Coaching Services and Areas of Expertise

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Coaching for Real Life–Just Ask Brian

Coaching isn’t just for executives. It’s for the everyday warrior trying to raise kids, process pain, and hold it together. These coaching spaces are built for people like you—truth-tellers, caregivers, cycle-breakers, and people just trying to make it through the week without losing themselves

Reclaim Your Power from the Trauma

Expertise Over Good Intentions

JUST ASK BRIAN COACHING PACKAGES

Soul Reset: When Life Hits Hard

For people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or off-center—emotionally, mentally, or spiritually.

Whether you’re dealing with grief, life transitions, or just the weight of the world, this is your space to reset, breathe, and reconnect with yourself.

Includes:

3 one-on-one sessions (60 min)
Grounding exercises + journal prompts
Emotional wellness toolkit
Follow-up support via email

Investment: $450
Ideal for: Anyone facing a life shift, emotional burnout, or inner chaos

Black Fatherhood Coaching: Show Up, Lead, Heal

For Black fathers who are working to break cycles, stay present, and raise strong, loved children—while healing their own wounds.

This is not “perfect dad” coaching. This is real talk, real accountability, and real growth—for fathers who want to lead with love and legacy.

Includes:

4 coaching sessions (60 min)
Custom fatherhood reflection workbook
Tools for navigating co-parenting, anger, discipline, and legacy
Optional add-on: session with your child or co-parent

Investment: $600
Ideal for: Black fathers at any stage—from new dads to grandfathers

Self-Worth: You Are Already Enough

For people who struggle with confidence, boundaries, or feeling “not good enough.”

If you’ve ever felt invisible, unworthy, or stuck in comparison, this package helps you reclaim your self-worth and start moving with boldness.

Includes:

3 coaching sessions (60 min)
Identity + confidence assessment
Affirmation and boundary-setting tools
Courageous Hearts excerpts for reflection

Investment: $425
Ideal for: Anyone ready to stop shrinking and start showing up

From Pain to Purpose: What Now?

For people who’ve been through something and are trying to figure out what’s next.

This package helps you process what happened, get honest about where you are, and start creating a path forward. You don’t need a master plan—just the willingness to begin.

Includes:

4 coaching sessions (60 min)
Story mapping worksheet (turning your lived experience into lessons)
Purpose discovery tools
Optional: 1 follow-up call (30 min check-in after completion)

Investment: $650
Ideal for: People recovering from trauma, loss, betrayal, or major life shifts

Justice in the Everyday: Stand Tall Without Burning Out

For those who feel the weight of the world—activists, caretakers, educators, helpers.

This is for the ones who hold it all together but rarely have space to be held. We’ll focus on sustainable leadership, spiritual wellness, and reclaiming your energy.

Includes:

4 coaching sessions (60 min)
Burnout assessment + healing plan
Emotional rest + justice alignment practices
Courageous Hearts integration

Investment: $625
Ideal for: Everyday advocates, DEI leaders, justice-minded folks, and “strong friends”

Breakthrough to Greatness

Description:

We all come into this world whole, with an innate sense of self, purpose, and potential. However, as we navigate life, societal institutions—be they educational, social, or cultural—often impose limitations, biases, and expectations that can fracture our sense of wholeness. These divisions can create feelings of inadequacy, self-doubt, and confusion, holding us back from realizing our true greatness.

The “Breakthrough to Greatness” package is designed to help you rediscover your wholeness by addressing and healing the divisions created by these external forces. Together, we will explore the root causes of your blockages, dismantle limiting beliefs, and rebuild a strong, unified sense of self. My coaching will guide you in turning self-doubt into self-confidence and confusion into clarity, empowering you to step fully into your greatness.

What’s Included:

Personalized Coaching Sessions: Weekly 1-hour sessions where we dive deep into the divisions that have been imposed on your wholeness, using personalized strategies to help you reclaim your full potential.
Customized Action Plan: A tailored roadmap designed to guide you toward wholeness, with specific steps to overcome the barriers that have been holding you back.
Exclusive Resources: Access to guided meditations, reflective exercises, and readings that support your journey back to wholeness and reinforce the progress made in our sessions.

