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Gopal Subramanian Bangalore, Karnataka

PCC Life Coach, Career Coach, Relationship Coach

Computer Science Engineering, Psychologist, Diploma in Counselling, Certified Enneagram Coach

I help mid-career and mid-life professionals who feel lost or overwhelmed find clarity, purpose, and a renewed sense of balance — so life starts feeling aligned, steady, and truly their own again.
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About Me

Most of us reach a stage where life looks full on the outside but feels unclear on the inside. You may be doing everything you’re supposed to, yet something feels off—stress builds, decisions feel heavy, and you’re not sure what direction to take next.

I’m Coach Gopal—Life Coach, Counsellor, and Founder of Enabling Ventures. I work with mid-career and mid-life professionals, leaders in transition, and couples who feel stuck, confused, or out of balance. My approach is simple and human: creating deep awareness and bringing structured clarity to your life and choices.

I began my career in software engineering and spent over 20 years growing into leadership roles. But despite the achievements, I felt an inner discomfort that I couldn’t ignore. That led me to study psychology, shift into behavioural work, and eventually become a coach. This change helped me realign my own life, and now I help others do the same.

In my work, I combine reflective conversations with practical frameworks like Direction Discovery, Life by Design, and the Purposeful Professional path. These help you slow down, understand what truly drives you, work through limiting beliefs, and build a realistic, balanced plan for your next stage in life.

Clients who work with me often say they feel lighter, clearer, and more confident. They reconnect with their strengths, improve relationships, and start making decisions from a place of alignment rather than confusion.

I don’t believe transformation comes from dramatic changes. It comes from restoring your inner rhythm, gaining clarity about who you are, and taking simple, steady steps toward a meaningful life.

If you’re asking, “What next?” or “How do I find clarity again?”, I’m here to help you find that direction with calm, structure, and compassion.

Reviews

7 reviews (4 verified) (4.86)

September 15, 2025
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Coaching with Gopal has been a truly transformative journey. As someone who has been working at the intersection of development, livelihood creation and systems change, I have been experiencing dilemmas with regard to working at depth vs working for scale. Over the past few months, Gopal has helped me navigate these dilemmas with clarity and compassion. His ability to listen deeply, ask the right questions, use well established frameworks to understand personality types and gently challenge my limiting patterns has enabled me to grow both as a person and as a leader. What I value most is his balance of empathy and practicalityevery conversation leaves me lighter, clearer, and more grounded. I would wholeheartedly recommend Gopal to anyone seeking a thoughtful, insightful, and empowering life coach.

June 12, 2025
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I was quite unsure about the next step in my career. After my conversation with Gopal Sir, I gained clarity on my strengths and the kind of role that suits me best. His structured approach to identifying personality types and his ability to ask the right questions really helped me reflect on myself and make a well-informed decision. Since he brings in experience both from the IT industry and career/life coaching, it was easy to open up and speak the same language. I would definitely recommend him to anyone looking to figure out their career direction.

November 12, 2024
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August 13, 2024
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January 16, 2023

we are having this re-org of our organisation, and Gopal is really helping us in times of tide and bringing so much for us of us to Streer the ship. Your commitment and clarity help us a lot whenever we are lost ... we are happy to have you ... Thanks for being a great person to be with...

January 14, 2023

I was able to get more clarity in functioning and able to widen my view on different aspects of understanding an issue. Also Gopal was instrumental in making me aware of the holistic views and development at the same time enabling to come terms with finding solutions to the immediate concerns.

January 14, 2023

I had enrolled for Gopal's coaching sessions and overall the sessions helped me in various ways. We spoke about areas related to anxiety, overthinking, effective communication and sparing time for self. All the areas were well dealt with via conversations with him. One best thing about Gopal is that he never answers your doubts, rather converses with you in a way to bring out the solution to be tried out for a problem area, which actually helps in self reflection and knowing self better. His sessions made me understand the significance of the listening attribute for effective communication. His sessions made me realise that over thinking and taking stress on things which are beyond our control can be and should be avoided. His sessions made me realise that feedback is feedback neither positive nor negative. It is only meant for bettering something or someone. Now I know where I was going wrong or doing things which could have been avoidable. I know why I was unable to figure out time for self. The key takeaway from his sessions is that small changes can lead to a big forward leap. Certain behavioral awareness/changes can make a huge positive difference in your life.