The next chapter of leadership requires a different level of clarity, discernment, and internal alignment.
I work with founders, executives, investors, and visionary leaders navigating periods of growth, transition, and reinvention — helping them move forward with greater trust in themselves, cleaner decision-making, and more sustainable ways of operating.
Sydney Campos is a strategic advisor, operator, facilitator, and two-time best-selling author whose work bridges leadership, organizational strategy, emotional intelligence, and human potential.
Over the past 15+ years, she has worked across startups, media, leadership, wellness, venture ecosystems, and high-growth companies — supporting founders, executives, creatives, investors, and emerging leaders through periods of expansion, reinvention, and high-stakes decision-making.
Sydney is known for her rare ability to integrate strategic thinking with deep human insight — helping leaders navigate complexity with greater clarity, discernment, resilience, and grounded execution.
Her work spans:
• Executive advisory and strategic thought partnership
• Leadership development and communication refinement
• Organizational consulting and operational strategy
• Brand positioning, partnerships, and ecosystem growth
• Retreats, immersive facilitation, transformational experiences
• Nervous system regulation, EQ, and sustainable leadership
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Selected Experience
Operator + Strategic Advisor
• Helped scale Praytell Agency from 9 → 60+ staff prior to its $20M acquisition while leading strategy, operations, and production across major client accounts
• Raised $1.5M+ across ventures spanning leadership, social platforms, wellness, media, and future-of-work initiatives
• Co-Founded ASCEND, a social platform and community featured in Forbes that raised $330K+ in angel capital and built a 2,000+ member network
• Advised founders, startups, agencies, and leadership teams on operations, partnerships, communications, organizational strategy, and growth since 2014
• Supported investor-backed startups and emerging ventures through executive support, strategic partnerships, brand development, and ecosystem growth
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Facilitation + Leadership Development
• Designed and facilitated leadership retreats, workshops, and immersive experiences internationally since 2016
• Trained 100+ facilitators globally through the Soul Source Facilitator Training
• Hosted the Visionary Souls Podcast featuring influential leaders, authors, founders, and innovators across leadership, psychology, business, and human potential
• Facilitated experiences and conversations exploring the future of leadership, work, relationships, creativity, and human potential
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Education
Executive MBA, Organizational Leadership
Specializations in Venture Capital, Blockchain, and Entrepreneurial Finance
Quantic School of Business and Technology
Dual B.A.s in Politics + Latin American Studies
University of California, Santa Cruz
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Short Bio
Sydney Campos is a strategic advisor, operator, facilitator, and two-time best-selling author supporting founders, executives, investors, and visionary leaders through periods of growth, transition, and reinvention.
Her work bridges leadership development, strategic thinking, emotional intelligence, nervous system regulation, and grounded execution — helping leaders navigate complexity with greater clarity, resilience, and self-trust.
A three-time founder and seasoned operator, Sydney has advised and mentored hundreds of executives and entrepreneurs, raised over $1.5M across ventures, trained 100+ facilitators globally, and designed leadership retreats and immersive experiences since 2016.
She is the host of the Visionary Souls Podcast and a recognized voice in leadership, conscious business, and human potential.
Her work has been featured in Forbes, MindBodyGreen, New York Magazine, Refinery29, Bustle, and other leading media platforms.
Extended Bio
Sydney Campos is a strategic advisor, operator, facilitator, and two-time best-selling author whose work bridges leadership, organizational strategy, emotional intelligence, and human potential.
Over the past 15+ years, she has worked across startups, media, leadership, wellness, venture ecosystems, and high-growth companies — supporting founders, executives, creatives, investors, and emerging leaders through periods of expansion, reinvention, and complex decision-making.
Sydney is known for her rare ability to integrate strategic thinking with deep human insight — helping leaders navigate complexity with greater clarity, discernment, resilience, and grounded execution.
Her background spans executive advisory, operations, partnerships, communications, systems design, immersive facilitation, and leadership consulting across business, technology, media, wellness, and future-of-work initiatives.
From 2010–2016, Sydney led strategy, operations, and production within leading NYC PR and advertising agencies, including helping scale Praytell Agency from 9 → 60+ staff prior to its $20M acquisition.
She later founded her own strategic consulting practice advising startups, agencies, founders, and leadership teams on strategic growth, operations, positioning, partnerships, and leadership.
Sydney has also raised over $1.5M across ventures, co-founded the social platform ASCEND, trained more than 100 facilitators globally, and facilitated retreats, workshops, and transformational experiences internationally since 2016.
She is the author of The Empath Experience (Simon & Schuster / Adams Media) and I’m Ascending, Now What? (Macmillan / St. Martin’s Essentials), with over 85,000 readers worldwide.
Her work has been featured in Forbes, MindBodyGreen, New York Magazine, Refinery29, Bustle, and other leading media platforms.
Create the world and all the ways of being in it you wish existed.
Certifications + Training
- Certified Holistic Health Coach, Institute for Integrative Nutrition (2016).
- 200-Hour Registered Yoga Teacher, Laughing Lotus Yoga School, NYC (2016).
- Usui Reiki Levels 1 + 2, with Erika Spring @ Maha Rose, Brooklyn NY (2015).
- Akashic Records Practitioner Certification, Christina Cross, NY (2015) + Advanced Training, Chicago (2017).
- Momentum Education Basic + Advanced, NYC (2013–2014).
- Authentic Relating Training Level 1, ART International, Ubud, Bali (2017).
- Embodied Leadership Training (7-Day Intensive), ART International, Bali (2018).
- Inherited Family Trauma Healing Training, Mark Wolynn, Bert Hellinger Institute, Sausalito, CA (2018).
- ISTA (International School of Temple Arts) Level 1 SSS Experience (Tulum, 2022) and Level 2 Initiation (NY, 2024).
Personal Practice + Modalities
- Yoga practitioner since 2010, including Hatha, Ashtanga, Kundalini, Vinyasa, Yin, Bikram, Yoga Nidra, Bhakti.
- Sat numerous meditation retreats since 2012, 10-day Vipassana course and multi-week silent immersions.
- Thousands of hours in meditation, somatic experiencing, energy protocols, and breathwork since 2012.
- Somatic therapy and embodiment practice with master teachers (pre and peri-natal contexts, 2020–2024).
- Consistent study + practice in cranial sacral therapy, acupuncture, shiatsu w/ master teachers (2019–present).
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