Sasha Franklyn
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When Smart and Self-Aware Still Isn't Enough | Build the Confidence to Back
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Studied at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
Works at Nurimas Coaching
Available Monday at 1:30 PM UTC
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Sasha's Coaching Offerings
Custom hourly · $150/hr
Get help with Personal Growth, Stress Management, and .
Sasha also coaches for Career Coaching, Leadership Coaching, Law School, and Legal Practice. View all.
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You're Not Stuck. You're Solving the Wrong Problem.
Apr 16 at 11:30 PM UTC
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This Isn't Bad Timing. This Is What the Loop Sounds Like at Year Three...
Apr 21 at 4:15 PM UTC
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This Isn't Bad Timing. This Is What the Loop Sounds Like at Year Three...
Apr 23 at 11:30 PM UTC
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Sasha’s Life Coaching Qualifications
Coaches professionally
Experience level: Manager
20+ people coached for Life Coaching
My path to life coaching runs through the same high-pressure environments my clients are navigating. Two decades across Big Law, energy, higher education, and leadership development gave me a close look at what happens to high-performing people when the stakes rise and self-trust quietly disappears. The pattern is consistent: accomplished, self-aware professionals who have done the work, read the books, built the credentials, and still find themselves overthinking, second-guessing, or overworking instead of leading from a place of clarity. A graduate of Columbia Law School and Harvard University, where I majored in Biology, I am a Certified Life Coach, NLP Master Practitioner, and Positive Intelligence® trained coach, currently working toward my ICF PCC credentials. The methodologies behind the work draw on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mental fitness, and my own decision-centered coaching approach. Sessions go beyond strategy. The goal is building the internal capacity to trust your own judgment, particularly in the moments where the outcome actually counts.
Sasha can help with:
Personal Growth
Stress Management
Goal Setting
Resilience
Self-Reflection
Sasha also coaches for Career Coaching, Leadership Coaching, Law School, and Legal Practice. View all.
About Sasha
I spent years building a life that made sense on paper. I was a lawyer at Jones Day, working on cross-border M&A deals ranging from $200M to $2B. The work was demanding, high-stakes, and intellectually rigorous. From the outside, it looked like everything was working. But over time, I started to notice something I could not quite name at first. Decisions that should have felt straightforward began to feel heavier. Not because I did not know what to do, but because something underneath the decision was pulling on me in a way I did not yet understand. Part of that came from my own story. I am a first-generation professional of Korean and Trinidadian background, carrying many firsts for my family. My path was never just mine. It was shaped by sacrifice, expectation, and a quiet understanding that success meant something beyond me. That gave me drive and discipline, but it also meant that decisions carried a weight that was not always visible from the outside. That experience shaped the work I do now. Over the past 20 years, across law, energy, and higher education, I have worked at the intersection of high-stakes decision-making and the pressures that shape how we show up. I have also designed and led corporate training programs used by more than one million professionals worldwide. The people I work with are often at a point where something no longer feels aligned, or where stepping into greater leadership brings a level of internal pressure that is harder to ignore. What keeps them stuck is rarely the decision itself, but the pattern underneath it. In our work together, we get precise about what is actually driving that hesitation so that decisions and next steps become clear in a way that holds. Clients leave with a defined direction, a clear understanding of the pattern that was stalling them, and the ability to move forward without returning to the same cycle of second-guessing. I hold an AB from Harvard University and a JD from Columbia Law School, and I am a Certified Coach, NLP Master Practitioner, and Positive Intelligence® trained coach.
Why do I coach?
I believe the moments we keep circling are rarely about the options in front of us. The question underneath is not just what should I do, but who am I if I take up space in this way, make this move, or allow myself to be seen at this level. That question shapes more than decisions. It shows up in how we speak, what we hold back, and how we carry responsibility in our work. I saw this play out in my own career at Jones Day before I had language for it. The work itself was not the issue. It was the pressure behind it. Expectations, identity, and the sense that stepping fully into my own direction or voice might come at a cost. What I know now is that the either-or framing most people operate within keeps them contained. In this work, I help people see the pattern underneath both their decisions and their leadership, name it precisely, and move forward in a way that actually feels like theirs. That moment, when someone stops circling and starts moving with clarity, is what I love most about this work. It never gets old.
