Roots to Wisdom

Anastasia is exquisite at telling me things I don't want to hear that are absolutely true and benefit my life fully.”

My role as Vice President has demanded significant change and adaptability over the past few years — some of it planned, much of it not. In the moments when I've felt most overwhelmed and personally overloaded by what lay ahead, Anastasia has been an extraordinary source of wisdom. She has a rare ability to cut through complexity and weight, offering a clear path forward — with insight not just into the situation itself, but into the people at the center of it. I've walked away from our conversations with sharper clarity and a much cleaner read on what was actually in front of me.”

Anastasia has a way of seeing past my words, of clearing away my constructs and rationalizations, to expose the deeper issue that I couldn't see. She's intuitive and wise but also light-hearted, so our work together feels like an important journey with a playful guide.”

Anastasia’s experience across a wide range of business models has given her a rare ability to understand challenges from multiple perspectives and respond with clarity, confidence, and practical wisdom. Her guidance has been invaluable to me, both in navigating an ever-changing work environment and in facing personal, family challenges. She has a remarkable way of making people feel supported, capable, and understood, and her impact on my life will stay with me for years to come.”

Anastasia’s insight and advice were key in helping my husband and me improve a difficult relationship with his mother. She immediately recognized her undiagnosed narcissistic personality and pointed out the behaviors that he continued to feed in trying to reason with her, causing anger about her responses. Anastasia provided reading material to help us both understand these lifelong patterns, plus techniques that we could use to disengage from those behaviors. It is not an exaggeration to say that the shift in understanding brought about by her counsel, and the improvement in our relationship with his mother and our emotional well-being, was life-changing.”

When you are the CEO of a company, you face tough issues like company culture, communication, leadership cohesiveness, and even psychological difficulties like imposter syndrome. Workstate encountered all of these as we grew from a 20-person to a more than 100-person company. We asked Anastasia to help with an inscrutable organizational need for technology experts. She was able to dig in at all levels of the organization, build trust, identify problem areas, and most importantly, suggest practical solutions. Our success growing 5x our original size was in large part a result of her guidance. Anastasia is a trusted confidant for leaders, a communications expert, and an operational counselor for business challenges.”