Less Hustle, More Human.
Sustainable Leadership Without the Eye Twitch.
We help individuals & organizations build something that holds up IRL (not just offsites).
FIELD NOTES @SUBSTACK
Weekly reflection through the lens of counter-formation.
—Start Here—
FREE MINI COURSE
You’re not lost. You are being shaped. But by what?
WORK WITH US
Dig in to the work—coaching, consulting, cohorts, retreats.
Our Process
No two teams are the same. No culture grows in the same soil.
That’s why our process isn’t rigid. It flexes with each engagement—co-created to fit your context and shaped by the needs that emerge.But over time, certain movements prove essential.
We return to them again and again.
Listen & Name | We begin with presence and attention—not just to symptoms, but to stories. To what’s been hidden, ignored, or misunderstood. Together, we name the tensions beneath the surface and start seeing with new clarity.
Prune & Align | Before we add, we make space. We surface what no longer serves—habits, assumptions, unspoken agreements—and clear room for what matters. This is where misalignment gets named and integrity begins to take shape.
Design & Walk | From insight, we build. Together we co-create rhythms, strategies, and practices that reflect your values and move your team forward. Not theoretical. Lived. Tested in real decisions, in real relationships.
Reflect & Embed | We pause again. What’s working? What’s emerging? What needs to shift? We refine and reinforce what matters—so growth becomes sustainable, not situational.
This process holds structure without rigidity.
It’s how we create change that lasts—rooted, relational, and lived over time.
Our Pillars
Formation that’s practical. Leadership that’s sustainable.Our work rests on five core pillars—anchored in virtue, embodied practice, and long-term vision.
| Pillar | What it Cultivates |
|---|---|
| Awareness | Recognizing what’s shaping you (and what needs to shift) |
| Discernment | Clarifying your values, voice, and what matters most |
| Rhythm | Designing daily, weekly, and seasonal practices of alignment |
| Embodiment | Living what you believe through presence and attention |
| Courage | Taking intentional risks that form your character and legacy |
Every tool, course, or conversation flows from this philosophy.Every engagement—whether coaching, consulting, or facilitation—is rooted in these five interrelated pillars. These aren’t just values; they’re the movements we return to again and again in meaningful work.
what clients say
Real People. Real Clarity. Real Change.
Resource Hub
Articles, Books, & Courses
Tools to support your growth—at your pace.Explore a curated library of resources to help you reflect, realign, and lead with intention.Articles, books, and courses designed for sustainable growth, not quick fixes. Inside you'll find:
Habits for Leaders – a practical book to help you lead from alignment, not anxiety
Two LinkedIn Learning courses on leadership habits and culture building
Articles on formation, focus, and courageous leadership
Rooted in Wisdom. Driven by Purpose.
I’m Aaron Marshall—coach, author, executive, educator, and culture strategist.For more than two decades, I’ve helped individuals and organizations realign around what truly matters. I’ve coached leaders, shaped culture, taught thousands, and helped people navigate the slow, good work of meaningful change.Whether you're rethinking your rhythm or your leadership, I’m here to help you grow something real.
Your Resource Hub
Tools for becoming.
Trusted by leaders, teams, and seekers who are growing on purpose.
The work of becoming is slow, deliberate, and often done behind the scenes.
Here are the tools, reflections, and practices that can help you stay grounded and keep growing.You are not a machine to optimize. You’re a soul in formation.Here are tools, guides, and frameworks to help you
grow like an apprentice—slowly, intentionally, with your hands in the work.
Start Here | Foundations for the journey
Field Notes
The WayKeepers Journal
One reflection. Once a week.Each week, you’ll receive a short reflection—written for those doing the slow, meaningful work of becoming more whole.These letters are for high-capacity people who are tired of noise.
They’re for anyone seeking rhythm, depth, and a return to what matters most.Expect words that help you:
Clarify your values
Build habits of attention and intention
Resist distraction and cultural drift
Align who you are with how you live and lead
Resist Drift | Pause. Turn. Plant Your Feet.
Mini-Course
Each week, you’ll receive a short reflection—written for those doing the slow, meaningful work of becoming more whole.These letters are for high-capacity people who are tired of noise.
