Why This Matters

Science shows that we often make happiness too conditional. We tell ourselves we'll be fulfilled once we reach a specific goal, land the perfect job, or achieve some milestone. But real fulfillment doesn't come from rigid external wins. It comes from creating a flexible, sustainable mindset that allows us to thrive no matter where we are on our journey.

Beyond the Resume

For most of my life, I believed that success was about solving complex problems with logic and precision. As an engineer, scientist, and entrepreneur, I built a career that took me across the world: from launching rockets in French Guiana to simulating the International Space Station at NASA, studying medical robotics in Japan, and even volunteering in Honduras. Along the way, I also pursued adventure, earning my private pilot's license and becoming a cave diver, always pushing the boundaries of what I could master.

But life has a way of showing you that mastery isn't just about skills. It's about navigating uncertainty, relationships, and the deeper questions of purpose.

The Turning Point

When I applied to become an astronaut with the European Space Agency, I had checked every box I could. I had the technical expertise, the international experience, the resilience. But I wasn't selected. Around the same time, I faced challenges in my professional relationships: two particularly difficult coworker dynamics that tested me in ways no equation or framework could solve. And then, the biggest shift of all: I became a parent.

These moments changed my perspective. I realized that intelligence and expertise alone don't guarantee success or fulfillment. The real challenge isn't just figuring out the external world, it's mastering your inner world. How do we navigate setbacks without losing momentum? How do we build meaningful relationships in high-stakes environments? How do we define success in a way that actually makes us happy?

From mastering external systems to exploring inner ones

Coaching found me through Martha Beck's work as it seemed the furthest out of my comfort zone. The first time someone asked me to “drop into my body and notice what was there,” I felt nothing. Literally nothing. That absence of sensation was the most important data point of my career.

I trained as a Wayfinder Life Coach. I studied somatic awareness, boundary work, creative expression. I learned that the engineering mindset I had spent decades developing was not the problem; it was actually a superpower when applied to the right questions.

Today I coach engineers and technical professionals who are where I was: accomplished, capable, and quietly asking, “Is this really it?” I bring the rigor of an aerospace engineer and the tenderness of someone who has done the hard inner work.

The MindGym app, the Thinker's Compass, the Essential Self Diagnostic; these are all tools I wished I had when I was wondering why I am laughing less than I used to as a teenager.

I work with aerospace engineers and people who, like me, are driven but also want more: more clarity, more purpose, more alignment between their ambitions and their personal lives.

Curious where you stand?