Sandra Costa

I spent 15 years as a software tester before I became a coach — so when a client tells me their mind won't stop racing, or they can't tell anymore if a decision is actually theirs or just the next box to check, I don't need it explained to me. I've lived it.

What I do isn't about building confidence. Most of my clients — women in tech, at every stage from individual contributor to team lead — aren't short on capability. They're short on clarity. Somewhere between the deadlines, the pace, and the pressure to keep performing, they've lost touch with what's actually true for them. My job is to help them find it again.

I do this through deep listening and the kind of questions that don't let you circle the surface — getting past what's easy to say to what's actually true underneath it. I also work with breathwork journeys, a method I'm certified in through BreathMasters: guided, extended breathwork sessions that quiet the noisy, analytical part of the mind long enough for something truer to surface. It isn't relaxation. It's clarity you can feel in your body, not just your head.

I'm a Certified Life & Success Coach, trained through the Jay Shetty Certification School and accredited by the Association for Coaching. I work with clients 1:1 and occasionally through group workshops and retreats, always with the same aim: helping women in tech quiet the noise and hear themselves again.

I'm not going through the motions with my clients. I'm fully there — for the wins, the hard parts, all of it.

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