I work with people who are capable, self-aware, and stuck. Not because they lack information or discipline. Something beneath the surface hasn't been looked at honestly yet. That's where the work starts.
My path to this work was anything but direct. I stayed home with my kids while my wife built her medical career. I did renovation work, flipped houses, learned to cook in the kitchen I designed and installed. I picked things up, put them down, and followed whatever was in front of me.
I came to coaching through personal training. I kept noticing that what was holding my clients back had very little to do with their fitness. So I got trained as a coach. It was the first thing that made complete sense of everything I'd done before.
I'm an Associate Certified Coach with the International Coaching Federation and a Certified Personal Trainer. I run a small group fitness studio in Kingston, Ontario, and I've developed WHOLE, a 16-week group coaching program built around the belief that lasting change doesn't come from better plans alone. It comes from the self-understanding that makes a plan actually work.
My approach is direct and collaborative. I'll ask the questions that are easy to avoid, hold you to what you said mattered, and meet you where you actually are, not where you think you should be. No judgment. No performance required.
Outside of the work, I'm usually outdoors. Hiking, cycling, or out on the water yacht racing with whatever wind is on offer. At home in Kingston with my wife (a physician) and our two daughters. Occasionally playing guitar. Never quite as well as I'd like.