Leadership, executive & life coaching · Phoenix & nationwide
Where Ambition Meets Emotional Intelligence
One-on-one coaching with Alexandra Mackey, MA, LPC, CMNCS, for high-achieving professionals, leaders, founders and athletes who want more emotional capacity, steadier leadership and deeper relationships. In person in Phoenix or virtual anywhere in the United States.
- Who
- Leaders, founders, athletes, parents & high achievers
- Where
- Phoenix office or Zoom, nationwide
- Format
- Private 1:1 sessions
- Investment
- From $250/hour, private pay
- First step
- Short application + strategy call
- 10+ yearsClinical training & expertise
- LastingTransformation you can see & measure
- 8+Businesses in Alexandra's personal ownership portfolio
- 50 statesVirtual coaching nationwide
Who this is for
Successful on paper. Stretched thin in private.
Most of the people Alexandra coaches are already capable. They run teams, build companies, compete, parent and hold families together. What they want is more room inside themselves to handle all of it well.
Coaching at Live Empowered is a premium, one-on-one engagement. It blends strategy with the emotional work that most executive coaching leaves out. Alexandra Mackey brings over a decade of clinical training and expertise (MA, LPC, CMNCS) plus whole-person training in nutrition, breathwork and the nervous system, so she understands how stress, emotion and the body shape performance. Coaching itself is forward-focused and is not therapy.
- Executives, managers and corporate professionals who want to lead with more steadiness and less burnout
- Entrepreneurs, founders and business owners growing a company and carrying the pressure that comes with it
- Athletes and performers who want emotional performance and mental toughness under pressure
- Parents and stay-at-home moms and dads who want calmer homes and a life that includes them too
- People who want a better relationship with themselves, their partner, their children or their family
- High achievers preparing for a bigger role, a bigger stage or a level of success they have not handled before
What sets this coaching apart
A coach with a clinician's depth
Alexandra is a coach. She is retired from practicing as a therapist, and her work today is about forward momentum: where you're going and what it will take to get there. What makes it different is the foundation underneath it.
Alexandra brings over a decade of clinical training and expertise, including study and training in clinical psychology. Years of direct work with clients gave her a deep understanding of human behavior: why we react the way we do under pressure, why the same patterns keep repeating, and what it actually takes for change to last.
She brings that skill set into coaching, not therapy. Sessions are active, goal-focused and built around measurable progress: qualitative results you can feel in your confidence, relationships and leadership, and quantitative results you can track in your performance, habits and goals. When something is in the way, she has the skill to go deep enough to move it, then turns that insight into action.
Whole-person training. Alongside her clinical background, Alexandra is a Certified Mental Health Nutritionist and a certified yoga and breathwork instructor. She works with the whole person (mind, body, nervous system and nutrition) to help you create real change, build self-mastery and master your life.
There are many talented coaches doing meaningful work. Alexandra's difference is the clinical depth she brings to a coaching relationship. Looking for traditional therapy instead? Our licensed therapist provides therapy for adults in Arizona.
The Live Empowered Method
Master your emotions. Master your life.
Every coaching engagement with Alexandra is built on three pillars. Most coaches work on strategy alone. This method starts with what's happening inside you, because that's what decides how you perform when it counts. The result is self-mastery: master your emotions, and you master your life.
Regulate
Regulate and rewire, so pressure sharpens you instead of hijacking you. Alexandra's framework is grounded in holistic psychology and draws on a wide range of techniques, including sports psychology, breathwork, custom visualization and integration work, so what you do in session carries into your daily life.
She views emotional performance through an athlete's lens: we are all athletes. Getting up and executing your day takes the same training, focus and recovery as playing the game at your best.
- Holistic psychology framework
- Sports psychology for everyday performance
- Breathwork & nervous system tools
- Custom visualization exercises
- Integration work between sessions
- Stress tolerance, recovery & burnout prevention
Lead
Lead yourself first, then your team, your business and your family, with clarity, presence and emotional intelligence.
- Executive presence
- Difficult conversations
- Leading at home
Expand
This is where you start playing with your capabilities. Together you build and execute strategy to test, expand and evolve how much you can handle and what you can hold: more responsibility, more visibility, more wealth, with your health and relationships intact.
