From Straight-A’s to Treatment Center.
On paper I was thriving: Ivy-League degree, married, a house in a fashionable part of Los Angeles. Yet under the surface I was running on fear—silencing it with perfectionism by day and drugs and alcohol by night. At age 35 I woke up in a West L.A. treatment center, still clutching my laptop, terrified someone would discover how fragile I really was. 

In that treatment center, I realized the scariest part wasn’t withdrawal;
it was admitting that cowardice had been steering my life for years.

A Hard Turn Toward Service.
After treatment, I volunteered on Skid Row, walking outreach routes. Every interaction demanded small acts of courage—offering clean socks, starting tough conversations, kneeling beside people everyone else avoided. Those daily “Bold Moves” rewired me: courage grew when I practiced it, not when I waited to feel ready.

Training Courage Clinically.
Determined to bottle that insight, I earned a doctorate in clinical psychology, specializing in anxiety and exposure therapy—the science of leaning into discomfort until fear loosens its grip. I integrated those findings with street-level lessons to create The Iron Path, a repeatable method that strengthens courage like a muscle through daily Bold Moves and periodic Hard, Scary Things.

Why I’m in Your Corner.
I’ve been there - stuck between bravado and paralysis, and I have the clinical tools to map a way out. Today I work closely with a roster of high-performing clients each week, speak at national anxiety conferences, and distill everything I learn into my newsletter, The Bold Standard, so driven men like you can act decisively at work, at home, and in the moments that matter most.