The Garden

Achieve Meaning was not a plan or a goal I aspired to.  It was the reflection of my heart and desires that bloomed over three decades of journaling. 

I did not find it; it found me.  Sometimes by intention, often messy in the moment, and usually avoided.  Yet over time, a knowing unfolded.  The kind that is deeply personal, transformative, and true.

The Seeds

Many gifts in my life included heartbreak and healing.  Success and self-sabotage.  Crisis and breakthroughs.  In all areas of life — family, relationships, health, business, and spirituality. 

Most of what I’ve come to trust arrived in the Life After—after plans fell through, after my goals cratered, after identities shifted, and realizing even with tremendous accomplishment, it would fade and I was still left with me. 

Achieve Meaning is an ongoing invitation to unconditionally receive this life I’ve been given.  To let go of the illusion of certainty and of my desire to know “how” and instead trust that the greatest journeys lead us inward to our own depths.  And then outward as an expression of our lives that is genuine and real.

The Roots

As the fourth of six children in an Irish-Catholic family with New York roots and a deep Chicago influence, I am familiar with both chaos and connection.  I am a husband and a Dad. I was a Division I scholarship athlete and captain, a two-time Ironman finisher, president of a software company that was acquired in 2022 and completed a three-year program in Spiritual Direction in 2025. 

Family, relationships, health, business, and spirituality have shaped and influenced Achieve Meaning — these are the frontiers I explore with others.

I call myself a companion and not a coach because I’m on the path too.

I bring to a partnership real-world experience, a sense of adventure and playfulness, as well as commitment, compassion and trust.