Burnout, or the persistent feeling that something is missing, doesn't have to be the price of high achievement.
Donato Helbling is a personal coach and public speaker who teaches how to optimize performance and reclaim real well-being by doing less, not more. Known for his refreshingly direct, no-nonsense style, wit, and his skill of demystifying principles of well-being with engaging stories and humor, Donato is a refreshing voice in wellness, cutting the fluff and focusing on results.
With a unique background mixing engineering, serial entrepreneurship, luxury wellness hospitality management, and over 20 years of teaching martial arts, yoga, meditation, firearms training, and the Wim Hof Method, Donato brings a wealth of experience to his coaching. His journey led him to create the Integrative Living Model, a powerful system for cultivating self-awareness, mental presence and fortitude and, most importantly: joy.
As the founder of Miami Ice Club, Donato turned this tropical city into the unexpected mecca for ice bathing. Since 2018, he has guided over 7,500 people through breathwork, ice baths, and community experiences, building mental and physical resilience.
Donato is currently focused on the construction of Six Fields, his 50-acre Mountain Wellness Lodge in North Carolina, offering an intentional escape where guests can reset and reconnect with nature’s restorative power. Based on Integrative Living principles, Six Fields blends luxury with simplicity, offering simple, revitalizing vacations to personalized retreats focused on fun and relaxation. Here, guests engage in immersive activities like hiking, cold plunging in waterfalls, fly fishing, archery, riding sports cars through mountain roads, and learning how to work with their hands. They also enjoy opportunities for digital detox and sleep recovery, relaxing in wood-fired hot tubs, and savor open-fire-cooked meals.
Donato also created The Zen of Shooting, a unique self-development workshop using firearms training to cultivate focus, precision, patience, and presence—proving that if you do what you must, no more, no less, you can hit any target in life.
Donato coaches with a clear, no-BS roadmap for high achievers ready to elevate performance without losing themselves—because success doesn’t matter if you’re dying inside.
