Ascent Empowerment Reviews 34

Sharing my experience after the first three weeks, as I wanted to highlight the program's ability for generating some great 'a-ha/breakthrough' moments. What Chris and the program are extremely good at is doing great deep work to help uncover what could be holding you back or causing your stress/anxiety/burnout, etc, and then providing you with very actionable tools and strategies to help educate and address. Those two factors have really helped me see things differently and provide the catalyst for those breakthroughs. I feel like I've made more progress, learned more, and had more of those 'lightbulb' moments over the past three weeks than I have over the past three years in trying to do this on my own.

Take the road less traveled. What else is there to really say? The best investment is in yourself. By far. Hands down. Dare to be wrong. This is my story...

I considered coaching while feeling incredibly burned out at my job and in the middle of a divorce. I had tried therapy, more than once, but it was expensive, infinite (is it ever over?), and it didn't work for me in a game changing way. I felt exhausted and stuck in 6th gear. I knew I needed relief, to try something different, and Chris's Facebook ads about burnout absolutely resonated with me. I was so busy then, I saved his link, to consider it at a later time. Then, after a divorce, move, and three months had gone by, I found Chris's link and decided to schedule the initial interview. Was it an easy decision to hire a coach then? No. I felt LOTS of resistance and fear. But I also knew if I didn't act, nothing would change. I guess the difference is, I am not a stranger to failure, and I was willing to say yes and be wrong.

Fast forward 9 months later... You may call the events since then a coincidence or you may call them the effects of coaching, but I jumped in big, my friends. I did a cannonball into the coach program and things DID change. During my coaching journey I landed a work from home position that pays 80% more than my old job, was able to spend over a month off between jobs (that was much needed!), somehow got double paid during some of that time, and discovered incredible things about myself. I became brave, put new tools into place, took two amazing trips, one to Costa Rica by myself, and another to Belize with 37 other singles. Those trips rank as two of the best I've ever taken in my life. After that, I didn't slow down, played hard, dated a lot, was willing to be vulnerable, brought my true self, with integrity and authenticity, and met a beautiful Romanian girl, who I am proud to now call my girlfriend. In fact, I am about to spend this 4th of July weekend in Austin with her and I'm so excited.

There's no doubt in my mind that Chris's coaching program has played a HUGE role in the life I lead now - what I have learned about myself and how I have chosen to play the game since. Who wants to sit on the sideline? When you were a kid I bet you didn't! The water is warm in here my friends - jump in! I DARE you. All of the above is true and happened during my coaching journey. Is my life perfect now? No. It is beautifully imperfect and I am embracing it. Our time here is short. Learn all you can. I wish you MAJOR success, brothers. Cheers!

Since I started working with Chris my self awareness and self confidence has went from a 2 to a10. Working with Chris has allowed me to triple my income due to my increased self confidence. I still use the tools that I learned from Chris on a daily basis and hiring him was the best investment that I have ever made.

Just completed the 10-week call with Chris Strouthopoulos. Having spent many years as an organizational performance coach with extensive training, I thought I had tools to succeed, but found myself stuck. Over the course of the program I was surprised how the structure of the program and the tools were presented in a structured way that enabled me to productively work through my challenges and get unstuck. I am grateful for the guidance, companionship, and coaching that has helped me get unstuck and implement critical changes in my life. In a way now I feel like I need to go through the program all over again from the current vantage point and I have the tools to do so.
My main wins are a shift in appreciation of self-worth from external to internal, recognizing and accepting my self-worth, being able to recognize my struggles and accept myself in their midst, implementation of good hygiene habits (journalling, weekly time for the individual reflection), recognizing and accepting my continued struggles with trusting people/self, my insecurities.
If you want to get unstuck, this is definitely a great way to do so.

