Hi everyone!  My name is Rick Kitagawa, and I’m someone who loves helping others build change.  

I’ve struggled (and still struggle) with impostor syndrome, and I know how hard it is to deal with it, so I’ve built a coaching practice called Kaiju Coaching that focuses on wrangling those inner monsters that hold you back from being the most authentic You. 

I’ve been a part of both amazing, generous communities, as well as toxic, cut-throat organizations.  This has led me to focus on trust and how it underpins every aspect of organizational health, so I co-founded Spotlight Trust to empower leaders and organizations to reap the personal and financial rewards of being more trusted.  

Besides the work I do in the coaching and consulting space, I also create monsters of my own.  I design and sculpt art toys, portraits that mix abstraction and figurative paintings, and write both short horror fiction and screenplays. I also produce and host a podcast that mixes all of the above into one amalgamation called the Inner Monster Podcast.  

Thanks so much for being here, and please feel free to poke around.  Enjoy!