About Brad

I know what it's like to follow a path that isn't yours.

A bit about how I got here, what shaped my thinking, and why it matters to me.

North Vancouver, BC

Who I am

I help people develop the honesty and self-trust to move toward the connection and relationships they actually want.

My background is in men's group facilitation, compassionate communication, and emotional awareness. I've spent years in rooms with people — men's circles, one-to-one conversations, workshops — and the thread running through all of it is the same.

Most people who find their way here are already self-aware. They're asking honest questions, noticing patterns, paying attention to themselves. What they want isn't more insight. They want someone who can go deeper with them — and be honest with them — in the moments that actually matter.

I'm not here to tell you who to become. I'm here to help you remember who you already are — and respond from there.

How I got here

From fixing what's broken to helping people choose where they're going.

I didn't arrive at this with intention. For years, I was a mechanic — not because I chose it, but because it was what my dad did, and I needed somewhere to go. I was capable. I showed up. But underneath that, I was quietly denying something important: this wasn't mine.

I grew tired of the day to day. Not dramatically — just the slow, grinding awareness that I was going through the motions of a life that wasn't quite right for me. Capable of more, choosing less. The stability felt real, but it was costing me something I couldn't name yet.

When I finally stopped and asked what I actually wanted, I didn't have a clean answer. But asking the question honestly — that was the beginning.

I wanted to stop just getting people back on the road by fixing their tires and brakes — and I wanted to help them choose where they're going.

That shift — from following a path that wasn't mine to building one that is — is something I recognise in almost everyone I sit with. The shape varies. The question underneath is usually the same: what's actually mine, and am I moving toward it honestly?

Getting someone functional again is useful. Helping them get clear on what they actually want — what's theirs, what matters, what's worth moving toward — that's a different kind of help. It's what I want to offer.

What shaped my thinking

Four roots that run through everything I do.

Compassionate Communication

Deeply influenced by Nonviolent Communication (NVC). The core idea: you can be honest and kind at the same time. Clarity doesn't require harshness. Most people in hard conversations feel like they have to choose between saying the true thing and keeping the connection. Knowing both are possible changes how people communicate.

Emotional Awareness

Most people can name big emotions. Fewer can track the subtle ones — the ones that shape decisions before they become conscious. When you can name what you're feeling with that kind of granularity, you can work with it instead of being driven by it.

Men's Group Facilitation

There's something specific about creating space for men to be honest with each other — to drop the performance and actually be seen. I've been in those rooms for years, as a member and a facilitator. That matters to me and I think it's underutilised.

Meditation & Self-Compassion

A sustained practice in sitting with what's true — without fixing it, judging it, or rushing past it. Self-compassion isn't softness. It's the foundation of real change. Curiosity and warmth produce lasting transformation where pressure and self-criticism don't.

Self-compassion Emotional clarity Honest connection Personal responsibility

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