Growth happens
at the edges
Wherever you're headed and whatever you're facing, you don't have to do it alone.
Dessy Levinson, creator of the CRATE Framework, will partner with you to identify and reframe existing internal narratives, align objectives with accountability, and help you become your bravest, most functional self.
Whether you're addressing career, relational, strategic, or internal challenges, there's a path forward—armed with clarity, regulation, agency, trust, and energy.
It's time you found your edge.
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Face your fears
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Shift course & build a map
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Trust yourself & others
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Align purpose & strategy
Who you are
is how you lead
There's a version of your story where you regularly make the brave, aware choice. Where the narratives of your past empower, rather than deplete your future. It's time to integrate your internal resistance and become a more functional person, a more inspiring leader, and the focused and conscious human you always wanted to be.
How do you get there?
Step up and do the work.
CRATE Framework
Clarity
Become aware of the narratives and emotional dynamics you hold
Regulation
Identify and reframe the behavioral patterns that influence your reactions
Agency
Use tools and knowledge to influence outcomes
Trust
Build relational safety by deepening your knowledge of self and others
Energy
Harness physical and emotional strength to persevere through high-stress situations
Dessy Levinson is an executive strategy, narrative, and relational dynamics coach, the creator of the CRATE Framework for emotion integration, the founder of crate.com, and an early-stage investor and advisor. She has spent over two decades in advertising, finance, and high-performance coaching. Her work enables individuals (and their partners, co-founders, and teams) align their narratives and behavior in order to achieve lasting change.
Dessy lives at the intersection of psychology, creativity, and early-stage startups. In all three spheres, she has witnessed real growth happen at the edges of our comfort zone—which is why she coaches humans to chart a path toward courage, meaning, and resilience.
Previously, Dessy served as Managing Director at 645 Ventures, where she invested in early-stage consumer startups and frontier technologies. Previous to that, she spent a decade as a Creative Director in consumer advertising for Fortune 500 brands.
Dessy studied Critical Theory and psychology at the University of Alberta and has been mentored by David Pezenik, L.C.S.W, and Executive Somatic Coach Rachel Rider. She has completed Level 3 RLT training at the Relational Life Institute with Terry Real and continues to study with Esther Perel and John Vervaeke.
Her popular keynotes include "Do What Scares You," "Immersive Power," and "Thinking in Story."
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