Aska NAITO, PCC, CPC, ELI-MP | EXECutive leadership Coach, Facilitator & Trainer

An ICF-accredited PCC executive & leadership coach, mentor coach, intercultural consultant, and current faculty member as a lead trainer and facilitator to one of the world’s top coaching schools, iPEC Coaching. Aska coaches executives, founders, professionals, and creatives around the globe and supports their journey to align with their most intuitive and powerful WHO as impactful leaders.
With over 25+ years of teaching, training, and team development, she continues mentoring and nurturing professionals and coaches by supporting conscious leadership and facilitating a strategic mindset in leadership development coaching programs. 

 

WHO I AM : MY STORY

Born in Tokyo and raised by a family of successful business leaders, entrepreneurs, and educators, I’ve relocated over 32 times across 23 cities in Asia, the EU, and the US. Seeing the world filled with opportunities, I explored life fully and left the corporate world after four years to establish my own business. I thrived on running a dance school as a professional salsa dancer and building a bilingual emcee, radio host, and interpreter career while teaching languages to private students.

All that came to a halt after I married and moved to a foreign city, where I slowly stopped recognizing who I was. I found myself alone in a misaligned relationship where I mentally and emotionally numbed myself to cope. Then, an incredible spiritual intervention resuscitated me, and I returned to Japan to restart my life at age 33. With nothing to my name, I committed to rebuilding my life again. Through one of my deepest reflected inner works, I redefined and re-identified myself to embrace a new reality and a second chance at life.

I returned to the US with renewed hope, this time to Los Angeles. In 2016, I was hit by a car as a pedestrian, and coupled with toxic corporate workplace drama, I spiraled again and hit rock bottom. I knew I still had some inner deep work to do, so I asked for help this time. When I experienced firsthand the transformative power of coaching, I invested in myself without hesitation and became a certified professional coach. I left my corporate career to embark on this journey I now call my lifework.

Another recent change happened in 2022. After living and working for over 21+ years in the US, I moved to the UK, returning full circle to the continent I grew up in with my partner to find balance and peace. I work with clients, students, and colleagues in the US, EU, and Asia and travel extensively globally as I continue cultivating new clients. Coaching for me is a daily work in progress to spotlight awareness, become more conscious of my thoughts and feelings, and be more aligned with who I truly am. Every day, I feel fortunate to share my gifts with the world, doing what I love doing, leading, and cherishing what I genuinely believe in.

 

Versailles, France - Preschool Age 3

““You only are free when you realize you belong no place — you belong every place — no place at all. The price is high. The reward is great.””
— Maya Angelou
 

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