If you want the origin of this work, it’s here. This was my first podcast appearance, and I remember feeling it in my body before we even started. Nervous, a little exposed, and not entirely sure where Tanya was going to take the conversation. She asked questions I wasn’t prepared for—about my life, not just the work—and I didn’t have time to filter it. I just answered.

We traced the path from music to golf to building a health center, but what came through more honestly than usual was the disruption. Losing five friends in five weeks. The moment the trajectory I thought I wanted no longer made sense. That was the real turning point. The work I teach now—breath, fascia, coherence—didn’t come from theory. It came from trying to understand why people stay stuck in stress, and what actually shifts it. When those pieces came together, I saw something deeper: the body has to come with the mind, or you don’t go very far. This conversation is less polished, more real.