MASTER YOUR EMOTIONS.
MASTER REALITY.

It started in 2006.

 

I was living in L.A. 

 

I was staring on TV sitcom, had two movies coming out, and dating a famous actress.​

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I never imagined, when I started my career a tiny theatre in Toronto in front of 15 people, that I'd achieve this kind of success.

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And yet... I had this lingering feelings of dissatisfaction. 

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It was hard to reconcile because on the surface I had it all. What did I possibly have to be unhappy about?

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Then my girlfriend dumped me. 

 

And my TV series was cancelled.

 

I’d faced heartbreak and disappointment before, but for some reason this time it floored me.

 

All my doubts and fears came rising to the surface. 

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I couldn't shake it.  

 

I fell into a depression, questioning everything about my life. 

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My friend Miguel, a lifelong spiritual seeker, suggested I go to a “Radical Aliveness” workshop at the Esalen Institute, the famous retreat center in Big Sur, California where Human Potential Movement started back in the 60s.

 

Radical Aliveness?

 

It sounded weird.

 

But I was desperate for something different, and Miguel assured me this was real thing.

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So I took the drive up the Pacific Coast Highway for a six day experience that would shatter my reality and change the course of my life. 

 

With a group of twenty people, under the direction of a fearless facilitator named Ann Bradney, I dove head-first into my most intense emotions, uncovering a world of feeling buried inside me since I was boy. 

 

I felt the pain of my parent's divorce when I was six, and the fear and anxiety it left me with.

 

I felt my anger toward my mother for leaving my father, and how much I longed for his presence and love.   

 

I saw how I'd disowned these feelings, putting on a front for the world to see, and how this self-denial was manifesting in resentment, isolation, and self-loathing.

 

And I saw how these unresolved emotions were influencing the choices I was making in my career and relationships.

 

I was acting out a script written in my childhood.

 

I was trapped in a cycle, defending myself from pain. 

 

It was revelation.

 

I saw myself and everything around me in a radically new way.

 

And was filled with hope for the healing I only now realized I needed. 

 

This began a 10-year journey of deep self-exploration that's become my life’s work. 

 

I attended Radical Aliveness workshops as often as I could, ultimately enrolling in the four-year certification program for practitioners. 

 

I studied mediation, yoga, breath work, hypnosis, dreams, and shamanism.

 

I read everything I could on psychology, consciousness, and human optimization.

 

I produced a documentary series about a Radical Aliveness retreat. I wanted everyone to see and experience this ground-breaking work.  

 

During this time I continued to act, but as I began to facilitate my own workshops, I realized my heart was no longer in it.  

 

And so I shifted my focus and left Hollywood behind. 

 

My mission now is to share what I’ve learned, to create and inspire, and contribute what I can toward healing and empowerment through my workshops, courses, and creative projects. 

 

I still have my moments of doubt and fear, but I’ve developed a set of guiding principles and practical tools that keep me grounded and focused through life’s inevitable challenges.

 

And most importantly, I reach out for help when I need it. 

 

None of us can do it alone.

 

We all need friends, family, coaches, and mentors to guide us through the tough times and remind us of our greatness when we forget to see it in ourselves.

 

We all have something unique and powerful to give to the world.

 

And there’s a longing inside of us to commit to our lives fully, to make a contribution, and fulfill the promise of our soul. 

 

If you’ve been waiting to commit to yourself, to your mission, the time is NOW.

 

The world needs you.

 

If you feel the call to something greater, bigger, deeper, please answer it.  

 

Don't worry if you don’t know exactly where you’re going or how you’ll get there.

 

You just have to trust the voice inside you whispering there’s more to this life.

 

There's more to YOU.

 

And that everything you want is on the other side of saying YES.  

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