about

nana gyesie, phd

Life Coach Nana, Coaching and Life, Inner Mileage

About me

I am an International Coaching Federation (ICF) certified ACC professional coach who specializes in life and leadership coaching using techniques from mindfulness, Kemetic yoga, Kundalini yoga, energy, and other methodologies; and leadership assessments to help individuals, teams, and organizations becoming unstuck, so they can connect to their inner human potential, and sustain desired change over the long-term. The goal is to enable you win your Self back!

I am based in Seattle and available to work with clients anywhere around the world.

Using various instruments customized to the client, including self-inquiry, and deep insight with behavioral science and proven coaching strategies and tools, I help you uncover the deep assumptions that hold you back, and challenge you with positive energy, clear and compassionate communication, and an authentic interest in what makes the real YOU tick. That is INNER MILEAGE.

  • Energy Leadership;Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR); Insights meditation practitioner with Seattle Insights Meditation

  • Certified Professional Coach (CPC, 2021) from iPEC

    Associate Certified Coach (ACC) International Coaching Federation

    Quantum Healing Technique (QHHT) Level 1 training

    360 degree Assessments for Leaders from the Center for Creative Leadership

    Buddhist Psychology Training at Spirit Rock Meditation Center

    Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner (ELI-MP)

    Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) at Brown University

    Cognitive Based Therapy Training at The Beck Institute

  • Energy Management

    Self-inquiry

    Kemetic Yoga Teacher’s training with Master Yirser Ra Hotep

    Transcendental Meditation

    Insights/Vipassana Meditation

    Kundalini Yoga

  • PhD in leadership and organizational change- Walden University; Master of Arts from Georgetown University; Master of International Business from University of Maryland Global Campus; Post-Graduate DipM from the Chartered Institute of Marketing

  • Certified Professional Coach (CPC), from the Institute of Professional Excellence in Coaching. Other certifications include implementing 360 feedback instruments; Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner (ELI-MP). Certified Kemetic Yoga Teacher (RYT 200) with Yirser Ra Hotep

  • Practitioner of Kundalini Yoga and Insight/Vipassana Meditation

Rock Tower on the Beach, Transformational Coach, Inner Mileage

My Journey so far

Career experiences

My leadership education is built on deep academic training which includes a PhD in Leadership and Organizational change, coaching certifications (ongoing Certified Professional Coaching and Energy Leadership Management Index Coach, Leadership/Manager Assessments by the Center for Creative Leadership) and over 20 years of experience as an executive leader, manager, and consultant talent management at a number of blue chip organizations in the international development, management consulting and technology space.

You can read more about me here.

My professional experiences include leading and supporting leadership development and talent management strategic initiatives at organizations such as The World Bank, Deloitte, Booz Allen Hamilton, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Microsoft, and other organizations.

Our Specialties and Services

  • Leadership and Executive Coaching

    Coaching with business leaders, CEOs, entrepreneurs and other high performing leaders on how to optimize performance and remove mindset, and behavioral barriers to reaching peak impact for an organization, team etc.

  • Ancestral Healing

    We are the sum total of our experiences rooted in our family of origin. Many of our dysfunctions can be traced to our exposure to traumatic family systems. We help you uncover your wounds so you can overcome them and live a fulfilled life.

  • Spiritual Coaching

    Our spiritual coaching borrows from many indigenous practices to include breath work, somatic awareness, connecting to your presence, and deepening your connection to your higher self.

  • Retreats and Team Effectiveness

    Plan and execute impact-driven retreats, offsites, homesites, and team effectiveness sessions, as well as group coaching for organizations and Teams.

  • Abundance and Manifestation

    Overcoming programmed mindset barriers that inhibit full expression of your potential based on existing money wounds, a lack mindset etc.

  • Ascension Guide

    You transitioning and waking up from your 3D reality to one where you are healed and living a life that fits your wildest imagination. This awakening may have been triggered by chaotic or traumatic events in your life.

Booking a complementary appointment

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It all begins with realizing that no external solutions exist to move you forward. All the answers lie within. Our engagement is an iterative process to unlock self-generated solutions.