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 or were beyond anything I imagined, after identities shifted, and realizing even with tremendous accomplishment, it would fade and I was still left with me. 

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.