Pooja Bakhai
Life and career coach for professionals in Raleigh, North Carolina
| Hourly rate range | $100 to $200 an hour |
|---|---|
| Focus areas | Purpose and directionLife transitionsCareer changeCareer clarity and purposeIntuition and energy work |
| Works with | Professionals and Founders and business owners |
| Also coaches | Career coach and Spiritual coach |
| Based in | Raleigh, North Carolina, United States |
| Credentials | BA, Stanford University; MA in Teaching, Relay GSE; MA in Education Policy, Harvard University; Trained at iNLP Center |
| Practice | Lakshmi Sacred Arts |
Pooja Bakhai is a life and career coach in Raleigh, North Carolina. Pooja helps ambitious, mission-driven professionals redesign their careers, lives and relationships. Pooja founded Lakshmi Sacred Arts. Pooja left a PhD program at Harvard University after Pooja overcame stage four cancer. Pooja's work centers on intuition. Pooja teaches clients to identify, manage and trust their intuitive gifts, so they stop forcing outcomes and live in line with their values.
What Pooja helps with
Pooja works with professionals who look successful on paper but feel drained, disconnected or unfulfilled. Pooja helps them build careers and relationships that feel energizing.
- Feeling unfulfilled despite career success
- Feeling drained or disconnected from your work
- Redesigning your career around your values
- Building relationships that feel energizing
- Learning to identify and trust your intuition
- Clearing internal blocks to what you want
- Balancing success with health and joy
Who Pooja works with
Pooja works with ambitious, mission-driven professionals. Many look highly successful on paper but feel disconnected, deeply drained or unfulfilled underneath. They want to redesign their careers, lives and relationships without giving up their joy, health or values.
How Pooja works
Pooja coaches clients one on one through their signature coaching and mentorship container, WILD ONE INTUITIVE. It links practical leadership with deep healing work. Pooja guides clients to identify, manage and safely trust their intuitive gifts. The goal is to stop forcing outcomes and live intuitively. Pooja also works on clearing internal blocks.
Background and qualifications
Pooja Bakhai founded Lakshmi Sacred Arts. Pooja holds a BA from Stanford University, an MA in Teaching from Relay GSE and an MA in Education Policy from Harvard University. Pooja trained at the iNLP Center. Pooja left a PhD program at Harvard University after Pooja cured stage four cancer in their own life. That experience shaped Pooja's view that people should not give up joy, health or values for outside achievement.
Pooja Bakhai pricing
Programs and services
- One-on-one coaching
- WILD ONE INTUITIVE coaching and mentorship container
- Free consultation
Pooja Bakhai reviews
The CoachVouch take
Pooja combines practical career leadership with intuition development, and Pooja built their practice after leaving a Harvard PhD program.
Best for high-achieving professionals who feel drained and want a career built on intuition and their own values.
Common questions
How much does Pooja Bakhai charge?
Coaching with Pooja runs $100 to $200 an hour. Request an intro for an exact quote.
What does Pooja Bakhai help with?
Pooja Bakhai helps with feeling unfulfilled despite career success, feeling drained or disconnected from your work, redesigning your career around your values and building relationships that feel energizing.
Is Pooja Bakhai certified?
Pooja Bakhai lists: BA, Stanford University; MA in Teaching, Relay GSE; MA in Education Policy, Harvard University; Trained at iNLP Center.
What is WILD ONE INTUITIVE?
It is Pooja's signature one-on-one coaching and mentorship container. It blends practical leadership with deep healing work to help clients trust their intuitive gifts.
How do I contact Pooja Bakhai?
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