My name is Jake, and a few identities I resonate with are leader, athlete, world traveler, foodie, health nut, nature lover, seeker, and old soul.

Growing up in Canada, nature and sports were life. I learned how to throw a ball before I ever learned how to walk, and before that I was crawling around the campsite in my diaper. This instilled within me a deep connection to nature and to teamwork. After a decade of playing sports, I made the tough decision to let the dream of pursuing professional football die and start travelling the world. I knew there was more to life, and I wanted to figure out who I was off the field.

In that space after football, I took a liking to all things health and holistic well-being! I became infatuated with physical & mental optimization! Then, just when I thought I had it all figured out, I encountered my first proper health scare. At the ripe age of 21, my inner world got rocked when I started having panic attacks, passing kidney stones, and could no longer eat. In a desperate attempt to “fix my life,” I tried meditation. I practiced meditating every day, twice a day, until the symptoms faded… and within a few weeks my relationship with myself, my mind, my body, and with life itself was beginning to transform. I had just embarked on a journey that was deeper than I could have ever imagined.

Not long after my recovery, my first long-term relationship came to an end, and I was exposed to my shadow for the first time. This experience cracked my heart so wide open, I knew that I had no choice but to face it all if I wanted to learn, heal, and be changed by this transition for the better. So that’s what I did. I stared bravely at the shame, the fear, the pieces of myself that felt incompetent, the pieces that I was unable to share with any other human being in my life. This is where I found shadow work & men’s work, and for the first time in my life I began to speak freely. I began to speak honestly. I felt connected to a freedom I had never experienced before. There was nothing to hide anymore.

This work of slowing down, and creating an honest relationship with myself unlocked something inside of me that I had never known before: everything I had been hiding in insecurity is actually holding my greatest potential for strength, for connection, for love, & leadership.

As a deeply spiritual & sensitive man, I used to think these pieces of me were hindrances to my life’s work, and a blockage to my success. But now, I see they that are the legs of the stage on which I now stand.

The world needs people who are as strong as they are sensitive.

People who are as deep as they are joyful.
Who are as fast as they are still.
Who are as grounded as they are spiritual.
Who are as childlike as they are wise.
This world needs people who are committed to inner excellence, now more than ever before.
This world needs people who are committed to EACH OTHER, now more than ever before.

If you resonate with my story, and you know you have a role in this mission, I invite you to come alongside me and rise into becoming the most integrated, peaceful & loving expression of yourself that you could ever be.