Create & Live your Life on Purpose
I am a man who shows the fuck up.
I lead with truth and love.
I empower responsibility through choosing.
Prior to my awakening, I lived the majority of my adult life unconscious to the impact of my presence and leadership. I understood that my actions had consequences but I didn’t grasp the magnitude of my impact when I chose to bring all of myself to life.
To be real, I didn’t know what it meant to be myself outside of what I learned which consisted of a mix of cultural norms, belief systems inherited from my parents, and associations stemming from my physical identity.
I’ve come to believe that most people are living their lives committed to inherited scripts without conscious intention to who they want to be in the world.
My Origin Story
I grew up in an affluent household in Northern Virginia. My father was a Super Bowl Champion for the Washington Commanders and my mother oscillated between being a stay at home mom and a top ranked real estate agent. I grew up thinking that because my immediate family had money, fame, and status that I was nurtured in a conscious environment. Don’t get me wrong, I was grateful for the financial abundance I experienced in my upbringing but realize it came at the cost of emotional connection, disassociation, and inconsistently modeling of integrity, responsibility, and truth. I lived life until my early 30’s believing that I was destined to be representative of the lifestyle I learned - accomplished on the outside while tormented internally. Upon graduation I had one singular mindset that shaped the next decade years of my life, “how do I make as much money as possible”. This culminated in me living in my dream location at the time, New York City, making my dream multi-six figure income, and having a dream lifestyle of adventure and thrills. However, I realized shortly after reaching this state, that I felt hollow and unfulfilled. I began to resent my career in technology advisory and sales while exploring deeper questions about how I was using my time. My curiosity led me to explore different career paths that would position me for a more meaningful existence. My search led me to a conversation with a life coach and it changed the arc of my life. I had never experienced a conversation like a coaching dialogue. I could recall countless instances in my life prior of coaches telling me what to do or how I should think. I hadn’t experienced a guiding figure who had the capacity to reflect how I was showing up and hone my awareness towards the areas where I wasn’t choosing in my own life. The experience was profound; it inspired me to explore coach training programs which culminated in taking a leap of faith to invest in a five-figure coach training program. That choice was the catalyst of my awakening and choosing what it meant to be Austin Walker. Coaching reframed my relationship to masculinity, intimacy, vulnerability, and my truth. I viewed myself as fixed prior to my life in coaching, I could tell you exactly how I’d respond if encountered virtually any situation. Coaching facilitated the realization that everything in life comes with a choice. Being empowered to choose who I want to be in the world while also taking responsibility for creating an experience reflective of my truth was extraordinarily liberating. Six months after completing Accomplishment Coaching’s Coach training program, I chose to embody the next threshold of my truth and dedicate myself full-time to my emerging coaching practice. Being a coach and creating a business that is reflective of my mission for personal responsibility and leadership has been one of the greatest adventures of my life.
My Vision
To create a world that is saturated with responsible, open-hearted, integrous and conscious leaders. Modern masculine leadership hasn’t been modeled powerfully, especially for black and brown communities. It’s unfeasible to embody a standard of excellence that has consistently been modeled or isn’t accessible. My mission is to bring awareness, empowerment, and personal responsibility to BIPOC communities through brotherhood, men’s work, and coaching frameworks.
We need more men to honor the responsibility of being grounded, intentional, and embodied masculine leaders. We need communities that are flush with leaders who are committed to creating a world of connection, truth, and love. These sentiments are especially true for men of color.
Being responsible for how you show up matters. Coaching technologies empower leaders to be responsibles for all parts of their world. It’s the most liberating gift that you can give yourself if you’re willing to choose it.
Personal Interests
I express my truth in how I live my life. In addition to my coaching practice and mission, I choose to spend my time honoring my commitments of adventure, freedom, and intimacy. Below are a few things that I’ve experienced that bring me pride and showcase my interests.
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I fasted for 4 days and 4 nights in isolation and in the wilderness to claim my experience as a man through my rite of passage ceremony in 2023.
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I have invested approximately $101,400 (and counting) towards my personal expansion and embodiment. Resources include my personal coach, therapist, various programming, coach training, and retreats.
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I have traveled to 22 countries and 5 continents as of May 2024. Traveling to new countries and experiencing different cultures is how I most enjoy adventuring.
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I received my coach training from Accomplishment Coaching, a world-renowned coaches training program. I am a certified life coach with the Professional Certified Coach distinction from the ICF working towards the prestigious Master Certified Coach designation.
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I played college football at the University of Maryland. I finished my collegiate career earning Special Teams Player of the Year during my senior session.
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I have completed 2/6 of the global major marathons, including NYC and Chicago. I’ll be running the Berlin marathon in the Fall of 2024.