From Broken to Breakthrough: A Wellness Entrepreneur's Real Story

At 26, I woke up as a health professional who had lost his health.
The irony wasn't lost on me.
But that's not where this story begins.

Read The First Chapter of the SelfCare Book "My Real Story

The Streets That Taught Me Connection

Growing up in Fremantle, one of the most isolated cities in the world, I'd sometimes see my father rolled up in shop doorways. Homeless. Fighting demons I was too young to understand.

But here's what most miss about homelessness:
It's not about lacking a house.
It's about lacking connection.

The community kept him alive.
The shelter workers who knew his name.
The café owner who'd offer a warm coffee.
The locals who'd stop to chat.

They didn't just keep him alive.
They kept his humanity alive.
Long enough for him to see my 30th birthday.
After nearly losing him 100 times over.

The Mother Who Moved Mountains

Then there was my mother.
44 years old when she met my 27-year-old father.
A single parent with two boys and endless bills.
But she taught me something profound about service:
It's not what you have.
It's what you give.

She served from what looked like an empty cup.
But it was actually overflowing.
With love.
With possibility.
With unconditional belief in her children.

The Journey to Understanding

By 23, I had:

• Treated thousands of patients
• Created prevention protocols
• Built athlete development programs
• Worked in intensive care
• Seen life and death up close

But I was just collecting knowledge.
Not wisdom.

The Breaking Point

At 26, working 100-hour weeks in healthcare:

• Multiple degrees
• Senior positions
• Professional success
• External validation
• Internal depletion

Then my body said: "Enough."

That morning, lying in bed, unable to move,
I realized something:
You can't heal in isolation.
You can't serve from depletion.
You can't be part of the problem and solution at the same time.

The Pivot

By 30:

• Built my first 7-figure enterprise that still pays me to this day, resdually
• Helped build an Entrepreneur Education (Geniusu) from 400k to 4.5 million students as i watched it get publicly listed on the new stock exchange.
• Led a community of 1000+ conscious leaders in collaboration and co-creation.
• Impacted 52,000+ customers that is still growing today
• Generated $50M+ revenue in partnership
• Self funded my own passion projects in SelfCare Global, to ensure the vision and values were always pure in its intention. People and impact before profit.

But that's not what mattered.
What mattered was learning:
Success without wellbeing isn't success at all.

The Evolution

Over the next years:

• Created SelfCare Global
• Published Amazon bestseller
• Built free education platform
• Self-funded $1M+ development
• Supported social enterprises globally

Not because it was profitable.
(Though it was.)
But because it was necessary.

The Real Revolution

Today:

• Mentoring heart-driven entrepreneurs
• Creating conscious communities
• Building enabling environments
• Supporting social impact
• Living in purpose

Not because it's easy.
But because it's needed.

There is a calling, that defies all logic in the mind

Ironically, it leads to the greatest level of abundance and full-fillment in my life

The Truth About Transformation

Every crisis taught me something:

• Father's homelessness taught connection
• Mother's sacrifice taught service
• Professional burnout taught wisdom
• Business success taught purpose
• Social impact taught meaning

The Ripple Effect

Now I understand:

• One person's healing heals many
• One community's strength strengthens all
• One business's consciousness shifts markets
• One heart's opening opens many
• One story's sharing frees others

The Invitation

This isn't just my story.
It's an invitation.
To remember:

• You're not broken
• You're not alone
• You're not separate
• You're not stuck
• You're not finished

The Truth About Purpose

Sometimes:

• Pain becomes purpose
• Crisis becomes catalyst
• Challenge becomes triumph
• Chaos becomes calm
• Trauma becomes transformation

But only if we:

• Stay open
• Keep growing
• Keep serving
• Keep connecting
• Keep believing

The Real Message

You don't need:

• More information
• More programs
• More interventions
• More fixes
• More solutions

You need:

• More connection
• More community
• More purpose
• More meaning
• More love

The Future

I dream of:

• Intentionally designed communities that heal and thrive naturally
• Businesses that serve consciously
• Leaders who lead authentically
• Impact that grows organically
• Purpose that lives freely
• Community is the new corporation

Reminding ourselves that:

• It takes a community to raise us as children
• It takes a community to heal the sick
• It takes connection to live towards longevity

Not because it's profitable.
(Though it is.)
But because it's possible.

For all of us.

Ready to create something that matters?

Because that's how we heal the world.
One person at a time.
One community at a time.
One connection at a time.
Together.

This isn't just a story.
It's an invitation.
To remember who you are.
To create what matters.
To serve what's needed.

The world is waiting.
Your community is ready.
Your purpose is calling.

Are you?