My initial review written some time back was taken down for unknown reasons. I'm writing it again having spent time in the “boot camp” and “momentum accelerator”. 1st, I fully endorse the boot camp with associated modules/lessons and supporting content. Chris is a great facilitator and gives helpful insight as a coach should. There is an option to continue coaching after the 10 week program (momentum accelerator). This wasn't as valuable for me personally for a variety of reasons.

When I was first introduced to Chris - I was definitely in a horrible place in life. Struggling at work, with health and my relationship.

Struggle is not new, but being stuck was. I've done other programs, had coaches, read books, been to live events etc. But I would inevitably have some back slides and with COVID quarantine, I hit a whole new set of challenges.

I was hesitant at first and not everyone supported my decision, but Chris' insight and conversation from our first conversation told me that he had real experience working with men in my situation.

A huge realization of my own growth was recapping my first conversion with Chris an see that I went from 60-70 hours a week yet feeling only 40% was productive to a more normal 45 hours/week at 80% to 100% productivity! Being focused, present, and holding clear prioroties made a world of difference.

Something that separated Chris and his program was the focus on identifying, naming, and reprograming the mental habits that hold us back.

I've learned things from working with Chris that I have never seen anywhere else. I went from 1 of the worst mental positions of my life, to feeling more incredible, building stronger relationships with my fiancé & family, and working through a whole new set of goals.

I would highly recommend working with Chris because you're going to learn some concepts and tools that you just won't see anywhere else.

The Ascent program equipped me with the tools to see and create the truths I want- material truths, experiential truths and emotional truths. This is not a passive, transactional purchase; it is not snake oil or a cure in a bottle. The solution must be excavated and refined from within you. You do the work. If you have an aversion to sustained commitment, uncomfortable realizations or truly limitless potential, seek help elsewhere.

As someone who has always been striving for more, I have read lots of books, Steven Covey etc. and took courses for self improvement including an MBA, Critical Thinking etc. None has had such a profound positive effect on my life as Chris' course. The accountability and reflection as well as the group meetings with other guys similar to me really hit home. I was reluctant initially to sign on, but really glad I did. I did not expect to find that is was one of the best investments in myself I could have done. Follow the course along and you will discover the better you, which you have been seeking.

The Ascent Empowerment 10 week program is flat out life changing. Chris is an authentic, talented and energetic coach. Most important, he deeply cares about his clients, and understands exactly what it takes to help each individual become mentally strong and unstoppable. I massively transformed my mindset from disempowered to empowered by doing the work, and simply listening to Chris’ skilled guidance. The reason for the transformation is simple; Chris provides exceptional course content that assures any motivated person will make big progress on their goals. Everything about the program promotes personal growth, quality of life and peak performance. Do yourself a favor and take this journey. You will be thrilled with the awesome, empowered person who emerges at the end.

Through this program and the tools-for-life it provided, I am well underway to reverting over 10 years of crisis and self-sabotage. Can't say it's been easy and this is not the first coaching or empowerment program I have taken, but it is by far the best and most valuable, worth every minute and penny spent.
My problems include lack of motivation, procrastination and extreme escaping behaviors. Ultimately losing the connection with my sons was seeming like the last straw. Today, I’m enjoying the most important part: the relationship with my sons, while continuing to make great strides towards my other priorities and goals.
First, there are no magic bullets: Chris has had a long journey of self-discovery, figuring out his entire program for himself first; realizing this is what made me trust him immediately and at every step. He explains everything very well, clear and in different ways. His call to action is powerful and kind at the same time. Acknowledging our reality and the best means he's found, proven to help any one of us (including himself) modify what's necessary and boost empowerment. He explains all the sources and they are legitimate as far as I'm concerned and also able to corroborate. He also keeps the material current and the environment energized.
Secondly, there's no one-size-fits-all: The program material is the same, but Chris is not afraid to jump in the fire and tackle each person's individual situation. He has the smarts to achieve this while keeping a good balance of individual, one-on-one and group work. He also induced me to drive on my own, without being pushy, just enabling my self-discovery, providing tools, helping me create the proper inner environment and being there to guide. Most importantly, every time I got stuck he took the time to work with me, be reassuring and helped me get back on track.
Finally, he builds community: We all benefit from sharing and supporting each other at key times, with guidance and focus to enable progress, particularly seeing different stages of the short program, directly from the people in them and live. Chris' style is an invitation to be part of something bigger than ourselves, driven by inspiration only. Not talking offers, requests, pressure or anything like that, just sheer enthusiasm for participating in empowered greater goals, beyond my personal ones.

