efraín gutiérrez
I walk with people and institutions through the tender work of becoming, where clarity, presence, and liberation meet. My work is rooted in strategy and poetry, structure and softness, possibility and practice.
hello dear one.
I am a companion in change, an artist of liberation, and a witness to transformation. Rooted in love and curiosity, I create spaces where clarity emerges through pause, inquiry, and reflection.
My work supports people and institutions moving through change, those rethinking power, unlearning patriarchal conditioning, or longing to live and lead with more freedom. With a foundation shaped by years supporting strategy and learning at places like FSG and the Obama Foundation, I now bring those tools into a more spacious, creative, and liberatory practice.
I hold space for transformation as a living practice, one grounded in rejecting unnecessary binaries and embracing the beauty in ambiguity, softness, and emergence.
consulting & companionship
I support people and institutions who are moving through change, those rethinking power, seeking clarity, or longing to live and lead with more freedom and care. Whether you’re navigating an organizational transition, stepping into wealth or a board, or exploring a deeper sense of self, this work is a companion to your becoming.
My practice centers relationship, reflection, and alignment. Sometimes that looks like developing strategy or facilitating culture shifts within an institution. Sometimes it looks like walking alongside a leader holding power and wealth. And sometimes, it’s a quiet conversation that allows someone to soften, listen inward, and begin again.
This body of work unfolds through three main pathways:
for organizations & teams
Strategic support for institutions navigating change, realignment, or becoming work.
for individuals with wealth or institutional power
Advisory partnerships for those stewarding influence and resources who want to lead with integrity and alignment.
for personal
transformation
Relational coaching for those ready to live and lead with more authenticity, softness, and ease.
liberatory creative practice
Through poetry, ritual, dinners, collage, and community-based inquiry, I create spaces that help us remember who we are and imagine who we might become. These projects explore queerness, challenge patriarchy, and invite us into deeper connection, with ourselves, with one another, and with what’s possible beyond binaries and self-imposed limitations.
This is a living body of work, ever-expanding, always becoming.
