James Barnes

Coach and Speaker

James Barnes, a motivational speaker and transition coach, empowers people to cope with major life transitions in their lives, whether it's a gender transition, becoming a new parent, or losing a loved one. He researches and teaches how to heal our relationship with ourselves, get comfortable with being uncomfortable to grow our ability to handle stress, and rebuild our foundation for our identity and core values.

He saw how much our work environment impacts our overall mental health and went directly to the source -- speaking at companies like Lyft, Comcast, and many more, showing how bringing empathy and understanding back into the workplace is what we need to shift our work culture to be more inclusive for all employees, not only Transgender individuals.

He is also a very proud father of two incredible kids, married to his best friend, Courtney, and loves good books; right now, he is reading “Daring To Lead” by Brené Brown and is a fan of delicious vegan food!”