MAXIMIZING MENTAL AND PHYSICAL CAPACITY. ELEVATING Excellence. UNLOCKING Potential.

I create books offering perspectives on goal-directed actions for strengthening the mind and body, pursuing excellence, and expanding human potential.

I am a writer, author, and lifelong learner. Credentials are nearly worthless these days, but for whatever it's worth, I hold an M.A. in Philosophy and a B.A. in Religious Studies, along with additional study in Exercise Science. I have also taught philosophy, ethical theory, and logic at colleges and universities in Eastern Washington.

My interests include ethics, existentialism, and ideological systems that tell us how to think, who we are, and how we should live.

I am a three-time cancer survivor and bring fifty years of experience in bodybuilding and fitness training, grounding my philosophical observations and reflections in lived, embodied experience. I have also lived and worked—not merely traveled—in three countries: Japan, Israel, and Palestine.

I am the author of four books: The Fitness Mindset: 7 Habits for Peak Performance to Get Strong, Lean, and Fit (2021); Reflections on Growth: An Existential Journey (2025); Idols of the Mind: How Systems Shape Our Thoughts, Beliefs, and Behaviors, Book 1: Systems of Science (2026); and The Pursuit of Happiness: Living the Best Possible Life (2026).

My work takes a humanistic approach to exploring the many forces that shape our lives and writing books on personal growth, self-development, and the human condition through the lenses of fitness, philosophy, and ideologies. I believe this approach challenges readers to strengthen both mind and body by pursuing personal growth through exercise and reflection, self-development through forming excellence of character by acting well, and a deeper understanding of the human condition through achieving insight into our experiences with others. Together, these pursuits can help us continually improve ourselves and our conditions while expanding human potential.

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I explore the psychological and philosophical barriers that limit personal development, encouraging people to question inherited beliefs, societal expectations, and conventional narratives about history, civilization, and human progress. My writing examines humanity’s place within both Earth’s ancient past and the larger cosmos, reflecting on existential risk, mortality, and the fragility of civilization as catalysts for living with greater awareness and purpose.

My outlook is life-affirming: do not merely exist—think and live deliberately. Reject passive conformity and the idea that growth ends with age or “retirement.” Instead, embrace continual self-development, intellectual awakening, creativity, physical vitality, and lifelong re-engagement with living life.