About Me
Hi, I’m Jimmy!
I am – like the rest of us – a work in progress.
I thought that I was supposed to have my life together, to know the answers, and present a glossy, polished version of myself to the world.
Until I heard “Your mess is your message.”
Just like any of us, I get stuck. I create and sort through messes. I get out in the world and do the best I can with the tools I have, and embrace my mess.
Through embracing it and taking part in a whole lot of honest self-discovery and deliberate action-taking (uncomfortable, sometimes painful, always worth it), I’ve learned a thing or two about listing to my gut and going with what feels right.
I would be honored to witness you doing the same.
xo -j
What it was like, what happened, and what it’s like now…
What it was like:
I was running moment to moment, reacting to anything that landed on my plate, and I was getting dangerously close to burnout until I did burn out.
I knew I was already operating at high level, and that I had a real opportunity to take that even higher and transform.
Since getting sober in 2016, I had successfully transformed my life. We're talking BIG transformation here.
I went from "enjoying" at least one bottle of wine a day, not being able to pay my bills and hoping my landlord wouldn't notice, and being an overall misdirected and pretty unlovable character, to rolling up in my Cadillac at the successful restaurant I was leading, meditating every damn day, and finally being that guy who listens to podcasts and reads books.
Life was good,
but not great.
What happened:
If you're reading this, you endured 2020 and beyond too, so I can spare you some of the gritty details about the tenacity and resilience required to make it through, but here are the top points from my experience:
• I decided that I would finally take the step and become a life coach.
• I pushed though as the hospitality industry got shut down, rocked by hasty reopenings, shut down again, and finally reopened with new restrictions. In that time, my team and I reopened one restaurant twice, opened a brand new one, and reopened another one after a whole year closed. And then I burnt out.
• I invested in myself and my goals.
• I held a vision of the future that was so clear & delicious that I couldn't sit idly by and not act.
• I jumped and built my wings on the way down.
What it's like now:
I continue to learn new skills, scrap old habits, and keep becoming the person I’ve always dreamed of becoming.
Today, I am uncompromising about how I spend, organize, and own my time.
I take inspired action when I'm called to step up (or down or sideways) and I show up for my dreams.
And I'd like to help you do the same