Speaking

Two talks from the hardest places.

The List That Saved My Life #

At 16, I put a shotgun in my mouth. At 40, I decided to end my life on my birthday. This talk is about what changed - and the simple tool that’s kept me here.

From Empty to Full-Filled #

I had everything - seven-figure business, the house, the cars - and I was empty. This is the story of driving an ambulance 10,000 miles from the UK to Mongolia, and what I found in the Gobi Desert. Read the backstory.

Speaking Topics #

What I can be booked to speak on:

• Human-AI interdependence - What makes humanity worth choosing, and how we navigate relationship with AI that’s becoming more capable.
• From empty to full-filled - Success without fulfillment, and the shift from ambition to meaning.
• Transformation through challenge - What extreme experiences teach us about who we really are.
• The list that saved my life - Practical tools for the darkest moments, and breaking cycles of depression and suicidal ideation.
• Building companies that matter - Entrepreneurship grounded in purpose, not just profit.

Formats: Keynotes (30-60 min). Workshops and intensives (half-day to multi-day). Panels and podcasts.

Workshops go deeper - interactive sessions where participants work with the material, not just hear it. If something here resonates, reach out

Podcast Conversations #

On Transformation & Mental Health

• LGOtv with Laura Gassner Otting - “Staring Suicide In the Face” (62 min)
• Health Sovereign Part 1 - “Suicide and Shame”
• Health Sovereign Part 2 - “Transformative Psychotechnologies”
• Stay Grounded with Raj Jana - “Transforming Suicidal Thoughts Into Something Beautiful”

On Purpose & Entrepreneurship

• Join Up Dots Episode 300 - Success, freedom points, and intentional living
• Build Your Utopia Episodes 106 & 107 - Finding your True North
• Maximize Your Strengths Episode 087 - Knowing yourself and the market

Published #

• “Revelation in the Gobi Desert” - a chapter in Ignite Your Inner Spirit: Alone for the first time in 42 days, broken down in central Mongolia, I found what I’d been running from. Read more. Amazon

Recognition & Press #

• TED Full Spectrum Auditions Finalist
• American Dream U Speaker — supporting veterans transitioning to civilian life
• BVI Art Reef crew member — covered in New York Times, Bloomberg

AdventureX expeditions featured in: Men’s Journal (print & online), Wired, Condé Nast Traveler

Quoted in: CNBC, Entrepreneur, Business Insider, Inc, Huffington Post

If you’re in a dark place right now, I see you. Reach out if you want. I can’t promise that I’m always available, but I will respond if I’m able. You matter.

If you’re interested in having me speak, contact me.