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Lead yourself and others
Being a leader is hard.
It’s also an incredible opportunity for growth.
Not just in knowledge or skills, but rather in capacity to:
Stay grounded in
the midst of chaos
Hold uncertainty without needing to solve it
Navigate relational tension without losing your center
Not just your intellect, but the relational, emotional, somatic, psychological and spiritual facets that shape who you are and how you move through the world.
We work with what's in front of you.
And we work on what’s underneath.
The outcome isn’t just better leadership. It’s a different way of being in your life, in your work, and in the world you’re helping shape.
When all of you is online, integrated, and available, the way you lead changes. And the way you live changes.
This work develops all parts of you.
Integrated
Leader
Intellectual
Psychological
Somatic
Emotional
Relational
At a certain level it's:
Less about finding the right answer
Less about logic
Less about doing it all
More about navigating tradeoffs.
More about relationships.
More about staying resourced
Spiritual
Your job as a leader is to solve
the problems others can't
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Begin here
I offer curated experiences and personalized guidance to help you expand your capacity to navigate the challenges of being a leader in today's world
Regular confidential meetings to work with your immediate challenges, explore what’s underneath and guide you toward deeper alignment at every level of your life and leadership.
1:1 Coaching
Join our annual 5-day immersive for Founders, VCs and Executives ready to engage with deep inner work.
Next retreat 9-14th Sep 2025, Portugal
In-person transformational experiences
Team coaching,
Offsite facilitation
Speaking
Develop your leaders with my 6-month signature group program.
Offsite support and facilitation.
Team coaching intervensions.
Keynotes and panels.
Annie REardon,
Ceo and co-founder | ludo
forbes 30 under 30
I worked with her during the most challenging part of scaling my business. She helped me solve some critical gaps in my business, ultimately getting me on track to hit my company revenue goals and get Forbes 30 under 30.
Vanya truly was a confidant, cheerleader, problem solver, and intuitively led coach.
Martin Bispels
CEO | Upper Park Disc Golf
From help in setting intentions and finding focus, elevating my meditation practice, providing insight and perspective on new business strategies, and providing a (gentle) kick in the ass when needed, Vanya delivers!
Vanya is the Swiss Army knife of coaches...
Abishek Jha
ceo & co-founder | elucidata
Being a first time founder is an immensely rewarding but lonely job. You need tons of support to survive and thrive...At times it is just listening, and other times it is challenging my thought process. A lot of times it is helping me with tactical things.
She is always available with her repertoire of tools to help.
tom chadwick,
Ceo | endurant energy
She is never afraid to tell you what she thinks you can do better and what are clearly weaknesses, BUT you never feel she is judging you or that you're not an amazing person that can just unlock more of the best parts of yourself.
Vanya is high energy and has a huge amount of different areas she can work on.
Abishek Jha
ceo & co-founder | elucidata
Being a first time founder is an immensely rewarding but lonely job. You need tons of support to survive and thrive... At times it is just listening, and other times it is challenging my thought process. A lot of times it is helping me with tactical things.
She is always available with her repertoire of tools to help.
Patrick O'Leary
CEO and Co-founder | Boostr
improving my own personal development, as well as helping us design and implement our people strategies, as well as planning and facilitating leadership offsites.
Vanya has been a great coach,
Brad Bogolea
CEO and Co-founder | Simbe Robotics
Vanya helps ensure founders and management leaders within a business have the proper tools, processes, and self-awareness to keep up with the various challenges and opportunities that a high-growth start-up brings.
Vanya has been an invaluable partner and trusted advisor
Martin Bispels
CEO | Upper Park Disc Golf
From help in setting intentions and finding focus, elevating my meditation practice, providing insight and perspective on new business strategies, and providing a (gentle) kick in the ass when needed, Vanya delivers!
Vanya is the Swiss Army knife of coaches...
Morgan Denis
Chief of Staff | Simbe Robotics
By keeping a constant pulse of progress and providing targeted support wherever needed. The manager trainings Vanya led have helped us nurture and grow our management team and processes.
She helped us create a sustained impact across our organization...
Jeff Bonaldi
Founder and CEO | The Explorer's Passage
to the point where you feel you almost have a partner who is there going to battle with you each and every day. I found my time with Vanya to be extremely helpful in growing as a leader and opening up new marketing channels.
She makes you feel extremely supported
Patrick O'Leary
CEO and Co-founder | Boostr
improving my own personal development, as well as helping us design and implement our people strategies, as well as planning and facilitating leadership offsites.
Vanya has been a great coach,
Brad Bogolea
CEO and Co-founder | Simbe Robotics
Vanya helps ensure founders and management leaders within a business have the proper tools, processes, and self-awareness to keep up with the various challenges and opportunities that a high-growth start-up brings.
Vanya has been an invaluable partner and trusted advisor
Morgan Denis
Chief of Staff | Simbe Robotics
by keeping a constant pulse of progress and providing targeted support wherever needed. The manager trainings Vanya led have helped us nurture and grow our management team and processes.
She helped us create a sustained impact
Jeff Bonaldi
Founder and CEO | The Explorer's Passage
To the point where you feel you almost have a partner who is there going to battle with you every day. I found my time with Vanya to be extremely helpful in growing as a leader and opening up new marketing channels.
She makes you feel extremely supported
Barney Swan
Founder and CEO | Climate Force
for me, and my nonprofit, ClimateForce Vanya’s ability to help redirect and focus in times of hardship is remarkable.
She has been an invaluable support
Jason Su
Co-founder and CTO | Whiterabbit.ai
She helped me solve some critical gaps in my company, ultimately getting me on track to hit my revenue goals and get Forbes 30 under 30. Vanya excels at understanding the makeup of a team and finding the moves and plays that will succeed for them.
