Antonio
Edge Walker
Papuzza
Dhe Way® Coaching
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" (Lao Tzu). That is all what you have to do today. One step at a time and you will have transformed your life.
Who I Am
I am a life coach, executive/business coach, and spiritual coach, with more than 30 years of experience. I currently live in Denver, CO, US. I have a bachelor’s degree in Ecology (University of Palermo, Italy and University of Granada, Spain), a PhD in Economic and Business Anthropology (University of Florence, Italy, research conducted in USA), and a few coaching certifications (ICF, Gallup Global Strengths, and HeartMath). I did not let "school" and certifications get in the way of my "education".
I am a global citizen. I have either been, lived, traveled, conducted business and research, or worked in more than 50 countries. I have worked with companies, business schools, institutes of management, governmental initiatives, and the United Nations. I am passionate about cooking natural foods, doing energy work, and learning about ancient civilizations. I am fluent in English, Spanish, and Italian ( I am learning French and Portuguese). I love spending quality time with my significant other, friends, hiking in nature, and hanging out in the most beautiful beaches of the planet. I work with individuals, teams, and organizations in the US and across the globe. My work is mostly done remotely.
I share proved best practices from different sciences, traditions, and cultures to empower people to live their best life - while they develop both as professionals and as human beings. My personal brand is made of seven elements: business, coaching, global, intercultural, storytelling, healing, and spirituality. I was called Edge Walker - my spiritual name - by a circle of elders after a ceremony. Now, it is part of my name. You can call me either Antonio or Edge. Thanks for learning about me.
What I Do
As a coach, I empower individuals, teams, and organizations to live their best life and career. I use a multidisciplinary methodology that combines approaches from different sciences, traditions, and cultures in order to match people’s personal learning style, personality, and their objectives. The empowerment techniques used in this methodology help people discover their best resources and talents in order to develop them for long lasting success in all of areas of life (relationships, health, wealth, work, enjoyment, spirituality).Throughout the years, I have been observing, studying, researching, and practicing so many different disciplines, approaches, and schools of thoughts (anthropology, biology, neuroscience, positive psychology, archetypes, quantum physics, systems thinking, business, leadership, holistic therapies, mindfulness, emotional intelligence, shamanism, Buddhism, indigenous and tribal paths, and different forms of spirituality). I have been learning and experimenting on myself before working with others. I realized that there are some effective "convergences" among all of these Ways. I deepened those connections to create Dhe Way®.I have been working and practicing with academic professors, teachers, therapists, medical doctors, tribal medicine men, urban shamans, Buddhist monks, spiritual leaders, and coaches from all the continents. I have practiced for years until I realized that the best way to work with people was to integrate and not to separate, to offer a variety of delivery styles, approaches, and tools that I combined and actively structured into a powerful and vibrant system which I called Dhe Way®. Above all, Dhe Way® is in alignment with the paradigm of heart (love), and is based on my genuine intention to help people and, by doing so, help the Earth.
How I Do It
Dhe Way® Coaching DNA is what makes Dhe Way® system unique and what explains its references, methodology, and effectiveness. There are ten elements that constitute its DNA and that I use to coach people in practice:1) it is based on research (more specifically, it is based on global research conducted around the globe, and it includes contributions from different studies); 2) it is powered and supported by science (both old, such as Newtonian disciplines, and new, such as quantum physics); 3) it is holistic (it looks at a person as made of body, mind, heart, spirit, and culture); 4) it adopts a diverse view (it works with intracultural and intercultural diversity, a multitude of case studies, and a broad practice of decades of experience); 5) it is balanced as it combines eastern and western philosophies into practical activities (such as meditation, contemplative exercises, and other mindfulness-based activities as well as visualization practices, goals setting exercises, and crafting strategies); 6) it has ancient roots (it employs frameworks from ancient civilizations and from indigenous and tribal nations (such as vision quest, animals medicine, numerology, etc.); 7) it considers vibrational energy, so it uses a metaphysical approach (the application of the law of attraction, energy fields, and the idea that thoughts can shape reality); 8) it teaches you how to tap into and use heart intelligence (to gain insights and wisdom beyond the mind) and how to achieve a brain-heart coherence state; 9) it is a form of spiritual coaching (it helps you discover the interconnectedness with the whole (based on your beliefs, this can be your higher self, God, the Universe, etc.), to receive guidance and wisdom about your life); 10) it provides you with a map of the work (to know where you are within the specific transitions that you operate while you transform your life).
