You’re here to realize your full potential.
I’m here to show you how.
My work in 3 sentences:
I’m a 5X Audible worldwide bestseller, a global keynote speaker and a social entrepreneur known for founding The Big Quiet movement and leading some of the largest meditations on earth, including in sold-out arenas on tour with Oprah Winfrey and in international broadcasts with Deepak Chopra.
An expert in human performance and wellbeing, I’m a leadership coach to elite performers – from top CEOs and senior White House advisors to Academy and Grammy Award Winning actors and musicians.
As a former record label and tech fund founder that signed multi-platinum bands and oversaw an industry-leading music tech investment fund, I blend my entrepreneurial experience with my expertise in wellbeing to help millions cultivate calm, clarity, and resiliency in the face of life’s demands.
I’m known as a human performance & wellbeing expert. I’m less known for my piano karaoke covers of 90’s R&B hits and international cheeseburger club…
It all started with noise
My work journey began in the loudest industry of them all — the music business — when I co-founded Cantora Records out of my Sophomore dorm-room at NYU. Truth be told, I had no idea what the hell I was doing, but through following my gut and a willingness to experiment, I went on to sign multi-platinum bands, advise the same rappers I grew up listening to as a kid and spearhead Cantora’s tech investment start-up fund.
By putting all of my energy into “hustling,” I began experiencing debilitating stress and panic attacks. My mental health and wellbeing challenges led me to find meditation — the practice was so transformative that I went on to found the social meditation community Medi Club, which grew into a community of thousands of self-starters, creatives and entrepreneurs who gathered monthly to practice meditation and talk about the things they didn’t usually have the space to discuss. Medi Club launched over 300 circle programs, where trained community members led their own meditation and talk circles in their homes and offices.
Bringing quiet to the masses
Feeling called to create accessible entry points into meditation on a larger scale, I applied my extensive experience in the music industry to found The Big Quiet. The Big Quiet would become a phenomenon known for gathering millions of people for mass meditations both virtually and at the most iconic places in the world, like Madison Square Garden and the top of the World Trade Center, and partner with some of the world’s largest thought leaders in wellness, like Oprah Winfrey and Deepak Chopra.
Globally recognized as a pioneering force in the explosive health and wellness industry, The Big Quiet played an integral role in bringing mindfulness and meditation into mainstream culture and the corporate workplace in the US.
Empowering leaders, teams and organizations
Today, I’m an expert in human performance and wellbeing. As a leadership coach to elite performers, I’ve partnered with top CEOs, senior White House advisors and Academy & Grammy Award Winning actors & musicians.
As a global keynote speaker, I’ve delivered presentations for hundreds of thousands of live audience members for clients like Google, American Express, Aetna, Ford and Charles Schwab, and was personally invited by Oprah Winfrey to keynote each stop of her most recent arena tour with WW.
The core of my work is my Amplified Quiet Framework — a three step system to help leaders, teams, and organizations navigate uncertainty, break through performance barriers and realize their full potential by mastering the art of quieting noise.
Acclaim and credentials
Having the honor of being one of the leading voices in mindful leadership, my work has been featured in over 200+ media publications including Forbes, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Ad Week and Fast Company. Through a worldwide distribution deal with Audible, I released a series of Audible Originals with The Big Quiet designed to support better sleep, build vitality and enhance personal performance – 5 of which became top 10 bestsellers.
I’m a selected leader from Harvard Divinity School’s How We Gather Program, a trained facilitator from Columbia’s School of Social Justice’s Empathetic Facilitator program and a certified founding meditation teacher from the 1 Giant Mind Meditation Teacher Training Academy. As a coach, I’ve trained with the Conscious Leadership Group, Co-Active Training Institute and the Positive Intelligence program.
Of my proudest accomplishments, I’m the founder of the international burger club The Burger Boys, and the founder of the Cyclones - a social impact bicycling club with thousands of riding members responsible for funding sustainable bike shops & bike share programs throughout rural Tanzania.