They’re for anyone seeking rhythm, depth, and a return to what matters most.Expect words that help you:
Clarify your values
Build habits of attention and intention
Resist distraction and cultural drift
Align who you are with how you live and lead
Once you’ve "planted your feet," Clarity + Roadmap will help you step forward with vision and intention.
CLARITY + ROADMAP
Course
You don’t need another productivity system. You need a moment to breathe.This is counter-formation in practice—a trail journal for the soul, filled with stories, prompts, and tangible tools to walk your next season with intention and steadiness.You’ll slow down and reflect deeply, clarify your values, your vision, your “why,” and then build a meaningful path forward that fits your life—not someone else’s highlight reel. Course includes:
Beautifully designed eBook (PDF)
Audio narration of each section
Welcome and Closing videos
Practices that stick
A flexible, self-paced formation journey to help you live with intention—and build a rhythm of life that lasts.
Books on Leadership Practice
Habits for Leaders | Grounded & Growing
Book
How do you balance everything on your shoulders and still stay sane? How do you lead your organization to success & stay healthy at the same time?You'll begin by exploring what habits are and how they work—then, engage practical steps to establish 20 key habits that will help you flourish as an executive leader:
habits to keep you grounded,
stay disciplined,
handle your relationships, and
become a more discerning thinker.
Best of all, these habits can easily be integrated into your life, starting today.
Build a Thriving Culture
Book (Coming 2026)
If your organization is like most, you’ve watched culture just happen. Like a garden left unattended, workplace habits and practices develop on their own. With or without your attention, culture grows.Tend the garden—prepare the soil, provide sunlight and water, prune properly, pull weeds at the right time—and you’ll end up with more fruit and less thistle. Imagine what that would mean for your team? How could a thriving culture improve your business?In twenty-five chapters packed with practical next steps, I unroll a blueprint for growing thriving culture.
All designed to be flexible—a self-paced formation journey to align your life with what matters most.
LinkedIn Learning Courses
20 Habits of Executive Leadership
LinkedIn Learning Course
There are endless books and high-level frameworks on executive leadership.But what about the daily habits? The in-between moments that actually shape how you lead?This course offers 20 practical habits you can begin building today.These habits are small, actionable, and deeply formative—designed to help you flourish as a leader without sacrificing your life in the process.
Build a Thriving culture
LinkedIn Learning Course
If you lead people, you’re shaping culture—whether you mean to or not.Culture, like a garden, grows with or without intention. And if left untended, even good soil will produce weeds alongside the fruit.In this course, you'll recognize the habits that silently shape your team, understand how environments can inspire or exhaust, and learn to prune, plant, and tend to your team's culture with intention.Create the conditions where your people and your mission can thrive. No silver bullets—just honest, repeatable practices for building a culture that lasts.
Field Notes: Weekly reflections for building
lives, teams, and missions that endure
Imaginative Formation for the Next Generation
A middle-grade fiction series for kids (and curious adults) who crave adventure with meaning.
Even heroes need help
Perfect for reluctant readers grade 2-4
"My name is Riles, and I’m a hero. I don’t have super speed, x-ray vision, or super strength. In fact, I’m a pretty normal fifth grader in every way except one – I’m a Story Keeper."
These stories are rooted in courage, character, and the quiet power of choosing what’s right—no matter the cost.
You Don’t Drift on Purpose.
But You Do Drift.
This guide is a quiet but clear call to do something about it. It’s time to pause, name what’s pulling you off course, and choose a better way forward.
Pause. Turn. Plant Your Feet.
Resist Drift is a free, reflective guide for people who feel scattered, stuck, or simply off course.It’s not a productivity sprint. It’s not a checklist.
It’s a moment to pause, reflect, and re-center—before jumping into what's next.You’re busy. You’re productive. You get things done.
But somewhere along the way, you’ve felt it—
That slow, subtle drift from who you thought you’d become.You don’t need more noise. You don’t need another hustle plan. You need space to stop. To name what’s pulling you off course. To choose a better way forward.Resist Drift offers that better way forward.
