I’m Erica Ando, PhD.

I help women make the decisions that shape the rest of their lives.

Portrait of coach and writer Erica Ando outdoors.

Coaching

The women who work with me are independent, capable, and hard-working. And sometimes, these exact qualities are starting to work against them.

Women come to this work because they’re starting to wonder if they’re losing ambition,

Women who come to this work start projects they’ve been thinking about for years, leave jobs, break through income ceilings, and make decisions they’ve been putting off.

This is private, unhurried work.

We look beyond the day-to-day to-do lists that are currently organizing your life to . We challenge your assumptions about what you’re capable of. We see where you’ve been trying to be who you’re not.

Your day-to-day is closer to the vision that you

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"I learned to listen to myself more
instead of always pushing on the throttle."

— Weatherly S.

Portrait of Erica Ando.

About Erica

I'm a coach and writer. My work draws on three decades of somatic learning, Buddhist meditation, building businesses and creative projects, and living through life's difficulties.

I've worked with more than 1,000 people across nine countries. My writing has appeared in more than 20 international publications, and earlier in my career I owned a design business whose clients included the MoMA Design Store.

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