01/01/2026
I’ve been pretty quiet on here for a while.
Not because I didn’t have anything to say, but because I needed to go inward.
Reflect. Reset. Recalibrate. Recharge. Re-engage.
Honestly, I was putting out content that wasn’t really me. Chasing what seemed to work for $ rather than what felt true. That needed to stop.
2024 cracked me open in ways I wasn’t ready for. Losing mum left grief that still sat so heavy into 2025 and into now. For years I would’ve kept the mask on & pushed through, stayed busy, avoided the feelings. Now I’m learning to actually open up and let it move through (In micro steps, like a sea anemone 😅)
Yoga has been my saving grace. Not the Instagram version, the real work. The philosophy, the daily practise, sitting with a teacher, breathwork, the stillness. I’m also currently deep in a two-year postgraduate Buddhist Psychology course and it’s reshaping how I see everything. These practices have given me a container to sit with the uncomfortable stuff instead of running from it. To let sadness be there without hiding from it or drowning in it. Years ago I wouldn’t have let myself feel any of it.
I did a 5-day silent Buddhist retreat toward the end of the year. No phone 😵💫 and up to 6 hours of meditation a day. It was both confronting and clarifying. I realised how much I was numbing out without knowing it. Like many of us, I was addicted to those dopamine hits of doom scrolling.
My three kids remain my biggest accomplishment and my greatest mirror. Parenting (and navigating co-parenting) is the deepest initiation I’ve been through (IYKYK 😅). It forces me to keep doing the work to be the most grounded present and loving father I can be.
On the wins side: I finally finished my ‘Advanced Diploma in Clinical Trauma Hypnotherapy & Psychotherapy’, and my ‘Diploma in Biodynamic Breathwork for Trauma Release’. Both took over two years each. Quietly proud of those.
And my friendships and community this year got to the best place they’ve ever been. You all know who you are 🙏 filled with love, gratitude and contentment would be an understatements
So what now?
I'm still the martial arts guy. Head coach at Tribe MMA. Working with adults, schools, survivors, kids and teens through martial arts therapy. Running workshops on resilience, mental health, and mindfulness. AND… building my 1:1 work as a somatic psychotherapist — yoga, breathwork, clinical hypnotherapy, clinical resource therapy.
On the work front, school workshops are expanding. Councils are reaching out. Doors are opening that I've been working toward for a long time. Feels like things are finally aligning.
I'm also building toward running my own Yoga Teacher Training. Not the Instagram yoga version. This one won't teach you how to run a group class, it'll be grounded in nervous system regulation, yogic philosophy, and real therapeutic application. More on that when the time is right. Launching this year 🫣🥰
2025 was shedding skin. 2026 is moving forward.
If any of this resonates, reach out. I'd love to hear from you.
What are you leaving in 2025?
What would you like to call into 2026?
