Aleka Thorvalson is an ICF PCC-certified Life Coach with over 20 years of experience in holistic, transformational coaching. She is the founder of THE R E A L® Coaching Method, an integrative, psychologically grounded framework designed to help clients navigate the uncertainty and potential of change with clarity and integrity.

Aleka’s journey began with a deep interest in the mind–body–spirit connection. Her early work as a Neuromuscular Therapist and Nutritional Counselor laid the foundation for a holistic lens that would continue to evolve. At Ai Pono, an intensive outpatient clinic for eating disorders, she collaborated with psychologists and psychiatrists, deepening her understanding of the psychological roots of healing and transformation.

As a seasoned mentor and trainer, Aleka supports aspiring coaches and therapists in gaining advanced knowledge and skills. Her highly sought-after mentorship training programs, offered virtually and in-person, are rooted in ICF coaching principles and emphasize the importance of an ethical and professional coaching practice.

In parallel with her professional practice, Aleka is completing graduate-level work focused on belief psychology, uncertainty resilience, and ethical integrative coaching. Her academic work explores how humans make meaning under conditions of uncertainty and how spiritual frameworks, trauma, identity, and cognitive bias can either support genuine transformation or reinforce avoidance and false certainty. This includes careful study of coercive control, undue influence, and the dynamics of high-demand or destructive belief systems. This research informs her commitment to psychologically grounded, trauma-aware, and ethically responsible coaching practices.

Aleka also works with astrology through a Jungian and depth-psychological lens, treating it as a symbolic language for exploring meaning, developmental cycles, and life transitions. Her approach is non-predictive and grounded in self-reflection, using astrological symbolism to support insight, agency, and personal responsibility rather than certainty or fate.

Aleka is dedicated to upholding the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and compassion in her work. She honors the complexity of the human experience and the nonlinear nature of change, especially during times of uncertainty. Her mission is to support people in navigating life’s transitions with clarity, discernment, and realness—meeting challenge honestly and cultivating transformation that is both grounded and enduring.