My story
I grew up in the South-West of England. My mother is from the Canary Islands and my father is from Hong Kong, born to an Englishman and a Cuban Chinese mother. I come from a line of immigrants and going back many generations it’s almost rare to find an ancestor who was born in the same country where they would ultimately die. I spent my childhood fascinated by these cross-cultural and racial ties which spanned the globe, and how despite the distance the familial and economic bonds were nurtured and sustained in ways that seemed fairly uncommon for the age.
My teenage years were a struggle. My spirit felt dulled by the mismatch between my desire for adventure and the parochial scripts that were on offer. After departing school at eighteen I spent months traveling in India where I experienced my first encounter with God. By that I mean for the first time the word took on an experiential meaning to me.
My art and personal practice
These days I live on a small island. My dog sleeps at my feet. I build things. I write. I play. I see life as an opportunity to create the things which matter most to me. You can follow more of my life here.
Coaching
How I support people to create what they really want
The work I do helps people orient their lives towards their highest aspirations and equips them with the means of bringing those visions to life. It’s not based in productivity hacks or trying to manipulate yourself into higher performance. It’s a return to clarity, a focus on your true desires, and taking action in a way that generates natural momentum.
You won’t have to fake it till you make it, adopt new beliefs, or heal yourself before you can succeed. It’s grounded in something far more fundamental. How the creative process really works.
Self-improvement is often an endless loop of fixing yourself.
In creative development, the focus is on what you want to create.
Creating is not problem-solving.
In the problem-solving orientation, you are acting to get rid of something that already exists. The problem.
In the creative orientation, you are acting on behalf of something that doesn’t exist yet. The creation.
How to work with me:
The ‘Reorient your life’ programme
The best way to build your foundation. This is six weeks of in-depth 1:1 is designed to help you clarify your desires, get unstuck, and apply the creative process to build life that feels like it’s truly yours. It’s personal, practical, and can be deeply transformative.
