Fear is an emotion, not a reason to stop ourselves. Often when I ask people what is stopping them they tell me it's fear. Fear of failure, fear of being lonely, fear of being rejected, fear of being judged by others, fear of being hurt, fear of letting others down, etc. You get the picture, but fear is not a reason to stop ourselves. Fear is but one emotion that will ride along with us as we take our journey driven by courage. But, I'm getting ahead of myself because understanding how to manage fear is just one topic I am passionate about. I teach principles I sum up to be the "psychology of excellence,” or the psychological research on how to be at our best. I created a whole course about it that I taught at the University of Texas Honors College and to organizations looking to become more effective in reaching peak performance. I teach how to be at our best and how to be content at the end of the day when we look at ourselves in the mirror. After all, being your best does not mean being "perfect," but rather living our purpose authentically.

Being a psychologist is not just my job, it is my passion. I love reading psychological research and teaching it in a way that makes this research usable to people and organizations ready to lead their lives and companies with purpose and internal/external balance.

For the public, I keynote and deliver professional development workshops. I use research from Counseling Psychology (the psychology of using a person's strengths to get them to their goals), Sport & Performance Psychology (the science of how to attain physical excellence through behavioral change), and Positive Psychology (the science of happiness & resilience).