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COLLEEN COMPANIONI

FOUNDER + NEUROCOACH

Colleen is the founder of NeuroKind and a neurocoach for unconventional humans. She established NeuroKind (formerly Rowan Coaching) in 2015 with a two-part mission: (1) to bring ethical, executive-level, neuroscience-informed coaching to historically disenfranchised individuals, and (2) to facilitate human connection through applied neuroscience education that helps us understand how we all work. Through her work, she aims to help shape an equitable world where the truth of our diversity is reflected in our power structures, where rights are inalienable, differences are valued and accommodated, and creativity, innovation and connection can flourish. She believes in a future where all humans are thriving, not just striving and surviving.
NeuroKind offers a variety of services, including Private (1:1) NeuroCoaching, Corporate NeuroTraining, and (coming soon!) virtual, self-led growth labs through Unbecoming U. You can learn more about NeuroKind by exploring www.neurokind.com, or by joining Unbecoming You, a free, private coaching community on Facebook. Members of Unbecoming You receive access to a wide variety of free or accessibly-priced tools, webinars, and other brain-based resources to help you grow into your favorite self.
Prior to coaching, Colleen was a brand executive at a luxury branding agency in NYC. She’s worked with top corporations, entrepreneurs, executives, artists and entertainers in addition to providing extensive branding, communication, and fundraising expertise to the NYC criminal/social justice community. She began her coaching journey with an executive coaching capsule at NYU and completed her training at the Neuroleadership Institute.
Colleen currently lives in Coconut Creek (just north of Fort Lauderdale), Florida with her partner, young son, and two wily bulldogs. Her current hobbies include: improvised cross-stitching, learning ProCreate, fantasy and sci-fi everything (novels, in particular), digging into what makes people people (and brains brain), setting up her new home studio, and learning how to make Cuban coffee.

COLLEEN COMPANIONI

FOUNDER + NEUROCOACH

Colleen is the founder of NeuroKind and a neurocoach for unconventional humans. She established NeuroKind (formerly Rowan Coaching) in 2015 with a two-part mission: (1) to bring ethical, executive-level, neuroscience-informed coaching to historically disenfranchised individuals, and (2) to facilitate human connection through applied neuroscience education that helps us understand how we all work. Through her work, she aims to help shape an equitable world where the truth of our diversity is reflected in our power structures, where rights are inalienable, differences are valued and accommodated, and creativity, innovation and connection can flourish. She believes in a future where all humans are thriving, not just striving and surviving.
NeuroKind offers a variety of services, including Private (1:1) NeuroCoaching, Corporate NeuroTraining, and (coming soon!) virtual, self-led growth labs through Unbecoming U. You can learn more about NeuroKind by exploring www.neurokind.com, or by joining Unbecoming You, a free, private coaching community on Facebook. Members of Unbecoming You receive access to a wide variety of free or accessibly-priced tools, webinars, and other brain-based resources to help you grow into your favorite self.
Prior to coaching, Colleen was a brand executive at a luxury branding agency in NYC. She’s worked with top corporations, entrepreneurs, executives, artists and entertainers in addition to providing extensive branding, communication, and fundraising expertise to the NYC criminal/social justice community. She began her coaching journey with an executive coaching capsule at NYU and completed her training at the Neuroleadership Institute.
Colleen currently lives in Coconut Creek (just north of Fort Lauderdale), Florida with her partner, young son, and two wily bulldogs. Her current hobbies include: improvised cross-stitching, learning ProCreate, fantasy and sci-fi everything (novels, in particular), digging into what makes people people (and brains brain), setting up her new home studio, and learning how to make Cuban coffee.

