Existence First is a private coaching company owned and operated by Robert Nelson. Robert has worked in social services and intensive mental health for nearly 10 years, refining the skill sets to understand and debug the mind. These strategies are shared in his book, Skilled Compassion: a concise guide for mental health workers to jump the learning curve. A long-time fan of self-help and personal development, Robert integrates the fields of psychology, philosophy, and self-help with the goal of “cutting through non-sense thinking” and producing “a human species that looks up to itself.”