Nadia Payan is a transformational teacher and certified master life coach. She coaches privately with a small group of executives and creates spaces for accessible coaching as well. She is also an author, an artist and a TEDx speaker. 

Nadia's unique approach to transformation is a weaving of several spiritual, psychological and somatic practices. It blends grounded wisdom and adaptive frameworks for those who want to live in a more heart-centered, empowered & harmonious way. 

She is a third culture, mixed woman: an embodied bridge between Moroccan, Colombian and USA peoples and cultures. Through this lived experience, Nadia trusts the power of “both/and/also” as it lives in her blood and bone.

During her early career, Nadia played violin at weddings, served food and took orders, completed yoga teacher training, worked in corporate advertising as an art director, and launched her own business designing brands for businesses around the globe. She is also a certified Montessori educator for early childhood, supporting her family in running a Montessori microschool. All of these diverse experiences have solidified a truth in her heart: In each of us, there lives an inherent wisdom, and the more we connect to our heart and our power, the more this wisdom has space to take root in our lives.

Nadia is incredibly effective not because she gives guidance, but because she deeply trusts the inner wisdom of her students. Her focus is to pose questions that create deep reflection. Her clients and students show up with courage, vulnerability and power, which inevitably leads to incredible results in a short period of time. At the center of Nadia's life is her belief in Love.

languages: English, French, Spanish
certifications: Master Wayfinder Life Coach through Martha Beck, Meditation Teacher under Yogi Charu, Reiki Master, Montessori Teacher for ages 3-6 through American Montessori Society