COLLEEN COMPANIONI

FOUNDER + NEUROCOACH

Colleen is the founder of NeuroKind and a neurocoach for unconventional humans. She established NeuroKind (formerly Rowan Coaching) in 2015 with a two-part mission: (1) to bring ethical, executive-level, neuroscience-informed coaching to historically disenfranchised individuals, and (2) to facilitate human connection through applied neuroscience education that helps us understand how we all work. Through her work, she aims to help shape an equitable world where the truth of our diversity is reflected in our power structures, where rights are inalienable, differences are valued and accommodated, and creativity, innovation and connection can flourish. She believes in a future where all humans are thriving, not just striving and surviving.
NeuroKind offers a variety of services, including Private (1:1) NeuroCoaching, Corporate NeuroTraining, and (coming soon!) virtual, self-led growth labs through Unbecoming U. You can learn more about NeuroKind by exploring www.neurokind.com, or by joining Unbecoming You, a free, private coaching community on Facebook. Members of Unbecoming You receive access to a wide variety of free or accessibly-priced tools, webinars, and other brain-based resources to help you grow into your favorite self.
Prior to coaching, Colleen was a brand executive at a luxury branding agency in NYC. She’s worked with top corporations, entrepreneurs, executives, artists and entertainers in addition to providing extensive branding, communication, and fundraising expertise to the NYC criminal/social justice community. She began her coaching journey with an executive coaching capsule at NYU and completed her training at the Neuroleadership Institute.
Colleen currently lives in Coconut Creek (just north of Fort Lauderdale), Florida with her partner, young son, and two wily bulldogs. Her current hobbies include: improvised cross-stitching, learning ProCreate, fantasy and sci-fi everything (novels, in particular), digging into what makes people people (and brains brain), setting up her new home studio, and learning how to make Cuban coffee.

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Our Mission

NeuroKind was founded on Colleen's deeply-held belief that the world she wants to live in - the one where everyone's rights are inalienable, diversities are valued and accommodated, and we spend more time on creativity, innovation and connection than we do striving through fear - will only come into being when the truth of our diversity is reflected in our power structures. With that in mind...
NeuroKind was founded on Colleen's deeply-held belief that the world she wants to live in - the one where everyone's rights are inalienable, diversities are valued and accommodated, and we spend more time on creativity, innovation and connection than we do striving through fear - will only come into being when the truth of our diversity is reflected in our power structures. With that in mind...
OUR MISSION X2 IS
OUR MISSION X2 IS
To bring ethical, executive-level, neuroscience-informed coaching to historically disenfranchised individuals. As knowledge is power, self-knowledge is empowerment.
To bring ethical, executive-level, neuroscience-informed coaching to historically disenfranchised individuals. As knowledge is power, self-knowledge is empowerment.
To facilitate human connection through applied neuroscience education that helps us understand how we all work. The moment we stop battling ourselves is the moment we are able to connect and collaborate with others to create a world in which we can all shift from surviving to genuinely thriving.
Personal (and professional) evolution is an act of revolution - a choice to unlearn limiting personal and cultural narratives, and to start developing the self-knowledge, self-compassion, self-respect, and self-trust needed to confidently navigate life’s inevitable challenges.
Charge your mind. Change your life. Change the world.
Personal (and professional) evolution is an act of revolution - a choice to unlearn limiting personal and cultural narratives, and to start developing the self-knowledge, self-compassion, self-respect, and self-trust needed to confidently navigate life’s inevitable challenges.
Charge your mind. Change your life. Change the world.

We Believe:

Rules Aren't Real!
Rules Aren't Real!
Rules Aren't Real!
We believe in exposing cognitive biases, challenging assumptions, having fun, and getting sh** done - in
whatever way works best for you and does the least harm. There are a LOT of creative solutions at the end of
that particular rainbow!
The Solution is in You
The Solution is in You
The person closest to the problem is the person closest to the solution (thanks, Glenn!), and the best-for-you ideas and solutions will always come from within YOU. Our work is to improve your access to your own mind and the rich tapestry of skill, knowledge, and experience therein.
Leave Hate to the Haters
Leave Hate to the Haters
We have zero tolerance for hate. We believe love is love, Black lives matter, trans lives matter, no human is illegal, all bodies are good bodies, and in respecting and acknowledging others as *they* wish to be known.
No Such Thing as “Normal”
No Such Thing as “Normal”
Diversity (including neuro-diversity) is both necessary and welcome, not a threat to be accommodated. Neurodivergent, poly, queer, gifted, disabled - whatever you are, you are welcome, and can expect respect, dignity, patience, support, clear communication - and HOPE.
Radical Self-Respect
Radical Self-Respect
Your shame doesn’t belong to you. It’s a social construct and a tool leveraged to maintain existing power structures and drive commerce in a capitalist economy. You deserve the opportunity to unlearn your shame, nurture your authentic self, and earn sustainable self-respect.
Negative toPossible
Negative toPossible
This is a gaslighting-free zone. That means that coaching comes with contextual education, so that we can learn what belongs to us and what doesn’t. It means we’re against toxic positivity and for growth Mindset. It means helping you cultivate possibility, not perfection.

