Frequently Asked Questions
Last updated: October 23, 2026
Who is Hugo Christiansen?
Hugo Christiansen is the founder of Ascension Consulting, where he works with established founders on subconscious identity work and business performance. He combines hypnosis, shadow work and business consultancy to remove the internal blocks that cap a company's growth. He works 1-on-1 with founders across the United States, Europe, Canada, Australia, Dubai and Singapore.
What is Ascension Consulting?
Ascension Consulting is Hugo Christiansen's consultancy for established founders past $100K per month. It pairs identity-level work (hypnosis and shadow work) with practical business consultancy. The premise: when a capable founder stalls, the constraint is usually not the strategy but the identity running it.
What is subconscious identity work?
Subconscious identity work changes the self-image a founder operates from, rather than the tactics they execute. It targets the automatic patterns (what you avoid, tolerate or repeat) that sit below conscious decision-making. The aim is that better decisions stop requiring willpower and start feeling normal.
How is identity work different from mindset coaching?
Mindset coaching works at the level of conscious belief: reframing thoughts, building habits, managing state. Identity work goes underneath that, to the self-image generating the thoughts in the first place. Reframing a thought you keep having is slower than changing the person who keeps having it.
Who does Hugo Christiansen work with?
Hugo Christiansen works with established founders past $100K per month in revenue, people who have already proven they can build, and who have hit a ceiling they cannot think their way past. Engagements are 1-on-1 and accepted by application, not open enrollment.
What does working with Hugo Christiansen actually involve?
The work runs in three stages: identifying the subconscious blocks, reprogramming the identity in a theta state, then verifying the founder is actually operating from that new identity. These sessions are paired with direct business consultancy on the decisions being avoided. The core engagement is 1-on-1, not a course.
Does Hugo Christiansen use hypnosis?
Yes. Hypnosis is a core tool, used to reach the theta state where the subconscious patterns driving a founder's decisions can be reprogrammed, not to treat a medical condition. It is paired with shadow work and business consultancy. This is performance work, not clinical therapy.
What is shadow work, and why does it apply to founders?
Shadow work means examining the parts of yourself you disown: the ambition, the anger, the fear you have decided is not "you". In founders, these surface as avoided conversations, tolerated underperformance, and self-sabotage right as a new level comes into reach.
How long before a founder sees a change?
Ninety days is the benchmark the work is built around, not a guarantee. Most of what changes first is not revenue — it is what you stop postponing, what you price, what you refuse. The numbers follow that. The sequence runs internal-first by design: the avoided decision gets made, the avoided conversation happens, and the financial result follows from there rather than the other way around.
Who can work with Hugo Christiansen, and from where?
Sessions run remotely by default, 1-on-1. Hugo Christiansen's clients are based across the United States, Europe, Canada, Australia, Dubai and Singapore, with scheduling arranged around the client's time zone. Higher-tier engagements can also run in person: Hugo travelling to the client, the client flown out, or a mastermind format.
How do you start working with Hugo Christiansen?
Start with the free training video on the site, which walks through the three-stage method. If it fits, book a free diagnostic call from the contact page Engagements are 1-on-1 and accepted by application, so not every call leads to working together.
Want to know more about the method? Read the full breakdown on the About page, or book a free diagnostic call.