, when we first met, exactly how you wished you could feel 90 days later if you had a magic wand.
And you've noticed over the weeks, as you've been implementing those solutions that we've designed together, that you're getting closer and closer to that feeling.
Those fears, pressures, limiting beliefs that were weighing you down when we first met, they're no longer in your way.
Today you wake up, and you know it's time.
We've hit that finish line.
You show up to our last call and say the words that both of us have been waiting for since the first time we spoke:
"Tarik, we no longer need our sessions, we absolutely nailed it."
That phone call in 90 days is what we're driving towards here.
You could beg me to take your AMEX here and I won't do it.
Fit is so important for this type of work, so we're going to dig into a few things up front.
We'll map out:
Where you're at
Where you wish you could be
An initial hypothesis on the barriers in that gap
If we're both feeling good by the end of these 30, we'll chat again to go deeper
This call will give us a great starting point for if we decide to move forward.
Here, we're mapping out how we'd approach tackling those blockers in your way, and digging into what working together would look like.
By the end of these 30 minutes, we both usually have a sense of a go/no-go.
No exploding offers.
We green light this thing only if we’re both 2 feet in.
Meet Your Coach
My undivided attention
I work with a select set of leaders every quarter. I cap this number so that each person I work with gets my best.
Coaching is my favourite thing in the world, and you hitting your goals is my mission.
FAQs
If you have any questions that aren't answered here, feel free to send me an email here.
How do I know if coaching is right for me?
If anything from this page feels like it's resonating, then there's a chance that coaching COULD be helpful for you.
The truth is, we won't really know if it's right for you until we get a better understanding of where you're at, where you'd love to go, and what's truly standing in your way.
If you've scrolled this far, we're likely better off chatting for 30 minutes to see if it's something that could fit.
My schedule is packed, what's the time commitment?
Yup, completely hear you. It's hard to think about adding more when we're already stretched thin.
What I've found time and time again, is that when we do this properly, that 1 hour spent per week in our sessions will help make the other hours of your week feel lighter.
What happens during our intro call?
This is not a pitch. There is nothing for sale on this call.
You could beg me to take your credit card at the end of this and I won't do it.
My goal is to learn more about where you’re at, where you want to get to, and what’s standing in your way.
If at the end of that call we both feel good vibes and think Exec Coaching could be a potential option, we’ll set up another 30 mins to go deeper