Pooja Bakhai
Life, career and relationship coach in Raleigh, North Carolina
| Rate | $215 to $275 per hour |
|---|---|
| Focus areas | Purpose and directionLife transitionsSpiritual growthIntuition and energy workCareer changeCareer clarity and purpose |
| Works with | Professionals |
| Also coaches | Spiritual coach and Career coach |
| Based in | Raleigh, North Carolina, United States |
| Credentials | BA, Stanford University; MA in Teaching, Relay GSE; MA in Education Policy, Harvard University; iNLP Center |
| Practice | Lakshmi Sacred Arts |
Pooja Bakhai is a life, career and relationship coach in Raleigh, North Carolina. She helps ambitious, mission-driven professionals redesign their careers, lives and relationships. She founded Lakshmi Sacred Arts and runs a one-on-one coaching and mentorship program called WILD ONE INTUITIVE. The program teaches clients to identify, manage and trust their intuition. She left a PhD program at Harvard University after she recovered from stage four cancer.
What Pooja helps with
Pooja works with professionals who look successful but feel drained, disconnected or unfulfilled. She helps them build careers and relationships that fit their values.
- Feeling disconnected or unfulfilled despite career success
- Leaving a toxic work environment for a better fit
- Starting your own business
- Learning to trust your intuition
- Healing old patterns in relationships
- Clearing internal blocks that hold back your goals
- Building creative habits and finishing creative projects
Who Pooja works with
Pooja works with ambitious, mission-driven professionals. Her clients include an investment banker, a therapist, a corporate professional, an assistant principal and a single mother. Many come in feeling successful on paper but drained or unfulfilled underneath.
How Pooja works
Pooja coaches through WILD ONE INTUITIVE, her signature one-on-one coaching and mentorship program. It mixes practical leadership guidance with spiritual healing work. She teaches clients to identify, manage and safely trust their intuitive gifts, so they stop forcing outcomes. She also offers intuitive reading sessions. Because the program is highly personalized, people apply through a brief intake application on her website.
Background and qualifications
Pooja Bakhai holds a BA from Stanford University, an MA in Teaching from Relay GSE and an MA in Education Policy from Harvard University. She also trained with the iNLP Center. She began a PhD program at Harvard University and chose to leave it after she recovered from stage four cancer. That experience shaped her belief that people should not give up joy, health or values for outside achievement. She now runs Lakshmi Sacred Arts.
Pooja Bakhai pricing
Programs and services
- WILD ONE INTUITIVE one-on-one coaching and mentorship
- Intuitive reading sessions
- Free consultation by application
Pooja Bakhai reviews
The CoachVouch take
She combines practical career coaching with intuition and spiritual healing work, after leaving a Harvard PhD program following her own recovery from stage four cancer.
Best for successful professionals who feel drained or unfulfilled and want to rebuild their careers and relationships around their intuition.
Pooja's rate sits above the range most life coaches charge ($80 to $175 an hour).
Common questions
How much does Pooja Bakhai charge?
Pooja Bakhai's rate is $215 to $275 per hour.
What does Pooja Bakhai help with?
Pooja Bakhai helps with feeling disconnected or unfulfilled despite career success, leaving a toxic work environment for a better fit, starting your own business and learning to trust your intuition.
Is Pooja Bakhai certified?
Pooja Bakhai lists: BA, Stanford University; MA in Teaching, Relay GSE; MA in Education Policy, Harvard University; iNLP Center.
How do I start working with Pooja Bakhai?
You apply through a brief intake application on her website. She handles all consultations through her private portal.
What is WILD ONE INTUITIVE?
It is her signature one-on-one coaching and mentorship program. It helps clients identify, manage and trust their intuitive gifts.
How do I contact Pooja Bakhai?
Send Pooja a message from this page. It's free and takes a minute.
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