About me

I am a dedicated, certified success and life coach, speaker, author, and mentor whose mission is to help individuals break through limitations, unlock their potential, and create meaningful, lasting change. Known for my results-driven yet compassionate approach, I partner with my clients to gain clarity, align their actions with their values, and achieve personal and professional transformation.

Drawing on more than two decades of experience in the Information Technology field and life coaching, I blend practical problem-solving skills with deep empathy and insight. My unique coaching process focuses on both the “inner work” of mindset and the “outer work” of strategy and accountability, integrating tools from positive psychology, mindfulness, and performance coaching to help clients build resilience, self-confidence, and a sense of purposeful direction.

My clients range from individuals seeking personal fulfillment to professionals navigating career transitions, business owners striving for growth, and those searching for a more profound sense of meaning. My work addresses goal achievement, stress reduction, relationship building, financial mindset, and work–life balance.

As a speaker, I deliver powerful, engaging talks that inspire audiences to act, shift their perspective, and adopt the mindset for lasting success. My teachings focus on personal empowerment, overcoming fear, and creating a success-oriented lifestyle, always leaving participants with practical steps they can apply immediately.

I am the author of 25 Success Principles for Creating a Totally New You and my new book Love Is My Religion: The Art of Loving Completely – Mind, Body, and Spirit, which explores the transformative power of love as a guiding life principle.

Core Coaching Values

  • Clarity: Helping clients define what they truly want and why it matters.
  • Accountability: Ensuring measurable, consistent progress toward goals.
  • Empowerment: Encouraging clients to trust their decisions and abilities.
  • Balance: Promoting growth that aligns with health, relationships, and well-being.

 

My ideology is simple: You already have the potential to live your best life; it’s about unlocking it and moving forward with clarity, courage, and conviction. 

Whether working one-on-one, leading groups, or speaking to large audiences, I strive to create a safe, non-judgmental space where people feel supported, challenged, and inspired to succeed on their own terms.

My personal philosophy

I believe life is meant to be lived consciously.
Clarity creates freedom, and awareness is the beginning of change.

True success begins within. Without inner mastery, external achievement is fragile.
Strength is not loud—it is steady. Peace is not the absence of challenge, but the presence of self-knowledge.

I believe responsibility is empowering, not burdensome.
While we cannot control everything that happens to us, we are always responsible for how we respond.
Ownership restores organization. Blame weakens it.

Wisdom must be lived, not merely learned.
Knowledge alone does not transform—practice does.
Character is revealed not by what we know, but by how we act under pressure.

Emotions are teachers, not enemies.
They are signals to be understood, not impulses to obey.
Emotional maturity is discernment—the ability to respond with clarity rather than reaction.

Compassion and discipline belong together.
Compassion without discipline lacks direction.
Discipline without compassion lacks humanity.

Meaning is discovered through purposeful living—through responsibility, service, and contribution.
Even suffering can be transformed when it is given meaning.

I value simplicity, consistency, and integrity.
Growth is lifelong. There is no final arrival—only continual becoming.

I commit to living what I teach.
It is not performance. It is my practice.

– Kevin J Houston