“Ultimately, it’s opening to another loving soul, a friend who can walk us home to ourselves, that is the most potent catalyst for transformation.”

- Bear Brandegee

Bear Brandegee

ICF Professional Certified Coach 
Certified Integral Coach
MBA | BA | AA

Meet Your Coach, Bear

I’m deeply committed to coaching using the framework of  Integral Coaching and the ancient wisdom of the ENNEAGRAM. I’m also a student and coach of Eugene Gendlin’s Focusing, a soul and soma way of connecting with one’s inner knowing. I have both a daily Transcendental Meditation and Gene Keys contemplative practice.

Prior to coaching, I was engaged in the corporate and entrepreneurial world of business and technology. One of the coolest jobs of my early career was serving as speech writer and communications advisor to the Chairman of Mitsubishi Electronics. And the most dynamic moment of my mid-career was launching The Patent & License Exchange raising, with my co-founders, $50 million to support our intellectual property exchange.

My early education includes a BA in English Language & Literature from the University of Chicago, an MBA from The Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, and an Associate Arts degree from The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising.

What you might not know about me:

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MIXOLOGIST

I enjoy crafting mocktails and cocktails and learning from bartenders who have trained in this fabled culinary art.

dancer

I’m a Lindy, funk, and K-pop dance enthusiast with dozens of choreographies from BTS under my belt and sneakers!

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mom

I’m grateful to be Mom to a beautiful human and old soul who teaches me about the richness of life every single day.

What Clients Are Saying

Tanya, Business Founder and Owner

“I had searched endlessly for ways to manage my stress and anxiety. As a workaholic, my soul never rested. Through coaching conversations with Bear, I began to embrace calm and to realize the truly important aspects of my life. Bear’s deep wisdom and ability to share her understanding of human development have been life changing for me. I feel restored and grounded. I am now more effective in leading my team and experience a greater richness and vitality in my personal relationships. Through our conversations and my daily practices, I feel healed and changed from the inside out.”

Bear’s Qualifications

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Professional Certified Coach

Certified by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) with the PCC designation affirming 500+ client hours of experience.

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Certified Integral Coach

New Ventures West is an ICF-certified coaching school with a rigorous and unique curriculum.

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CP Certified Professional

Chestnut Paes Academy is an International Enneagram Association-certified school.

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