Hey, I’m Michael.

For decades (literally decades), I played the part of the good son, the good husband, the good church-goer... the "Good Guy." I followed every rule, kept the peace, avoided conflict, and did my best to stay likable, even if it meant being inauthentic by disappearing inside myself.

From the outside, things looked great! I was dependable, spiritual, and relatively successful. But underneath, I was floundering and quietly drowning in my expectations. Pretty much all of these I kept quiet because I didn't want to "muddy the waters." I bent over backwards for others then secretly resented them for not reciprocating.

It took a failed marriage, a couple career changes, a lot of soul-searching, and the realization that I didn’t even know what I wanted anymore or who I really was to finally make me wake and figure out the change I needed. I started questioning my belief that I had to do everything everyone wanted from me to make them happy, and I started wondering, “What’s actually true for me?”

I had to learn to stop pretending and lean into the discomfort that I always avoided. I did (and still do) SO MUCH inner excavation work to get honest with myself and discover the moments of stillness that awaited me for so long. Now, I help others do the same.

Today, I work with recovering "Nice Guys" and "Good Girls" who are tired of keeping the peace at the cost of their own. Many of these are people who are successful on the outside but stuck in roles that have turned hollow, dutiful, and emotionally bereft.

This coaching is all about helping others discover their identities and dropping the acts of performance, pleasing, or avoiding just to feel the love they unnecessarily work so hard for.

If that sounds like something your soul’s been craving, you’re in the right place!