The Numina Blog
Unconditional Confidence
We all hit those moments when it feels like we are about to jump into the deep end, when we don’t know exactly how the next moments are going to play out. We might feel this way before an important conversation or presentation on which future prosperity or happiness...
Their Greatest Gift
When a person feels truly seen by you, they will do anything for you. Leaders create highly motivated organizations by learning how to deeply see other people’s gifts. How do we learn to see our colleagues’ greatest gifts? We are each perceiving more than we know. ...
Parts of One Whole
Unlocking your full potential is about coming to know the many facets of yourself. Most of us treat parts of ourselves as if they were “not me.” For example, in a recent coaching session in which I was being coached, I encountered a part of myself that feels...
Seeing Depth
Our mission here at Self Emergence is to scale depth of character by transforming the coaching process and giving people at all levels of an organization access to coaching tools, practices, and supportive community. By depth of character we mean developing self...
Some of the Science Behind Emerge
One of the things we're excited to develop here at Self Emergence is a robust understanding of the science and professional research relevant to the Emerge app and our goal of scaling effective leadership development throughout all levels of an organization. We're...
Becoming Your Full Potential
The Emerge app is built up by many modules, or sessions as we call them (as in coaching 'sessions'), which focus on different facets of leadership and personal development. The first five modules are called Be Your Full Potential, Feeling Small, Being Hard on...

David Lesser
Founder CEO
David is a social entrepreneur who believes the best way to change the world is to empower people to be more fully themselves. He has guided people and organizations through crucial transitions for over 35 years, acting as coach and confidant to CEOs and senior executives aspiring to the highest levels of personal growth.