I'm a coach, facilitator, and entrepreneur based in Lisbon. I help driven professionals build sustainable high performance through nervous system regulation, attention training, and energy management. I teach practical tools to reduce stress, sharpen focus, and peform sustainably without sacrificing your health or well-being.
This work is deeply personal. In 2017, two years into an exciting role at Google London, I found myself burned out and sacrificing my health and relationships in the name of productivity. It became clear that working harder was not the answer. I needed a fundamentally different approach.
I began studying cognitive neuroscience, nervous system regulation, meditation and mindfulness, and the psychology of focus. Through this work, I learned how to build what I now call an Inner Operating System for sustainable performance. Along the way, I trained and became certified to teach Make Time and Search Inside Yourself, two programs with roots in Google and global impact.
In 2020, I left Google to found Forgewell, where I work with leaders and teams at organizations including YouTube, Squarespace, and L’Oréal to build healthier, more human-centered ways of working.
In 2025, I launched The Inner Operating System. This transformational program brings together everything I have learned about attention, energy, nervous system regulation, and intentional living. It is designed for leaders, entrepreneurs, and ambitious professionals who feel scattered or stretched thin and want to move from overwhelm to clarity, capacity, and control.
I grew up in Plymouth, Minnesota, studied at Tulane University in New Orleans, spent a year abroad in Rabat, Morocco, and have lived and worked in New York, San Francisco, London, and now Lisbon.
Outside of work, I’m a husband and a dad. I’m married to Claire, my co-founder and collaborator, and this work is shaped every day by the realities of family life, shared ambition, and the desire to do meaningful work without burning out.
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