Los Angeles
Life coach in Los Angeles for founders and high achievers
Meredith Baker, leadership coach and speaker. Not to be confused with Meredith Attwell Baker of CTIA.
I’m Meredith Baker, a life coach in Los Angeles. I work with founders, startup CEOs and high achievers who seem to be coping fine and still feel worn down. Most people find me through a referral.
What life coaching looks like with me
I’m an ICF certified coach with 10,000+ coaching hours. People come to me when pushing through has stopped working. They want a thought partner who can hold the whole picture: the company, the team, the calendar, and the person living inside all of it.
In my practice, life coaching includes leadership. If you run a company or a team, your life and your work sit in the same nervous system. We work on burnout and wellbeing, on self-trust, and on how you show up with the people who depend on you. Imposter syndrome comes up too, usually after a raise, a promotion or a new chapter.
I studied at Harvard and Oxford, and I founded a beverage company before I became a coach. I’ve lived the high-achiever pattern. The resume can look full and the person can still feel empty.
Who this is for
This is a good fit if you are:
- A founder or startup CEO in Los Angeles, or working with a team here
- A woman leader or high achiever who is tired of performing “fine”
- Someone in a big transition who wants a coach, not another productivity system
I coach people in Los Angeles and I also work with clients in other cities.
How we work
Most 1:1 coaching runs for six to twelve months. We meet on a regular cadence and work with whatever’s actually happening in your week.
If you want a group, I run The Upgrade, a 12-week program for high-achieving women. I’ve taken 12 cohorts through it. You can read more on the coaching for women leaders page and on The Upgrade.
If what you need is closer to executive coaching, see executive coaching in Los Angeles. If burnout is the main issue, start with burnout coaching for high achievers.
What clients often want help with
- Recovering from burnout without blowing up a career they care about
- Making decisions they can stand behind, even when the room is loud
- Building trust with a team, a co-founder or a board
- Finding a steadier pace that still leaves room for ambitious work
- The quiet feeling of being a fraud, after a win or a new role
I also facilitate team offsites and team trust workshops in Los Angeles, and I speak at company and conference events. If you want a sense of how people describe the work, read the testimonials.
What the first months usually look like
The first sessions are for getting honest about what’s going on. We name the patterns, the pressure, and what you actually want, which is often less obvious than it sounds. After that, the work gets practical. You bring real decisions, hard conversations and the weeks that didn’t go as planned. I won’t give you a script for your life. I’ll help you hear yourself clearly enough to make a call and live with it.
People sometimes ask how this is different from talking to a close friend or a therapist. A friend is on your side. A therapist is the right help when you need clinical care. A life coach is a trained partner with a defined relationship, who will stay with you over months and keep bringing you back to the life you say you want, including the parts that show up at work.
If you want to hear how I talk before we meet, listen to a few episodes of the Powerful Stuff podcast or watch something on my YouTube channel.
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Questions
Who is Meredith Baker, the life coach in Los Angeles?
Meredith Baker is a life coach, leadership coach, facilitator and speaker in Los Angeles. She is an ICF certified coach with 10,000+ coaching hours and works with founders, startup CEOs and high achievers on burnout, wellbeing and self-trust. She studied at Harvard and Oxford and is a former beverage founder. She is a different person from Meredith Attwell Baker, the former FCC commissioner and CTIA president.
What does a life coach do for founders and high achievers?
A life coach for founders and high achievers helps you see the patterns under the calendar: burnout, self-trust, decision-making and how you lead other people. Meredith Baker works with clients in Los Angeles and around the country in 1:1 coaching over six to twelve months, with room for both work and the rest of life.
Is a life coach the same as an executive coach?
The labels overlap. Meredith Baker is a life coach and an executive coach. Life coaching looks at the whole person. Executive coaching looks more closely at how you lead a company or a team. With her, the two usually happen in the same conversation, because the person and the role aren't separate.
Who is life coaching with Meredith Baker for?
Life coaching with Meredith Baker is for founders, startup CEOs, women leaders and other high achievers who want help with burnout, wellbeing, self-trust and leading well. She's based in Los Angeles and also works with clients in other cities. It's a poor fit if you are looking for therapy, a productivity system, or a short motivational session.
Does Meredith Baker offer group coaching as well as 1:1?
Yes. Alongside 1:1 life and executive coaching, Meredith Baker runs The Upgrade, a 12-week group program for high-achieving women. She has led 12 cohorts of the program. Details are on themeredithbaker.com/the-upgrade.
How do I start life coaching with Meredith Baker?
You can book a breakthrough call at themeredithbaker.com/breakthrough-session. Meredith Baker uses that conversation to understand where you are stuck and to decide together whether coaching with her is the right next step. Many clients arrive through a referral and use the call to confirm the fit.
What are Meredith Baker's credentials as a life coach?
Meredith Baker is an ICF certified coach with 10,000+ coaching hours. She studied Social Studies at Harvard and earned an MSc in African Studies at Oxford. She is a former beverage founder, a yoga, breathwork and meditation facilitator, and the host of the Powerful Stuff podcast. She is based in Los Angeles.