A few clients invited me golfing. What started as a different place to meet became a clearer way to understand the work I was already doing.
When I moved to Hawaii, some clients started asking to meet on the course. That was where they spent a lot of their time, so we began having coaching conversations while playing.
I realized how exposed we can be out there.
If someone is tense, distracted, or angry, you can see it in how they play. You can also see the difference when they settle down, trust their swing, and enjoy themselves.
The things we were talking about in coaching were right there in the game. Frustration. Pressure. Self-doubt. Trying to force something. Finding your way back after things go sideways.
The game follows you home
Golf mindset coaching became such a clear bridge to daily life. How do you bring that same awareness home to your family, into a difficult conversation, or through a stressful day at work?
You can have a successful career and still find yourself struggling to let go of a bad shot. You can know exactly what you want to do and get in your own way when it matters.
The useful question is what happens next. Do you carry the frustration into the next shot? Does it follow you home? Can you notice what is happening and choose how you want to respond?
Those are meaningful things to work on, on the course and beyond it.
Having been through all that, why play small?
My path into coaching began well before those rounds of golf.
After nearly dying, I felt this overwhelming mission to live life fully and, most importantly, to be of service. I had survived something enormous. I wanted to do something meaningful with that.
Getting back into fitness, rebuilding my meditation practice, and working with my coach strengthened my sense of purpose. My own conscious psychedelic use helped me see how much I wanted to connect with people on a deeper level, rather than stay so focused on my limitations and self-doubt. It was time to lead with my heart, rather than my head.
My teachers and my coach gave me so much inspiration that I knew it was time to step into a different career.
And then, of course, came the imposter feeling.
Who the hell am I, a guy in his 30s, to help someone older than me? Someone who has built a successful business, raised a family, and has a whole lot more money in the bank?
It took time to recognize that my own experience had value. Traveling the world, pursuing music, creating the podcast, being an entrepreneur, and recovering from illness had all taught me things I could offer someone else.
Meeting people where they are
Microdose coaching grew out of that. Microdosing had been an integral part of my own journey, alongside mindfulness and changes in how I lived. I wanted to help people approach that world thoughtfully and responsibly.
I found myself connecting with older, successful people who were curious but didn’t quite know where to begin. People who had put enormous energy into their careers and finances, while their health, relationships, or emotional lives hadn’t always received the same attention.
They needed someone who could meet them where they were. As I got clearer about that, my messaging changed, my approach changed, and my client base started growing.
Golf gave us another place to do that work. Whether someone was microdosing or not, there was meaningful work we could do together.
Understanding where I can help
I’ve still had to work through my own uncertainty about this pivot. Being an entrepreneur means moving in directions with no guarantee of success, facing rejection, and pulling threads to see what works.
But I’ve come back to something that matters more than my accolades: my ability to connect and communicate with the person in front of me.
You don’t have to be a billionaire to coach millionaires. You don’t have to be a scratch golfer to help a 10-handicap work on their mindset.
I can help bridge mindfulness with a world that understands success, competition, business, and sport. Golf has given me another way to do that.
At the heart of it, I’m a performance and mindset coach. Private coaching is the central relationship. Psychedelic education and integration, microdose coaching, The Microdosing Journal, and golf and sports performance are connected avenues into the work.
They’re different ways to help people grow, move through what’s holding them back, and bring more of themselves to their lives.
If you recognize something of yourself in this, explore private coaching to learn how we can work together.