Private 1:1 Coaching

When the conversationgets hard, it means we’regetting somewhere.

Zak Dakkash holding a microphone during a session

“A safe space to be your true self”

Who this is for

Who Is It For

For people who feel the Need to change but don’t know where to start, this is a confidential, safe space where you can be fully yourself, understand what’s really happening inside, and start moving toward the life you know you’re meant to live.

When you’re no longer willing to be led by the same patterns, One-to-One Coaching offers a contracted, co-creative partnership to examine what is shaping your life and relationships.

Together, we explore the assumptions, adaptations, and decisions beneath recurring challenges, not to fix who you are, but to expand your awareness, strengthen your capacity for choice, and develop greater autonomy in how you think, relate, lead, and live.

This is not advice, accountability, or performance coaching. It is a disciplined process of inquiry, grounded in a Co-Creative way, where lasting change emerges through authentic contact, honest reflection, and new decisions.

This practice is for you if:

  • You're ready to examine the patterns shaping your decisions, relationships, and leadership.
  • You value honest inquiry over quick answers.
  • You're willing to question long-held assumptions and make new choices.
  • You believe meaningful change begins with awareness, responsibility, and authentic contact.
  • You're looking for a Thinking Partner, not someone to tell you what to do.

This practice may not be the right fit if:

  • You're looking for advice, motivation, or a quick solution.
  • You want change without self-reflection or personal responsibility.
  • You're seeking someone to fix your problems rather than work with you to understand them.
  • You're not yet ready to question the patterns that have shaped your life.

Before We Begin

The adaptations that no longer serve you

You know where you want to go. The question is: where are you now?

Many people have a clear vision of the life, relationships, or leadership they want. What they often lack is an accurate understanding of the patterns shaping their current reality.

  1. Point AThey don't truly know where they are right now
  2. Repeating the same relationship dynamics with different people.
  3. Feeling successful on the outside but disconnected on the inside.
  4. Reacting automatically instead of responding intentionally.
  5. Living from survival patterns that once protected you but now limit you.
  6. Struggling to communicate what you really think, feel, or need.
  7. Feeling responsible for everyone else while neglecting yourself.
  8. Caught between who you've been and who you're becoming.
  9. Overthinking decisions while repeating familiar outcomes.
  10. Knowing what you want but not understanding what keeps getting in the way.
  11. Sensing that something needs to change without being able to name it.
  12. Point BThey know where they want to go

Without a clear understanding of Point A, where you are today, it is difficult to understand the distance between where you are and where you want to be. When your current reality remains unclear, meaningful progress often feels uncertain or inconsistent.

Our work begins by bringing Point A into focus: your patterns, your emotions, your relationships, your assumptions, and the story you’ve been living. As your awareness expands, Point B becomes more than a vision. It becomes a direction you can move toward intentionally, with greater clarity, choice, and autonomy.

The coaching process

How We Work Together

Our work is guided by a clear contract and unfolds through a co-creative process. Rather than following a rigid method, we work with what emerges in the relationship, always in service of greater awareness, choice, and autonomy.

This is a practice of inquiry, not advice. A place where authentic contact, honest reflection, and disciplined thinking create the conditions for lasting change.

  1. Every coaching engagement begins by establishing a shared understanding of what matters, what you’re working toward, and how we’ll work together. The contract becomes the foundation for everything that follows.

What clients say about
One-on-One Coaching

Real words from people who showed up, did the work, and started relating to themselves and others differently.

Zak shifted my life. At the beginning of the journey, I wondered what was happening to me. But through the growth, becoming, and learning to accept myself for who I am, I can say it has been worth every minute and every dime I invested in the process.

Jean Paul El Hajj

As an introspective overthinker, I believed I did not need therapy to solve my problems or understand what was going on. But in February 2026, I noticed a recurring pattern in my life and could not understand why it kept repeating. I decided to start working with Zak, and although the first session was overwhelming,…

Jenny Elia

At 25, I felt completely lost and stuck in recurring cycles across work, family, and relationships. As a fashion designer, I had been out of work for nearly two years, stepping back from opportunities because I was unsure of myself and my direction. I had also lost my creative spark and was facing financial…

Romy Bader

I was often feeling upset and exhausted, and I struggled to communicate clearly and deal with certain situations. From my first session with Zak, I felt relaxed after speaking with him. I felt that he understood me and recognized what I was truly feeling.

Elie Saade

I began working with Zak during one of the most difficult periods of my life, while navigating major changes, motherhood, a demanding professional life, and the need to find balance again. What stood out was that he did not focus only on what I was facing in the present. He helped me explore where certain patterns,…

Amy Aoun

I used to be afraid to speak in front of an audience, new people, or even friends. Through working with Zak and taking part in Becoming Again Program, I gained confidence, learned how to communicate more comfortably, and became more able to be myself around others.

Arno Donerian

Although many things in my life were going well on the outside, I felt overwhelmed and disconnected from myself. I was overthinking, questioning my decisions, and reacting emotionally without always understanding what was beneath those reactions. What made working with Zak possible was the non-judgmental space he…

Christelle El Maasri

Through Zak's mentorship, I found more clarity about my limiting beliefs. I learned about the importance of self-reflection and understanding my ego to open my heart more fully to life. I also began letting go of deeply rooted limiting beliefs, which reshaped how I see my existence. Zak's approach stood out because…

Marianne Eid

If something inside you knowsyou can’t keep living the same way,that voice deserves a safe space.

One-on-One Coaching is where you can:

Tell the truth about how you really feel.

Understand what is happening beneath the surface.

Slowly move from stuckness to movement, from confusion to clarity.

You don’t have to do this alone.

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