The International Coaching Federation describes coaching as, “partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential. The process of coaching often unlocks previously untapped sources of imagination, productivity and leadership.”

I define coaching as surfacing the inner awareness of my clients so that they may shape the life they want. My coaching philosophy is that through coaching we can have, and give, fun to a world that desperately needs it. We can be in partnership with others - loved ones, colleagues, friends - joyfully. Sometimes that takes a bit of work on ourselves first.

While I am a coach, my starting point is as an enthusiastic fan; of any man eager to look inward in order to better engage outwardly.

Therapy sessions often focus on your past to help you work through the personal issues you have been facing.

While coaches are future-oriented, focusing on addressing where you are now, where you want to be, and what you need to do to get there.

You will benefit from coaching if you have:

• A desire to better know yourself and your presence in the world

• Upcoming life or career events you wish to handle with confidence and grace

• A need to level-up your approach to relationships or decision-making

• Crave new methods and mindsets for handling life’s ups and downs

I specialize in coaching men in their thirties because my tacit experience as one myself will offer the greatest value to other men walking my path or one like it.

That said, I applaud anyone who seeks avenues for self-improvement and I welcome the opportunity to help any person, regardless of gender or age, whose goals and my coaching style are a fit.

If you choose to attend a Discovery Call with me and we find that we’re not a fit, I will reach out to my coaching network on your behalf to align you with someone who might be.

I help clients grow in one or more areas:

1. Self-awareness and Self-confidence

   I just needed to get out of my own way,” is a phrase the epitomizes the power of self-awareness, the foundation for self-confidence. Self-awareness creates space for you to know yourself better, know how you operate in the context of others and life events, and helps you embrace exactly who you are, confidently.

2. Purpose, values, and personal manifesto

   Much like a company, every individual can be steered by clearly defined and documented values, a purpose and a personal manifesto that defines how values and purpose are brought to life.

3. Career fulfillment

   I often hear people claim that work is not meant to be fulfilling, but rather an exchange of labor for income. I absolutely disagree. The challenge most of us face at least once in our careers is finding fulfillment despite being “stuck,” and catalyzing that stuck feeling as fuel to shape the next chapter in alignment with our purpose, values, and manifesto.

4. Embracing vulnerability

   Ah, to never have to take a risk! Being vulnerable is being willing to take risks with those you trust. Vulnerability is almost never easy, especially for men. Vulnerability is where exceptional men come to life.

5. Authentic communication

   Authentic communication starts with self-awareness and ends with embracing vulnerability. Even the most purpose-aligned, best-intentioned people among us have to be mindful about how they are present with others, and how they communication.

6. Being decisive

   To be clear, being decisive does not mean being a dick (I gather you’ve picked that up by now). Being decisive does however require clarity from self-awareness, the North Star that is purpose and values, embracing vulnerability - as in, being ok with a bit of failure now and then - and authentically communication your needs and desires. Are you ready to make it happen?

I coach over Zoom; it is essential to me that we connect virtually; however, if, for any reason, you are more comfortable meeting by phone, I welcome you to state this preference.

The discovery call is a two-way street. This is your opportunity to interview me as a prospective coach and a chance for me to understand where you’re coming from as a prospective client.

Specifically, we will discuss your immediate needs, my coaching approach, and expectations for the coaching relationship. Through this dialogue, we will begin to sense whether we are a fit.