I help people feel safe enough to be honest — with themselves and with each other.

I’m Parisa. I’m a leadership and embodied coach, a workshop facilitator, and someone who has spent her entire career creating spaces where people can slow down, get real, and reconnect with what matters. I work with executives, teams, and individuals — and while the context changes, the through-line is always the same: build trust, build connection, and watch what becomes possible.

My Story

I left Iran as a child when the revolution forced my family to start over in a country where my parents didn't speak the language. Finding my footing, building an identity from scratch — that kind of displacement shapes you in ways you don't fully understand until much later. For years, I buried it beneath ambition and forward motion: wonderful friends, a beautiful apartment in San Francisco, a successful career at Yahoo!. From the outside, everything looked great.

Then one evening, sitting alone and staring at a to-do list, something broke open. Chest tight, breath short, walls closing in. When the doctor told me I'd had a panic attack, I was confused — but sitting with it, I realized my body had been trying to get my attention for years. What followed was a deep, honest reckoning. Therapy, retreats, somatic work, a lot of uncomfortable honesty. And one discovery that changed everything: the power of being truly seen. Of sharing what's hard and realizing you're not alone. Of having a space safe enough to stop performing.

That's what I'd been searching for my whole life — and what I now build for others. I left corporate, trained as an Integrative and Wellness Life Coach, and created a practice rooted in one simple belief: that when people finally feel safe enough to show up as exactly who they are, that's when real growth begins.

I believe that most of what holds people back — at work, in relationships, in life — isn’t a lack of strategy or skill.

It’s a lack of safety.

When people feel safe, they communicate openly. They take risks. They connect. They lead differently. They live differently. My work is about building that safety — in coaching rooms, in boardrooms, and in people’s relationships with their own bodies. Because when you feel at home in yourself, everything else shifts.

Credentials & Experience

Integrative and Wellness Life Coach certification
10+ years in coaching, facilitation, and management consulting
Top 10% company award at Yahoo! from Marissa Mayer (out of 13,000 employees)
DISC certified facilitator
Experience with organizations including Yahoo!, Google, LinkedIn, Verizon Media, and Oath
Trained in somatic practices, breathwork, non-violent communication, and mindfulness

This work starts with a conversation.

Whether you’re a leader navigating a new chapter, a team that needs to reconnect, or someone ready to come home to yourself — I’d love to hear where you are.