My name is David Ades, and I founded my coaching company Dying to Live in early 2020 — soon after I became certified as a Professional Life Coach in late 2019. Since then, I have been helping people improve their relationships with themselves.

Well, my story actually starts long before my coaching certification. I only professionally began helping people improve their relationships with themselves in 2020; most of my personal life has been spent practicing the same type of interpersonal skills I now use as a coach.

Long story short, life forced me to dive deeper into myself than I knew how to. It was sink or swim. I have struggled profoundly to find my stride, and I use my personal experience to help others who seek to find their stride.

I have also self-studied psychology for over a decade now (initially compelled to do so to gain understanding of my own suffering), and I have spent many, many hours engaged in my own healing (therapy, coaching, etc.).

Along my journey, I've gained a great capacity for holding space for others, and I've grown my talent for mirroring them (helping them see what might lie just below the conscious surface).

I am quite familiar with how one discovers oneself. I still have much to learn. Life is a never-ending practice.