Partner • Advisor • Coach

to founders and leaders building at the edges of the regenerative movement.

Real Estate Advisory

Strategic support for owners + stewards of land-based projects seeking technical expertise with a regenerative perspective.

Partnership

Executive level support for founders navigating a threshold moment.

Coaching

Facilitation, workshops, and leadership programs for individuals + teams based in the Natlife method.

Welcome, I’m Eric.

Before dawn on Mount Shasta, I crossed a snow bridge above Avalanche Gulch, one I'd crossed years before. By 11 a.m., it had melted under record heat, and our only way down was a chute of rotten snow and crumbling rock. Climbing down, ice axe in hand, one thought came to me: I did this.

For 15 years, I worked in real estate and capital. I helped grow a portfolio from $150M to $700M and earned the trust of everyone at the table, from banks and government officials to family landowners and neighborhood communities. I was helping cover the earth with concrete and calling it development. On paper, I was successful. Inside, I felt anything but.

So I walked away.

I reoriented my life around nature and the wellbeing of all life. Along the way, I've been blessed to learn from earth-based elders, regenerative leaders, and teachers of natural movement.

Today I've come full circle. I partner with founders and leaders at the intersection of land, capital, and human potential, because I believe real estate can be one of the most powerful pathways to regeneration.

I live in the foothills of Mount Tamalpais with my wife, Victoria, and our son, Elio, among oak woodlands and creeks the Coast Miwok have tended for thousands of years. I'm grateful to call this place home.

Ways to Work Together

Clarity + Breakthrough Sessions

A single session for founders, leaders, and land-based projects — designed to cut through complexity and surface the small moves that lead to outsized results.

    • A 2 hour conversation shaped around your specific situation — part diagnostic, part discovery

    • Undivided attention on the question, decision, or threshold in front of you

    • A synthesis of capital experience, regenerative frameworks, and operator instinct — not a generic framework applied to your context

    • Clear next steps: small, specific actions with outsized leverage

    • Held in nature when possible

  • This work is for people who are ready.

    • A 45-minute discovery call before the session — so we arrive knowing the terrain

    • Show up open and ready to move

Integrated Partnership

Executive level support for founders at a threshold moment — combining capital experience, regenerative frameworks, and strategic counsel.

    • Regular scheduled sessions with the capacity for async communication when necessary

    • In-person sessions held in nature when possible

    • Strategic counsel drawing on real capital and deal experience, regenerative design, and the credibility of someone who has built and walked away from conventional systems

    • A thinking partner who can operate across the full range: land, capital, organizational design, and personal threshold moments

    • Continuity — someone tracking your arc over time and responding to the needs in the moment

  • This work is for people who are ready.

    • Financial investment at a level that signals real skin in the game

    • Consistent presence — showing up to scheduled sessions and following through between them

    • A willingness to do the inner work alongside the strategic work. This partnership operates on both levels

NatLife Coaching

1:1 and group coaching to reconnect with your innate capacity for vitality, resilience, and wholeness through the Natlife Method. 

Credentials: Eric Guarino is the only Level 2 Natlife Coach in the United States.

  • NatLife Coach is a method and philosophy designed to help modern humans reconnect with their innate capacity for vitality, resilience, and wholeness.

    Centered around 4 Pillars:

    1. NATLIFEMOVE Natural movement — the way the human body was designed to move before chairs, screens, and sedentary modern life. Crawling, hanging, balancing, squatting, carrying. Restoring the movement patterns that build physical resilience, coordination, and embodied presence.

    2. NATLIFETHERAPY Contrast therapy, breathwork, and cold exposure. Tools for nervous system regulation, recovery, and building capacity to move through discomfort. Develops self-regulation, mental fortitude, and hormonal health.

    3. NATLIFEGROW The inner work. Storywork, ceremony, and holding space. Developing the capacity to sit with depth — in yourself and with others. This is where the spiritual and relational dimensions of the NatLife philosophy live.

    4. NATLIFEIMMERSE Advanced facilitation of immersive nature experiences. Taking people into direct relationship with the natural world as a source of insight, reset, and reconnection. The most advanced facilitation pillar.

    Eric Guarino is the only Level 2 Natlife Coach in the United States.

  • He sees value and potential, where others see red tape.

    "We reached out to Eric while trying to navigate the sale of a complex, highly-restricted piece of land in California from thousands of miles away. Eric completely shifted our perspective. Through the Regenesis 'Story of Place' framework, he helped us reframe what we thought was a regulatory nightmare into a unique stewardship opportunity. He gave us the strategic clarity and peace of mind we desperately needed to pivot our approach. If you are dealing with a unique property, or feel misaligned with the traditional real estate machine, you need Eric's guidance. He sees the true value and potential of land where others only see red tape."

    — Wiki C. Steward, Designer, Musician

  • Joy to work with. Radiating leadership style

    “Working alongside Eric the past few years has been an absolute joy and wonderful learning experience. While helping grow our business tremendously, Eric maintained a positive and radiating leadership style which motivated all around him.”

    Logan B. Director, Real Estate

  • Deep intention. Expansive vision. Thoughtful. Authentic. Catalyst.

    "Eric has a rare gift for bringing deep intention and expansive vision to everything he touches. His support for the Giants Rising screening—through both community curation and strategic introductions—was instrumental in amplifying the film's reach. He's a connector, a catalyst, and a true steward of purpose-aligned work. He listens deeply and activates goals with a rare combination of thoughtfulness, authenticity and eloquence. I HIGHLY recommend working with him."

    — Lisa L. Founder & Award Winning Documentarian

  • Pleasure to work with. Wisdom. Teamwork. Tremendous Energy.

    “Over the last 5 years Eric was an integral part of our team overall, but with an emphasis spearheading new projects. Under his leadership we experienced strong growth in several key new markets. In addition to his Real Estate expertise, he is a pleasure to work with and brought wisdom, teamwork and tremendous energy to our company as a whole.”

    George H. Founder, Real Estate

  • Clarity to complexity. Inspires trust. Delivers with integrity.

    “Eric is a rare leader, strategic, grounded, and deeply values-driven. He brings clarity to complexity, inspires trust across teams and cultures, and consistently delivers results with unwavering integrity. Any organization would be lucky to have him. I recommend him without hesitation."

    — Matt C. Executive Director, Blue Marble Acres

  • Depth of knowledge.

    Eric has a depth of knowledge in various real estate asset classes. He was critical in facilitating various projects through the due diligence process from agreement execution through closing. On one project of ours in Oakley, California, Eric presented a complex development plan to the City of Oakley. The plan required the City to agree to annex the parcel into the City boundary, subdivide the parcel into two parcels, change the use of the parcel and approve our development plan. The City voted 6-0 in our favor for all four components.”

    Sean V. Founder, Real Estate

  • Exceptional leader. Positive attitude. Always finds "win-win" solutions.

    “Having worked with Eric for two years, I must say he is an exceptional leader. He thinks outside the box to create new opportunities and combines that with persistence and excellent people skills to find success. Eric easily adjusts to any given situation and always finds a “win-win” solution. Most of all what makes him stand out is his positive attitude and willingness to step up for the team in any situation.”

    Debbie K. Director, Marketing