Ongoing Support: Continuous email support between sessions, ensuring that you stay motivated, focused, and aligned with your journey towards greatness

Empowering Black Communities: Navigating the Criminal Justice System

Description:

The criminal justice system in the United States has historically inflicted deep and lasting harm on the Black community. From the days of slavery and Jim Crow laws to the ongoing realities of mass incarceration, racial profiling, and police violence, this system has often served as a mechanism of oppression, rather than justice. These injustices have not only impacted individuals but have also torn at the fabric of Black families and communities, creating cycles of trauma, fear, and disenfranchisement.

This package is designed to address and heal the wounds caused by the criminal justice system while empowering you with the knowledge and tools to navigate and challenge these systemic barriers. Our focus is on healing—both individually and collectively—so that you can reclaim your power, advocate for justice, and build a future where Black communities can thrive.

What’s Included:

Group Coaching Sessions: Bi-weekly 1.5-hour sessions that create a safe space for collective healing. These sessions delve into the historical context of the criminal justice system and its ongoing impact on Black communities. We’ll address the trauma inflicted by systemic racism and explore ways to heal, resist, and empower ourselves and our communities.
Individual Coaching: Personalized one-on-one sessions that focus on your unique experiences within the criminal justice system. These sessions are designed to help you process trauma, rebuild your sense of self, and develop strategies to overcome the barriers imposed by systemic injustice. Healing is at the core of these sessions, enabling you to move forward with strength and purpose.
Educational Resources: Gain access to a curated collection of resources that provide a deeper understanding of the criminal justice system’s history and its current realities. These materials will empower you with the knowledge to navigate the system more effectively and to become an informed advocate for change within your community.
Community Advocacy Strategies: Learn how to become a force for change in your community. We’ll work together on developing skills in public speaking, organizing, and advocacy, empowering you to lead efforts that address the systemic harms inflicted by the criminal justice system.
Ongoing Support: Continuous support through email between sessions, offering guidance, encouragement, and additional resources as you progress on your journey of healing and empowerment.

Professional Development: Cultivating Inclusive and Equitable Education

1. Empowering Black Faculty: Navigating Predominantly White Institutional Spaces

Description:
Navigating predominantly white institutional (PWI) spaces as a Black faculty member can be challenging, often requiring a delicate balance between professional responsibilities and personal identity. This offering is designed to help Black faculty members thrive in these environments without compromising their sense of self. We focus on strategies for maintaining your identity, building resilience, and creating support networks within PWIs.

What’s Included:

Personalized Coaching Sessions: One-on-one sessions tailored to your unique experiences, focusing on strategies for navigating PWI environments while staying true to your identity.
Resilience Building Workshops: Group workshops that provide tools for dealing with microaggressions, racial bias, and the pressures of tokenism, while reinforcing the importance of self-care and community support.
Identity Affirmation Exercises: Guided practices that help you reconnect with your cultural roots and personal values, ensuring that your identity remains strong and intact.
Networking and Support: Access to a community of like-minded Black faculty members where you can share experiences, gain insights, and build a support system.

2. Allyship for White Faculty: Becoming a Messenger for Justice

Description:
For white faculty members, being an effective ally means more than just understanding social justice—it requires taking actionable steps to support marginalized communities. This offering is designed to help white faculty become true messengers for justice by learning how to actively promote equity and inclusion in their classrooms and beyond.

What’s Included:

Interactive Workshops: Hands-on sessions that teach the principles of allyship, including how to recognize and address privilege, bias, and systemic injustice within academic environments.
Case Studies and Role-Playing: Practical exercises that simulate real-life scenarios, helping you develop the skills needed to intervene and advocate effectively for justice.
Resource Guides: Comprehensive materials that offer strategies for integrating social justice into your teaching practices and daily interactions with students and colleagues.
Ongoing Support: Continued access to resources, group discussions, and one-on-one coaching to help you stay committed to your allyship journey.

