Top Life Coach, Career & Executive Coach New York City
Former Pro Athlete | 20+ Years Experience | Mentored by Jim Rohn | FOX 5, CBS, IMDb, NY Post
Top NYC Life Coach, Career & Executive Coach for 20+ years. As a former Pro Athlete mentored by Jim Rohn, Irina Popa-Erwin empowers your next level with measurable results in New York City and beyond. From navigating pivotal transitions to mastering leadership, her unique approach helps you stay indispensable in a volatile market.
With a unique approach that has transformed over 3,000 lives, Irina’s methodology is trusted by high-stakes professionals across finance, tech, real estate, entertainment, and sports. Featured on FOX 5, CBS, Yahoo Business, IMDb, and the New York Post, her work goes beyond traditional coaching, empowering you to champion your career and life. Feeling stuck, burned out, or ready for your next level? Book a private conversation today.
“To get what you’ve never had, you must be willing to do what you don’t yet know.” Growth begins outside familiar patterns. Staying within what we already know may feel safe, but it also keeps us stuck.
At The NYC Life Coach, there is no one-size-fits-all type of coaching. All life, career, and leadership coaching programs are fully personalized to your experience, challenges, mindset, paradigms, and goals, for real results.
Clarity that brings peace. Strategy that creates momentum.
With exceptional intuition and decades of business experience, Irina Popa-Erwin offers perspectives that feel unexpected yet instantly true, bringing clarity, peace, and momentum. She empowers high-stakes professionals to:
Overcome Burnout: Replace chronic depletion with sustainable energy.
Navigate Pivotal Transitions: Move through career changes with certainty.
Align with Purpose: Reconnect with your "Why" while scaling your impact.
Strategic Access: Align with the right people and opportunities to move faster.
Experience eye-opening perspective that helps everything fall into place.
The NYC Life Coach – Signature Coaching Services
Executive & Leadership Coaching – Build confidence, clarity, and high-performance habits for major career leaps.
Career Transition & Clarity Coaching – Navigate burnout, pivots, promotions, or complete reinvention with a proven, structured process.
Mindset & High-Performance Coaching – Break limiting patterns, strengthen resilience, and create sustainable success.
Stress, Burnout & Work-Life Reset Coaching – Personalized strategies to restore balance and regain energy in a demanding NYC lifestyle.
Relationship & Communication Coaching – Improve confidence, emotional intelligence, and connection in both personal and professional life.
Accountability & Goal Execution Support – Weekly action plans and consistent follow-through to achieve results faster.
Micro-Coaching Sessions for Busy Professionals – Laser-focused 20–30 minute sessions for fast clarity and immediate solutions.
Networking & Strategic Connections – High-level guidance to help you connect with the right people, expand opportunities, and elevate your personal brand.
Life Strategy Coaching & Vision Planning – Long-term planning to build a life aligned with purpose, impact, and fulfillment.
“After one session with Irina, I made decisions I’d been avoiding for years.”
“I didn’t need motivation. I needed clarity. She delivered that on day one.”
“She opened doors I couldn’t open myself, that alone was priceless.”
Press & Media
The Foundation of Wisdom
Irina Popa-Erwin with her mentor, the legendary personal development pioneer Jim Rohn.
Strategic High-Performance
Discussing the athlete’s mindset and stress management with Antwan Lewis on FOX 5 News.
Living with Purpose
A deep dive into holistic success and the "Winner's Mindset" on Good Morning LaLa Land.
Career Transition Insights
Featured on CBS NY with Natalie Duddridge sharing strategies for professional growth.
Leadership on the Front Lines
Providing expert commentary on leadership and resilience for CBS New York with Marc Liverman.
Recurring Expert Insight
Irina Popa-Erwin serving as a trusted source for CBS New York on high-performance leadership.
The Real Reasons You Feel Stuck
Right now you might be:
Committed to reach the next level and need a great coach in your corner
Burned out at work and/or home
Confused about your next steps
Feeling disconnected from your purpose
Questioning everything, but telling no one
Overthinking every decision
Tired of podcasts, books, and advice that change nothing
Still stuck and feeling discouraged after working with a virtual, non-professional coach who hid their lack of real experience behind a website listing dozens of “top coaches,” leaving you uncertain or losing confidence in coaching altogether
You’re not alone, professionals are under more pressure than ever. And nothing changes until you step into a different kind of conversation.
Why Coaching Matters Now?
Why Irina Popa-Erwin is in a League of Her Own?
Ai can give you information. Articles can give you steps. Podcasts and books can give you knowledge.
But none of them can replace a world-class strategic partner who has lived, built, and performed at the highest levels, personally and professionally. You can’t learn experience from books or seminars. And you can’t push yourself the way a great coach can, otherwise no athlete would ever need a coach.
Irina Popa-Erwin is not a typical life or executive coach. She brings a combination of experiences that almost no one in the coaching industry can offer:
A Unique Blend of High-Performance Expertise
20+ years of business and leadership experience across New York City, Beverly Hills, and international markets
Elite professional athlete background, with discipline and mindset training shaped by real competition
Mentorship by the legendary Jim Rohn, one of the most influential personal development thinkers in history
A lifelong ability to translate high performance into clarity, strategy, and behavioral change for clients at every level — executives, entrepreneurs, creatives, and rising leaders
This rare combination allows Irina to help you:
See what you can’t see
Break through mental and emotional barriers
Rebuild confidence and purpose
Make aligned decisions for your future
Move forward with clarity in weeks, not months
Connect with the right people and opportunities
Stop feeling stuck after working with a virtual, non-professional coach who hid their lack of real experience behind a well promoted website listing dozens of “top coaches” - without delivering true expertise or transformation
Why Her Coaching Works?
