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BACKGROUND

FARRIS SUKKAR

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I work with people who carry real responsibility: leaders, professionals, and decision-makers who need to stay regulated under pressure.

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My background spans systems at multiple scales. I began studying regulation at the planetary level through environmental studies and energy management at University of Denver, then at the organizational level through graduate training from University of Southern California in integrated design, business, and technology and over a decade of sustainability consulting with large Fortune 500 organizations. I now study regulation at the individual level through formal training in clinical mental health counseling at Arizona State University.

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What became clear over time is that the same principles apply at every scale: systems either stay regulated under stress, or they don’t.

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This work integrates:

  • Counseling training with a trauma-informed foundation

  • Somatic and attention-based methods for nervous system regulation

  • Over a decade of daily contemplative practice

  • Sound-based practices that support nervous system regulation

  • Real-world experience navigating complex organizations and high-pressure environments

  • Psychedelic preparation and integration support, including guiding non-ordinary states
     

I also work full-time in climate and energy consulting, so I understand what it’s like to hold responsibility while needing to stay clear, grounded, and functional.

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Sessions are structured, focused, and designed to translate directly into how you think, decide, and relate in your daily life.

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Who This Work Is For

  • Professionals in demanding roles who feel reactive, overwhelmed, or stretched thin

  • Leaders navigating complexity, uncertainty, or transition

  • People who want to act from steadiness rather than stress

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Who This Work Is Not For

  • Anyone seeking quick fixes or passive healing experiences

  • Those needing clinical mental health treatment beyond my current scope (I can provide referrals)

Build the capacity to stay steady and clear.

MY  STORY

I didn’t get into this work because I was seeking enlightenment. I got into it because life felt heavy, confusing, and loud, and I didn’t know how to meet it without tightening or shutting down.

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Meditation and contemplative practice became the first places where I could actually sit with what was happening in me instead of fighting it. Over time, that changed the way I paid attention, made decisions, and handled stress, not by escaping difficulty, but by learning how to stay with myself through it.

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My background is shaped by long-term Buddhist practice and influences from Sufism and Daoism, but also by years working in complex systems, parenting two young kids, and trying to live in alignment when life is messy. None of this has been linear or “transcendent.” It’s been practical: learning what steadiness feels like, and what it doesn’t.

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Sound Soul Center grew out of that process. It’s not meant to be a sanctuary from real life, but a place to build the internal capacity to meet real life with more clarity and less reactivity.

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I’m currently training as a professional counselor and integrating that clinical grounding with my contemplative background. My work is less about fixing anyone and more about helping people come back into contact with themselves so they can act from a steadier place in their relationships, work, and day-to-day life.

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