Why I Do It
I was born in a little town near Venice and moved to Sicily when I was 4 years old. Those were the years in which the Italian government was at war with the mafia. That atmosphere of constant tension, combined with my parents splitting up, and also not having the best teachers in school, after years, made me sad, depressed, and scared. Eventually I got sick and started to experience intense pain in my life: in my body, mind, heart, spirit, and culture. I have been suffering for many years in different ways, before I was able to find the light again.It was only through many years of massive practice of holistic therapies and indigenous paths that I slowly started to “face” myself and reversed the health/illness wheel in my life and started to open up my heart again and feel emotions, to recover my mental sanity, as well as my physical strength, and at the same time grow spiritually. At a certain point, I felt called helping others by sharing and teaching what I had learned. I keep myself whole despite living in a fragmented reality.Today, while I continue my healing, I am grateful that I get to use all what I have learned to bring growth, success, and fulfillment to the people, teams, and organizations that experience challenges and want to improve, succeed, and thrive. I believe in using my talents to help more and more people so that I can give my contribution to the wellness and evolution of our species, to all our relationships, and the planet as a whole. I love working with individuals, couples, groups & organizations.
Work with me
To work with me, you must sincerely want to change your life. Having a desire to stop suffering and surviving, and start thriving. Said that, Dhe Way® is not therapy, although we may refer to similar concepts sometimes. Think of the "sport metaphor". In therapy, you have serious injuries (traumas) that you must heal, so you can go to rehab so to speak, in order to be ready to train again. In coaching, I prepare for the Olympics of your life. The work may seem similar, yet it is quite different. I am not a therapist.To work with me you don't need to be religious nor even spiritual. The pieces of work in Dhe Way® that relate to spirituality simply refer to your deepest and intimate sphere of who you are, it does not have to be called God or anything that you do not believe in or that makes you feel uncomfortable. I meet and work with Who you are and your whole world.To work with me through longer and more intense seminars (full immersion), I also lead Dhe Way® retreats for people who precisely want to go deeper and faster into the work. Retreats are intensive formats of work (5 days) in groups (no more than 10 people) in Italy or in other locations during summer time. You must work a whole year with me before joining a retreat, so that you can be familiar and fluent enough in doing the group practices. Dhe Way® retreats are also available to teams and organizations.
What does it mean
Living your
best life?
What does it make a full and meaningful life? While the answer to this question is personal, according to Dhe Way® research and practices, there are 6 areas of development that when fulfilled make you live at the fullest, in a meaningful, and prosperous way: relationships, health, wealth, work, fun and play, spirituality. Is there any of these in which you feel that you are not living your best life? Ask yourself the following questions. Do you have great relationships (family, friends, community, significant other), do you feel loved and connected and that you belong? Is your body healthy? Is your mind sane? Do you hold healthy and positive believes?Are you financially prosperous so that you can have the experiences that you desire - or even help others have theirs? Are you passionate about your work? Do you play and have fun as part of your lifestyle? Are you growing spiritually? Do you have meaning and prosperity in your life that go beyond money and status? Give yourself an honest answer.Usually, people either suffer, survive or thrive in any of these 6 areas of life. As much as they may feel that they are doing fine or great, the important question in coaching to ask oneself is: how much better can you do based on the full expression of your potential? Dhe Way® can help you do precisely this: discovering it, developing it, and expressing it, so you can live a full, meaningful, and prosperous life. Some people settle with the bare minimum or are okay with surviving. Others want to thrive and think that they can learn everything by themselves, although it may take longer than a life time! A few acknowledge that working with a coach can deeply upgrade and transform their life in a few months or years - depending on what their goals are.For some people, living a full, meaningful, and prosperous life might involve the desire to help others. If this is a genuine call, then I have in the work Dhe Way® coaching certifications for coaches who are trained in other methodologies and approaches who are looking for a coherent and effective way to work with people. Dhe Way® coaching certifications are also for individuals who after being coached by me long enough, discover a genuine call for coaching and helping others. Whether you are already a coach or a coachee, a minimum of 300 hours of work with me is a requirement to get certified in Dhe Way®. I also offer additional training and supervisions post certifications.
