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Corey Wilks Psy.D.

About

Corey Wilks, Psy.D., is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Executive Coach with over 15 years of psychological experience who specializes in helping the top entrepreneurs in the world clarify what matters, overcome limiting beliefs, and build values-aligned lives and businesses.

His work explores the psychology of success, human flourishing and fulfillment, and what gets in our way.

In his coaching practice, he works with VC-backed founders, CEOs, and bootstrapped entrepreneurs across industries (including AI, CPG, tech, and media). He has also been featured in prominent media, including podcasts like Modern Wisdom, Smart Passive Income, and The Pathless Path.

He grew up in rural Appalachia and went to Marshall University, where he earned his Psy.D. Throughout his doctoral training and after getting licensed, he worked as a Behavioral Health Provider in integrated primary care—predominately working with addiction recovery programs.

Dr. Wilks believes too many people let fear and lack of clarity trap them in mediocrity, only to get to their deathbeds and look back on their lives filled with regret for everything they wish they would’ve done but didn’t.

So in 2020, after seeing countless people struggle to flourish, he decided to stop practicing therapy and dove head-first into entrepreneurship and executive coaching to use his expertise in human psychology to help people all over the world develop the strategies and insights they need to build a life aligned with doing meaningful, purpose-driven work that fulfills them and make the most of the time they have left.

He shares these insights on his Psychology Today blog and in his free weekly newsletter, which you can check out at www.coreywilkspsyd.com

When he’s not working, he’s typically training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, playing D&D, or exploring Austin, TX.

Recent Posts
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How to Cut Out Sugar Without Noticing

Instead of quitting "cold turkey," a concept from the field of psychophysics can help us leverage the limitations of our perceptual threshold to cut out sugar without noticing.

Instead of quitting "cold turkey," a concept from the field of psychophysics can help us leverage the limitations of our perceptual threshold to cut out sugar without noticing.

This Ancient Strategy Can Help You Practice Deep Gratitude

When we become shortsighted, we may become ungrateful. The philosophy of "memento mori" can put life back into perspective and help us practice deep gratitude.

When we become shortsighted, we may become ungrateful. The philosophy of "memento mori" can put life back into perspective and help us practice deep gratitude.