The human experience is my work.

I am a writer, teacher, and framework-maker.

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been obsessed with a question: What is the point of all this?

The human experience is my work. I am a writer, teacher, and framework-maker. I’ve learned to use my life — my history, my inner world, my ambitions, frustrations, accomplishments, love, loss, and rekindled hope — as a laboratory.

Why are we here?
What really brings joy and satisfaction?
What does it mean to be a man? A woman? An authentic person?
How do we discern the signal from the noise?
How do we stay awake in the face of injustice, inequity, and the ever-ticking timer of a finite life?
Does any of it matter? Does all of it matter?

There is no clean title for a person who thinks like me. And that — surprise, surprise — is the point.

Your life is infinitely valuable. Not because of your title, your achievements, or your acquisitions. Because your life is the ultimate choose-your-own-adventure.

You are here to be fully alive. To face pain, disappointment, and suffering of all varieties. To choose courageously. To believe deeply. To grow consistently. To desire with your whole being.

I was born with eyes that see through a bigger lens. I can hardly see the tangle of chores and fine mechanics of practical life. But I vividly see a clear narrative where others see chaos.

I can connect the dots. I can explain the pattern. For individuals. For organizations. For communities.

I make complicated things understandable.

This is the home — and future home — of my body of work. Years of thinking and scribbling notes to myself. Volumes I’ve written and saved in Google Drive folders. Tools I’ve made and forgot to tell anyone about. Stories. So many stories.

Frameworks

My work takes shape through frameworks, courses, tools, conversations, and writing. Some of it is practical. Some of it is philosophical. Some of it is deeply personal. All of it comes back to a central inquiry: What’s the point of this human experience? How do we live a life we’ll be content to look back on?

Root framework

The Ten Areas of Human Need(s)

We understand what every other living thing needs to thrive. We want our crops to flourish. We want endangered species protected. We want our pets to thrive. We want the potted plants in our homes to fan out in the sunshine.

Provide the right conditions, and living things grow healthy. Neglect the conditions, and they wither.

Humans are the same.

The Ten Areas of Human Need(s) is my plain-language articulation of what our species needs to thrive — physically and psychologically.

For individuals

The WellBeing Project

The framework of human needs becomes a pathway for individuals. The WellBeing Project helps people understand their own needs in plain language, and build a practical rhythm of tending their body and being. Human flourishing — teachable, practical, shared. Grounded in science. Shaped by wisdom traditions. Designed to be used in real life.

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For organizations

The Workplace WellBeing Co.

The Ten Areas of Human Need(s), applied to work. The Workplace WellBeing Co. helps organizations measure how the structure and design of work affect the well-being of the humans inside it. Designed for leaders, HR teams, consultants, and psychosocial risk professionals who want to move beyond perks, sentiment, and carewashing — and look directly at the conditions people are working inside.

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I write about things that matter, for people who care.

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