Alan Rafael Seid
I work as a Breakthrough Coach and a Leadership Coach.
I mentor Changemakers.
I help leaders prepare for crucial conversations and create a more connected organizational culture.
I teach workshops and trainings in Best Practices for people like you — people committed to their own personal growth and development, who also want to make the world a better place.
I facilitate groups and mediate conflicts.
You can see the remarkable things people I work with say HERE.
I live on a property where I live in community and practice Nonviolent Communication (NVC) and Permaculture Design.
I’ve held a Permaculture Certificate since 1999.
I’ve been studying NVC since 1995 and became certified in 2003.
You can see a fuller version of my bio HERE.
To explore working with me, you can sign up for a no-cost consultation HERE.
Rafa is an old nickname, and Rafa Kalapa is my pen name, artist name, nom de plume.
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A few testimonials.
You can see more here.
“Transformative in a way that I could not have foreseen — combines structure and direction with empathy and kindness in a way that engages heart and mind to find pathways through professional and personal challenges”
“Working with Alan has been transformative in a way that I could not have foreseen. I began the work to deal with some blocks and issues around money as I start a new social enterprise, but have found that that was the first step in a much deeper journey into understanding myself and how I see myself in the world.
Alan is a pleasure to work with and combines structure and direction with empathy and kindness in a way that engages the heart and mind to find pathways through professional and personal challenges that build confidence. He delivers all of it with profound listening, warmth, and humor. I recommend him unreservedly.”
~ JANE MURRAY, Lawyer, Investor, Nonprofit Founder – London, England
“Alan helped me to focus on my goals and find my inner strength and courage to become my greatest version.”
“Alan is a tremendous resource, he helped me to focus on my goals and find my inner strength and courage to become my greatest version.
Alan has a unique ability to convey complex theories and adapt them into everyday practical use; I highly recommend Alan and Cascadia Workshops.”
~ KOFI DEBRAH, Consultant, Event Organizer, Co-Founder & Partner of Oko Forests – Accra, Ghana
“A caring ally offering clear and useful tools for developing my program”
“Working with Alan is like having a caring partner to my creation. Offering very clear and useful tools for developing my own program.
He has been my ally all along – walking with me in empathy and togetherness, cheering and supportive, holding the space without pressuring – so that what lived in me, could take concrete shape and be brought into the world.
Thank you.”
~ AGA RZEWUSKA-PACA, Coach, Mentor, Mother, Author, CNVC Certified Trainer – Poland
“I’m now able to secure contracts with the kind of people I love working with.”
“Working with Alan allowed me to shift from having little confidence that I would be taken seriously to trusting 100% that I have something precious to offer. The tools and advice he shared with me enable me to have great conversations with potential clients: I am clear how I can help and they find that inspiring. I’m now able to secure contracts with the kind of people I love working with.
Being clear about my life purpose and the gifts i am bringing to the world helps me stay in choice as to what I want and don’t want to take on. I feel privileged to have undertaken this journey of self-discovery and increased competency.
Alan has been a great guide! I’m recommending him without hesitation.”
~ VÉRÉNE NICOLAS, Organizational Consultant, Coach, and CNVC Certified Trainer – Scotland, UK
“Alan focuses on catching customer’s conscious and unconscious needs to generate high impact.”
“Working with Alan as coach and mentor has been an amazing experience with positive and practical impacts in how I understand and focus my professional and personal life.
Alan knows how to walk the field that lies beyond the technical separations between coaching, mentoring, consulting, training, and other related disciplines. He focuses on catching customers’ conscious and unconscious needs to generate high impact.
I recommend Alan’s work if you want to generate changes and open new opportunities in any domain of your life.”
~ PAOLA VALERI, Entrepreneur, Consultant, Coach paolavaleri.com – Madrid, Spain