This reflective guide is designed to help you pause, turn, and plant your feet.It’s not a checklist. It’s not a sprint.It's practice and reflection—a chance to finally stop floating and begin living with intention.
Inside you’ll find:
Short readings that feel like trail walks, not lectures
Guided visualizations to help you see what’s really going on
Journal prompts that meet you with honesty, not shame
A quiet call to resistance—against hurry, passivity, and drift
1. Pause.
Slow down. Step out of autopilot.
Get honest.
2. Turn.
Identify what’s pulling you off course—and choose to move differently.S
3. Plant Your Feet.
Stand with intention.
Begin the deeper work of formation.
Are You in?
This is for you if...
You feel like you’re holding it all together, but not moving forward
You’re tired of floating through life or leadership without clarity
You sense something deeper calling—but don’t know how to reach it
You’re ready for intentional growth, not reactive change
Get the Guide + Stay Connected.
When you sign up, you’ll get instant access to the Resist Drift guide.
You’ll also receive a short, weekly reflection from me—designed to help you live with clarity, courage, and rooted purpose.
Time to turn upstream.
Not later. Not someday. Now.
Let this be the start of something deeper.
After the Download
When you download Resist Drift, you’re not just getting a PDF—you’re stepping into a conversation.You’ll begin receiving my weekly newsletter, written for people who are doing the slow, meaningful work of becoming who they’re called to be—not just achieving more, but becoming more whole.It’s for:
High-capacity leaders who feel misaligned beneath the surface
Creatives, builders, and seekers who are tired of constant noise
Anyone who’s ready to grow intentionally—not reactively
You won’t get “hacks” or high-pressure tactics.
You’ll get anchored, honest reflections—delivered once a week—designed to help you:
Reconnect with your values
Name and resist cultural currents that pull you off course
Reimagine ambition as something aligned with integrity
Rebuild your habits around what matters most
Lead and live from the inside out
Each issue is short, thoughtful, and quietly challenging.
Think of it like a steady nudge toward the kind of life and leadership you actually want.
Not louder. Not faster. Just truer.You don’t need more content.
You need space to reflect—and someone to walk with you as you grow.That’s what this newsletter offers.
Live with Intention.
Lead for Transformation.
Guiding individuals and organizations through the work of counter-formation—moving from passive existence to purposeful action through clarity, habits, and meaningful work.
You're In! Let's Begin.
Your mini-course is on it's way!
It may take the email a few minutes to arrive...
But while you wait, here’s something deeper.
Special "Thank You" Offer
You just took a brave step with Resist Drift—and I want to invite you into the next one.For the next few minutes only, you can grab the full Clarity+Roadmap journey for just $27 (normally $81).A full system to clarify your direction, design your next 90 days, and move forward with grounded momentum.
CLArITY+
ROADMAP
A self-paced formation journey to help you
realign your life with what matters most.
More Than a Framework—It’s a Formation Path
You show up. You make things work. But underneath the pace and productivity, you sense something is off.
You’ve been busy, but not fully present.
You’ve hit a season that doesn’t quite fit anymore.
You’re leading, parenting, working hard—but wondering if your goals still align with your values.
You don’t want to burn it all down, but you’re not sure what’s next either.
What’s the cost of staying stuck?
What’s the value of a season aligned with what matters most?You’re ready for clarity—and a way forward that feels honest, grounded, and doable.
What is Clarity+Roadmap?
Clarity + Roadmap is a self-paced formation journey to help you realign your life with what matters most—a self-paced, soul-centered guide. A strategic set of exercises to help you assess who and where you are, envision who you are becoming, and create a roadmap to get you there.You’ll slow down, ask honest questions, and take practical steps toward renewed clarity, direction, and peace. This is structured, practical reflection—grounded in daily life and built to last.This isn’t a hustle culture fix or another goal-setting template. It’s a formation experience rooted in reflection, vision, intention, and forward movement. Like most things in life, you'll get out this course what you put in. You'll be invited to pause, reflect. name what matters, and build a sustainable path forward—grounded and growing.
