Dovi Stern

Renowned for my direct, action-oriented approach. Hi, I’m Dovi. I’m a survivor, a mental warrior, and a life strategist. I’m still here. How? Why work with me?

I’m a Resilience Coach, a man who walked out of hell with a whiteboard and a blueprint for human transformation.I help open-minded individuals find peace in the eye of the storm. I was 13 years old when diagnosed with Bone Cancer and given a 5% chance of living. Enter a period that included:

A couple of doses of chemotherapy
Gruelling radiation treatments
7 hip replacements
2 knee replacements
…And lots of struggles and resilience in between. During the gift of my illness, I learned to recognise the importance of living from the inside out. Running my own brain consciously, working with my body, and making the impossible possible. I created a new reality that didn’t exist and went into remission within 8 months from stage 3 Cancer. My life’s mission and purpose were set. To learn, practice, and always remain a diligent student to any adversity and challenges that life presents. I help people get unstuck from their current realities to create new ones. Nothing should be more important to you than your life, and only when you can think differently will you introduce new choices into your reality. This process requires dedication and being okay with the unknown while making conscious choices to lead your life in the right direction. I’m here to help you create a new way of being. I haven’t learned this way of life; I’ve lived it. Speed and immersion are key. Thinking won’t get you anywhere. Dreaming won’t get you anywhere. Taking action will. I have a no-BS approach. I won’t sugarcoat the work you need to put into your new way of being journey. Change can be brutal, difficult, and uncomfortable. OR, it can be beautiful, empowering, and fun. It all depends on the reality you focus on.

12/02/2026

We don’t rise to the level of our goals.

We fall to the level of our internal stability.

11/02/2026

Resilience isn’t about pushing through.

It’s about staying present when you want to escape.

10/02/2026

Most people don’t resist change because they’re lazy or lack discipline. They resist it because change messes with how they see themselves.

I’ve worked with CEOs, leaders, athletes and people battling serious medical storms.
Different lives.
Different pressure.
Same pattern every time.

The strongest force in the human personality isn’t motivation.
It’s the need to stay consistent with the story we tell about who we are.

“The strong one.”
“The one who copes.”
“The one who just gets on with it.”

Which one are you?

At some point, those identities stop helping. They quietly become the thing that keeps us stuck.

Here are a few questions worth sitting over while having your coffee or tea today….
Who would you have to stop being if you actually changed?
What version of you would no longer make sense?
What habits are keeping you familiar not better?

Change isn’t hard because it’s complicated. It’s hard because it asks you to loosen your grip on a familiar self.

Would love to hear what you discover 😊

09/02/2026

You don’t need more motivation.

You need a system that feels safe enough to move forward.

06/02/2026

Most advice assumes your system is calm when you receive it.

Real life doesn’t work that way.

05/02/2026

Strong people still feel overwhelmed.

Not because they’re weak but because they’ve never been taught how to stabilise themselves under pressure.

04/02/2026

Stress isn’t the problem.

Reactivity is.

And reactivity always comes from instability in the system.

03/02/2026

I don’t help people “stay positive.”

I help them stay self-led when pressure is high.

There’s a difference and it matters.

02/02/2026

Most people don’t fail because they lack discipline.

They fail because their system doesn’t feel safe enough to change.

When the nervous system reads life as a threat, it will always choose what’s familiar even if it hurts.

29/01/2026

Control works… until it doesn’t.

Until the market shifts, a deal falls through, a body breaks down, or life ignores your plans.

Most people don’t struggle because things are hard.

They struggle because their sense of stability is tied to outcomes they can’t actually command.

Real growth begins when you stop negotiating with uncertainty and start learning how to stand inside it.

This doesn’t mean you stop caring.
It means you stop handing your nervous system over to every external variable.

In life and in business, the strongest leaders aren’t the ones who force certainty they’re the ones who remain clear, grounded, and responsive when certainty disappears.

When you can stay steady without needing everything to align, your decisions sharpen, your energy returns, and your presence becomes a stabilising force for others.

That’s not control.
That’s inner capacity.

And it’s a skill one you can train.

--- I help open-minded individuals find peace in the eye of the storm ---

www.dovistern.com

28/01/2026

Last week, I walked you through the very practical process I go through each morning to put on my prosthetic leg.
I also mentioned that I’m currently having a new socket made.

This part of the process is slow and deliberate.

First, the inner liner is worn to keep the leg stable, maintain its shape, and manage fluid. Nothing dramatic just quiet consistency.
Then plaster of paris is wrapped around my waist and leg to create a precise mould. That mould becomes the foundation for the first plastic socket, which I’ll share with you next week.

For me, this mirrors how real change works in life and business.

Whether you’re trying to build a new habit, shift a behaviour, step into a new role, or grow a skill nothing holds if the mould is wrong.
Without focus, time, and effort spent shaping the foundation, the “new” thing never feels stable enough to live in.

We often rush to wear the outcome results, performance, confidence without respecting the process that gives it structure.
But stability isn’t something you add later.
It’s something you build first.

If what you’re creating right now doesn’t feel steady, it may not be a failure of effort just a signal that the mould needs more care.

--- I help open-minded individuals find peace in the eye of the storm ---

www.dovistern.com

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