"Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself."
—Rumi, 13th Century Poet and Mystic
So, who am I?
I’ll give you a quick snapshot; My unemployed alcoholic cowboy father drank with my high school basketball coach after every game. Not wanting to be like him, I became determined to become rich. And at 34 I accomplished that goal.
But in my late 30’s I had become disillusioned about what I thought made me happy. So, I experimented with conventional therapy, joined a self-help program called Context, read a few self-help books, even dipped my toe into spirituality, and in a few years made enough progress I was able to help other high performing men work through their personal issues and make positive changes in their lives.
This continued until two major events change the trajectory of my life once again.
In 2012 I was badly injured in a paragliding accident in Mexico. And in 2017, I lost an eight year multi-million-dollar lawsuit with a bank stemming from the 2008 Great Recession which led to depression, suicidal thoughts, and eventually—bankruptcy.
Not one to quit, I began a journey of true self-discovery by asking these difficult—but brutally honest—questions.
Like these:
- Why did I continually repeat the same mistakes?
- Why didn't I make the changes I needed to make sooner?
- What led to a long—and profound—depression?
- What changes did I need to make to improve my life?
- What could I do to help other high performers create better physical, emotional, and spiritual health, find inner peace of mind, and ultimately, live life with fewer regrets?
I won't lie and tell you it was a cakewalk—because it wasn’t. But after years of researching, soul searching, experimenting with plant medicine, and utilizing daily mindfulness techniques I eventually found answers to all these questions. And more importantly, found my way out of the Human Hamster Cage for good.
I’ve since rededicated my life to sharing with other men what I’ve learned, and how they too can have a life with less stress, better mental, physical, and spiritual health, and closer relationships with the most important people in their life.
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