What You Get
📘 A 9-part digital guide (PDF download)
✍🏼 Journal prompts and reflection exercises
🎧 Audio narration of each section
🎥 Short welcome and wrap videos
✉️ A supportive email journey to keep you moving
Work through it in a weekend or stretch it across a season.
It’s yours to keep and return to as often as needed.
What We Work Through
This isn’t a surface-level checklist. It’s a structured but flexible process designed to meet you where you are and help you move forward.The Journey Includes:
Whole Health Check-In – Take stock of your current reality
Clarify Your Core Values – What’s actually guiding your decisions?
Energy vs. Drain Audit – What fills you up? What wears you down?
Big Dreams (Reclaimed) – Reconnect with what you’ve buried or paused
Name Your Core Why – Get clear on what’s really driving you
Long-Range Vision – Look ahead with purpose, not pressure
Quarterly Roadmap – Build a practical plan that actually fits your life
Alignment Check – Test your plan against your values
Waypoints & Anchors – Design rhythms that keep you grounded over time
This is for you if...
You’re in transition—or feel like something needs to shift
You’ve been successful in some ways but feel disconnected underneath
You want to move forward, but not on autopilot
You’re craving a clear process to reflect, refocus, and re-align
You don’t need a full life overhaul. You just need a guide to help you reconnect with what matters—and a plan to walk it out.
Price & Access
Today's Price: $27
(Normally $99. Yours for $27—just once.
Includes lifetime access, all updates, and optional email guidance.
9-part self-paced guide to help you reflect and realign
Journal prompts and reflection exercises
Audio + video welcome
Email support included
Lifetime access
No pressure. Just presence and direction.
Let’s be honest—$27 is the cost of a takeout meal or two lattes.
But the clarity you’ll gain? That’s worth far more.$27 won’t change your whole life. But clarity will.
And that’s what this journey is really about.
How many weeks have slipped by feeling scattered—where you’re busy, but not sure you’re moving forward?
How many mornings have you woken up wondering, What am I building?
How many seasons have started with good intentions… only to end in frustration or drift?
You don’t need another to-do list. You need a reset.
A clear-eyed, grounded way to realign with who you are and where you're going.That’s what Clarity+Roadmap offers.
It’s normally $99. Today, it’s just $27.Because you took a brave first step with Resist Drift, I want to offer you the next one—at a price that removes any excuse not to begin.The real cost isn’t $27.
It’s another season of drifting.
Quick Note...
I created this course because I’ve lived it.I know what it feels like to hit a full schedule and still feel misaligned. To succeed on paper but wonder if I’m actually headed where I want to go.I tested each element in this course on my executive coaching clients. You're getting a refined product that has helped hundreds.Time and time again, these were the core questions clients returned to, and once I formalized the exercises, we had reflective, intentional answers to revisit together. We had a strategic roadmap to guide goal-setting, and with a bit of accountability, we had success.Clarity + Roadmap isn’t a quick fix. It’s a deeper pause—an intentional return to what matters, and a plan that helps you live it out.
If you’re ready to take that step, I’d be honored to walk with you.—Aaron
What others Are Saying
“This helped me stop just managing life and start shaping it again.”
— Workshop Participant“I didn’t need a big shift. I needed a quiet path back to alignment & this was it.”
— C+R Participant
CLArITY + ROADMAP
A self-paced formation journey to help you
realign your life with what matters most.
More Than a Framework—It’s a Formation Path
You show up. You make things work. But underneath the pace and productivity, you sense something is off.
You’ve been busy, but not fully present.
You’ve hit a season that doesn’t quite fit anymore.
You’re leading, parenting, working hard—but wondering if your goals still align with your values.
You don’t want to burn it all down, but you’re not sure what’s next either.
What’s the cost of staying stuck?
What’s the value of a season aligned with what matters most?You’re ready for clarity—and a way forward that feels honest, grounded, and doable.
What is Clarity+Roadmap?
