Our Story

The People Geek : Understanding People and Helping them connect

My journey has been about learning to connect and have positive influence.

Loving Family - But Friendships Were Hard


I grew up as a skinny and nerdy kid who got picked on a lot. I often wondered how other people made friendships so easily. I knew that I often annoyed other people, but I couldn’t understand why.

Early Marriage & Discovering True Colors®

While I was in college, I was introduced to a communication framework rooted in personality science called True Colors®. When I had my wife take the assessment we discovered that she was radically different than me. This quickly explained a lot of the communication struggles we had in our marriage, but also launched me on a journey to understand all the temperaments better, not just my own. For over 17 years now my wife and I have been using this information to improve our marriage and family. I have used this information to help other families communicate better, avoid divorce, and appreciate the unique personalities of their children better.

Tutoring in College

I majored in information technology (IT) in college as my young family started growing. I became one of the free tutors for the IT department. Often students wouldn't come to me for tutoring until they were afraid of failing. This meant that they often already had strong negative feelings towards the teacher, the class content, and the textbook. With the new found insights I gained from True Colors® I was able to tailor every subject to the values of the student I was helping. This produced dramatic results in getting students to turn around academically and even come to like the classes.

The Family Grew

As a father of 9 children, this information has been a game changer in helping manage the diverse perspectives within my own household.

I have come to see how the nurture vs nature question is very real as I have found such a variety of temperaments in my children. I love how True Colors® has allowed me to connect very individually with each child and help them play to their strengths and feel my unique and different type of emotional support and approval. We have enough harmony in our home that we even took at 7000 mile trip in summer 2022 in a motorhome!

Coach and Certified Facilitator

Ready to Serve You

Over the years I have enjoyed helping people make their lives better. Now I stand ready to help you build a better life! I can help you:

  • Understand your communication style

  • Understand how people perceive you

  • Understand the personalities of others

  • Communicate better and avoid miscommunication with people of different temperaments

As a certified Facilitator for True Colors International I teach the upgraded interactive and fun version of that first training I received while attending college

I also do personal coaching for individuals and couples who would like better family relationships. I like to say that I help families bring out the best in each other instead of the worst. I help groups of individuals become amazing teams.

With so many coaches and personality and communication systems out there, how do you know that learning with me is right for you?

The fact that you are here on this page today helps me guess a few things about you:

  • You want a life coach that you can trust to help you make your life better and achieve your goals.

  • You don't just want a coach who will tell you to things you don't want to do.

  • You want someone who can help you with all your unique personality traits build the life you want to build (not just a generic good life).

  • You want to have more positive impact on the people around you. You want to communicate without so much friction. You want people to respond well to you and be motivated act on your suggestions to them.

In order to have this more beautifully connected and influential life, you need to understand who you are, how you are perceived by others, and most importantly you need a framework that allows you to accentuate the best in others.

You know when someone is not authentic. You know that the right words don't matter if the heart those words are coming from is in conflict. I can help you understand how to make your heart congruent with the message you want to share.

There are many personality and communication systems out there. The problem is that many of them are complicated, require a lot of time to understand, and are hard to apply on the fly as you meet new people.

This can give you the vague impression that you should now how to handle your interpersonal relationships better, but have a lot of rear view mirror frustration about how you didn't handle the situation as well as you wanted to.

I have proven that the True Colors® framework is simple enough to apply on the fly adjusting to the new information you gain about others through natural conversation.

Only practical application with an understanding of how to flex to the person you are talking to creates the frictionless communication that we dream about. When you learn to apply these principles you will be amazed at how much your relationships can improve and how much easier you will find success in your life.

Here's what to do next.

First, schedule your free consultation using the button below.

In this initial conversation, I will ask you questions to better understand your goals and verify how I can help you. You are welcome to ask some tough questions of your own so you can see for yourself if I am the type of mentor you are looking for.

From there you can choose exactly how much coaching you want. Some people like a single 90 minute deep dive, others like meeting every two weeks for rapid progress. Others like meeting once a month for accountability and and keep a fresh perspective. We will adjust to your budget and the level of understanding you want.

Finally, enjoy the power of communication that is more natural, and the ability to connect easily with people you want to influence.

Grab your free consultation using the button below.

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