Our People

Calling all NeuroKinds - fellow experimenters, innovators, creators - all the curious and uncommon minds: join me on this growth adventure!
As a NeuroCoach and educator, I am most drawn to the round pegs - the outliers, seekers, off-road adventurers and swashbuckling creators brave and curious enough to find (or make!) their own paths in a world full of square holes.
I prioritize collaborations with individuals from historically oppressed or under-represented groups, leveraging my privilege to provide access to the executive-level support we all need and deserve, and to empower us to co-create the more fair, beautiful, generative, kind world I believe is possible.
I work with humans who choose growth, disdain ignorance, risk vulnerability, hold space for the complications of personhood, prioritize human dignity, and are deeply informed by their passion for fairness and justice.
Calling all NeuroKinds - fellow experimenters, innovators, creators - all the curious and uncommon minds: join me on this growth adventure!
As a NeuroCoach and educator, I am most drawn to the round pegs - the outliers, seekers, off-road adventurers and swashbuckling creators brave and curious enough to find (or make!) their own paths in a world full of square holes.
I prioritize collaborations with individuals from historically oppressed or under-represented groups, leveraging my privilege to provide access to the executive-level support we all need and deserve, and to empower us to co-create the more fair, beautiful, generative, kind world I believe is possible.
I work with humans who choose growth, disdain ignorance, risk vulnerability, hold space for the complications of personhood, prioritize human dignity, and are deeply informed by their passion for fairness and justice.
My clients have included serial entrepreneurs, executives, neurodivergent leaders, tech innovators, high-performers, scientists and scholars, artists who dare, undiluted activists, and womxn who want to take over the world. They also include PTA moms, aspiring change-makers, and folks seeking support in identifying meaningful criteria for their next steps.
I work with people who aren't where they want to be yet, but won't settle for less than a life that FEELS good - a story written in their pen, rich with opportunity, connection, clarity, compassionate self-respect, and self-defined success.
If this sounds like you, and you’re ready to engage in the challenging, revolutionary work of changing your mind - then you deserve the opportunity to earn your dream life.
For many people, neurocoaching is the key that unlocks the dream: a fulfilling, authentic, unapologetic life (and identity!) that you don’t need to escape from.
My clients have included serial entrepreneurs, executives, neurodivergent leaders, tech innovators, high-performers, scientists and scholars, artists who dare, undiluted activists, and womxn who want to take over the world. They also include PTA moms, aspiring change-makers, and folks seeking support in identifying meaningful criteria for their next steps.
I work with people who aren't where they want to be yet, but won't settle for less than a life that FEELS good - a story written in their pen, rich with opportunity, connection, clarity, compassionate self-respect, and self-defined success.
If this sounds like you, and you’re ready to engage in the challenging, revolutionary work of changing your mind - then you deserve the opportunity to earn your dream life.
For many people, neurocoaching is the key that unlocks the dream: a fulfilling, authentic, unapologetic life (and identity!) that you don’t need to escape from.

You know my clients from:

TECH:

  • Google

  • Amazon

  • Siemens

  • Exabeam

  • UiPath

  • Reddit

CULTURE:

  • The MET

  • The Guggenheim

  • SF MoMA

  • Emmy + Grammy Winners

MEDIA:

  • NBC Universal

  • Netflix

  • MTV

  • BET

  • Nick Junior

HIGHER ED:

  • Wharton

  • Yale

  • Harvard

  • Kent State

  • Georgetown

  • Julliard

PROGRESS:

  • UN Women

  • Special Olympics

  • Various Criminal Justice and Reentry Nonprofits

In Their Words

In Their Words

The Person is The Professional:

If you want to grow as a professional, you have to grow your SELF - no way around it. That means leveling up your self-knowledge, self-awareness, and emotional intelligence - getting honest with yourself and with me. However, one-way vulnerability doesn’t facilitate psychological safety. In fact, I firmly believe that mutual trust and transparency are necessary for an effective coaching relationship.
With that in mind, here’s an opportunity to get to know who I am not just as a founder and coach, but as a person. Want to know anything else? Just ask!
If you want to grow as a professional, you have to grow your SELF - no way around it. That means leveling up your self-knowledge, self-awareness, and emotional intelligence - getting honest with yourself and with me. However, one-way vulnerability doesn’t facilitate psychological safety. In fact, I firmly believe that mutual trust and transparency are necessary for an effective coaching relationship.
With that in mind, here’s an opportunity to get to know who I am not just as a founder and coach, but as a person. Want to know anything else? Just ask!

Above: My rad, weird, wonderful kiddo, who is my face and brain twin. Parenting has been the biggest invitation to full-frontal growth I’ve ever experienced. Is it hard AF? YES. Is he also the best thing ever? YES.

