Who I Am, and Why I Do This

 
 

I didn’t get here by accident.
I got here through pain, pressure, and a relentless refusal to stay broken.
I’ve worn a lot of titles—Navy veteran, Iraq contractor, husband, father of four daughters, Master’s in Management and Leadership, MBA. But none of those things define me. What defines me is who I chose to become when everything tried to break me.
I grew up with deep trauma, anxiety, and PTSD. For years, I tried to outrun the chaos inside me. It wasn’t until I hit a wall—mentally, emotionally, spiritually—that I stopped chasing external fixes and started doing the inner work.
That’s when I found personal development—the real kind. The kind that rips the mask off, challenges your beliefs, and forces you to rebuild from the inside out. Books like The Code of the Extraordinary Mind cracked me open. Then came the teachings of Bob Proctor, Bruce Lipton, Earl Nightingale, Tony Robbins, Brené Brown, and so many others. I didn’t just read them—I lived them. I studied obsessively, 60 to 100 books a year, trying to understand how to reclaim control of my life and reshape my identity.
What I found was that most people are walking around with someone else’s story playing in their head. Living by beliefs they didn’t choose. Reacting to pain they never healed. I’ve made it my mission to help those people stop surviving and start forging. To become the person they were always meant to be—not by pretending, but by refining who they already are.
That’s why I wrote Becoming the Philosopher’s Stone.
That’s why I built The Forge Program.
That’s why I coach.
Because I believe transformation isn’t found—it’s forged.
And I believe you’re capable of more than you’ve ever been told.

Mission Statement:

I will achieve my absolute best—and help those around me do the same. I will set expectations far beyond what’s believed possible, and blow past them.