Supriya Venkatesan
Supriya Venkatesan is a Chicago-based executive coach and founder of Samskara, where she created the Samskara System™ for founders and executives. A Master NLP Trainer certified by Robert Dilts, she holds an M.S. in Strategic Communications from Columbia University and served six years in the US Army. Here are a few things you should know about me.
My story in bullet points
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I hold a Masters of Science in Strategic Communications from Columbia University where I studied the human mind and the science of communication. #Scientist
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I also hold a Bachelors in Communications with a minor in Vedic Science from Maharishi University, as well as a certificate from the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. At both I went deep down the rabbit hole of Yoga Philosophy through an academic lens. #Yogi
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My journey started on the cusp of re-deployment from Iraq as a soldier after serving six years in the US Army when I experienced a severe mental breakdown and PTSD. This led me on a path to not only overcome my mental challenges, but to master them. #Warrior
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Since then, I've gone on to having an impactful career in the corporate world, developing a strong personal brand, and becoming a serial entrepreneur. None of this would have been remotely possible without the mindset tools I share through Samskara. #Boss
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Over two decades, I've spent hundreds of thousands of dollars training with mystics and scholars from all over the world. Not only was I able to heal my broken brain from combat, but also generational cycles. I'm a first-generation immigrant with English as my second language. I'm also a high school dropout and first generation college graduate. #BreakTheCycle
I believe you are capable of achieving any dream that you desire. The only thing stopping you - is you. It's my mission to empower you with tools to get out of your own way. Samskara.co serves to bridge ancient wisdom and modern science to achieve peak performance and unlock human potential.
Coaching Credentials:
- Master NLP Trainer, certified by Robert Dilts
- Certified Master Hypnotherapist
- Teacher of the Transcendental Meditation technique
- Kundalini yoga teacher
- Neuro-nutrition training
- Leadership Academy, US Army
Leah McIntosh
After being at a stagnant point for a long time, I finally grew the revenue of our marketing agency. We 10x-ed it as a direct result of Supriya's coaching. Bonus: I released 20+ pounds and dropped the emotional wounds that were stopping my success in life and business.
Suzi Freeman
With Supriya's coaching, we were able to finally launch our app and enter a whole new demographic base to increase our reach. Without her mindset coaching and her communications consulting expertise, this simply would not have been possible. The combo is magic.
Matt Dickson
I used to consistently procrastinate on a key aspect of my business. After just one session, Supriya transformed my subconscious patterns and now I have unstoppable motivation. It was amazing what was possible in such a short amount of time.
Real People. Real Results.
More street cred...
I'm an Executive Mindset Coach, former executive leader, serial entrepreneur, and combat military veteran with two decades of experience in coaching, and mentorship. My expertise lies in solving complex challenges for individuals and businesses, through rapid subconscious transformation. I'm on a mission to upgrade global consciousness and help humans break through their imprints.
During my diverse career, I've mentored and coached hundreds of leaders across different levels of business, ranging from early growth startups, to mid-size businesses, to multinational companies. Equally, I have been committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion and I'm proud to have won the ADCOLOR award by ADWEEK.
My professional experience encompasses working with Fortune 500 brands such as Apple, Dropbox, and Toyota, along with prestigious not-for-profit led organizations such as the United Nations and David Lynch Foundation. One of my greatest achievements during my corporate career was scaling a functional business unit from 60M ARR to 85M ARR in 9 months, while also scaling headcount from 60 to 110 people.
I'm committed to my craft and hold an MS in Strategic Communications from Columbia University. I also have a ton of coaching certifications, at the Master Coach level. But I first honed my coaching skills during my first career serving 6 years active duty in the US Army, leading teams across 3 continents, while also being awarded numerous medals to include the Commandant's Award for being in the top 10% of my leadership class.
A storyteller at heart, my writings have appeared in The New York Times, CNN, Washington Post, Teen Vogue, TIME, and Playboy. I was also awarded a Writing Fellowship by Columbia University and received specialized training in trauma-informed storytelling & interviewing while in-residence at the Pulitzer building. I was also awarded a Leadership Fellowship by the Schusterman Foundation to tour Israel & Palestine while meeting with thought leaders in-country and all segments of the population in 2023 for the purpose of conflict resolution.
I don't shy away from the hard stuff and my nature is to dig in deep, into the complex challenges that make up life and to find solutions, with compassion and grace.
The unseen journey
Humble Beginnings
My journey started with humble roots. I grew up in abject poverty and endured multiple types of abuse, by multiple abusers. I constantly shifted homes, living with different family members and in foster care. Eventually my family tired of me and I was kicked out at the age of 16. Letting go of the AP classes, the Honor Roll and my studious nature, I was forced to drop out of high school and figure out how to feed and shelter myself.
Breaking Cycles
The next few years of my fleeting childhood had even greater pain as I worked odd jobs, became entangled in toxic co-dependent relationships, and experienced homelessness - all while grappling with negative emotions, beliefs, and underlying patterns that were a hangover from my childhood. With a relentless focus on wanting to change my circumstances, I studied everything I could about the human mind. Before I knew it, I found myself graduating at the top of my class at Columbia University, being published in the New York Times, consulting for Apple, working at the US Embassy, scaling businesses into the multi-millions, personally investing in the millions, and holding my beautiful newborn daughter who would never endure what I had. So many cycles broken.
Even her birth became a lesson in what the mind can do. Through hypnobirthing, I was in labor for just 45 minutes, completely pain-free and in hypnosis the whole time. Every time I took my headphones out to answer a question, my heart rate jumped 50 to 60 beats. Headphones back in, it dropped within seconds. Meditation had taught me about the mind. This showed me what the mind can do to the body in real time. Read how it shaped the Samskara System.
Codifying Transformation
I know what is possible if you make deep shifts. After decades of studying with scholars and mystics, and travels across continents, I have codified this into a simple, repeatable system. It's called the Samskara System, because with every tool that you learn within the framework, you master how to remove another samskara, a mental impression of the mind, and change deep neural pathways, mental habits that create behavioral results. And for most clients, who want a little taste of this experience and are not ready to commit to a full coaching container, it starts here with a free discovery call.
Are you ready to make shift happen?