The goal is capacity that keeps pace with the complexities of life, and with the person you are evolving into.
- Test & stretch your capabilities
- Strategy built & executed together
- Capacity for success
- Health, wealth & balance
- Growing into who you're becoming
Meet your coach
Alexandra Mackey, MA, LPC, CMNCS, practices what she teaches
Alexandra is a retired licensed clinician who now brings that depth to emotional performance, leadership and life coaching for high achievers. She is also a multi-business owner, a wife and mother, and a competitive adult amateur hunter/jumper equestrian, so she knows what it takes to perform under pressure in the boardroom, at home and in the show ring.
As CEO, owner and coach of Live Empowered, Alexandra brings clinical depth that most coaches don't have: over 10 years of clinical training and expertise, advanced EMDRIA and trauma training, and certifications as a Mental Health Nutritionist, yoga instructor and breathwork teacher. That whole-person training (mind, body, nervous system and nutrition) is what helps her clients create real, lasting change. As an entrepreneur with a personal business ownership portfolio of eight businesses and growing, she understands the weight leaders carry. As a competitive adult amateur hunter/jumper rider, she knows that composure under pressure is a skill you train.
Her coaching teaches what she lives: health, wealth, balance and emotional regulation, and the self-mastery it takes to master your life.
Coaching specialties
Areas of focus
Most clients start in one area and find it touches the others. Your engagement is built around what you bring.
Leadership Coaching
For leaders at work, at home or both. Grow your emotional intelligence and the capacity to handle what you have now and build more.
Leadership coachingEmotional Performance & Sports Psychology
Emotion regulation, stress tolerance and nervous system capacity for high performers and athletes. Stay clear and composed under pressure, recover faster and prevent burnout.
Emotional performanceParenting & Relationship Coaching
For parents, stay-at-home moms and dads, and partners. Deepen your relationship with yourself and with your partner, children and family. Communication, boundaries, conflict, parenting and showing up as the person you want to be at home.
Relationship coachingStay-at-Home Parents
Coaching for stay-at-home moms and dads: burnout and the mental load, reclaiming your identity, partnership at home and planning your next chapter.
Stay-at-home parentsEMDR with Alexandra
EMDR and EMDR intensives to clear the past experiences behind stress, fear and performance blocks, paired with coaching to build what's next. For clients located in Arizona, in person in Phoenix or virtually.
About EMDREquine-Assisted Coaching
Experiential coaching alongside horses to build presence, confidence, emotion regulation and leadership. No riding experience needed.
Equine-assisted coachingLife Coaching
Clarity on what you want next and a strategy to get there. Self-trust, confidence, purpose and life transitions.
Life coachingWays to work with Alexandra
Choose the format that fits
For individuals
Private 1:1 Coaching
A fully personalized engagement with Alexandra, virtual or in person in Phoenix. Sessions plus support between them.
From $250 / hour
ApplyFor organizations
Executive Coaching
Company-sponsored coaching for executives, high-potential leaders and founders in transition.
Custom engagement
InquireFor teams & events
Speaking & Workshops
Keynotes, in-house workshops, leadership retreats, and breathwork, meditation and sound healing experiences on emotional intelligence, resilience and performance, at your organization or your event. Alexandra travels to you.
Custom engagement
Speaking & workshopsSelf-paced
Online Masterclasses
Alexandra's self-paced courses on emotional resilience and self-confidence. Start with free tips and masterclass access.
Free access available
Free resourcesLife coaching in Phoenix & online
Life coaching that goes deeper than goals
If you've been searching for a life coach near you in Phoenix, or an online life coach you can work with from anywhere in the U.S., start here. Many life coaches stop at goal-setting and accountability. Alexandra starts there and goes further, into the beliefs, emotional patterns and stress responses that decide whether a goal actually holds.
Life coaching clients often come in during a transition: a promotion, a business launch, a move, a divorce, an empty nest, a return to competition, or a quiet sense that it is time for more. Together you will get clear on what you want, understand what has been in the way, and build a practical plan you can follow.
