Coaching for high-pressure moments
- Founders / Business Owners
- Corporate Employees
- Job Seekers
Nervousness doesn't make you look incompetent. Trying to hide it does.
Where's your pressure coming from?My "Don't Calm Down" talk · 1:38100+ clients served · 4.9★
Where's your pressure coming from?
Pick the one that sounds like you.
I run a business.
- The big investor pitches
- The stressful client calls
- The hard cofounder conversations
I work inside a company.
- Presenting to leadership
- Asking for a raise or promotion
- The meetings where you aren't being heard
I'm looking for a job.
- The salary negotiation
- "Tell me about yourself"
- The interview where your mind goes blank
Why does trying to calm down make it worse?
What happens when you try to stop being nervous?
You get more nervous.
We train your reaction.
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UncoverIn the session
We use light movement to get your body in the same physiological state as a high-pressure moment.
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MeditateIn the session
I walk you through your moment, live, while you're still activated. You desensitize to the feeling. You keep the recording to continue training.
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MakeIn your life
One small experiment to run before the real thing. Then a short debrief on what happened.
A client's session experience
From a real session transcript. Names and identifying details removed.
"I'm not sure what my job actually is. I feel like I'm being left behind. I'm always the last one to hear."
"When my heart rate went up, it wasn't from the exercise. It was the panic around the whole thing. Then I relaxed into it, and the panic started to go away."
"It changed what I believe about how I can function under pressure. I didn't collapse. I was present."
What people say about Dave's coaching
Tiffany K. from KY
Reviews from LinkedIn & beyond
Clients often leave calmer, clearer, and finally able to move on something they've been stuck on for months.
"Dave helped me better than anyone so far. I am wicked ADHD and dozens of times I have tried to develop both AM and PM routines. Gotten farther than any previous attempt so far."
Larry Brown"Dave's greatest impact was on my job performance. If you procrastinate, if you have impostor syndrome — Dave is the guy for you."
"Dave helped me gain clarity in my hang-up around charging for my services. He has you stop and breathe — so you can speak from a place of groundedness."
"Dave has been a priceless asset to me. A game changer in more ways than I could have imagined."
"Working with Dave was one of the best coaching experiences I've ever had."
"I came out of our session with great insight and a solid action plan tailored to my needs."
"Thanks to his support, I've become more confident in my personal value and brand."
"Working with Dave was phenomenal. He helped me channel my skills into a workable and realistic plan for salary growth."
"Working with Dave was one of the best things I did for my career. His approach was super collaborative."
"Dave provided exceptional service and a profound understanding of what I was actually dealing with."
I'm not calm in high-stakes moments either.
I'm awkward. At 25 I shook through a talk to 50 parents, on a subject I knew cold.
Preparing more didn't fix it. Understanding it didn't fix it either.
What worked was letting the feeling come along instead of fighting it. So I studied why that works, and I built sessions around it.
I still get nervous. I help people show up to those moments better anyway.
- M.S. Neuroscience & EducationColumbia University
- Certified Applied Positive Psychology Coach
- Coaching one-on-oneSince 2018 · 100+ clients
- AuthorInterview Like A Human
I majored in math at Wesleyan University, then spent two years in Thailand teaching English before coming home to teach math, meditation, and brain exercises to senior citizens.
I started my Positive Psychology Coaching practice in 2014 while still in the classroom. In 2018, I graduated from Columbia University with an M.S. in Neuroscience & Education and moved into full-time coaching, both career coaching and life coaching. Along the way I picked up additional training as a yoga teacher, an Imago couples therapy coach, and a Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy coach.
Since 2023, I've been focused on one question: how much momentum and transformation can a single coaching hour actually produce? Everything I offer now is built around that answer.
Which one is yours?
© 2026 David Wolovsky · Certified Applied Positive Psychology Coach · M.S. Neuroscience & Education, Columbia University
Coaching is not a substitute for therapy or mental health treatment.