HEY, I’M STEPH.

I help you navigate the messy-middle of change, find your own multi-hyphenate creative path, and keep your shit together-

through neuroscience, psychology, and radical self-confidence.

Performance Coach for Powerhouse
Multi-Hyphenates & Creative Entrepreneurs

I know what it’s like to feel the unrelenting fire inside of you that pushes you towards really big and bold dreams.

To be told I’m ‘‘too much’’ or ‘‘intimidating’’ because of the wild ideas I have for myself and being called “crazy” by having the guts to do it.

I know what it’s like to train rigorously at my craft with the big goal of being one of the few chosen for something extraordinary.

I know what it’s like for your brain to tell you that you’re not good enough for it, that your goals are pipedreams, and that everyone else is just ‘probably better’.

And, I also know what it’s like to overcome those thoughts, to strengthen my belief in myself, and to persevere despite it all because of that powerhouse fire burning deep inside me.

This is why I love helping other powerhouses who are here to do extraordinary things but need help:
- strengthening their mindset,
- stretching their creative capacity,
- and keeping their shit together when their best performance is not only needed- but necessary.

I can’t wait to be your guiding light, your grounding force, and your self-belief confidant.

+ 19 YEARS business EXPERIENCE

CERTIFIED master COACH & HYPNOTHERAPIST / PHOTOGRAPHER / INTUITIVE / ICELAND IMMIGRANT

SAY HI TO ME

business coach for photographers steph zakas — Maybe you weren't the cool kid in school because you loved to sing & dance, or were the artsy weirdo, or the total nerd.
Me too. I think those are the coolest people.

**I’ve been a** **high-performing multi-hyphenate since childhood** and know how having a *strong mindset and belief in yourself is crucial.*
I started out straddling many worlds - the **artsy weirdo**, the **soccer jock**, and the concert **flute playing + marching band** doing **band nerd**.
I know what it's like having to preform at my highest ability as a multi-hyphenate my whole life:
Getting a child's book published I wrote & illustrated at age 8 from winning a competition.
**First chair flute** in concert band & taught myself to **play the bass guitar**.
**Playing soccer since age 5** and making the HS soccer team- with 2-a-day training + school.
Learning to **march and play an instrument** *(yikes)*.
Receiving a **fine art scholarship** to Columbus College of Art & Design.
Graduating with a Film & TV Production degree **top of my class & winning an award** at graduation.
Playing Roller Derby & making the **#1 team in the world** with 5 days/week training *while owning my own business*.
Being a **production coordinator + lighting tech + in charge of the PAs on set** at the same time.
Starting my own business and beating the odds that **only 12% of women owned businesses making over $100k/yr**- and *even less doing it their first year full-time.*
Performing at the top is my normal, too.

speaking & features

They call me

MINDSET WIZARD - BADASS - ICELAND QUEEN

I SAY I’M

INTROVERTED - AN ADHD DREAMER - DRIVEN

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NON-BUSINESS STEPH

I’M OBSSESSED WITHour cat, adventure, & the brain
MY FAVORITE PLACE ISbeing in nature or on roller skates
MY DRINK OF CHOIcE IScoffee with cream
I’M TERRIBLE ATfollowing a recipe

Coaching & personal development

changed my life.

Even though from age 5 I had grown up playing sports, creating art, playing instruments- I always had that little voice saying I wasn't good enough.

That I wouldn't be successful.

That everyone is better than me, or who would want my art, or I would mess up and drop the ball.

That going after the success I wanted would fail.

As someone with a hyper-creative mind and ADHD, that no one would understand me enough for me to succeed.

One day, after taking a real look at where I was, broke & dumpster diving, but knowing I had all this potential and that fire still burning inside me- I had enough.

I was sick of not believing in myself despite how ambitious I was, how much of a powerhouse I was, and what I had already accomplished after surviving domestic abuse & my life nearly taken from me and the adversity of being a kid with ADHD before there was true help or understanding for it.

I knew from a life of sports, good grades, winning awards- that my mindset was my biggest asset.

So I learned all about thoughtwork, brains, psychology, neuroscience, and committed to my personal development.

Then my life started to change.

I started to go after big things (like, deciding I would move to NYC alone and was there 10 days later).
I started to be really conscious about what I thought about myself and started to ascend to the top of my industry.
I fully leaned into the powerhouse that I am.
I made my success in NYC and moved to Iceland where I've bought a house and put down my roots.
I fell into my true calling that pairs all my life experience with my purpose- helping other powerhouse multi-hyphenates & entrepreneurs show up as their best-self and mindset.
Now I get to coach them through 1:1 coaching, tailored Iceland retreat experiences, and being a trusted confidant.