Dhe Way® System Explained
I developed (Dhe Way®) throughout years of practice, research, and teaching in several countries. It was copyrighted in November 2020 in the USA and in the following years in the rest of the globe. (Dhe Way®).Dhe Way® is structured in 7 pillars in terms of the actual pieces of the work that you do on yourself while being coached by me. Each of the seven pillars is organized in sub-pieces. All of the seven pillars start with the letter "D", and this is part of why it is called Dhe Way®. The other part has to to do with the concept of Dharma, which you will work on through the seventh pillar. Here is a summarized description of each pillar and of some of the sub-pieces of work.I constantly develop myself and update Dhe Way® of working.
Whether you are an individual, a team, or an organization, you have (1) dreams that you want to actualize. (In this part, you work on vision, mission, values, mirror neurons, reticular activating system, limbic resonance).
You have an unconscious (2) drive that can either help or sabotage your life (In this part you work on purpose, passion, poetry, intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, brain-heart connection).
and (3) directions that you have to define and plan in order to get “there”. (In this part, you work on goals setting, planning, strategy, short vs. long term, SMART vs. DUMB goals, heart-brain connection).
I help you tap into your own personal and professional talents, so you can (4) develop them, in order to grow and express your potential. (In this part, you work on talent discovery, vision board practice, inner work, potential & strengths, emotional intelligence, lifelong learning).
while you (5) detox from what does not serve you anymore. (In this part, you work on simplification, letting go, renewal, work-life balance, wellness, happiness).
I teach you how to cultivate and keep a strong (6) discipline to stay focused on what matters to you and, eventually, for who desires it, (In this part, you work on mastery, consistency, relationship between thoughts, emotions, and behavior, habits).
how to follow your (7) dharma, so you can use what you have accomplished, your personal and professional success, your fulfillment, to serve your community, whether this is your neighborhood or the whole planet. (In this part, you work on personal ethics, self actualization, service, cultural intelligence, heart intelligence, interspecies intelligence.
Life Coaching
for individuals
$165-275
per session
Sessions last 50 minutes. Their price varies based on type of work, commitment, and frequency (sliding scale is sometimes available to people who qualify). All coaching sessions are done remotely. Promotional packages are also available. The following prices apply only for purchases done by December the 31st 2025. With the new year, some of the promotions may not be available or will be subject to increase anyway.
A package of 10 sessions costs $2,500 (2 months of work): you save $250 overall (you pay $250 per session).
A package of 30 sessions costs $6,600 (6 months of work): you save $1,650 overall (you pay $220 per session).
A package of 50 sessions costs $9,500 (one year of work): you save $4,250 overall (you pay $190 per session).
A package of 100 sessions (to be scheduled within 365 days - so 2 sessions per week) costs $16,500: you save $11,000 overall (you pay $165 per session).
I coach individuals, couples, groups, and organizations. As me more information if you are interested in receiving couple coaching or if you want to join a group (group coaching sessions happen once per week and per month).
