Your guides to purposeful professional transitions.

Steve made Partner at a multi-billion dollar VC firm when he reached a turning point. Despite outward success, Steve was burnt out and profoundly disconnected, leading him to resign and embark on a multi-year journey of self-discovery. This disorienting period ultimately revealed the need to slow down and reconnect with his true self.

Through this process, Steve discovered his next calling: supporting high performers through transitions and transformations. He founded Downshift, the coaching firm he wishes he had during his own time of uncertainty. With over a decade of experience in investing, advising, and coaching founders and leaders, Steve has dedicated thousands of hours to mastering the art of coaching.

Learn more about his coaching and experience and read his personal essays at Where the Road Bends. You can also connect with him on LinkedIn or Twitter.

Tracy was the CEO and co-founder at a tech startup called Chewse. She raised $40M in venture capital and had 300 employees at its peak. But when she sold the company in 2020, the achievement left her with an unexpected void.



Lost in the aftermath of her “success,” Tracy moved to Hawai’i, where the pace of life, surfing, and the natural surroundings helped her reconnect with herself. This journey inward led her to discover a passion for executive coaching, where she now supports tech founders in embracing their mental health and authenticity. Tracy is also a psychedelic integration practitioner, guiding others through transformative experiences and alternate states of consciousness.



Explore more of her coaching here and read about her journey at Healing Leadership.

David Spinks is a coach, renowned community builder, and 3x founder. He spent the first 13 years of his career hustling and playing the startup game, achieving a great deal and ultimately leading his company to acquisition. After stepping down as CEO and entering his “abyss”, he realized that his pursuit of success and reputation was fueled by, and causing, deep suffering. Something needed to change.

Through working with coaches, therapy, breathwork, meditation, nature immersion, and various other practices, he began to reshape his story, and find a more calm, present, and integrated way of living and working. Today, as a coach and facilitator at Downshift, he supports others navigate their journey through the abyss, toward a life of greater alignment.

You can learn more about David on his personal website, read his essays on his newsletter, and connect with him on LinkedIn or Twitter.

Andy found success in Silicon Valley over a 17-year career, working as an executive, advisor, and investor with ten multi-billion dollar startups. However, his workaholism contributed to psychological and spiritual struggles that culminated in eventual burnout.

A spiritual awakening in 2018 sparked a journey of healing from childhood trauma and addiction, leading to a much deeper understanding of himself and a new mission to help others transform themselves and find a higher purpose.

Andy serves on the board of the Heroic Hearts Project, supporting veterans with PTSD through psychedelic therapy. He also writes about mental health and life transformations in his newsletter and leads Downshift's product development and knowledge library. Andy can also be found on LinkedIn.