Clarity + Roadmap is a self-paced formation journey to help you realign your life with what matters most—a self-paced, soul-centered guide. A strategic set of exercises to help you assess who and where you are, envision who you are becoming, and create a roadmap to get you there.You’ll slow down, ask honest questions, and take practical steps toward renewed clarity, direction, and peace. This is structured, practical reflection—grounded in daily life and built to last.This isn’t a hustle culture fix or another goal-setting template. It’s a formation experience rooted in reflection, vision, intention, and forward movement. Like most things in life, you'll get out this course what you put in. You'll be invited to pause, reflect. name what matters, and build a sustainable path forward—grounded and growing.
What You Get
📘 A 9-part digital guide (PDF download)
✍🏼 Journal prompts and reflection exercises
🎧 Audio narration of each section
🎥 Short welcome and wrap videos
✉️ A supportive email journey to keep you moving
Work through it in a weekend or stretch it across a season.
It’s yours to keep and return to as often as needed.
What We Work Through
This isn’t a surface-level checklist. It’s a structured but flexible process designed to meet you where you are and help you move forward.The Journey Includes:
Whole Health Check-In – Take stock of your current reality
Clarify Your Core Values – What’s actually guiding your decisions?
Energy vs. Drain Audit – What fills you up? What wears you down?
Big Dreams (Reclaimed) – Reconnect with what you’ve buried or paused
Name Your Core Why – Get clear on what’s really driving you
Long-Range Vision – Look ahead with purpose, not pressure
Quarterly Roadmap – Build a practical plan that actually fits your life
Alignment Check – Test your plan against your values
Waypoints & Anchors – Design rhythms that keep you grounded over time
This is for you if...
You’re in transition—or feel like something needs to shift
You’ve been successful in some ways but feel disconnected underneath
You want to move forward, but not on autopilot
You’re craving a clear process to reflect, refocus, and re-align
You don’t need a full life overhaul. You just need a guide to help you reconnect with what matters—and a plan to walk it out.
Price & Access
One-time purchase: $99
Includes lifetime access, all updates, and optional email guidance.
9-part self-paced guide to help you reflect and realign
Journal prompts and reflection exercises
Audio + video welcome
Email support included
Lifetime access
No pressure. Just presence and direction.
Let’s be honest—$99 isn’t nothing.
But for what this journey helps you reclaim, it’s a small price to pay.What is it worth to you to:
Stop spinning your wheels and move forward with intention?
Finally clarify what you want from this next season—and how to walk toward it?
Trade a reactive, scattered life for a grounded, values-aligned one?
Feel steady again—not just busy?
This isn’t a surface-level download. It’s a framework you can return to every time you need a reset—backed by reflection, tools, and guidance designed to actually fit real life.9 sections. 9 clear steps. Lifelong value. $99If you’re tired of drifting, second-guessing, or running on empty, this is your next right step.
Quick Note...
I created this course because I’ve lived it.I know what it feels like to hit a full schedule and still feel misaligned. To succeed on paper but wonder if I’m actually headed where I want to go.I tested each element in this course on my executive coaching clients. You're getting a refined product that has helped hundreds.Time and time again, these were the core questions clients returned to, and once I formalized the exercises, we had reflective, intentional answers to revisit together. We had a strategic roadmap to guide goal-setting, and with a bit of accountability, we had success.Clarity + Roadmap isn’t a quick fix. It’s a deeper pause—an intentional return to what matters, and a plan that helps you live it out.
If you’re ready to take that step, I’d be honored to walk with you.—Aaron
What others Are Saying
“This helped me stop just managing life and start shaping it again.”
— Workshop Participant“I didn’t need a big shift. I needed a quiet path back to alignment & this was it.”
— C+R Participant
CLArITY + ROADMAP
Resource Page
Your self-paced formation journey to
realign your life with what matters most.
Welcome Video
A Quick Note As you Get Started
I created this course because I’ve lived it.I know what it feels like to hit a full schedule and still feel misaligned. To succeed on paper but wonder if I’m actually headed where I want to go.I tested each element of this course on my executive coaching clients.Time and time again, these were the core questions clients returned to, and once I formalized the exercises, we had reflective, intentional answers to revisit together. We had a strategic roadmap to guide goal-setting, and with a bit of accountability, we had success.Clarity + Roadmap isn’t a quick fix. It’s a deeper pause—an intentional return to what matters, and a plan that helps you live it out.I'm honored to walk this path with you.—Aaron
Audio Narrations (by section)
Whole Health Check-In – Take stock of your current reality
Clarify Your Core Values – What’s actually guiding your decisions?
