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Happy third month of 2019 everyone! We’re here! We made it to today and here we are now! I had the absolute joy of working with the above individuals this past week. Along with my co-facilitator, overall amazing colleague and doctoral candidate Rachele M. Hall we had the unquestionable honor and opportunity of developing andContinueContinue reading “Incarceration and the Criminal Justice System (A La Spring Break)”

20FREAKIN19 started out with a bang!!! I genuinely feel like all of the challenges I experienced between 2017-2018 have deeply integrated for me so that I can use the knowledge gained from then during both the present and upcoming days ahead. Though, in many ways that’s really the whole idea behind being alive ain’t it?ContinueContinue reading “Student Leadership Development Conference & Retreat”

WOW! TWENTY FREAKIN 18 HUH? This year has been a WILD one filled with challenges, transitions, opportunities for growth, moments of DEEEEEP inner reflection, change and epiphanies…like…TOO MANY epiphanies in 1 year : ) While in this whirlwind of internal expansion I had the opportunity to wind down the year with two of my favoriteContinueContinue reading “Mindfulness & Leadership Development”

Ladies and Gentlemen, This summer was by far one of the greatest I’ve been blessed with experiencing in my life. I had the joy of traveling to Washington State and spending time with my aerospace engineering nephew, to Kosovo and connecting with my angelic wife’s family/roots, attended multiple weddings (both in the U.S. and Kosovo)ContinueContinue reading “Summer of Weddings! I’m an ORDM”

Ladies and Gentlemen! It is an absolute honor to share my first TEDx. The whole experience in developing and creating it was absolutely surreal and I genuinely hope that the message is somehow of service to either you or someone you know. https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=VY0dKhp03WA Stay Awesome Always and Thanks for Loving Support!

Hello Amazing One! I hope the past few weeks have treated you well and allowed you to open your heart while holistically growing further towards your truth. If not, well then, hey…you’re alive and that’s pretty awesome regardless of what’s going down : ). I’d taken a break from writing and recording for a fewContinueContinue reading “Summer Love!”

Hello Awesome Sauce! I’ve been distant…I knoooow I knoooow. It’s been a fuuuuuulll couple of weeks. Between coordinating and overseeing a MAJOR Award ceremony for SUNY Orange Students, assisting with SUNY Orange’s Commencement (more than 500 graduated!), prepping for my upcoming Ted X (was postponed due to tornado) hosting the Excelsior Academy Youth Summit (moreContinueContinue reading “Excelsior Academy’s Youth Summit & ECSU Student Affairs Mindfulness Class!”

Eyoooooo! Hope you’re doing beautifully well and finding the magic within each moment. I’m writing this brief post because I have the distinct honor of hosting, speaking at and even mentoring the young people that are putting on the first ever Tedx Newburgh. See link below… https://tedxnewburgh.com/our-team/  The opportunity to do so is TRULY aContinueContinue reading “Speaking/Hosting TedX Newburgh!”