Sam Kukathas

The Philosophical Coach

Imagine that we could shift the agreement in the world around mental health so it were no longer a disempowering context from which people lived. Imagine we could create a new future in politics not given by the past. This is what I am committed to creating.

I've had the honour of working with the leaders who have shaped what is possible for humanity. That has expanded my vision of what is possible. Before I discovered transformative leadership, I wrote about the nuances of being human as a philosopher. Now those two worlds have collided.

The Philosophical Coach stems from 13 years researching the human condition, 5 years in transformative leadership. I challenge my clients around who they are really so we can create a new future they love.

That is the context for now, but it tells you nothing about why I care about creating these global shifts.

Why mental health?

For 28 years I lived from 'I have anxiety'. It looked like life was working but inside me my head was a vortex of thoughts and I lived in my head.

They were me, and it led to me not getting the PhD at Oxford in 2017. Everything I thought I knew and valued came crashing down.

This was the greatest gift I have been given.

I reverse engineered anxiety without focusing on it. I overcame years of being depressed. I healed my relationships where love was missing. I overcame years of trauma and I started experiencing joy in the so-called ordinary moments of life. I came out as bisexual. I went from my life being narrow & about me to living from who can I make a difference to today.

I kept confronting everything I saw and discovered that I am not my thoughts, feelings, mental states, even the physical sensations I experience. I leaned into taking responsibility for my life anywhere that I was not. I continue to live from this practice.

My commitment is that people discover creating a joyful life, rather than live from a disempowering context around mental health.

Why Politics?

There has been a shift in what leadership looks like, yet the future of politics is predictable. Law & politics continue to be about being in the guise of the interests of society, but fail to fulfil these really. So I wrote a new PhD inspired by what I discovered through coaching. A vision of law and politics being in the interests of society.

Creating opportunities for leaders to discover who they can be in life when they wipe the slate clean from preconceived ideas is what I do. It is from this place I am also committed to creating extraordinary politicians.