About

I was born in Poland. My family moved to the US when I was five years old. I didn't know a word of English when I started Kindergarten.

I had a strong accent on the rare occasions I did speak. Other kids made fun of the words I couldn't pronounce and called me "Camel".

The bullying taught me to hide my voice and my name.

I remember having a hard time making friends.

I wouldn’t have called it loneliness back then, but looking back, I was mostly reading books and playing video games. I kept to myself and stayed in my own world.

Over time, I started to second-guess what I had to say, stayed quiet instead of speaking up, and avoided putting myself in situations where I might be judged or could get it wrong.

Without strong role models, I never really learned how to express what I wanted, navigate conflict, or take up space around other people.

The University of Connecticut

I'd like to thank Ultimate Frisbee and my teammates for helping me come out of my shell.

I was one of the better freshmen on the team. I felt recruited to play on the club team. For the first time in my life, I belonged to a group.

As I improved, so did my standing on the team. So did my confidence on the field. So did my confidence in life.

My first real exposure to leadership came when I became co-captain in my junior and senior years. As one of the best players on the team, I was thrust into a leadership position.

I didn’t have the language for it at the time, but I could feel the gap between what the team needed and how I was showing up as a leader.

I leaned into what I was already good at. My own performance.

I focused on playing well, pushing myself, and leading by example. But I didn’t know how to develop the team, have hard conversations, or how to bring the group together. I didn’t know any other way.

I earned individual recognition and awards, but we lost in the finals of Regionals. If we had won, we would’ve gone to Nationals for the first time in program history. It remains one of my biggest failures. It stings to this day.

Madrid, Spain

The primary core tension for every individual is the tension between purpose and safety.

After college, I had a choice: follow a more traditional path or choose adventure.

I took a risk and moved to Madrid, Spain, to teach English for a year.

I questioned my decision for as long as I could. I had a budding relationship and my friends were starting their careers. What was I doing?

I eventually bought a one-way ticket one week before I left.

When I arrived, reality hit quickly. I didn’t speak Spanish. I didn’t have a job, an apartment, or friends.

I still remember the second week.

I found an apartment, paid a large deposit, and found a job. On the day I was supposed to move in, the landlord changed his mind. It took six months to get the money back.

I quit my job two days later.

That year stretched me in ways I hadn’t experienced before.

There was a lot of uncertainty, a lot of doubt, and a lot of moments where it would’ve been easier to go back.

It was the first time I made a decision based on what I actually wanted. Not what made sense on paper, not what other people were doing, and not what felt safest.

I learned how to trust my gut even when it didn’t feel clear or comfortable.

Catching Up

When I returned to the U.S., I felt a need to “catch up.”

To prove to myself that I could be successful in a more traditional way.

I interviewed for my first professional role as a data analyst at a tech startup in New York City. After four in-person interviews, I thought I was done.

An hour later, the recruiter called and said they had forgotten to give me an Excel test. I had never used Excel before. I spent the next two days cramming and somehow passed. I got the job.

That role helped me discover a natural curiosity and love of learning that traditional school did its best to suppress.

I became interested in psychology, personal development, and trying to understand why people do what they do. I did a lot of work on myself during that time.

On paper, things were going really well. But after a few years, I started to feel frighteningly comfortable. I remember asking myself a lot:

Is this it?

I had done everything I was supposed to do, but it didn’t feel the way I thought it would.

I started thinking back to Spain. To the uncertainty, the risk, and how alive that period felt, even when it was hard. I began to realize something.

I had learned how to build a stable life…

…but not necessarily a meaningful one.

I started asking myself a different question:

If I wasn’t just trying to follow the expected path, what would I actually choose?

Intentional travel and finding my voice

In 2017, I bought a one-way flight to Melbourne, Australia.

I wasn’t just looking for adventure. I wanted to intentionally create space to put myself out there, to express myself more, and to see who I would become with a blank slate. 

I started creating. I built a travel website where I shared stories and what I was learning along the way. I wrote blogs, created a photography portfolio, and documented 100 days of my life on video.

For the first time, I was sharing my thoughts and opinions publicly.

The people I met during that time knew me as a completely different person Not as someone quiet or reserved, but as someone expressive, creative, and willing to be unapologetically himself.

I hadn’t known that version of myself before.

It showed me how much your environment shapes you, and how energizing it is when you don’t hold back who you are and how you lead your life.

Over the next three years, I leaned fully into that way of living.

I hitchhiked around Australia, thru-hiked across New Zealand, spent time in silence on a meditation retreat, and wrote a first draft of a book.

None of it was part of any laid-out plan.

It came from saying yes more often and trusting where that would lead.

I also had hundreds of conversations with people from all walks of life. I saw firsthand people leading lives I never thought possible.

But after years on the road, something else became clear. Living out of a backpack gave me freedom, but I started to miss having deeper roots. Consistency. Community. People who really knew me.

Travel gave me a lot. I’ve often said, I traveled for three years. I lived for 10.

But it also showed me what I wanted next:

Connection, stability, and something meaningful to build.

Leadership Coach and Men’s Coach

In March 2020, I was repatriated to the U.S. from Nepal at the start of COVID.

After three years on the road, I found myself back in my childhood room, sleeping on the bottom bunk bed, under my parents’ roof.

I felt in between versions of myself. No longer the person I had been, but not fully clear on who I was back in the U.S.

I view life in phases, and I knew the exploration phase of my 20’s was over. I wanted to build something and commit to it.

It took time. I was laid off from jobs I didn’t care for twice. I moved across the country twice. 

Then I found coaching, and something clicked.

It brought together everything I had been circling for years, understanding people, patterns, and what feels meaningful into a career.

Today, I work primarily with driven, thoughtful men, whether that’s 1 on 1 or in men’s groups.

If this resonates, the next step is a simple conversation.

Based in Boulder, Colorado. 1:1 coaching is available remotely or in-person. Men’s Groups are currently in-person only.