My journey began in my early twenties as a personal trainer. At the time, most people came to me wanting to change the way they looked. Like many in the fitness industry, I thought transformation started with the body. But when I began working closely with people, I quickly realised there was so much more beneath the surface. Our sessions often became less about workouts and more about life. People opened up about stress, heartbreak, anxiety, confidence, burnout, relationships, and the pressure to be “good enough.” Even though I wasn’t a therapist at the time, I could see how deeply people benefited simply from being heard, understood, and supported.

 

My work as a personal trainer eventually took me across the world — from training clients on Bondi Beach in Australia alongside some of the country’s leading trainers, to volunteering for a naturopathic doctor in Ottawa, Canada. It was there that I discovered EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) for the very first time. Alongside EFT, I was introduced to meditation, yoga, mindfulness, and a completely different way of understanding the connection between the body, mind, and emotions.

 

For the first time, I began to appreciate myself — not just physically, but mentally and emotionally too. Since then, life has taken me on many different paths — both internally and externally. I’ve spent 40 days in a Kundalini Ashram completing an intensive sadhana practice rooted in discipline, self-awareness, and spiritual growth. I’ve completed a 10-day Vipassana silent meditation retreat, where I learned the power of stillness and observing the mind. I’ve worked and volunteered in yoga retreats and ashrams around the world, learning from incredible teachers, communities, and experiences along the way. I’ve also learned just as much outside of retreat spaces . I’ve lived in a van that my wife Jill and I built ourselves, travelling around Ireland and embracing a slower, more intentional way of living. We’ve lived nomadically, often choosing a very different path from the one society expects.

 

In 2021, Jill, our dog Arnie, and I walked the entire 630-mile South West Coast Path, living in a tent for three months along the way. In 2024, we returned to do it again — this time walking 315 miles before life guided us elsewhere. Those journeys taught us more than we could ever explain fully in words. They taught us about simplicity, resilience, uncertainty, trust, connection, freedom, discomfort, and what really matters when you strip life back to the essentials. They taught us how much we carry emotionally, mentally, and spiritually — and how powerful it can be to let some of that weight go.

 

Throughout my own life, I’ve also navigated what it feels like not to fit the mould. Being gay, living differently, choosing alternative lifestyles, not following the “expected” path of career, home ownership, or conventional success — all of it has shaped me deeply. There were times I questioned myself, felt misunderstood, or wondered where I truly belonged. But those experiences are also what allow me to connect so deeply with others now. Because so many people are quietly carrying the feeling that they are “too much,” “not enough,” behind in life, different, lost, disconnected, or searching for something they can’t quite name.

 

I understand that feeling. And I also know that transformation doesn’t happen through perfection — it happens through self-awareness, compassion, nervous system safety, and learning to reconnect with yourself in a genuine way. Today, I’m a certified EFT Practitioner through the EFT Training Centre, a motivational speaker, and someone who brings together everything I’ve learned through fitness, emotional wellbeing, mindfulness, energy work, personal growth, and lived experience. The Law of Attraction and the teachings of Abraham Hicks have also been a huge inspiration in my life and continue to influence the way I work and live. I believe our thoughts, emotions, energy, and beliefs shape far more of our experience than we often realise.

Everything I offer today is a reflection of the path I’ve walked myself.

 

Not because I have all the answers — but because I know what it feels like to search for them.If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed, disconnected, stuck, emotionally exhausted, different, or unsure of your next step… you’re not alone.And you don’t have to navigate it alone either.