ABOUT ME

I was rushed to the hospital for a scary surgery that involves being put under, stopping your heart and lungs, being put into a hypothermic state, and having your sternum sawed in half and your rib cage cracked open so my aorta could be replaced.

In 2009 I sat on the edge of my bed, with a bottle of sleeping pills in one hand and a bottle of gingerale in the other.

I was depressed, anxious, grieving the loss of my beloved father, suffering from insomnia, and the most negative thinking you could ever imagine. I was my own worst enemy.

And I was over 300 pounds (at 6 feet tall), on a host of prescription drugs, unhealthy and I hated my life and myself.

I didn’t want to be here anymore and it all came to a head that night.

But as I was about to pop the bottle of pills and wash it down with the ginger ale, a quote from the Shawshank Redemption popped into my head…..

“Get busy living…..or get busy dying.”

And a tiny voice inside of me told me “there’s still hope.”

So I chose to get busy living.

I lost weight, I dealt with the depression, the anxiety, the insomnia, the grief, and I got off all prescription drugs.

And I learned that ANYTHING CAN BE CHANGED…..ANYTHING. Including how you think and how you deal with emotions……

i.e. the inside stuff I’d come to believe was fixed, or just “a part of who I was.”

So I relied on my education in psychology, studied everything I could get my hands on, obtained countless certifications, did every course I could enroll in, and was lucky enough to work with some of the most talented experts in the world, learnung things like trauma healing, mindset, neuroscience, nervous system, mindfulness, emotional wellness and mental performance.

And out of all that came my own coaching business where I developed my own methods, techniques, skills and philosophies that have helped hundreds of people change their lives and achieve goals from losing 150 pounds, to starting successful businesses, to finding love after divorce, to conquering anxiety, depression, insomnia, low self esteem, learning how to erase negative thinking and dealing with lifelong trauma along much more. There’s not much I haven’t helped a client with.

It all comes down to the same philosophy…..INSIDE OUT.

This philosophy has become my own way of life.

INSIDE OUT WELLNESS.

A holistic approach that combines mental, emotional, and physical wellness to give people the tools and skills needed to deal life’s challenges that often cause us to suffer.

I am able to move through those challenges with an ease and a lightness I never thought possible.

In 2018 that all got put to the test.

After almost dying in a freak accident I found myself dealing with PTSD from coming so close to death, and almost leaving my then 6 month old daughter fatherless.

(Long story short, I threw up too hard and started bleeding internally and almost died from internal blood loss. I lost half my blood.)

It was beyond traumatic.

A holistic approach that combines mental, emotional, and physical wellness to give people the tools and skills needed to deal life’s challenges that often cause us to suffer.

I am able to move through those challenges with an ease and a lightness I never thought possible.

In 2018 that all got put to the test.

After almost dying in a freak accident I found myself dealing with PTSD from coming so close to death, and almost leaving my then 6 month old daughter fatherless.

(Long story short, I threw up too hard and started bleeding internally and almost died from internal blood loss. I lost half my blood.)

It was beyond traumatic.

I found myself needing to utilize all the skills and tools I had been using and teaching others for the previous 5 years to help me with my own symptoms of PTSD.

Thankfully it worked.

I followed my own approach, using the tool box I had developed up to that point, with skills and a framework that got me out of the toughest spot I’d been in for a long time.

It also gave me an appreciation for the methods I’d created and deepened my knowledge on the practical application of “getting yourself out of the shit.”

Then came January 6th 2024, or as I like to think of it……”The day I was reborn.”

Due to a genetic defect in my heart I didn’t know about, I needed an aortic dissection open heart surgery. I experienced my biggest challenge of my life.

With about a 10% chance of survival, I made it through an 8 hour open heart surgery that most people don’t survive.

In addition to the scary nature of the surgery, there is a brutal recovery that I am still working on. The pain of having your sternum sawed open and your heart operated on is like nothing I’ve ever experienced. Being laid up for months was more challenging than I could even begin describe.

And the fear and frustration at having come so close to dying (again) left me having more sleepless nights and feelings of unease I had never experienced previously.

But I had cheated death again and have a newfound gratitude for life.

So I went to work the only way I know how.

Inside Out.

I focused on my mental and emotional health until I recovered enough to focus on my physical health.

I can tell you it’s been so difficult that if I didn’t have my inside out way of life, and all the tools, skills, and practices I have…..I would have gone crazy.

But that’s the thing about me I’ve realized over the last decade and a half…..If there’s one thing I am, it’s RESILIENT.

So that’s my origin story, if you’d like to know a bit more about who I am please see the video on this page for a lighter side of me.