Work Experience
Career Decision Strategist | Founder
Nurimas Coaching
August 2020 - Present
• Partner with high-achieving professionals navigating complex career crossroads, particularly those whose opportunities and responsibilities are shaped by immigrant and diasporic family histories. • Developed a decision-making framework that explores why careers that once made sense can begin to feel misaligned, especially when identity, expectations, and responsibility are deeply intertwined. • Bring over 20 years of experience across law, education, publishing, and energy to support clients facing high-stakes decisions around career direction, leadership, and identity. • Completed 300+ hours of coaching with professionals across law, business, technology, and academia, helping clients gain clarity and move forward with decisions they can commit to. • Designed corporate leadership and professional development programs used by more than one million professionals worldwide, including leaders in multinational organizations. • Extensive experience working with attorneys and other credentialed professionals navigating transitions across private practice, government, in-house roles, and interdisciplinary careers.
Manager
Johns Hopkins University
May 2016 - August 2025
• Streamlined student evaluation workflows by implementing SharePoint and Power Automate, improving document delivery by 98% and freeing leadership time for coaching. • Built trust and retention across a remote team of 30+ instructors through goal-setting meetings and tailored course placement recommendations. • Fostered belonging among 100+ ELA instructors by hosting town halls, crafting newsletters, and leading transparent internal communications. • Mentored instructors in culturally responsive pedagogy and engagement strategies, improving instructional consistency across 18 online ELA courses. • Supervised curriculum development for grades 4–9 (1,000+ students annually), focusing on critical reading, vocabulary, and writing, guided by literacy research and student data. • Resolved 20+ parent/instructor escalations through restorative communication; reduced repeat academic integrity issues to under 10% per year. • Designed and delivered 100+ hours of professional development and onboarding for new and transitioning instructors, with coaching on feedback, rapport-building, and online methodology. • Led the creation of a centralized SharePoint curriculum hub, gaining stakeholder buy-in and training colleagues for cross-team collaboration. • Acted as change champion during departmental restructuring, leading town halls and sustaining team morale through clear, timely communication. • Recognized in all evaluation cycles for adaptive leadership, empathy, and responsiveness; consistently met 100% of performance benchmarks. • Instructed 8 courses (grades 2 to 9) in literary analysis, critical reading and thinking, creative and analytical writing, and publishing; met or exceeded parent and student satisfaction expectations in 25+ sessions.
Corporate Trainer (Legal & Business) | Coach | Author
스피쿠스
August 2014 - August 2025
• Developed and delivered training that has reached over 1 million learners worldwide, strengthening global communication, leadership, and negotiation skills for professionals across industries. • Designed and delivered executive and professional development coaching for business leaders, lawyers, and corporate teams, focusing on resilience, intercultural communication, negotiation, and leadership presence. • Defined curriculum and authored 8 textbooks, 4 flagship business English courses, and 700+ learning assets on legal and business English, U.S. energy policy, and global current affairs, driving company revenue growth and expanding market share in Korea and abroad. • Trained early-career lawyers and executives in persuasive communication, cross-cultural leadership, and presentation strategy—many of whom have since become partners or senior leaders in their fields. • Researched and advised on converting learning assets into blended-learning course modules, improving engagement and scalability. • Organized and facilitated workshops on presentation, negotiation, and professional communication tailored to Korean corporate executives, attorneys, and global professionals. • Led webinars on leveraging AI tools and cultural intelligence to enhance workplace productivity, communication, and team cohesion. • Authored and trained professionals from leading organizations, including Bae, Kim, & Lee; Samsung; Hyundai; SK Telecom; and Lotte, strengthening global communication capacity within Korea’s corporate sector.
Attorney: M&A and Sovereign Wealth Investments
Jones Day
August 2008 - June 2013
• Paris (1L summer) and New York (2L summer and Associate) offices • Spearheaded and supported transactional matters for sovereign wealth funds, public, and private companies in M&A and direct investments valued between $200 million and $2 billion, directly contributing to successful closings. • Drafted, reviewed, and negotiated a wide range of agreements, including merger, stock/asset purchase, co-investment, stockholder, escrow, and ancillary documents, ensuring compliance and alignment with deal strategy. • Coordinated due diligence, prepared detailed memoranda, and managed closing and post-closing processes, supervising junior associates and liaising with local counsel across jurisdictions. • Prepared SEC and NYSE filings—including proxy statements and Schedule 13D statements—and advised on tender-offer processes and securities-offering compliance, securing timely regulatory approvals. • Conducted legal research and drafted pleadings in connection with the Chrysler bankruptcy, contributing to high-visibility litigation efforts. • Mentored junior associates and co-led a mentorship program for 20+ underrepresented high-school students, introducing them to legal careers. • Provided pro bono representation in asylum cases and coordinated community service initiatives for the firm’s New York office.
Education
Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
Certification, Project Management
2025 - 2025
Executive Leadership Training Program certification.
Columbia Law School
Juris Doctor, Law
2005 - 2008
Harvard University
AB, Biology
1998 - 2002
Sasha was also personally admitted to
Stanford Law School
Harvard Law School
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