I was really stuck in a rut where I didn't know what to do. I was going through a really tough transition in life. Young kid and career change happened all at once. I felt trapped in a way that I had never experienced before and couldn't see a way out.
Chris's approach was incremental weekly challenges and he held me accountable. That's what I needed: The strategies and tactics to dig down and find my best self and allow him to come to the surface and dominate.
He also helped me deal with issues that had been a problem as long as I could remember, he gave them names and ways to deal with them. I could see results immediately. Now I have a new job that I never thought I would be able to get and my home life is so much better. With the methods of dealing with my stress that Chris taught me I don't have to pass that stress on to my family. I continue to grow and heal with his teachings and I will always be grateful. I had tried therapy and read a lot of books, but Chris's program was the one thing that got me out of the rut. I hope others can do this and find the same success I did.

When I started this journey with Chris, I was on a leave of absence from work due to the high stress nature of working in a COVID Intensive Care Unit as a nurse. The fatigue, isolation, and burnout altered my reality, my values, and beliefs about myself and my capacity to be an effective human being. I started compensating through vices and behaviors that I thought would make me feel better, but little did I know that I was making myself more "stuck", and I was drowning in water that was getting deeper and deeper to ultimately culminating to depression, anxiety, and panic attacks.

After being in the depths for quite some time and searching for a heading, I happened to come across Chris on FB, and I was curious. I watched a few of his videos, and the information made sense to me and the dots started connecting on why I was feeling the emotions and thoughts that I was having especially when I'm by myself.

There was hesitancy at first because I've done workshops before and listened to audiobooks, and nothing really stayed with me. The feeling that I had at the time was, "is this another guy out there to get my money, and am I that sucker that gets preyed on and taken advantage of because I'm in a hour of need", and even after having my initial meet with Chris, I almost didn't sign up. What did make sense to me in that moment was, "is it worth the shot or am I to keep feeling what I was feeling", and "do I feel that this man can help me?"

Fast forward to the present, that feeling of looking over the edge right before you take the jump off the cliff was enough to paralyze me in my tracks, and that was exactly what I was feeling at the time. It has paralyzed me all my life, because of things that I did not know was present for me. From the start of my journey to now in retrospect, it was one of the best decisions of my life to work with Chris because he provided the roadmap for me to do the work and reclaim my life. A lot of things have changed and I will never be the same again, and now I own and protect that. From the grave, I inched and clawed for every breath to the climb with tools that I learned along the way, I reached the beautiful peak of the mountain of my life to relish what I've created, and I now share those same gifts with other men that know of this journey that I've been on so that they may in turn find their own personal truth and freedom.

Chris has helped me understand and break through and out of a period of being stuck in my life. He's helping me set a platform that will allow me to flourish and be very productive in the next few years. Chris is helping me towards healing, self-acceptance, flourishing and producing.

I've thoroughly enjoyed working with Chris and can recommend him for his warmth, concern, and capability to help people move out of the mire of problems and towards flow and flourishing in their lives.

He's particularly aiming his work at professional men- who are often left in that mixture of outward professional success, but not necessarily with internal acceptance and appreciation.

I can recommend Chris to professional colleagues who need to get out of a rut.

Chris was very effective in assisting me identify the issues holding me back, how I was approaching them differently than other obstacles, and apply the same solutions utilized in other settings. He helped me find the solutions within myself and recognize how I'd been permitting external factors dictate my reactions and the ultimate outcome.