3. Leadership Development for Administration: Creating a Culture of Belonging

Description:
Creating a truly inclusive and equitable academic environment starts with leadership. This offering is tailored for administrators who are committed to fostering a culture of belonging within their institutions. We’ll work together to develop leadership strategies that prioritize inclusivity, support diverse faculty and students, and create a welcoming environment for all.

What’s Included:

Leadership Coaching: One-on-one coaching sessions focused on developing leadership strategies that promote inclusivity and equity within your institution.
Cultural Competency Training: Workshops that equip you with the tools to understand and address the unique challenges faced by marginalized communities within your institution.
Policy Development Support: Assistance in creating or refining institutional policies that support a culture of belonging, ensuring that diversity and inclusion are more than just buzzwords.
Community Engagement: Strategies for building stronger connections between the institution and the broader community, fostering a sense of belonging both on and off-campus.

4. Early Career Faculty: Integrating Self, Social, and Environmental Justice into Your Portfolio

Description:
As an early career faculty member, it’s essential to establish a portfolio that reflects your commitment to justice—whether it’s self-justice, social justice, or environmental justice. This offering is designed to help you integrate these critical elements into your academic and professional life, ensuring that your work is both impactful and authentic.

What’s Included:

Portfolio Development Coaching: One-on-one sessions that guide you in weaving justice into your research, teaching, and service portfolios, aligning your academic work with your personal values.
Justice Integration Workshops: Group sessions that explore how to incorporate principles of self, social, and environmental justice into your academic portfolio, including practical strategies and examples.
Mentorship and Networking: Connect with seasoned professionals who have successfully integrated justice into their careers, gaining insights and building relationships that will support your journey.
Resource Library: Access to a curated collection of readings, case studies, and tools that support the integration of justice into all aspects of your academic work.

Customized Workshops and Facilitation

Description:
Dr. Brian Chad Starks offers a unique opportunity for institutions to engage in a customized interactive session tailored to their specific needs. Whether the focus is on enhancing organizational culture, addressing specific social justice challenges, or developing targeted training programs, Dr. Starks will collaborate with your team to design a session that meets your objectives. Drawing from his extensive background in law, criminology, and DEI, Dr. Starks will provide expert insights and practical solutions to address the unique challenges faced by your institution. This tailored approach ensures that participants receive relevant and actionable strategies to foster growth and improvement within their specific context.

Additional Information:

Customization: Packages can be tailored to meet specific needs upon request. Customized packages may incur additional costs based on the scope of customization.

Discounts:
Referral Discount: 10% off for referrals resulting in new clients.

Payment Terms:
Full payment required upon booking
Financing available—additional 10% per course

Cancellation Policy:
Full refund if canceled 14 days before the first session
50% refund if canceled 7 days before the first session
No refund if canceled less than 7 days before the first session

Embrace the journey of self-discovery and empowerment with our Identity Awareness Package. Your identity is your greatest asset—unlock its full potential today!

After Our Time Together

After working with me as their Transformational Social Justice Soul Coach, clients are likely to experience a profound emotional shift. Here’s a look at the feelings and emotions they might carry with them:

Empowerment:
They will feel stronger, with a sense of ownership over their own story and power to navigate the world on their terms.

Liberation: A sense of freedom from limiting beliefs, societal narratives, and the weight of past injustices will allow them to move forward with lightness.

Peace: Inner peace will come from the healing of deep emotional and spiritual wounds, allowing them to experience a calm and balanced state of being.

Wholeness: Healing from within will leave them with a sense of completeness, integrating both their pain and growth into a stronger, fuller self.

Confidence: They will feel more self-assured in their ability to advocate for both themselves and others, standing tall in their values and truths.