  • I am ADHD and Autistic, and while my brain comes with some challenges, I’ve learned to not just work with but rely on my neurodivergent brain. It’s pretty spectacularly creative, whether we’re making art, solving problems, or inventing what’s next. In fact, it’s a huge part of what makes me such a great coach.
  • I have a minor obsession with cheese, and a MAJOR obsession with what makes people tick.
  • I am ADHD and Autistic, and while my brain comes with some challenges, I’ve learned to not just work with but rely on my neurodivergent brain. It’s pretty spectacularly creative, whether we’re making art, solving problems, or inventing what’s next. In fact, it’s a huge part of what makes me such a great coach.
  • I have a minor obsession with cheese, and a MAJOR obsession with what makes people tick.
  • I am ADHD and Autistic, and while my brain comes with some challenges, I’ve learned to not just work with but rely on my neurodivergent brain. It’s pretty spectacularly creative, whether we’re making art, solving problems, or inventing what’s next. In fact, it’s a huge part of what makes me such a great coach.
  • I have a minor obsession with cheese, and a MAJOR obsession with what makes people tick.
  • Things I love include: CHRISTMAS, nerdy shit, long baths in big tubs, cheese, craft cocktails, direct communication, action/adventure movies from the 90s-00s, 90s hip hip and R&B, pasta, burlesque, Harry Potter (although f*** that TERF), female friendships, celebrating and elevating women, fucking up the patriarchy, painting, being on a boat, road trips, honesty, loyalty, big hugs, Jurassic Park, French Bulldogs, English Bulldogs, and drinking a fresh piña colada in a pool.
  • I absolutely LOVE to read, and you’ll often find me stuck in a new fantasy, sci-fi, or mystery novel. In fact, The very first book I read in the fantasy genre was called “The Rowan”, by Anne McCaffrey. It's a story about a young woman who literally changes her life and her environment using the power of her mind. Funny how these things come full-circle, isn’t it?
  • I received my coaching training at NYU and through the NeuroLeadership Institute, through which I earned a certificate in Brain-Based Coaching.
  • I lived in New York City for over a decade, and loved every minute! That city is the world entire - a cacophony of beautiful diversity, energy, creativity, innovation and ideation. If you're passionate about something in New York, someone is excited to help you to accomplish it.
  • Things I love include: CHRISTMAS, nerdy shit, long baths in big tubs, cheese, craft cocktails, direct communication, action/adventure movies from the 90s-00s, 90s hip hip and R&B, pasta, burlesque, Harry Potter (although f*** that TERF), female friendships, celebrating and elevating women, fucking up the patriarchy, painting, being on a boat, road trips, honesty, loyalty, big hugs, Jurassic Park, French Bulldogs, English Bulldogs, and drinking a fresh piña colada in a pool.
  • I absolutely LOVE to read, and you’ll often find me stuck in a new fantasy, sci-fi, or mystery novel. In fact, The very first book I read in the fantasy genre was called “The Rowan”, by Anne McCaffrey. It's a story about a young woman who literally changes her life and her environment using the power of her mind. Funny how these things come full-circle, isn’t it?
  • I received my coaching training at NYU and through the NeuroLeadership Institute, through which I earned a certificate in Brain-Based Coaching.
  • I lived in New York City for over a decade, and loved every minute! That city is the world entire - a cacophony of beautiful diversity, energy, creativity, innovation and ideation. If you're passionate about something in New York, someone is excited to help you to accomplish it.
  • Things I love include: CHRISTMAS, nerdy shit, long baths in big tubs, cheese, craft cocktails, direct communication, action/adventure movies from the 90s-00s, 90s hip hip and R&B, pasta, burlesque, Harry Potter (although f*** that TERF), female friendships, celebrating and elevating women, fucking up the patriarchy, painting, being on a boat, road trips, honesty, loyalty, big hugs, Jurassic Park, French Bulldogs, English Bulldogs, and drinking a fresh piña colada in a pool.
  • I absolutely LOVE to read, and you’ll often find me stuck in a new fantasy, sci-fi, or mystery novel. In fact, The very first book I read in the fantasy genre was called “The Rowan”, by Anne McCaffrey. It's a story about a young woman who literally changes her life and her environment using the power of her mind. Funny how these things come full-circle, isn’t it?
  • I received my coaching training at NYU and through the NeuroLeadership Institute, through which I earned a certificate in Brain-Based Coaching.
  • I lived in New York City for over a decade, and loved every minute! That city is the world entire - a cacophony of beautiful diversity, energy, creativity, innovation and ideation. If you're passionate about something in New York, someone is excited to help you to accomplish it.

