Courageous Wholeness Coaching helps servant leaders access their next level of integrity, authenticity, and impact.

Wholeness is the destination.

Courage is the path.

Travel further with an experienced guide.

Complexity is everywhere. Uncertainty is constant. The velocity of change is unrelenting.

Servant leaders can be found in every sector; they spend their days working to lift up and develop others, and they yearn to find a personally meaningful path of service that responds to the challenges of this moment.

Some feel like they are not on their destined path. Others find themselves at the edges of their current level of development. For all of them, the most urgent and vital questions are not about how to become more high-achieving or more technically skilled and efficient; they are deeper questions that demand real soul searching:

What is mine to do at this critical moment?
How do I cultivate a way of being that allows me to be with this complexity in ways that are skillful and resilient?
How do I live with courage and integrity in this time of chaos?
How do I become more conscious of the parts of myself that are holding me back?
How do I help those who depend on me do the same?

Courageous Wholeness is not about doing more—it’s about becoming more whole.

It’s about bravely turning toward the parts of ourselves we’ve hidden or disowned. It’s about recognizing the interplay between our inner life and the systems we move through daily. And it’s about learning to stay grounded and centered in the face of complexity and uncertainty.

If your primary goal is to gain technical skills, hustle harder, or climb the career ladder faster, this isn’t the coaching for you.

If you believe that this moment of chaos and change is inviting each of us to evolve towards new ways of being and relating that allow each of us to call forth a more peaceful, purposeful, healthy and sustainable world, this might be the right path for you to explore.

What is Courageous Wholeness Coaching?

This unique and powerful approach to coaching has been developed by Dr. Max Klau, an innovative scholar/practioner of leadership development. A lifelong student of inner and outer change, Max has a Harvard doctorate in developmental psychology and certification as an Integral Master Coach. He has designed and implemented leadership development programs that have guided thousands of individuals through the work of embracing light and confronting shadow. Courageous Wholeness Coaching has emerged from Max’s efforts to weave all of these distinct strands of expertise into an integrated, comprehensive approach to coaching that is both accessible and transformational.

Courageous Wholeness Coaching invites clients to engage in the following work:

  • Connect with with their own deepest sense of purpose and mission, creating clarity and focus.

  • Confront and integrate their “shadow”—the unseen habits, fears, and blind spots that limit authentic leadership.

  • Cultivate greater compassion for oneself in ways that make it possible to offer greater compassion to others.

  • Undertake a journey of transformation at the level of one’s way of being.

  • Achieve levels of insight and skill at inner development that allow for ongoing self-transformation.

The Result? A more powerful, whole, and impactful version of yourself—leading not just from authority, but from authenticity.

A Taste of Courageous Wholeness Coaching

To get a sense of how this approach to coaching works, check out this video featuring a brief coaching conversation between Max and Dr. Angel Acosta, visionary founder of the Acosta Institute.

What does it look like in practice?

In practical terms, a standard Courageous Wholeness Coaching Engagement lasts for eight sessions occuring over the course of four months. Clients meet with Max for a series of one-hour virtual coaching calls that occur roughly once every other week. Clients will do some foundational reflection work between sessions #1 and #2; after that, they will complete daily practices and reflection exercises that should only take 5-10 minutes a day to complete.

Intrigued?

Set up a FREE 30 minute call with Max to learn more and explore whether Courageous Wholeness Coaching is for you.

  • “I chose to work with Max after I ended a significant chapter in my professional career and was in the midst of figuring out my next steps. I was drawn to his approach around identifying your shadow mission as it captured something I experienced but hadn't put into words. By helping me explore the story I'd been telling myself and the one I wanted to move toward, Max helped me clarify and articulate values, a mission, and ways of being in this next chapter.

    Laura H., Past Client

  • “Max was my coach last year… and I am still tapping into the lessons I gained from our time together. Life changing is right! The experience was unlike any development program I’ve ever been a part of. It’s hard work and nothing is simply handed to you but the deep digging you’re forced to do will leave you in a place you’d never thought you’d be. Max is so tuned into YOU that it feels like you’re the only one he is supporting and coaching.”

    Allishia B., Past Client

  • “Max helped me through a big transition and I was able to enjoy every minute of it. It's really hard for me to describe the work that we did together, because it didn't feel like work. He understood after the intake session what I needed and tailored his coaching specifically for me. He helped me tap into and align with my core beliefs and intuition. If you are looking to increase your capacity for leading, living, and loving in the world, you will not go wrong working with Max.”

    Craig T., Past Client

  • “My coaching process with Max was a revelation and a glorious journey at the same time. Doing deep work is never comfortable but his empathetic approach makes it so much easier to stay in the process and get immense growth value. The foundation of the integral coaching is already quite phenomenal and Max adds his unique brand of active listening and his life's work in leadership.”

    Sanjana A., Past Client

  • “Max is an incredible coach and mentor. Working with him has been truly transformational. He has helped me to become a more compassionate and capable person and leader, and more generally, to better understand how to learn and grow in life. His coaching is structured and purposeful, while also flexible and leaving room for discovery along the way. For anyone who has the chance to work with Max, you will not regret it.”

    Brett A., Past Client

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