About Me
I'VE LIVED THROUGH CHAOS, PRESSURE, BURNOUT AND REBUILDING.
Now I help men do the same. Not from a textbook. From experience.
"I’ve been where you are. I know what it costs to carry everything alone — the pressure, the silence, the slow erosion of who you used to be. And I know
what it actually takes to come back from it."
30+
Years in high-pressure environments
Commercial kitchens, FIFO operations, business ownership. Performing under pressure isn’t theory — it’s practice.
6
Professional qualifications
Qualified Counsellor, AdvDip Leadership & Management, Men’s Coach, Postgrad OHS, Nutritionist, Personal Trainer.
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Reason this exists
I couldn’t find anyone who talked straight enough when I needed it. So I became that person.
My Story
THIS ISN'T THEORY.
THIS IS LIVED.
I grew up in chaos — no guidance, no safety net, no mentor, no male role model worth following. A house that didn’t feel like home in a world that didn’t care whether you made it or not. I learned early that if anything was going to be built, it was on me.
"Survival isn't optional. It's mandatory. I learned that before most kids learn to ride a bike."
Eventually I brought a world-recognised gym brand from Melbourne to Western Australia and built it into a success — while going through separation, divorce, and learning what it meant to be a single father. I was building something on the outside while trying to hold myself together on the inside. None of that came from the right upbringing or the right connections. It came from discipline, showing up, and learning how to perform when everything around me was falling apart.
I’ve also lived the side most men never talk about — because men like me don’t talk about it. Violence. Burnout. Betrayal. Divorce. Raising kids as a single father. Rebuilding from nothing more than broken pieces that didn’t yet fit together.
I never shared any of it. Not because it wasn’t real — but because there was no space for it, and no one around me who talked straight enough to make it feel safe to. That’s why FORGED exists.
"I've lived through violence, burnout, betrayal, and triumph — and I use all of it to help other men take control of their lives."
This isn’t a methodology lifted from a textbook. It’s everything I’ve lived, applied honestly, in service of men who are exactly where I’ve been.
What I Know
THINGS YOU CAN ONLY KNOW
BY GOING THROUGH THEM.
What I Know
THINGS YOU CAN ONLY KNOW BY GOING THROUGH THEM.
What it's like to carry everything alone
When there's no safety net. When you're the one holding it all together — and nobody sees how close you are to breaking.
What pressure, burnout, and chaos does to a man
How your body operates. How anger leaks out. How everything feels harder when you're running on empty.
How to rebuild discipline, structure, and balance
Not motivation. Not willpower. Real strategies that work when life is hard and you still have to show up.
What it's like not to recognise yourself anymore
That slow erosion. When you're doing fine to the outside world but you're barely holding it together on the inside.
What FIFO life actually costs
The isolation. The relationship strain. The mental toll of being constantly away, constantly performing, and never fully resting.
What it's like to lose it all as a single father rebuilding
Starting over. Being both parents. Dealing with the judgment, the exhaustion, and building a life from broken pieces.
What I Bring
THE CREDENTIALS
BEHIND THE
EXPERIENCE.
COUNSELLING & THERAPY
Qualified Counsellor
Diploma of Counselling through the Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors — specialising in men's mental health, trauma, relationships, grief and loss.
Abuse Counselling — Advanced Study Major
Specialist training in recognising and responding to abuse — physical, emotional, and psychological. Applied professionally and practically, not theoretically.
Relationship Counselling & Conflict Resolution — Advanced Study Major
Comprehensive training in the complexities of human relationships, therapeutic approaches, and practical counselling techniques for relationship breakdown and conflict.
Grief & Loss Counselling — Advanced Study Major
Specialist training in counselling clients through significant loss and grief — all types of loss, not just bereavement. Directly relevant to divorce, separation, and identity loss.
Working with Mental Health
Training in mental health issues across the lifespan, understanding supports and interventions, and identifying and responding to risk.
Mindfulness in Therapy
Evidence-based mindfulness training as a therapeutic tool — applied practically, not as a spiritual practice.
HEALTH & COACHING
Advanced Diploma of Leadership and Management
A nationally recognised qualification covering advanced leadership principles, people management, strategic planning, and operational performance. Combined with 20+ years of hands-on leadership experience — from commercial kitchens to Superintendent level in the Pilbara to building and running a multi-staff business — this qualification backs lived practice with formal framework.
Men's Coach
Trained in men's coaching with a focus on high-pressure environments, life transitions, identity rebuilding, and helping men move from stuck to forward.
Qualified Nutritionist
Formal qualification in nutrition — the connection between physical health, diet, and mental resilience is real. I apply this practically, not theoretically.
Qualified Personal Trainer
Formally trained in exercise and human performance — physical training as a tool for mental health and resilience is a cornerstone of how I work.
Postgraduate — Occupational Health & Safety
Post-graduate qualification in OHS — a deep understanding of the physical and psychological demands of high-risk industries and the men who work in them.
LIVED EXPERIENCE
FIFO Superintendent — High-Pressure Industry
Didn't just work FIFO — rose through the ranks to Superintendent level. I know what that environment does to a man from the ground up, not from the outside looking in.
Single Father
Lived experience of divorce, co-parenting conflict, raising kids alone, and rebuilding identity and purpose after the relationship ended.
Qualified Professional Chef
Trained chef who built a career in high-pressure commercial kitchens — discipline, performance under pressure, and standards are not concepts learned from a book.
Owner & Director — World-Recognised Gym Brand
Brought a world-recognised gym brand from Melbourne to Western Australia and built it into a success — the first to establish it in WA. Leadership, discipline, and execution are lived practice, not theory.
Experienced Business Owner — Multiple Ventures
Built and run multiple businesses across different industries. Understands pressure, financial stress, failure, and what it takes to rebuild — from personal experience, not theory.
How I Work
I don't do soft-pedalling. I don't do comfortable conversations that go nowhere. I do direct, honest engagement with what's actually happening — and I build practical tools around it.
The men who work with me aren't looking for someone to validate them. They're looking for someone to help them stop the cycle, get clarity, and start moving in a direction that means something.
I treat every man as capable of more than he's currently showing himself. My job is to hold that standard while the work gets done.
"I've been where you are. I know what it costs to carry everything alone — the pressure, the silence, the slow erosion of who you used to be. And I know what it actually takes to come back from it."
—FORGED
How It Works
NO BULLSHIT. NO EXCUSES.
REAL TALK, REAL ACTION.
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Starting Point: Get real
We don't dance around the mess. I ask the hard questions. You answer them honestly. We get clear on what's actually happening — not what you wish was happening.
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Focus: Take ownership and rebuild
You learn how to manage pressure without becoming it. Build boundaries that protect your capacity. Develop emotional regulation so you stop reacting and start responding. We focus on the stuff that actually matters.
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Action: You commit to real change
This isn't therapy where you talk in circles. This is structured accountability. I hold you to what you said you'd do. You commit to showing up — not just to the sessions, but to your life.
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Result: You get your life back
Control. Clarity. Confidence. You stop feeling like you're drowning. You start building again — properly this time, with structure and standards that actually protect your life instead of destroying it.
Ready To Start
READY TO STOP
CARRYING IT ALONE?
If you're ready to stop reacting, get clear, and rebuild your life with real, structured support — it starts with one honest conversation. Zero bullshit.