I come from Hazleton, Pennsylvania-a small, blue-collar town with a big heart and even deeper roots. Growing up in a family where showing up for each other and having fun was just an everyday thing, We have been celebrating now 77 years of our Annual Schneider Family Reunion. This upbringing taught me the importance of connection, grit, love, and loyalty. The values of family and community runs deep in my veins, shaping who I am, what I do and how I see the world.

At King’s College, I played basketball and earned my BS in Biology. After graduating, I followed the “prescribed” path, landing a job in Philadelphia as a microbial fermentation scientist at the alustious GlaxoSmithKline, where I stuck it out for six long years.

But the most important lessons in life rarely come easy. At 27, a heartbreak rocked me to my core-a “best-worst” moment that shattered my inherited worldview and woke me up. Big time.

I started asking real questions:

- WTF am I doing with my life?

- What am I really capable of?

- What am I truly meant to do?

Since this even, I’ve been on a relentless quest for skill, meaning, purpose, and growth.

A big shift came when I left my cushy pharma job and moved to NYC in 2003, which has been my home ever since. My first step on this new path led me into ten years of creative self-exploration through actin: training, auditioning, working in theater, TV, film and deeper self discovery. It was a blast!

It was acting led me to meditation, which was a means to manage my anxiety. There’s been no looking back.

Since 2007, I’ve developed a eventually developed a consistent meditation practice-starting with Transcendental Meditation, evolving through work with dozens of teachers, and completing three silent Vipassana retreats. I still practice daily.

Yoga soon followed. I became a certified yoga teacher in 2009 and have since shared yoga, breathwork, and meditation across the globe. In 2017, I was honored as one of NYC’s Best Yoga Teachers.

In 2014, I co-founded The Yoga Adventure with my friend Zander Gladish to offer soul-refreshing experiences that changed my life and others'. We closed it down in 2016 after a great run.

My mission grew as I began working with corporations teaching them the core skills of mindfulness and resilience. I kept I pushed my own edges-climbing Kilimanjaro, teaching in Nigeria, traveling through 30+ countries, and exploring 30 states across the U.S. I’m especially proud of helping to put a young man through college-he’s now teaching and inspiring kids in his own community.

In 2023 I decided I need other tools to help men so I went back to school this this time at Stanford University for a year program and I became a certified Stanford University Ambassador of Compassion,

I also co-host “Men Talking Mindfulness,” a top 1.5% global podcast where we get real about meaning and growth, welcoming guests like Jocko Willink, Dr. James Doty, George Mumford, and 2020 presidential candidate Tim Ryan. (and so many more great guests!)

At my core, I’m the product of a resilient family, curiosity, hard-won lessons, and a little bit of rebellious courage.

Today, I bring all of these roots, heartbreak, science, travel, hustle, and compassion-into my work.

My mission?

To wake up a million men (like you), help them break free from old, stale patterns, get to know themselves compassionately, reclaim their zest for life, and step boldly into their greatness.

If you’ve read this far, why not book a free discovery call? Let’s chat about how I can help you. I would love to connect

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