*“The person who belongs everywhere has stopped belonging to themselves.”
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Hi, I’m David Spinks, a founder, author of The Business of Belonging, and coach to leaders who know something needs to change but can't quite make the move.
This one-pager offers a brief introduction to working with me. If you have any questions, please email me at [email protected]
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You know something needs to change. Maybe you've known for a while. There's a decision you keep circling: a role that stopped fitting, a version of your work that feels like wearing someone else's clothes, or a challenge that is calling to you, but you’re terrified to step into.
And yet you can't seem to make the move because leaving means disappointing someone: Your team, your investors, your community, your parents, your partner, yourself. You've spent so long being what everyone needs from you that you're not sure what you actually want anymore.
At some point in your life, you learned what it took to be accepted, needed, included. And you got very good at it. So good that your own needs became the last thing on the list.
The real work isn't figuring out what to do next. It's understanding why you've been so afraid to choose yourself, and what becomes possible when you start.
That's what we do together. We slow down enough to hear the parts of you that have been drowned out by everyone else's needs. We look honestly at what the pursuit of others’ expectations has cost you in your relationships, your sense of self, and your connection to what actually matters. We untangle the fears and beliefs that have kept you stuck. And we figure out what you actually want. Not what you think you should want, not what would disappoint the fewest people, but what's actually true for you.
Clients come to me unable to make a decision or change they've been circling for years and leave having made it, with a clarity and groundedness they didn't know was possible. They stop shrinking in rooms where they used to make themselves small. They know their worth. They have conversations they've been avoiding for months. They go home and actually show up for the people they love.
The work is deep. It's also surprisingly practical. And it changes things, finally.
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*“I'd been intellectually agonizing over a decision for months. In one of our early sessions, David guided me through a somatic practice that surfaced the answer my body already knew in about twenty minutes.
I didn't leave coaching as a different person as much as I left as someone who actually understands and likes the person he already is.
If you're in a season of real transition — career, identity, direction — and you want someone who can support and guide you through it, rather than spiraling, stalling, or overthinking — David is the person."*
— Mark Robinson, former CEO of Brandtegic
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My clients tend to be folks like:
What all of my clients have in common is that they’re ambitious, they care about people and impact, and they feel stuck.
My intention is for my clients to get a 10X ROI, financially, relationally, or in how they show up to everything they're building, so we want to be clear on what you're working toward and how coaching will help you get there.
Common focus areas include things like: