I’m Viktoria Cornelius. Executive life coach.

Before I stepped into this work, I spent over a decade helping elect some of the most powerful leaders in the country. I built a political fundraising firm and led finance strategy for politicians at varying levels of office. That path led me to one of the biggest stages in American politics—Kamala Harris’ first presidential run, where I was her Deputy Southwest Finance Director. I’ve since expanded into angel investing, backing bold founders with world-shifting missions and the courage to see them through.

By every measure, I had “made it.”

But behind the wins, I was still performing; operating from deeply ingrained survival instincts that no amount of success could fix.

I grew up in a home that was chaotic, abusive, and unpredictable. I’ve dealt with suicide, a mentally ill parent, abandonment, betrayal of epic proportions, and substance abuse. For years, I lived in survival mode—brilliant at performing, terrible at checking in with myself. I learned how to push through anything. But I also learned how to ignore my body, abandon my needs, and live completely disconnected from what I actually wanted. Eventually, my quiet suffering caught up with me in a big way.

Therapy helped. So did EMDR, hypnosis, ketamine-assisted therapy, and plant medicine. But none of it completed the picture. I didn’t just need healing, I needed a total identity shift. So I committed to it.

For the last 13 years, I’ve been in pursuit of my most powerful self. Not just studying transformation, living it. Testing tools. Breaking patterns. Rewiring my mind, my nervous system, my beliefs. And on the other side of all that work? A woman who leads with integrity and lives by design, not default.

Now, I coach others through the same kind of shift. I help people break out of the subconscious loops that hold them back so they can design their ideal life and actually live in it. 

If you're ready to stop performing success and start embodying it, I’ve got you.