• The roots of my curiosity
Born to a Swedish academic father and a Hawaiian mother, I learned early to move fluidly between very different worlds. One week I might be designing a corporate self-leadership retreat; the next, swapping stories around a fire with elders from Colombia. That cultural agility, paired with a relentless curiosity and a habit of asking reflective questions, has become my professional superpower.

• What shaped me
For many years, I primarily saw myself as an entrepreneur. I co-founded multiple ventures across fashion, innovation, sustainability, and leadership. Then things changed. Being an entrepreneur wasn’t all that meaningful. At least not the way I was doing it. As plenty of lost souls had done before me, I traveled to India in search of.. well, I had no idea what I was looking for. It just made sense that I wouldn’t find it in my day to day life. In a dusty tea shop, someone gave me a book on meditation. From all the various leadership tools and practices I picked up the past 15+ years, meditation has stuck with me and shaped who I am and how I lead today.

• The work that calls me now
I care deeply about people and the world we share. And yes, the future does worry me. I believe we are in dire need of people who lead by knowing oneself better. By asking what we can offer the world, not just what we can take from it. My work always centers on guiding individuals into these deeper layers of self-understanding. I will ask you bigger questions, let you reflect deeper, and slow things down to harvest what growth means beyond habits, fear or distractions.

•Ways we can work together
~ 1:1 leadership mentoring
~ Bespoke solo retreats
~ Team flow

If something you just read resonates with you, I’d love to hear from you.
Keep shining!

// mike