Update: I am so excited to have my new university accredited course The Game within The Game on at The Knowledge and Innovation Center in Partnership with Forbes School of Business and Technology. Access to the course is coming soon!
Biography
Grew up a military brat. Had the blessing of living in situations where I was in the minority population , part of the majority population, situations I had money, and situations where we were so poor we had to get food from the church. All of these different circumstances aided in creating a very unique perspective in taking on the world.
From the age of 4 to 12 I experienced sexual abuse by a family friend. Growing up and in the sports realm, I experienced physical, mental, and emotional abuse as well. These unfortunate events had a profound impact on my mental well being.
To combat the effects of my trauma I funneled all my feelings and emotions into sports. Sports became a saving grace in dealing with a mind filled with toxicity from the trauma I experienced. Sports became an environment in which I excelled, leading me to be a top high school football player, a college football starter, and eventual NFL athlete of 7 years and team captain.
In retirement, my journey of healing has led me to two stays at a treatment facility, which led me to create the “Game Within The Games”, a program built to help anyone find answers to how to find themselves, their purpose, and a plan. Using all the knowledge from my experiences, strategies that have helped me, as well as others, succeed in difficult environments, as well as knowledge from therapy, I put the ”Game Within The Games” together as an answer to questions I have known many of us as having in dealing with life and leading a good, successful, productive life. The knowledge in my book will help you whether you or an athlete or not.
I have also become a mental, physical, and sexual abuse survivor advocate, Tedx speaker, public speaker, consultant, connector, and problem solver for individuals and businesses. With my unique perspective from my varied experiences I have found myself to be of value in many different environments as a problem solver and leader.
My goal is to help those who don’t have guidance learn the essentials to guiding themselves towards their dreams and goals, find peace and confidence within themselves, learn the techniques to being a master strategist in their own lives in dealing with issues or problems, have the knowledge and system of effectively solving problems in their own lives, and be equipped with the knowledge to plan with an emphasis on fluidity. I want others to learn all these skills in more so they can win the battle against their biggest enemy which can mostly be themselves, and the unknown to move with confidence and tenacity towards their life mission.
