Long before I created the FEW Method™, I spent a number of years traveling across all 50 U.S. states — not just passing through, but doing what I could to truly connect to the country and its people. I met thousands of people from all walks of life and engaged in meaningful conversations that revealed the emotional and spiritual patterns so many of us quietly carry.
Along the way, I — an accountant by trade — labored in the potato fields of Idaho, worked in a cannery in Anchorage, set up a lighting display at a Home Depot in Louisville, worked high-rise construction in Tampa, and, for a day, worked a garbage truck in Salinas, California . I wasn’t studying America from a distance; I was immersed in it, side by side, day after day, with people whose stories left a lasting imprint.
I was able to be present with people in a way that’s become rather rare. That journey, known then as my “1000-Day Trip Across America,” was featured on CBS Evening News (including my time on the garbage truck) and CNN back in early 2000, and was recognized for its sincerity and depth.
At the time, as I passed through — or in very close proximity to — your neighborhood, I wasn’t offering a method or teaching a path. I was simply meeting and listening to those whose lives I crossed. What came later, though, was shaped by everything I witnessed in those heartfelt conversations.
Many people arrive at deep inner work through breakdown or loss. That wasn’t my story. I didn’t get here through tragedy — I chose a different path. I stepped away from a regular routine and the basic comforts of modern life, anticipating that something greater would be revealed in gas stations, small towns, and quiet homes across the country. More than a decade later, those moments began to coalesce into something greater: the FEW Method™.
Born in 2018, the method brings clarity to the hidden forces of fear, ego, and unworthiness — and offers a path to emotional healing, spiritual grounding, and deep, lasting peace. This isn’t theory. It’s the distilled wisdom of a lived journey — and the work I’m honored to share with others today.