I help professionals at a crossroads go from confusion to confidence.
I create a supportive and encouraging environment, free of judgment, inviting you to share with candor and sincerity as you affirm your unique identity.
By committing to honesty and listening with generosity, you amplify your own ability to transform your life.
When you embrace your inner wisdom and align with your passion, you unlock possibilities and unleash your extreme talents, creating a fulfilling, new reality.
Together, we explore expanded perspectives to create awareness that leads to sustainable results.
Coaching with Javier
As a client, I learned the life-changing benefits of coaching. Now as a professional coach, I want to share my gifts with you. Connecting with people is a rewarding and meaningful experience for me. I embrace the opportunity to play the roles of both teacher and student.
In our sessions I invite you to express your thoughts and feelings, free of judgment. We illuminate the best in you by creating a better understanding of how you show up in different aspects of your life. This awareness opens up possibilities and allows you to choose responses that optimize your potential and performance.
We are each a once-in-a-lifetime creation, with our own inherent genius. Our experiences define our beliefs, routines and views. With learning and growth our worlds evolve and our horizons expand, propelling us forward into an expansive future.
Explore some of the ways we can work together
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Curious about coaching? Let’s chat. A complimentary one-hour session will give you a good understanding for how we would work together and help you see the value in coaching.
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You choose the focus or goal for each of our one-hour sessions. We work together to explore your thoughts and emotions, uncover blocks and identify strategies to move forward. We leverage accountability to manage progress and inspire results.
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In a small group setting, we contribute our unique perspectives, fostering a collaborative spirit while working toward a desired goal.
My coaching journey began
with a coach.
Seeking Direction
Over the course of a 25-year career in luxury fashion, I immersed myself in a challenging and rewarding progression of roles that included sales, management, wholesale, retail buying and culminated in executive leadership.
Curious to imagine what my future could look like, I paused to reflect on my career. I contemplated my accomplishments and the lessons I’d learned with a sense of pride, and was grateful for the cherished relationships I’d built. My intuition told me I was ready for a new direction, one that would allow me to draw on my unique experience and meld it with my desire to make a positive impact. And though I wanted this change, I had no idea where to begin.
So I turned to executive coach Steven Yorra.
Feeling Adrift
Leaving the comfort and security of an industry I knew well felt like a leap into a sky full of infinite possibilities. To discover the best options, Steven and I explored the things that infused my life with meaning, satisfaction and joy.
Our work together boosted my confidence and motivated me to consider alternatives beyond my comfort zone. Designing this new chapter was exhilarating, but clarity eluded me. I was drifting: when would my parachute unfurl and deliver me to solid ground?
Finding Purpose
Steven picked up on my cloudiness and asked me to prioritize what I wanted most from this new future. What kept coming up was my passion for helping others. Connecting the dots, Steven casually asked me what I thought about the prospect of coaching. What an “aha moment” it was: in a delighted flash, I recognized the immense fulfillment I’d felt over the years as I had naturally stepped into the role of coach to friends and colleagues to help them navigate the complexities of life.
Remember that parachute I mentioned? The one I’d been waiting for? In that moment, I realized it wasn’t necessary. I would soar using my own talent and experience to create a future precisely aligned with my passion and purpose.
Accreditations and Certifications
Community Focus
Food Bank for New York City
Food Bank offers more than just food to the community. It provides a range of tools and services that empower clients to thrive and overcome hunger.
The Ali Forney Center
AFC provides LGBTQ+ youth with a safe, supportive environment. It empowers young adults with tools to live independently and excel.
God’s Love We Deliver
God’s Love We Deliver prepares and delivers free nourishing, high-quality meals to New Yorkers who, because of illness, are unable to shop or cook for themselves.
Client Results
“Before working with Javier, I felt like I was living life on the proverbial treadmill, overcommitting myself to meet others' needs. In our very first session, I felt a feeling of hope from just a few simple questions he asked. Since working with him, I have learned how to prioritize and set healthy boundaries. As a result, I feel so much better about myself and how I show up for others. Don't waste another day procrastinating, the results you will get from investing in yourself and working with Javier are priceless.”
Debra Zuniga,
Senior Director of
Human Resources
“I was in the middle of a career transition when I started working with Javier so I was juggling a lot of new things in my life. From our very first session, he was so very present and his gift of intuitive listening made me feel seen, heard, and understood. His powerful questions always provided a gateway to self-discovery, seeing things in new and unexpected ways. He was able to help connect the dots from session to session, providing me with a roadmap for new insights each week. While working with Javier, I learned so many new techniques that I apply to my life daily. He has helped me uncover the best version of myself. Anyone who works with him would be treated to his gifted insight to help you see possibility and opportunity.
Karen Kunkel Young,
Senior Media Executive
