Clarity. Coherence. Lightness.
I offer practical philosophy as an alternative to coaching for those navigating personal or professional complexity. My clients often report feeling clearer, more coherent, and lighter afterward.
I inquire into three core issues: vocation, relationships (which are often deeply intertwined), and meaning-of-life confusion. This last one is where practical philosophical inquiry truly shines.
With the disruptions of AI, the accelerating complexity of change, and the global crises we face, people’s worldviews are in flux. It can be disorienting and enlivening. No one knows what the future holds, personally or professionally, but what’s clear is that we stand in a time of both great potential and real risk.
Enter practical philosophy: a mode of inquiry grounded in what is personal and immediate, situated in the here-and-now messiness of your life—yet still attuned to the larger picture, the bigger questions, and, where worldviews allow, the spiritual dimensions of life. In a time like this, neither more intelligence nor more willpower is enough. What’s needed is what philosophy has always claimed to love: Wisdom—the meta-value that helps you find your way, and the way.
I work with professionals, executives, startup founders, creatives, and public figures. I’ve worked with people at Big Tech companies like Google, and at punchy startups like Daylight Computers: guiding them via inquiry, turning confusion into clarity, dissonance into coherence, and heaviness into lightness.
Sometimes, I only work with someone once, as that’s all they need. Other times, especially with those who treat philosophy as a way of life, I work with them on an ongoing basis (usually once a month). I do not have a formal title for my practice, but you can think of me as an “Executive Coach” with a focus on Wisdom. However, I personally resonate more with the artist framing, as I see philosophical inquiry as an art form and agree with Montaigne’s statement that philosophy is the art of living.
Curious to inquire together?
To explore working together, email thestoa [at] protonmail [dot] com with a few lines on what you're currently facing. I read all inquiries personally. If space is available and there’s resonance, I’ll suggest next steps.
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ABOUT
I steward The Stoa, an online event space, and write Less Foolish, both dedicated to practical philosophy and cultural sensemaking. I’m also part of the Dark Forest Collective, a group re-visioning internet imaginaries (what the internet is and could be), and I serve as the philosopher-in-residence at the AI Collective, the world’s largest AI group.
I live in Toronto, Canada with my wife Camille.
To get a sense of my thinking, I recommend starting here:
