My path to this work (and what that means for you)

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.
JOHN LENNON

Early sparks (1960s–early 70s)

My passionate commitment to mind-body healing has spanned over three decades.

However, I’ve been exploring avenues that expand consciousness, inner focus, and wholeness most of my life.

I grew up in the 60s on the Gulf Coast in a small beach town. An old kindergarten report card I found recently said I had “good ideas”, did “excellent creative art work”, and was “a good skipper.” Sounds about right.

One teacher also wrote that while most kids bolted out for recess, I preferred to stay inside and draw—a little early hint that I’d always been committed to creativity more than conformity.

Anyway, I had an untamable individual perspective, and enjoyed blowing minds with magic tricks, building elaborate illusions, and being peculiarly inspiring.

I didn’t know this imaginative path would lead to helping others blast through their perceived limitations in life. I was just having fun.

I also loved playing music (piano, trumpet, guitar) and drawing cartoons.

Inspired by the photography of my father (a military veteran entrepreneur), I began developing 35mm photographs (pre-digital era) in a darkroom he built for me—and also splicing together Super 8 movies by hand that I had shot myself (early training in the shifting of perception).

At eight years old (motivated by Bruce Lee) I began my first martial arts training. (This was with my parents’ blessing as they urgently needed me to ditch the rambunctious, court jester routine I had nearly perfected.)

And, what do you know, it boosted my self-control and concentration so much that—over 50 years later—I’m still doing it.

How this benefits you today:

The difference between where you are and where you want to be isn’t distance—it’s perception. My early immersion in magic, illusion, and perception-shifting gives me a unique advantage in helping clients see beyond their current mental limitations. That same curiosity that led me to build elaborate illusions as a child now helps men identify and dismantle the mental illusions that limit their potential. When we work together, you’ll experience how quickly perceptual shifts can create immediate changes in your reality.

The body achieves what the mind believes.
NAPOLEON HILL

Mind over muscle (mid 1970s–80s)

Then, as a teenager in the mid-70s, I began my fundamental education in the power of the mind when my mother, a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (an advanced practice nurse who is certified in anesthesia), became a Hypnotherapist.

At the time, most equated hypnosis with “voodoo” where I’m from (with a bayou practically in my backyard).

Nevertheless, she successfully bridged her scientific background with the art and science of hypnotherapy and helped thousands—including myself and my sisters (one of which was a hard-core, Olympics-bound athlete). She practiced hands-on healing as well—a skill my great-grandmother was also known for.

Thankfully, my trailblazing mother always kept me on my toes. When I was about 14, she handed me Wayne Dyer’s famous book Your Erroneous Zones. (It’s based on Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy and inspired by various Asian, Greek, Roman, and modern philosophers.)

Yep, no more comic books for me.

By the early 1980s, the fitness craze had hit.

I became heavily involved in strength training and nutritional optimization while majoring in Pre-Med in college.

Fitness remains my touchstone. I’ve been enthusiastically bio-hacking for over four decades and have earned multiple certifications from the National Academy of Sports Medicine®.

My life-long experience in self-created health has taught me that commitment and adaptability are essential components in achieving excellent outcomes. As a result, I’ve broken out of many self-imposed prisons.

How this benefits you today:

We don’t live from the outside in. We live from the inside out. Decades of discipline in self-created health isn’t just my background—it’s built into my approach with clients. Unlike practitioners who offer vague concepts without practical application, I bring both a scientific and creative mindset to subconscious work. This means you get measurable results, not just good feelings. My training in both physical and mental optimization allows me to identify the exact points where your system needs recalibration for maximum performance.

Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

The art of transformation (Late 1980s–90s)

After earning a degree in Visual Arts, I followed my creative calling to California in search of broader horizons.

That journey had actually begun earlier, midway through my pre-med studies. While I was drawn to the precision and problem-solving of medical science, it became clear that my creative nature wasn’t just a part of me—it was central. Shifting to the arts was a deliberate choice to engage both logic and imagination.

That balance—of analytical depth and creative vision—would later become foundational to my work.

My creative path expanded into the performing arts as well, earning me membership in the Screen Actors Guild / American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and leading to numerous appearances in film, television, commercials, stage, and voiceover productions.

Luckily, one of my first acting teachers was Crispin Glover’s father, Bruce Glover, who advised me not to read any books about acting, but to “read some Alan Watts instead”. Wise advice.

My training in the performing arts—essentially a deep study of human behavior—assisted me in:

• Gaining a greater sensory awareness;
• Learning how to generate empowering emotional states;
• Developing a greater understanding of how others experience their world;
• Hearing deeper truths contained within the language others use.