Energy vs. Drain Audit – What fills you up? What wears you down?
Big Dreams (Reclaimed) – Reconnect with what you’ve buried or paused
Name Your Core Why – Get clear on what’s really driving you
Long-Range Vision – Look ahead with purpose, not pressure
Quarterly Roadmap – Build a practical plan that actually fits your life
Alignment Check – Test your plan against your values
Waypoints & Anchors – Design rhythms that keep you grounded over time
Closing Video
Work that Goes Deeper
Than the Surface
What’s shaping you—and the people you lead?
The way we live and lead forms who we’re becoming—individually and collectively.If you're tired of surface fixes, misalignment, or managing the noise, this is an invitation to go deeper.I help individuals, teams, and organizations engage the deep, often difficult work of counter-formation—
the kind that aligns people, purpose, and practices.Through coaching, consulting, and guided retreats,
we create space for clarity, trust, and transformation—from the inside out.
Ways We Can Work Together
Not every team needs the same thing. But every team needs space—
to see clearly, realign, and take the next step with intention.Here are four ways we might begin.
If something stirs your interest, let’s talk.
LEAD WITH CLARITY
You carry weight. People look to you.
Decisions stack fast.
This work gives you the clarity and rhythm to lead with steadiness and depth. We’ll make space for what’s true—and what’s next. These engagements look like:
Executive Coaching
Strategic decision-making support
Habits, rhythms, and reflective frameworks
Align Your Culture
Every organization has a culture—
by design or by default.
We’ll help you surface what’s healthy, see what’s misaligned, and shape systems that reflect what you say matters most. This might include:
Strategic planning & facilitation
Organizational design & role clarity
Recruiting & onboarding redesign
Performance & review systems
Cultural health audits
Develop Your People
Healthy growth doesn’t happen
in isolation.
This is about forming strong managers, deepening team trust, and creating shared momentum—through work that builds, not just bonds.
Leadership cohort design
Team development retreats
Manager training & coaching
Communication & rhythm design
Reset the Room
Sometimes the most strategic move
is to step back.
Retreats create space to reconnect, refocus, and reset—whether for vision work, leadership transitions, or simply to breathe.
Strategic planning retreats
Vision, mission, and values resets
New leader onboarding intensives
Year-end reflection & reset days
Our Process
No two teams are the same. No culture grows in the same soil.
That’s why our process isn’t rigid. It flexes with each engagement—co-created to fit your context and shaped by the needs that emerge.But over time, certain movements prove essential.
We return to them again and again.
Listen & Name | We begin with presence and attention—not just to symptoms, but to stories. To what’s been hidden, ignored, or misunderstood. Together, we name the tensions beneath the surface and start seeing with new clarity.
Prune & Align | Before we add, we make space. We surface what no longer serves—habits, assumptions, unspoken agreements—and clear room for what matters. This is where misalignment gets named and integrity begins to take shape.
Design & Walk | From insight, we build. Together we co-create rhythms, strategies, and practices that reflect your values and move your team forward. Not theoretical. Lived. Tested in real decisions, in real relationships.
Reflect & Embed | We pause again. What’s working? What’s emerging? What needs to shift? We refine and reinforce what matters—so growth becomes sustainable, not situational.
This process holds structure without rigidity.
It’s how we create change that lasts—rooted, relational, and lived over time.
Our Pillars
Formation that’s practical. Leadership that’s sustainable.Our work rests on these five core pillars—anchored in virtue, embodied practice, and long-term vision.
| Pillar | What it Cultivates |
|---|---|
| Awareness | Recognizing what’s shaping you (and what needs to shift) |
| Discernment | Clarifying your values, voice, and what matters most |
| Rhythm | Designing daily, weekly, and seasonal practices of alignment |
| Embodiment | Living what you believe through presence and attention |
| Courage | Taking intentional risks that form your character and legacy |
Every tool, course, or conversation flows from this philosophy.Every engagement—whether coaching, consulting, or facilitation—is rooted in these five interrelated pillars. These aren’t just values; they’re the movements we return to again and again in meaningful work.
what clients are saying
Real People. Real Clarity. Real Change.
