When my boss told me he was firing me after six months, I was secretly relieved. I closed my laptop, packed up my desk, and walked out into the East Village sunshine of Manhattan.

Here was the permission I hadn’t had the courage to give myself: even though I’d just received my MBA from INSEAD, I could stop trying to prove I could build a tech company, and I could go all in on becoming a coach. It didn’t really ‘make sense’. But it felt so right. And I’ve never looked back.

When I moved into a duplex in Brooklyn with a two tiered garden, I had visions of hosting fabulous dinner parties. But I realized I had no one I wanted to invite.

Here was the push I needed to create the alternative, creative community I truly wanted. I burned down my entire social life and started again - at 37. 

18 months later, I was embedded in New York’s underground music scene, discovering unlisted venues, up and coming artists, and feeling more seen, inspired, and propelled by this creative community than any previous group of friends. I was a long way from where I started. 

I was raised sailing and playing golf and shepherded into a corporate career and lifestyle. I did my undergrad at the University of Pennsylvania and got an MBA from INSEAD. I was a marketer and brand builder on three different contents in over ten industries, including time at brands like Chelsea Football Club and The Economist.

It all ‘looked good’ and ‘made sense’ on paper. But I always had a sense something was missing. The best thing I ever did was pay attention to that feeling.

And I learned this: the more I’ve tuned into myself, and given myself permission to fall off the expected path, the more I’ve come alive. 

Every step into the unknown has ushered more success, fun, and fulfillment into my life.

This is what it means to build a life with Character. And it’s the ingredients of your most energizing career and life.

My work helps your connect to yourself, embrace yourself, and carve your own unique path through life.