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Upgrade Your Leadership

Empowering High Impact Investors, Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders

Inner Authority

Leadership does not break because of strategy.
It breaks because of what leaders are unwilling to face in themselves.

I work with founders, CEOs, investors, and senior leaders who sense that something is off — not in their intelligence or ambition, but in the way they are carrying the weight of responsibility, power, and expectation.

Together, we examine how your history, identity, and unexamined beliefs are shaping the way you lead — how you make decisions, relate to others, handle conflict, and use power. We look directly at the patterns that once protected you but now quietly limit you.

Coaching is a rigorous partnership. It requires honesty, emotional courage, and a willingness to stay present when it would be easier to perform, dominate, or withdraw.

The result is not a new persona.
It is increased freedom.

Leaders who commit to this work typically report:

  • Increased clarity under pressure, with fewer reactive decisions

  • A steadier form of authority that does not depend on control

  • More direct, resilient relationships across power dynamics

  • Greater alignment between stated values and actual choices

  • Sustained ambition, no longer driven by anxiety or proving

This is not therapy.
It is not advice-giving.
It is not motivational.

It is a disciplined inquiry into who you are being while you lead — because how you lead is inseparable from who you are.

If you are successful and still restless, powerful and still constrained, outwardly accomplished yet inwardly unsure — this work may be for you.


“Elina is a phenomenal speaker and educator. Having co-created and co-taught a semester-long course with Elina and watched her present on multiple other occasions, I am blown away by her ability to captivate and engage her audience through a combination of infectious energy and science-backed data that will persuade even the most sceptical attendees! Elina’s enthusiasm for leadership, coaching and psychology is palpable and matched only by the expertise she holds in these areas. I have never met someone who doesn’t leave one of her programs inspired to take positive action.”

Jordana Alter Confino
– Assistant Dean & Adjunct Professor, Fordham Law School

“Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering! But once you start to work with Elina, you will be saved, you will face the light and make sure that you don’t go down the dark path, as forever will it dominate your destiny. And also my face matches your website colors!”

Yoda
-Former Managing Director at The Force

Speaking Engagements

Passionately inspiring audiences through evocative storytelling, evidence-based research, and compelling personal anecdotes.

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Feminine Intelligence

How Visionary Leaders Reshape Business for Good

Feminine intelligence is the key to running some of the world’s most successful companies ― with greater joy, authenticity, purpose and profit.

Drawing on exclusive interviews with billionaire philanthropists, unicorn founders, and happiness pioneers, Feminine Intelligence uncovers the most powerful, often-overlooked traits that are driving the future of business. Through vivid storytelling and insightful research, it is clear that the future of leadership lies in embracing feminine strengths.

Whether you’re leading a global enterprise or navigating the early stages of your career, Feminine Intelligence serves as a powerful guide for you to unlock a newfound wholeness. It will optimize your decision-making, expand your vision, fuel your creative genius, and empower you to reshape capitalism with love, compassion, and consciousness.

About Elina

I have been fortunate to receive an education from some of the world’s leading universities and to work in prestigious organizations. While my foundational experience was valuable, it also led me to question prevailing corporate values and belief systems. Putting shareholder interests at the forefront of decision-making and the inevitable consequences left me confused, heartbroken, and deeply concerned for our collective future.  As a result, I left my career in corporate law to advance social entrepreneurship and philanthropy. This shift served as an intellectual awakening, revealing the power and beauty that lies within business when it is conducted with goodness and integrity.

Driven by a desire to deepen my personal and professional insights, I embarked on a journey to deepen my understanding of psychology and psychospiritual practices. Through this reflective process, I have come to appreciate the distinction between knowledge and wisdom. This realization has brought about a deep emotional and spiritual awakening, which has allowed me to see the world in a whole new light.

Today, I extend an invitation to you to walk along the path of awakening with me.


  • B.A. in Economics, New York University (2007), Magna Cum Laude
  • J.D. in Law, Columbia Law School (2010), Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
  • Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, corporate law associate (2010-2016)
  • Allan & Gill Gray Foundation, philanthropic advisor & counsel (2016-2018)
  • M.A. in Clinical Psychology, Columbia University (2019)
  • Professional Executive Coach, Accreditation from Columbia University’s Coaching Certification Program (2019)
  • Fordham Law School, Adjunct Professor of “Positive Lawyering” (2021)
  • Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Research, California Institute of Integral Studies (2023)