Author of the book “The Gift of Adversity”, TEDxSpeaker, Keynote Speaker, High Performance Coach.

While preparing to deploy with the U.S. Army I suffered a severe spinal injury that left me paralyzed.

After dying on the operating table twice, the surgeons saved my life, but told me I’d never walk again.

Having no other option, I  started doing some brutally honest soul searching, looking for the lesson to be learned from my injury. Once I started seeing my Adversity as a gift instead of a curse, something miraculous began to happen...

I now speak, write, inspire and teach others to…