Let's Talk
You don’t need a templated solution.
You need a trusted partner to guide the deeper work your context requires.
Helping People
Grow Deep Roots &
Bear Lasting Fruit
Welcome! I'm glad you're here.
The work beneath the work
Leadership looks great on paper—until it starts to wear thin.
You’re doing all the right things, but something under the surface feels… off.
This is where the real work begins.
When the weight starts to wear
You carry weight.
You lead.
You get things done.
But lately, clarity feels just out of reach.You’re busy, but not always sure why.
You care about your people—but something in the culture feels off.
You’ve built a life or career that looks solid… but still wonder, Is this it?I’ve been there too.I’ve worked in fast-moving organizations, led big teams, launched nonprofits, taught graduate students, and served as COO for a place I love.I’ve helped rebuild strategy, re-center culture, and coach emerging leaders.
And I’ve also known what it’s like to drift.That’s why I’ve devoted the last decade to helping people and organizations do the deep work—not just to perform better, but to become whole.I bring a strange mix to the table:
A PhD in education.
A MA in philosophy.
An Executive MBA in strategy.
Thousands of coaching hours.
Dozens of culture turnarounds.
And a quiet conviction that who we’re becoming matters more than what we’re achieving.
If we work together, I’m not going to overload you with noise.But I will ask the right questions, help you pause long enough to listen, and walk with you as you step forward—with more clarity, more peace, and more intention than you’ve had in a long time.If you’re leading something that matters—or want to—
and you’re ready to move from holding it all together to becoming someone whole…
What Clients Say it's like
People describe my style as clear, calm, and quietly catalytic.I ask honest questions, hold space for deeper work, and translate big ideas into practical, repeatable action.Clients tell me our work is both humbling and empowering. That it helps them breathe again—and build something better.
Our PRocess
No two teams are the same. No culture grows in the same soil.
That’s why our process isn’t rigid. It flexes with each engagement—co-created to fit your context and shaped by the needs that emerge.But over time, certain movements prove essential.
We return to them again and again.
Listen & Name | We begin with presence and attention—not just to symptoms, but to stories. To what’s been hidden, ignored, or misunderstood. Together, we name the tensions beneath the surface and start seeing with new clarity.
Prune & Align | Before we add, we make space. We surface what no longer serves—habits, assumptions, unspoken agreements—and clear room for what matters. This is where misalignment gets named and integrity begins to take shape.
Design & Walk | From insight, we build. Together we co-create rhythms, strategies, and practices that reflect your values and move your team forward. Not theoretical. Lived. Tested in real decisions, in real relationships.
Reflect & Embed | We pause again. What’s working? What’s emerging? What needs to shift? We refine and reinforce what matters—so growth becomes sustainable, not situational.
This process holds structure without rigidity.
It’s how we create change that lasts—rooted, relational, and lived over time.
Our Pillars
Formation that’s practical. Leadership that’s sustainable.Our work rests on these five core pillars—anchored in virtue, embodied practice, and long-term vision.
| Pillar | What it Cultivates |
|---|---|
| Awareness | Recognizing what’s shaping you (and what needs to shift) |
| Discernment | Clarifying your values, voice, and what matters most |
| Rhythm | Designing daily, weekly, and seasonal practices of alignment |
| Embodiment | Living what you believe through presence and attention |
| Courage | Taking intentional risks that form your character and legacy |
Every tool, course, or conversation flows from this philosophy.Every engagement—whether coaching, consulting, or facilitation—is rooted in these five interrelated pillars. These aren’t just values; they’re the movements we return to again and again in meaningful work.
A few things about me
I live in Santa Barbara with my wife and kids.
I love old books, writing, trail walks, and time in the water.
I believe growth takes time, character matters, and spiritual formation is not optional.
I’m building Grounded & Growing to help people live with clarity, resilience, and rooted joy.