Believe it or not, it is my experience that the answers you seek are already within. It is my job as your coach is to draw out of you what already exists. My job is to ask the right questions and challenge you to use your strengths while managing your weaknesses.

My approach is equal parts business coaching, performance coaching and life coaching. Ultimately, I’m interested in applying the concepts of sports psychology and positive psychology techniques To help you achieve your goals and find meaning in the day today..especially when life is not cooperating with their desires.

Drawing from my experience as a business owner, actor, presenter, teacher and athlete, I’m interested in incorporating the best practices from each discipline and modifying those practices to meet individual needs for peak performance in both business and life. Through a series of exercises we’ll examine your physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual makeup while also identifying tools to assist in motivation, well-being, wisdom, mindfulness, self-understanding and self-compassion. We’ll also consider body language, word choice, inflection, point of view and presentation style. In addition, we’ll look at external influences like familial, social, cultural and societal impacts. It sounds deep cause it is. Transformational change only happens at the deepest levels of the human condition. 

The work is process oriented and very much like an athlete/coach relationship. My approach is collaborative with help from your “group mind” which includes friends, family, acquaintances, customers and even complete strangers. My job as a coach is to guide your self-discovery. We’ll create new filters from which to view your self, your circumstances. We’ll look to understand how you are perceived in the world and why. Then how to use that perception to your advantage. Once identified, I’ll help you package yourself, your business or ideas by applying YOUR best practices to compete in their industry of choice.

Life is not black or white, it is full of grey. With this in mind, I’m inspired to look at possibility of what could be while also keeping a reasonable perspective. As a jack-of-all-trades who loves to learn, my curiosity in a wide range of subject matter informs my ability to connect the dots, usually in new and unexpected ways, leading to innovation.

I’ve worn many hats as a performer, athlete and businessman and serve my clients by pulling from the best of each. Here’s how each has informed my process:

Creative:

As a member of both Actors Equity Association, AEA and The Screen Actors Guild, SAG, I understand the power of story. Having spent over 20 years studying the art of acting, singing and movement, I have a full understanding of my emotional life, how it works within the body and tools to use to control or convey those emotions. I’ve worked on stage and film in many different styles from comedic to dramatic to scripted to improvisation. I know the difference between authentic performance on stage and on camera and how to bring that out in my clients by using the truth that comes from embracing life experience. I ask my clients to connect to the power of their vulnerability. My reasoning comes from years of experience and observation. Performers willing to share their vulnerability, the good, the bad, the ugly and the beautiful of themselves are the performers that become successful at their craft and eventually sought after. It’s why Bryan Cranston received acclaim for his role in Breaking Bad. He wasn’t afraid to share his vulnerability and was rewarded for his efforts. I’ve seen tremendous results with my clients incorporating the power of vulnerability into their life. Not only that, but Brenee Brown’s Science-based research is further proof of its importance.

Strategist:

My BA in Communications/Public Relations gave me the knowledge and firsthand experience using the skills necessary to compete in today’s business world. I learned copy writing, layout, design, packaging, script writing, television production and both audio and video editing. I used these tools to build a successful business that allowed me to create sales funnels, understand customer relationship management applications, apply my public relations and marketing skills, create products for my target market, write a book and create a complete online course with over 60 hours of video instruction. I have had success in business. And have felt the pain of a business partnership gone awry leading to the businesses dissolution. I’ve had the opportunity to put theory into practice and see firsthand what works, while also learning the hard way that theory doesn’t always translate into real world application.

Coach:

As a competitive swimmer, I learned the power of consistent daily practice, visualizations, and of competing against my personal best. I practiced daily, 6 days a week, for months leading to tappers that won championship races. I’ve false started. I’ve come from behind to win. I’ve given my all and still lost my race and worked as part of a team to win a collegiate championship. Athletics was a place for me to learn my strengths, leadership, the art of setting and achieving goals, patience, faith and most import of all “sisu” the Finnish word for resilience and courage.

These three areas of my life have come together to define my coaching practice, and exemplify how one can merge their interests in order to find flow and eventually “flourish.” This is the overall goal of my practice, to promote well-being in mind, body and spirit because the rigors of starting anything new can be mentally, physically and spiritually exhausting. It takes sisu! Using your new found knowledge, we can create actionable steps to attain you vision. By working backwards from their ultimate vision, we’ll create an action plan of measured steps that are in alignment with their goals, strengths, values, and virtues.

Now that you’ve read about my coaching philosophy – Let Dive in. It’s one thing to read about my philosophy. It’s quite another to experience how it all works together. Let’s talk.