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 skills, meaning, purpose, and growth.

A big shift came when I left my cushy pharma job and moved to NYC in 2003. This has been my home ever since. My first step on this new path led me into ten years of creative self-exploration through acting: I trained with the best, auditioned, performed in theaters, on TV, and in films. I taught for years at the NY Film Academy.

I went deep and needed to dig deep within myself to make this all happen. It was a blast and very challenging.

It was this creative pursuit that led me to the practice of meditation, I was so anxious in this field that I needed to relax and be present.

Meditation worked!

There’s been no looking back.

I started meditating with Transcendental Meditation (TM) in 2007 and developed a consistent daily practice by 2009. It was a struggle for me.

My meditation has evolved since then through the work with dozens of teachers, and completing three 10-day 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 and recognized 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 numerous corporations teaching them the core skills of mindfulness and resilience.

I kept I pushing 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 raising money to help to put a young Tanzanian man through college. I even went back to attend his graduation. (picture on home page). He’s now teaching and inspiring kids in his own community. We are still friends to day!

In 2023 I decided I need other tools to help more men that would compliment the ones I already acquired, I went back to school. This time at Stanford University for their one-year ACT (Ambassador of Compassion Training) Program. I became a certified Stanford University Ambassador of Compassion, Boom! I am so thankful I did this!

In 2020 I co-founded and co-host “Men Talking Mindfulness.” Currently a top 1.5% global podcast where we get real about men, healthy masculinity, purpose, leadership, mental health and personal growth,

We have had the good fortune to interview guests like Jocko Willink, Dr. James Doty, George Mumford, Steven Kotler, John Eldridge and even 2020 presidential candidate Tim Ryan. (and so many more great guests!)

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

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

My mission?
To wake up a million men (like you), help them break free from old, stale behaviour patterns, for men to get to know themselves deeply and compassionately, reclaim their zest for life, step boldly into their greatness and leave a legacy that will ripple for generations.

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