Coaching isn’t a luxury, it’s the fastest path back to yourself. If books, podcasts, Ai, and seminars were enough to create transformation, athletes would never need coaches to become champions.
Information doesn’t change your life. Real coaching does, especially when it's from someone who has lived the discipline, the pressure, the wins, the setbacks, and the reinvention.
That’s what makes Irina Popa-Erwin different. That’s why her clients transform.
What makes The NYC Life Coach Different?
Direct, honest, results-driven conversations — no fluff, no generic worksheets
Leadership-level clarity & strategy — the thinking executives and founders rely on
Real-world experience, not certification theory — you cannot learn experience from certifications
Access to the right people when needed — doors open faster when you know where to knock
Fast breakthroughs — most clients feel a shift in their first session
NYC + LA energy — fast, practical, efficient transformation
This is coaching for people who don’t have time to waste.
LIFE
COACH NYC
Top Life Coach in NYC with 100% Personal Experience
A good life coach is as important for someone’s life, as a good sports coach is for an athlete’s career and performance. Are you ready to overcome your life’s challenges? Working with a skilled and experienced life coach in New York City can make all the difference, and empower you to achieve lasting transformation.
With a proven track record of empowering clients to overcome personal and professional barriers, Irina Popa-Erwin brings decades of coaching expertise, athletic discipline, business experience, and Jim Rohn’s wisdom to every session. She has empowered many people to find purpose, regain confidence, and build habits for success. Every journey begins with the first step, take yours today.
CAREER
COACH NYC
Follow Your Life’s Purpose, Not Others Expectations for Your Career
Feeling stuck, burned out, or ready for a change? As a former pro athlete mentored by Jim Rohn, and a leading life, executive, and career coach in New York City, Irina Popa-Erwin empowers you to find balance, overcome obstacles, and navigate career changes with clarity and confidence. You were born to be extraordinary, why not live an extraordinary life?
The NYC Life Coach is guiding and empowering professionals to achieve both career success and personal fulfillment. Irina Popa-Erwin combines decades of business expertise with proven coaching strategies and real-world experience, empowering people to advance their careers, overcome challenges, and achieve exceptional results.
EXECUTIVE
COACH NYC
Lead with Clarity. Live with Purpose. Inspire Others
Executives should not experience stress, they should delegate it. The most effective leaders and executives in New York City possess a complex combination of courage, vision, integrity, empathy, and the ability to inspire others. In today's fast-paced marketplace, even the most successful leaders are facing a unique set of challenges that require a high level of adaptability and resilience.
Executive coach Irina Popa-Erwin is a highly skilled and intuitive natural-born leader who empowers professionals to navigate the challenges of today’s rapidly evolving business landscape. The NYC Life Coach executive coaching programs are tailored for private one-on-one sessions as well as small and large corporate group coaching.
Lead with Clarity. Live with Purpose
A professional life coach, executive coach, and career coach in New York City understands that — To get what you've never had, you must do what you don’t know — which is a powerful reminder that we get affected by what we know. We are shaped—and limited—by what we already know, staying stuck in familiar patterns. Transformation begins with one bold step, start your journey today.
Don’t Wait Until It’s Hard to Grow
When life feels good and finances are strong, it’s natural to think: “I’m fine. I don’t need anything right now.” So we pause. We celebrate. We vacation. We put off personal growth because there’s no obvious reason to change.
But that’s when growth is easiest—when we have the time, energy, and clarity to invest in our next level.
When life takes a turn—stress rises, challenges hit, things feel uncertain—that’s when we suddenly feel the urge to grow. To reset. To get support. But by then, it’s harder. We overthink. We find excuses, because of fear. Resources are tight. Energy is low. And we’re reacting instead of building.
The truth? The best time to grow isn’t when you need to—it’s when you can, because when you’re already doing great, you’re closer than ever to your next level, and that’s the best time to grow.
Don’t wait until it’s hard to make life better. Use the good seasons to elevate, so the tough ones don’t break your momentum.
You don’t need to hit a wall to rise—you just need to decide it’s time.
“Train your mind daily, and nobody will be able to stop you from achieving your goals, not even yourself.”
Knowledge vs. Experience
What sets the top 1% of life coaches, career coaches, and executive coaches in NYC apart from the rest isn’t just experience, it’s proven personal success, advanced coaching skills, continuous mentoring and investing in personal growth.
At The NYC Life Coach, we believe knowledge is valuable—but in life coaching, career coaching, and executive coaching, it’s real-world experience that drives lasting transformation. You can read books and attend seminars, but experience is what turns information into impact.
While knowledge shares ideas, experience delivers results. It’s the difference between wondering if something works—and knowing it does. That’s how you move from where you are to where you truly want to be. Learn more about life and leadership coaching facts.
Top NYC Life Coach - Irina Popa-Erwin on IMDb
