My Story

Growing up, I was a lonely kid. I wasn’t into football or the things that my dad and brother shared, and my sensitivity cost me a lot more friends than it won. At home, emotions weren’t welcome—sadness, shame, fear were shut down, often with anger. So I learned to bury my feelings, to make myself small.
 

When I discovered writing at sixteen, it felt like a miracle. For the first time, I had something that was mine. But encouragement soon turned into pressure. I was often told I was gifted, that “this should be easy for you”. And when it wasn’t, I felt like a fraud. So I just stopped trying.
 

I went to uni with the hope of rekindling that fire, but I was already unraveling. Drugs became my escape—first cannabis and ketamine, then heroin. They numbed the pressure, the pain, and the fear that, without writing, I had nothing to offer. And without anything to offer, why did I exist?
 

Five years later, I hit a turning point. A friend and I narrowly avoided prison after being pulled over with heroin in the car. Later that day, sitting in a park, we admitted we wanted more from life. Even our dealer asked us, “What are you doing?” And we couldn’t answer. That question stayed with me.
 

I went traveling to get away from those addictions, but back home, I slipped again into weed, video games, and empty talk. The real shift came when, after leaving home for the second time, I met someone who encouraged me to be honest about my feelings. Around the same time, I started therapy and, slowly, I began to face the pain I had spent years numbing. I learned to listen inward, to reconnect with the boy I had buried, and to trust myself again, even to believe that I had value just as I was, without having to prove anything.
 

That healing gave me something I had been missing: purpose. I realized my journey wasn’t just survival—it was preparation. I wanted to help others the way I had been helped: by offering a space to be heard, to reconnect with themselves, and to rediscover their strength.

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Today, I’m a coach for men who feel disconnected from who they are. I help them reunite with the boy within so they can live with courage, discipline, compassion, and wisdom.