Executive coaching
for companies
$10,000-25,000
per month
Sessions for corporate professionals vary based on level, type of coaching, location, and frequency. Coaching sessions can be held in person, remotely, and/or in hybrid mode. General business coaching is also available to small and medium companies and organizations that want to change or improve their game. In this last case, pricing will go down. Each case is different and needs to be discussed on individual basis.
CEO coaching, executive level, and coaching teams. I have longer than 15 years of experience (more than 10,000 hours of professional coaching) in coaching executive level/teaching MBA programs, and designing & leading corporate programs.
Specialized coaching (Strengths based, HeartMath, DheWay®). I am trained and certified in all of the three, and are experienced in using one or the other based on companies' preference.
Agreements can vary from one month of work to an year based on themes the company wants to work on and based on its frequency.
Besides coaching, I also design and lead training in leadership development, emotional intelligence, mindfulness, negotiations, systems thinking, teamwork, and cross-cultural training (for expatriates).
Competent Leaders
Check out
my book!
I authored Competent Leaders to give people a resource about coaching that they can use during the work with me, so that they have something with them once a session is over. It contains theory, practices, and tools to use to continue thriving in your life, after you are done working with me.Competent leaders can be used also as a leadership textbook in higher education, as an HR manual for leadership development training, and as a coaching manual for coaches and coaches.It is published by Kendall Hunt and you cannot find it on Amazon or any other vendor. It can only be purchased through Kendall Hunt Publishing. Here is a link that you can copy and paste on your browser.https://he.kendallhunt.com/product/competent-leaders-integrated-approach-leadership-life-work-and-business
Schedule a
discovery session!
Doing a discovery session is the easiest, fastest, and most effective way to find out right away if DheWay® and I are a good match for you. During a discovery session, we can get to know each other a bit, you can share some of your goals, I will assess your motivation and commitment to the work, and I can give you a little taste of what being coached by me looks and feels like. You will also have a chance to ask some questions before the end of the session. A discovery session lasts 30 minutes and are free. Scroll up for all the pricing for regular sessions (that are NOT discovery sessions).Why should you have a coach? Think about the table tennis metaphor. You can try to learn tips and tricks while hanging out in the basement with your buddies and friends, not even a life time will be enough to truly master all the spins, techniques, and tactics. In two years, you could learn by taking regular classes and constantly practicing weekly with a professional who has already done in their life all of that, and who has already helped many others do the same. Got it, If I had discovered coaching when I was younger, I would have sped up my learning process, and would have enjoyed life a lot more!Do coaches have coaches? Yes, they do or, at least, they should! I know I do. Even the best coaches have what I call life blind spots. It does not matter how great we think we are, we cannot possible see or know sometimes what we are doing wrong. We need someone with more experience to work with us. Coaches who do not have coaches are not practicing what they preach. So, Dhe Way® is also for coaches, whether you have just started or you want to become one.
Working with Edge
What to expect during a typical session?
At the end of the day (and at the beginning for that matter), and besides and beyond the definitions, explanations, and big concepts, Dhe Way® is about you and about how to transform your life, to become who you really are. It helps you deal with real challenges and opportunities in order to discover your potential, develop it, and express it. In this way, you can live a full, prosperous, and meaningful life, committed to achieve your dreams and sharing your talents and rewards with others.Each session will help you work on some of the many steps along all of the above. I will help you gain real breakthrough about your life (in a kind but firm way), who you are, and what you are capable of. I use my experience, knowledge, and intuition to teach you what you don't know how to do yet, so that, you can continue on your own.All what you have to do is showing up and being here and now - as that is always the starting point in each session, that is where all the answers are. If this is difficult for you or if you don't know how to do it, then I will teach you that first. Then, we will explore together some of your goals, motivations, and commitment in doing the work. I will give you a little taste of my coaching, then
I will give you homework at the end of this and any other session:-)
Thank you!
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" (Lao Tzu). That is all what you have to do today. One step at a time and you will have transformed your life. Do you want to take one step today? Schedule a session now!