Common life coaching goals
- Building self-confidence and self-trust
- Getting clear on purpose, values and direction
- Navigating a career change or major life transition
- Setting boundaries and protecting your energy
- Breaking people-pleasing and perfectionist patterns
- Creating balance between ambition, health and relationships
Coaching or therapy?
Coaching is forward-focused and works on growth, performance and goals. It is available anywhere in the United States.
Therapy treats mental health concerns such as trauma, anxiety, depression or ADHD and is available to Arizona residents through our counseling services.
Not sure which fits? Ask us and we will point you in the right direction.
How coaching works
An application-based, high-touch engagement
Alexandra works with a limited number of coaching clients at a time so each one gets her full attention.
Apply
Answer a few quick questions so Alexandra understands what you want to change and why now.
Strategy call
Book a private call right away to talk through your goals, answer questions and decide if working together is the right fit.
Your plan
A coaching engagement built around your goals, schedule and pace. In person in Phoenix or by secure video.
The work
Regular sessions plus support between them, so new skills hold up in real meetings, real conversations and real competition.
Investment
Premium coaching, private pay
Starts at $250 / hour
Coaching with Alexandra is a high-value investment in yourself, your career and your family. Engagements are private pay and are not billed to insurance. Your engagement is tailored to your goals and pace, and the details are set together on your strategy call.
Many executives use professional development budgets for coaching. Ask about options for companies investing in a leader.
Client words
What clients say
“Alex has helped me shape my life in ways I never thought possible.”
“Her empathy and thoughtful advice have made such a positive impact on my life.”
“She is passionate about her career and it shows when you speak with her.”
“Alexandra is such a professional and always provides authentic feedback and productive ideas in each session. She is amazing!”
“I like who I am becoming and I'm proud of her!”
“I appreciate what you have done for me, more than my words can describe. My gratitude is eternal.”
Free resources
Start mastering your emotions today
Free tools from Alexandra to help you regulate, recharge and enjoy your life more, starting now.
Master Your Emotions, Master Your Life
Free tips by email. Subscribe to The Full Life Letter, Alexandra's newsletter, where she shares emotional performance tips, professional insights, what she's working on and personal stories to help you master your emotions and your life.
Subscribe for free tipsThe Fun Formula
A free three-step guide to building a more fulfilling life with more fun in it. High achievers often need this one most.
Download the free PDFFAQ
Frequently asked questions
Do you offer online life coaching outside of Arizona?
Yes. Coaching is available virtually by secure video to clients anywhere in the United States. In-person coaching sessions are available at our Phoenix office.
What is the difference between a life coach and an executive coach?
Life coaching looks at your whole life: relationships, purpose, confidence and direction. Executive coaching focuses on leadership and work performance. Alexandra does both, and most clients find the two are connected.
How much does coaching cost?
Coaching with Alexandra starts at $250 per hour.
Is coaching covered by insurance?
No. Coaching is not a medical service and is not billed to insurance. Coaching at Live Empowered is private pay. Some clients use a professional development budget from their employer.
How long does a coaching engagement last?
Most engagements run for several months so new habits have time to take hold. The exact length is set together after your strategy call.
How do I find the right life coach or executive coach?
Look for relevant training, a clear method and real-world experience with people like you. Alexandra brings over a decade of clinical training and expertise (MA, LPC, CMNCS), is a Certified Mental Health Nutritionist, a certified yoga and breathwork instructor and a business owner, so her coaching combines clinical understanding, whole-person tools and practical strategy.
Is there a life coach near me in Phoenix?
Yes. Alexandra offers in-person coaching at the Live Empowered office at 1825 E Northern Ave in North Central Phoenix, convenient to Scottsdale, Paradise Valley and central Phoenix. Online coaching is available anywhere in the United States.
What is a high-performance coach?
A high-performance coach helps already-successful people perform at a higher level with less strain. Alexandra's approach focuses on emotional performance: emotion regulation, stress tolerance and the capacity to handle more success.
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Next step
Ready to expand what you can handle?
Coaching with Alexandra starts at $250/hour, with limited availability. Virtual nationwide or in person in Phoenix. Apply in about two minutes, and Alexandra will respond within a few hours.