Most people don’t live the lives they want because they don’t believe they can.

Together, let’s change that perspective!

Hi, I’m Paula Tursi

Welcome to Life Design, a space where transformation begins. As a teacher, counselor, journey guide and lifelong seeker of truth, I’m here to help illuminate your way toward  living with intention and authenticity.

Whether you’re looking to improve your health, relationships, career or spiritual path, Life Design is about rediscovering wholeness—even if it feels like you’ve never known it before. Through movement, meditation, and holistic principles, I offer more than just guidance; I provide a roadmap for your future.

Life Design is both a course and a lifestyle, blending actionable practices with deep reflection. Together, we create a path aligned with your beliefs and values, supported by a vibrant community of fellow life designers who, like you, are committed to intentional living.

Let’s chart a course toward the life you’re meant to live—one step, one moment, one breath at a time.

Programs & Counseling

Counseling

Have you been in therapy but feel stuck, unable to move past certain blocks and take meaningful action to create the life you desire? I work privately with individuals, couples, and entrepreneurs to navigate relationship challenges, achieve career goals, deepen their parenting journey, and awaken their spiritual potential.

My approach combines action-oriented strategies with hypnotherapy and journey work, peeling back the layers of your life to uncover the truth of who you are. Life isn’t about fixing yourself or struggling to get by. It’s about uncovering the joy, clarity, and growth already within you. Together, we’ll create a path that’s tailored to your unique needs and aspirations, helping you step into your truth and purpose.

Appointments are available in-person in New York City or online.

Are you ready to take the first step? Let’s start today.

  • It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.

  • It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.

  • It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.

Life Design Classes & Membership

Your journey to an intentional, fulfilling life starts here. The Life Design Membership is your gateway to uncovering inner strength, harnessing the transformative power of love, and finding the serenity that’s already within you.

This program offers a dynamic three-part framework for healing, growth, and transformation:

  • We will practice meditation as a tool to create a relationship with your deepest self - your Unshakable Self.

    What is the Unshakable-Self? For me, it is the place beyond judgment and the conditioning and limiting beliefs of life. It's a place where you can get to know who you really are.

  • Think Functional Movement Meets Yoga.

    This slow and thoughtful practice that is designed to meet you where you are and teaches you how to connect body and mind. Using simple functional movements, resistance training and breathing practices you will find your way to a strong, healthy body that does not see aging as a road to being less active, but instead, more mentally and physically attuned and vibrant. 

  • A welcoming community focused on mindfulness, growth, and connection through meditation and movement. Explore practices that nurture your mind and body, offering stress relief, clarity, and balance. With guided sessions and shared insights, we create a space for transformation and self-discovery. Move, meditate, and grow with us—one mindful step at a time.

The Shift: Rewrite the Story of
Your Life

Are you ready to step into the life you were meant to live? The Shift is a transformative, three-part journey that empowers you to break free from old patterns, uncover your true self, and design a life filled with purpose and joy.

Rooted in the timeless wisdom of yoga and guided by a supportive community of visionary thinkers, this program will help you create a clear and actionable path to the future you’ve always dreamed of.

  • Here you will discover who you are, what makes you tick and what gets in your way. You will take a deep look at your unconscious conditioning and self sabotaging behaviors in work, love, money, family and more.

  • This is your essential mind mastery toolkit. Once you have understood what is driving you, we will give you the tool-kit to help you take control of your mind and your life.

  • This is where you take everything you have learned and put it into action. You will learn to apply it all in a real life project. Maybe it's a new job you love, perhaps starting your own business, a healthy relationship or creating a family that is wholesome and thriving.  Whatever it is it can happen for you and as a community we will get you there.

A Perfect Little Salon

Are you a wellness practitioner searching for the ideal space in NYC? Look no further! My charming and serene studio is available for rent, offering the perfect setting for your private practice.

Conveniently located at 32 Union Square East, right next to Union Square Park, this space is at the heart of New York City and easily accessible by public transportation.

Whether you’re meeting clients for healing, coaching, or wellness services, this centrally located oasis provides the professional yet peaceful atmosphere you need to thrive.

  • Ideal for massages and energy work. (room dimensions 9’ x 11’)

  • Ideal for any healing modality as well as counseling. (room dimensions 11’ x 12’)

  • Ideal for movement workshops, lectures, group classes and can accommodate 12-15 people depending on how you choose to set up the room. For seated lectures, 20-25 people max. (room dimensions 20’ x 17’)

  • “She shined a light on a path I couldn’t see for myself,”

    My life would be drastically different had I not met Paula. She shined a light on a path I couldn’t see for myself, and with her penetrating wisdom and boundless support, helped guide me towards a life that is authentic, magical, and uniquely my own.

    — R. R.

  • Paula has offered such a bright star and compass point in my development as both a human and a psychologist. "

    “I have been so lucky to work with Paula for the last 20 years in a variety of capacities - yoga teacher, meditation teacher, individual counselor/coach, and satsang leader. Paula’s incredible clarity, pragmatism and grounded positivity around some of the most nuanced, complex, and life-affirming physical, psychological and spiritual principles have truly offered such a bright star and compass point in my development as both a human and a psychologist. I would be so excited for anyone who can find their way into her orbit and have her guidance in making sense of things on all levels.”

    — G.O.

  • "She literally brought me back to life, to love and to myself!"

    "I met Paula when I was in a very dark place in my life, and she literally brought me back to life, to love and to myself! Since then, Paula has been coaching me through some very big transitions in my personal and professional life and I could not have navigated through these changes with as much honesty, grace and love without her help."

    — N. H.

  • "Paula is richly intuitive and at the same time, pragmatic in her guidance."

    "Paula is richly intuitive and at the same time, pragmatic in her guidance. The depth of her tremendous presence helps me explore the patterns of my conscious and unconscious mind, but also speaks to the heart of the matter. I leave our sessions feeling heard, grounded and clear."

    — R. M.