Gratitude: The journey through healing and transformation will leave them feeling grateful, both for their growth and for the support they received along the wa

Hope: Where there was once hopelessness, they will now feel hopeful about their future, their ability to heal, and their capacity to create meaningful change.

Clarity: A newfound sense of clarity and purpose will guide them in aligning their life’s work with their values, fueling their passion for justice with renewed energy.

Resilience:They will feel emotionally stronger, better equipped to handle the ongoing challenges of an unjust world with grace and perseverance.

Coaching with The Messenger

Self-Reflection → Self-Awareness → Self-Consciousness

The Messenger Method

I don't believe in quick fixes or surface-level motivation. My coaching is built on a proven process — one I lived myself, and now teach to others. This is the work of healing and transformation. This is how you stop surviving and start leading with courage.

01 Self-Reflection

Facing your story

Confronting the wounds that shaped you and understanding your narrative.

02 Self-Awareness

Understanding influence

Seeing how experiences shape leadership, relationships, and decisions.

03 Self-Consciousness

Raising perspective

Understanding how your choices shape communities and systems.

This is the work of healing and transformation. This is how you stop surviving and start leading with courage.

Who I Coach

Individuals

Ready to break through personal barriers and live with clarity.

Professionals

Who want to grow into courageous leaders and align values with action.

Executives & Organizations

Carrying the responsibility of culture, equity, and systemic reform.

No matter where you begin, the Messenger Method meets you where you are — and takes you where you’re meant to go.

Coaching Tiers

1 Personal Transformation

Self-Reflection → clarity, breakthrough, purpose

2 Leadership Coaching

Self-Awareness → growing influence, aligning values, multiplying impact

3 Executive Coaching

Self-Reflection → clarity, breakthrough, purpose

Coaching Tiers

Break Barriers. Find Clarity. Live With Purpose.

Transformation begins with self-reflection. Most of us carry wounds from our past — words spoken over us, instability we survived, systems that told us who we could or couldn't be. If those wounds go unhealed, they show up in our relationships, our work, and our sense of self.

Through Personal Transformation Coaching, I guide you to confront your story, reflect on your experiences, and reclaim your power. This is where healing starts — and where your Messenger journey begins.

Coaching Packages

Power Hour Session — $350

A single 60-minute deep-dive coaching session focused on your biggest barrier. Leave with clarity and an action plan.

3-Session Breakthrough Package — $900

A short-term journey to uncover patterns, develop strategies, and create momentum.

90-Day Messenger Journey — $2,500

Bi-weekly sessions over three months, paired with reflection tools and accountability check-ins to help you step fully into your voice and purpose.

Leadership Programs

Emerging Leader Track

6 coaching sessions designed for professionals who want to grow confidence, clarity, and credibility as leaders.

Leadership Accelerator

12 sessions for deeper transformation: align values with action, strengthen leadership presence, and expand your influence.

Messenger Mastermind

Group coaching experience (6 sessions) for leaders to learn together, share challenges, and grow with accountability.

Leadership Coaching

Lead With Courage. Align Your Values. Multiply Your Impact.

True leadership isn't about titles. It's about self-awareness. Every leader brings their story with them — but few have reflected deeply enough to see how that story shapes their leadership.

In Leadership Coaching, we move from reflection into awareness: discovering how your experiences influence your communication, your influence, and your ability to build trust. Leaders who grow in self-awareness don't just lead better teams — they create ripples of courage, culture, and change.

Executive Coaching

Lead Systems. Shape Culture. Create Lasting Change.

At the highest level of leadership, success is not just about decisions. It's about self-consciousness. Executives and organizational leaders carry enormous responsibility. Your influence shapes culture, impacts communities, and determines whether systems evolve or repeat cycles of harm.

Dr. Starks Coaching equips you to raise your consciousness: to see beyond immediate outcomes and design leadership that leaves a legacy. This is not transactional coaching. It's transformational. It's about aligning your leadership with systemic change.