I worked with her during the most challenging part of scaling my business.
Martin Bispels
CEO | Upper Park Disc Golf
From help in setting intentions and finding focus, elevating my meditation practice, providing insight and perspective on new business strategies, and providing a (gentle) kick in the ass when needed, Vanya delivers!
Vanya is the Swiss Army knife of coaches...
tom chadwick,
Ceo | endurant energy
She is never afraid to tell you what she thinks you can do better and what are clearly weaknesses, BUT you never feel she is judging you or that you're not an amazing person that can just unlock more of the best parts of yourself.
Vanya is high energy and has a huge amount of different areas she can work on.
Annie REardon,
Ceo and co-founder | ludo
forbes 30 under 30
I worked with her during the most challenging part of scaling my business. She helped me solve some critical gaps in my business, ultimately getting me on track to hit my company revenue goals.
Vanya truly was a confidant, cheerleader, problem solver, and intuitively led coach.
Jason Su
Co-founder and CTO | Whiterabbit.ai
She helped me solve some critical gaps in my company, ultimately getting me on track to hit my revenue goals and get Forbes 30 under 30. Vanya excels at understanding the makeup of a team and finding the moves and plays that will succeed for them.
I worked with her during the most challenging part of scaling my business.
Leadership is not what you do, it's who you are.
While most coaching focuses on performance and tactics, the work we do goes deeper. We look at the relational, psychological, and systemic aspects of leadership to expand your potential.
I work with leaders from Seed to Series D, as well as partners at top VC firms. My grounded practice combines leadership development , psychology, and trauma-informed methodologies, enhanced by living and studying in the Thai Buddhist tradition, teaching breathwork, and working with plant medicine.
Hi, I'm Vanya Sofia,
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I’ve spent the last decade helping founders and executives navigate the complexity of leadership and company-building.
Certified by:
I write about the remembering, returning, seeing and stepping beyond. About that which brings us closer to who we really are.
Read the Unfolding
"The Unfolding is about seeing our individual path of growth as a natural process of revealing what’s already within. It is a path back to the core, honoring the interconnectedness of experiences, where lessons are revealed when ready, and growth is non-linear."
"Most of us have experienced having our trust broken. For many, it happens as early as in utero or early childhood, when still open-hearted, vulnerable, and naive. This original trust is our primal state of being (as my therapist taught me), also called First Naiveté."
"For me, rebuilding trust is a parallel process. It’s about consciously nurturing both your capacity to stay open and your willingness to risk your heart AND deepening your belief in life’s intelligent design— in a higher power that is fundamentally good."
The Unfolding
Second Naivité Pt. 1
Second Naivité Pt. 2
"Allowing my eyes to stay closed for just another moment, I was waking up from a powerful meditation that had taken me to a place I had never been before. I felt a sense of peace and clarity that was both unfamiliar and deeply comforting."
The Emergence of Sofia
"Most of us have experienced having our trust broken. For many, it happens as early as in utero or early childhood, when still open-hearted, vulnerable, and naive. This original trust is our primal state of being (as my therapist taught me), also called First Naiveté."
"For me, rebuilding trust is a parallel process. It’s about consciously nurturing both your capacity to stay open and your willingness to risk your heart AND deepening your belief in life’s intelligent design— in a higher power that is fundamentally good."
Second Naivité Pt. 1
Second Naivité Pt. 2
"Allowing my eyes to stay closed for just another moment, I was waking up from a powerful meditation that had taken me to a place I had never been before. I felt a sense of peace and clarity that was both unfamiliar and deeply comforting."
The Emergence of Sofia - A New Self Anchoring
It's been quiet here recently
"Allowing my eyes to stay closed for just another moment, I was waking up from a powerful meditation that had taken me to a place I had never been before. I felt a sense of peace and clarity that was both unfamiliar and deeply comforting."
"I’ve been in a season of deep listening—of tuning in to the subtle whispers of my inner world and the quiet guidance of the universe. It’s a time of reflection, of honoring the stillness, and of trusting that this silence is fertile ground for new beginnings."
Second Naivité Pt. 2
It's Been Quiet Here Recently
"Allowing my eyes to stay closed for just another moment, I was waking up from a powerful meditation that had taken me to a place I had never been before. I felt a sense of peace and clarity that was both unfamiliar and deeply comforting."
The Emergence of Sofia - A New Self Anchoring
The Unfolding
"For me, rebuilding trust is a parallel process. It’s about consciously nurturing both your capacity to stay open and your willingness to risk your heart AND deepening your belief in life’s intelligent design— in a higher power that is fundamentally good."
"The Unfolding is about seeing our individual path of growth as a natural process of revealing what’s already within. It is a path back to the core, honoring the interconnectedness of experiences, where lessons are revealed when ready, and growth is non-linear."
"Most of us have experienced having our trust broken. For many, it happens as early as in utero or early childhood, when still open-hearted, vulnerable, and naive. This original trust is our primal state of being (as my therapist taught me), also called First Naiveté."
It's Been Quiet Here Recently
Second Naivité Pt. 1
"The Unfolding is about seeing our individual path of growth as a natural process of revealing what’s already within. It is a path back to the core, honoring the interconnectedness of experiences, where lessons are revealed when ready, and growth is non-linear."
The Unfolding
Second Naivité Pt. 2
"I’ve been in a season of deep listening—of tuning in to the subtle whispers of my inner world and the quiet guidance of the universe. It’s a time of reflection, of honoring the stillness, and of trusting that this silence is fertile ground for new beginnings."
"For me, rebuilding trust is a parallel process. It’s about consciously nurturing both your capacity to stay open and your willingness to risk your heart AND deepening your belief in life’s intelligent design— in a higher power that is fundamentally good."