Having made art since childhood (I’d been creating for more than half a century before AI ever entered the picture) I’ve always been drawn to the invitation of a “blank canvas”—the limitless potential of not knowing what will emerge.

To this day, I still spend much of my free time (as I have for decades) creating content—writing, design, video, and my favorite “hobby”: musicmaking).

How this benefits you today:

Most people try to think their way to change. But change happens at a deeper level. My creative background trained me to work intuitively, in real time—without scripts or formulas. That means when we work together, you won’t get a templated process. You’ll get a customized, moment-to-moment experience that meets you exactly where you are.

Years of studying performance and perception taught me how to read nuance—whether it’s in your tone, posture, or language—so we can identify patterns others miss and shift them fast. And just as an artist meets the blank canvas without preconceptions, I meet you without a fixed agenda—so we can work with who you actually are, not a theory about who you’re supposed to be.

These creative disciplines keep my perspective multidimensional and my process alive—so your work isn’t just effective, it’s deeply human. Whether it’s clarity you’re after, confidence, or direction, we’ll move toward it with precision and flexibility—no guesswork, no wasted time.

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
W.B. YEATS

From performer to catalyst (1990s–2000s)

Inspired to help others, I became credentialed in various healing art forms based on Eastern philosophical approaches to health.

And I began teaching wellness practices that promote physical, mental, and emotional well-being to interested groups and individuals in the mid-90s.

This was my life’s intersection of science, art, philosophy, and spirituality—when I began awakening to my true calling.

In 2000 (still involved in the performing arts), I co-founded an acting school on Broadway in New York City.

There I connected more with how much I love helping others ignite their creative capacities.

I eventually decided to devote my time exclusively to helping others excel in life and went back to school, earning multiple certifications in Clinical Hypnotherapy, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Creating Your Future® Coaching, and more.

I had come full circle—back to the work that first opened this path for me.

My mother’s rare integration of science and healing changed the emotional tone of our family and planted the seeds of transformation early in my life. Hypnotherapy had been the original catalyst for my own growth. And now, I had returned to it—not just as a student, but as a guide.

How this benefits you today:

Change doesn’t require effort—it requires awareness. Teaching mind-body practices helped me see how quickly people could shift—not just how they felt, but how they functioned. It taught me to work with the whole system: thoughts, physiology, emotion, and belief. This foundation shaped the way I still approach change today—not as a mental concept, but as something experiential, embodied, and lasting.

And teaching actors how to show up truthfully taught me something profound: transformation isn’t about adding more—it’s about removing what’s in the way. The most powerful performances come not from effort or artifice, but from presence, relaxation, and trust in what’s already there. That same principle guides my coaching work. You don’t need to be “fixed” or shoved into a theory of human behavior. You need space, guidance, and the right conditions to reconnect with what’s already yours.

Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.
DR. CARL JUNG

Center for Advanced Life Skills (2012–Present)

After decades immersed in peak performance, self-development, and holistic health, one thing became undeniable:

Most traditional programs—even in psychology—leave out the most important part.

They don’t teach people how to work with the creative power of the subconscious mind.

And without that, true transformation stays out of reach.

So, I did something about it.

In 2012, I founded the Center for Advanced Life Skills to share what actually works—through an immersive training approach built on everything I’d spent years developing, testing, and refining.

Today, I teach individuals and professionals how to harness the powerful inner technology they were born with—to create real, lasting change from the inside out.

How this benefits you today:

Your mind created the patterns you’re living. It also holds the key to creating new ones. The Holistic Breakthrough Approach™ I’ve developed since 2012 isn’t theory—it’s a proven system grounded in real-world results. It’s the same approach I teach doctors, therapists, and coaches, and it’s what you’ll experience in our work together. Because this method was built in the trenches—through teaching, client work, and continuous refinement—you get tools that work across a wide range of challenges, and a process personalized to how your mind actually learns and changes.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.
HENRY DAVID THOREAU

The difference that makes the difference

What sets this apart from everything else you’ve tried?

I’ve spent decades integrating the best of performance, perception, physiology, and subconscious change into one coherent process—so you don’t have to spend years piecing it together yourself.

You can’t think your way out of patterns created below conscious thought. You need a different approach.

When we work together, you’re not just getting coaching—you’re getting access to a system that rewires what’s been holding you back at the source. It’s called the Holistic Breakthrough Approach.

Because when you know how to work with the subconscious—not against it—transformation happens faster, deeper, and with less friction.

The question isn’t just: Are you ready to learn new things?

It’s: What might become possible when someone with this background helps you rewrite the invisible code that’s been running your life?

When you’re ready to stop circling the problem—and start creating your future—I’m here.

When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.
WAYNE DYER

To live the life you imagine, you must first realize that you already are.
JACK VAN LANDINGHAM