Executive Programs

Executive Messenger Coaching

A 6-month engagement with monthly deep-dive sessions, unlimited access for ongoing support, and a personalized leadership transformation plan.

Organizational Messenger Coaching

A 12-month engagement for leadership teams, combining individual coaching, team sessions, and custom workshops to drive cultural transformation.

(Pricing by application only.)

Your Next Step

If you're ready to move from survival to transformation, from personal growth to justice-driven leadership — let's begin.

Your Next Step

If you're ready to move from survival to transformation, from personal growth to justice-driven leadership — let's begin.

Ready to Transform?

The Messenger Method has guided thousands of individuals, leaders, and organizations to breakthrough moments. Your transformation starts with a single step.

Client Review

When I first engaged with Dr. B. Chad Starks, I was navigating the kind of professional crossroads that many leaders face but few openly discuss. The landscape of modern leadership feels increasingly complex—shifting organizational priorities, evolving team dynamics, and the constant pressure to adapt while maintaining authentic leadership presence. What sets B. Chad apart is his distinctive coaching methodology. Rather than applying a one-size-fits-all framework, he took the time to truly understand my unique context, challenges, and aspirations. His approach is deeply personalized, recognizing that effective coaching must meet individuals exactly where they are. B. Chad's methods are tailored with precision—addressing not just surface-level professional development, but the underlying patterns and perspectives that shape how we lead. In today's murky and uncertain work environment, where the rules seem to change constantly and the path forward is rarely clear, B. Chad's coaching provides something invaluable: clarity with compassion, strategy with authenticity. He helped me develop frameworks for decision-making that honor both organizational needs and personal values—a balance that feels increasingly elusive in modern leadership. What I appreciate most is B. Chad's ability to ask the questions that matter most, the ones we often avoid asking ourselves. His coaching creates the rare space where vulnerability becomes strength and uncertainty becomes opportunity for growth. For any leader seeking to navigate complexity with greater confidence and clarity, I cannot recommend B. Chad Starks highly enough. His work is not just needed—it's essential for anyone committed to leading with purpose in these challenging times.

M. Brandon Jones

President, AGU

I had the privilege of working with Dr. Brian Chad Starks for six transformative months, and the impact on my life has been profound. From our very first session, Dr. Starks created a space of safety and trust, allowing me to explore my innermost self with honesty and vulnerability. Their grounding work was truly exceptional, helping me reconnect with both my inner child and my cultural identity in ways I had never imagined. Through his supportive guidance, I began to understand and embrace my authentic identity, which has been instrumental in shaping my sense of self and purpose. He challenged me to get uncomfortable with what I thought I knew of my place in the world in order to gain the true comfort in my journey of self awareness. Dr. Brian Chad Starks has a unique ability to draw out the courage within you, encouraging you to face your fears and societal barriers that challenge living with a courageous heart. He helped me see the power in my own story and guided me to step into my confidence with grace and determination. I now approach life with a newfound sense of self-awareness and clarity, knowing that I am more aligned with my true purpose. If you're seeking a coach who deeply understands the importance of cultural identity, grounding work, and living with a courageous heart, I wholeheartedly recommend Dr. Brian Chad Starks. His wisdom, compassion, and unwavering support have been life-changing, and I am eternally grateful for the growth and transformation I’ve experienced under their guidance.

Maya Joie Brown

Coaching Client

Dr. Starks, I wanted to thank you for coaching me through a very difficult season in my life. I was not aware of how my narrowed perspectives were limiting my options to move forward. With your skilled direction, I was able to unpack layers of past traumas that were hindering my ability to see my value. I appreciate how you provided guidance with patience and concern for my self development. You provided insight into setting boundaries, being authentic, and accountability. I am now empowered to freely make decisions that are rooted in information rather than swayed by emotions. I now get to choose what is best for me without guilt, shame or regrets. I am embracing a new world and for that, I am grateful to you.

Maria Y. Milhouse

President, Lighthouse Direction Inc.