Ascent EmpowermentReviews of ascentcoaching.us

The Ascent program equipped me with the tools to see and create the truths I want- material truths, experiential truths and emotional truths. This is not a passive, transactional purchase; it is not snake oil or a cure in a bottle. The solution must be excavated and refined from within you. You do the work. If you have an aversion to sustained commitment, uncomfortable realizations or truly limitless potential, seek help elsewhere.

As someone who has always been striving for more, I have read lots of books, Steven Covey etc. and took courses for self improvement including an MBA, Critical Thinking etc. None has had such a profound positive effect on my life as Chris' course. The accountability and reflection as well as the group meetings with other guys similar to me really hit home. I was reluctant initially to sign on, but really glad I did. I did not expect to find that is was one of the best investments in myself I could have done. Follow the course along and you will discover the better you, which you have been seeking.

The Ascent Empowerment 10 week program is flat out life changing. Chris is an authentic, talented and energetic coach. Most important, he deeply cares about his clients, and understands exactly what it takes to help each individual become mentally strong and unstoppable. I massively transformed my mindset from disempowered to empowered by doing the work, and simply listening to Chris’ skilled guidance. The reason for the transformation is simple; Chris provides exceptional course content that assures any motivated person will make big progress on their goals. Everything about the program promotes personal growth, quality of life and peak performance. Do yourself a favor and take this journey. You will be thrilled with the awesome, empowered person who emerges at the end.

Through this program and the tools-for-life it provided, I am well underway to reverting over 10 years of crisis and self-sabotage. Can't say it's been easy and this is not the first coaching or empowerment program I have taken, but it is by far the best and most valuable, worth every minute and penny spent. My problems include lack of motivation, procrastination and extreme escaping behaviors. Ultimately losing the connection with my sons was seeming like the last straw. Today, I’m enjoying the most important part: the relationship with my sons, while continuing to make great strides towards my other priorities and goals. First, there are no magic bullets: Chris has had a long journey of self-discovery, figuring out his entire program for himself first; realizing this is what made me trust him immediately and at every step. He explains everything very well, clear and in different ways. His call to action is powerful and kind at the same time. Acknowledging our reality and the best means he's found, proven to help any one of us (including himself) modify what's necessary and boost empowerment. He explains all the sources and they are legitimate as far as I'm concerned and also able to corroborate. He also keeps the material current and the environment energized. Secondly, there's no one-size-fits-all: The program material is the same, but Chris is not afraid to jump in the fire and tackle each person's individual situation. He has the smarts to achieve this while keeping a good balance of individual, one-on-one and group work. He also induced me to drive on my own, without being pushy, just enabling my self-discovery, providing tools, helping me create the proper inner environment and being there to guide. Most importantly, every time I got stuck he took the time to work with me, be reassuring and helped me get back on track. Finally, he builds community: We all benefit from sharing and supporting each other at key times, with guidance and focus to enable progress, particularly seeing different stages of the short program, directly from the people in them and live. Chris' style is an invitation to be part of something bigger than ourselves, driven by inspiration only. Not talking offers, requests, pressure or anything like that, just sheer enthusiasm for participating in empowered greater goals, beyond my personal ones.

I was really stuck in a rut where I didn't know what to do. I was going through a really tough transition in life. Young kid and career change happened all at once. I felt trapped in a way that I had never experienced before and couldn't see a way out. Chris's approach was incremental weekly challenges and he held me accountable. That's what I needed: The strategies and tactics to dig down and find my best self and allow him to come to the surface and dominate. He also helped me deal with issues that had been a problem as long as I could remember, he gave them names and ways to deal with them. I could see results immediately. Now I have a new job that I never thought I would be able to get and my home life is so much better. With the methods of dealing with my stress that Chris taught me I don't have to pass that stress on to my family. I continue to grow and heal with his teachings and I will always be grateful. I had tried therapy and read a lot of books, but Chris's program was the one thing that got me out of the rut. I hope others can do this and find the same success I did.

When I started this journey with Chris, I was on a leave of absence from work due to the high stress nature of working in a COVID Intensive Care Unit as a nurse. The fatigue, isolation, and burnout altered my reality, my values, and beliefs about myself and my capacity to be an effective human being. I started compensating through vices and behaviors that I thought would make me feel better, but little did I know that I was making myself more "stuck", and I was drowning in water that was getting deeper and deeper to ultimately culminating to depression, anxiety, and panic attacks. After being in the depths for quite some time and searching for a heading, I happened to come across Chris on FB, and I was curious. I watched a few of his videos, and the information made sense to me and the dots started connecting on why I was feeling the emotions and thoughts that I was having especially when I'm by myself. There was hesitancy at first because I've done workshops before and listened to audiobooks, and nothing really stayed with me. The feeling that I had at the time was, "is this another guy out there to get my money, and am I that sucker that gets preyed on and taken advantage of because I'm in a hour of need", and even after having my initial meet with Chris, I almost didn't sign up. What did make sense to me in that moment was, "is it worth the shot or am I to keep feeling what I was feeling", and "do I feel that this man can help me?" Fast forward to the present, that feeling of looking over the edge right before you take the jump off the cliff was enough to paralyze me in my tracks, and that was exactly what I was feeling at the time. It has paralyzed me all my life, because of things that I did not know was present for me. From the start of my journey to now in retrospect, it was one of the best decisions of my life to work with Chris because he provided the roadmap for me to do the work and reclaim my life. A lot of things have changed and I will never be the same again, and now I own and protect that. From the grave, I inched and clawed for every breath to the climb with tools that I learned along the way, I reached the beautiful peak of the mountain of my life to relish what I've created, and I now share those same gifts with other men that know of this journey that I've been on so that they may in turn find their own personal truth and freedom.

Chris has helped me understand and break through and out of a period of being stuck in my life. He's helping me set a platform that will allow me to flourish and be very productive in the next few years. Chris is helping me towards healing, self-acceptance, flourishing and producing. I've thoroughly enjoyed working with Chris and can recommend him for his warmth, concern, and capability to help people move out of the mire of problems and towards flow and flourishing in their lives. He's particularly aiming his work at professional men- who are often left in that mixture of outward professional success, but not necessarily with internal acceptance and appreciation. I can recommend Chris to professional colleagues who need to get out of a rut.

Chris was very effective in assisting me identify the issues holding me back, how I was approaching them differently than other obstacles, and apply the same solutions utilized in other settings. He helped me find the solutions within myself and recognize how I'd been permitting external factors dictate my reactions and the ultimate outcome.