For more than a decade, I hustled and grinded in an industry that always seemed to conflict with my values.

My battles with anxiety, burnout, and cancer fundamentally changed the way I view money. I learned that it’s a tool for building a more meaningful life. Not the measure of one.

So I put that belief to the test in my own life. I restructured my finances to create current income from the assets I'd built, while still protecting my long-term retirement picture.

That financial clarity gave me the confidence to follow my intuition rather than a paycheck. I decided to build a wealth management business that did align with my values.

Four years later, I realized I didn’t really want to build my own wealth management business. I just wanted to help other cool people build theirs.

I took a modest salary to join a larger startup, called Trek Wealth Solutions, and converted Reflective Wealth from a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) firm to a media company, where I can pursue a passion and earn some side income.

When I stopped chasing more, identifying “enough” was easy. This reduced my dependence on a paycheck, empowering me to work on my terms, while having more ownership over my time.

Now I help others to do the same: turn paychecks into assets, and assets into an available source of income. So they can feel more empowered and fulfilled at work and at home.