Above: My handsome, brilliant life partner, Ari. If I’m not working from my home office, you can often catch Ari and I co-working, brainstorming, executive coaching, and empire building over a martini at our local joint.

  • I adore speakeasies, burlesque, pin-ups, circus and aerial performances. On a Saturday night, you’re likely to find my man and I drinking something with a fabulous name in a hole-in-the-wall joint while a scantily clad human twirls nearby. Hit me up for a list of my favorite spots in New York, Seattle, Buenos Aires, and around the world.

  • I'm originally from the West Coast, and grew up primarily in Northern California and Oregon.

  • I’m a classically trained opera singer with a Bachelors of Music from Indiana University, Bloomington, the Jacobs School of Music. Learn more about my education and professional background on LinkedIn.

  • I love to paint, draw, doodle, craft, embroider - name it, and my #ADHDbrain wants to try it! Painting is my form of meditation, and I love to put on a good movie and disappear into a new piece for hours.
  • I adore speakeasies, burlesque, pin-ups, circus and aerial performances. On a Saturday night, you’re likely to find my man and I drinking something with a fabulous name in a hole-in-the-wall joint while a scantily clad human twirls nearby. Hit me up for a list of my favorite spots in New York, Seattle, Buenos Aires, and around the world.

  • I'm originally from the West Coast, and grew up primarily in Northern California and Oregon.

  • I’m a classically trained opera singer with a Bachelors of Music from Indiana University, Bloomington, the Jacobs School of Music. Learn more about my education and professional background on LinkedIn.

  • I love to paint, draw, doodle, craft, embroider - name it, and my #ADHDbrain wants to try it! Painting is my form of meditation, and I love to put on a good movie and disappear into a new piece for hours.
  • I adore speakeasies, burlesque, pin-ups, circus and aerial performances. On a Saturday night, you’re likely to find my man and I drinking something with a fabulous name in a hole-in-the-wall joint while a scantily clad human twirls nearby. Hit me up for a list of my favorite spots in New York, Seattle, Buenos Aires, and around the world.

  • I'm originally from the West Coast, and grew up primarily in Northern California and Oregon.

  • I’m a classically trained opera singer with a Bachelors of Music from Indiana University, Bloomington, the Jacobs School of Music. Learn more about my education and professional background on LinkedIn.

  • I love to paint, draw, doodle, craft, embroider - name it, and my #ADHDbrain wants to try it! Painting is my form of meditation, and I love to put on a good movie and disappear into a new piece for hours.

Above: my home office and favorite room in our entire house. It’s full to the brim with what I call “small, daily, happy” - little items that provoke happy memories and connect me to self.

Below: Miss Maude, my coworking pig (aka English Bulldog).

  • I love road trips, new experiences, and learning about foreign cultures. In fact, I spent October-December 2017 traveling around South America with Remote Year, an amazing program that connects remote professionals to the world.

  • So far, I've been to 20+ countries, and I can't wait to continue exploring!
  • I love road trips, new experiences, and learning about foreign cultures. In fact, I spent October-December 2017 traveling around South America with Remote Year, an amazing program that connects remote professionals to the world.

  • So far, I've been to 20+ countries, and I can't wait to continue exploring!
  • I love road trips, new experiences, and learning about foreign cultures. In fact, I spent October-December 2017 traveling around South America with Remote Year, an amazing program that connects remote professionals to the world.

  • So far, I've been to 20+ countries, and I can't wait to continue exploring!

Left: Painting a ceramic truck to give my son for his birthday. Painting pottery is a new love that I hope to make more time for soon!

Above: Painting a ceramic truck to give my son for his birthday. Painting pottery is a new love that I hope to make more time for soon!

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Inclusion, diversity, and accessibility are the bedrock of NeuroKind’s mission, values, and everyday approach to coaching and collaboration. We prioritize purposeful inclusion, ensuring that we don't just “make room” for human diversity - we strategically focus our approach and offerings around advocating for and empowering historically marginalized or oppressed groups. These beliefs and practices apply to all activities of our organization, informing our decisions, including who we hire, collaborate with, and coach. We strive to foster an environment where all can feel safe, valued, cared for, and given an opportunity to form meaningful connections with self and others.  In doing so, we welcome and value the full diversity of racial and cultural identity and background, nationality, sexual and affectional orientation, gender identity and its expression, religious background and belief, marital status, relationship and family structure, age, mental and physical healthy and ability, neurodivergence, and educational and class status. The only thing that isn’t welcome are expressions and behaviors that do not affirm this core value. 

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