A man sitting at a wooden desk in an office, with a large world map on the wall behind him and a window showing trees outside. He is wearing an orange sweater over a collared shirt and holding a pair of glasses. The desk has an Apple iMac computer, a small decorative deer, a stack of books, and a blue potted plant.

Hello, I’m Edward

For most of my life, success meant performance, working harder, being busy, producing results, pleasing others, and holding everything together. I didn’t see it at the time, but I was chasing approval, not purpose. I was performing leadership, not living it.

Real empowerment isn’t force or control, or being the one with the answers.

Real empowerment is peace, the quiet confidence that doesn’t need to defend, push, or prove.

I grew up in the food manufacturing business in Georgia. Success was measured on the visible scoreboard: the wins, the numbers, the rewards, and the next achievement.

I learned leadership shoulder-to-shoulder with people, selling, serving, and solving problems in the field. I saw that authentic leadership happens in small human moments. Joy and service were always the actual scoreboard.

The turning point came when I realized something shocking and straightforward: Every time I was frustrated or disconnected, I was the common denominator.

My inner world was shaping my outer reality. If I wanted to experience life differently, I discovered I had to turn inward.

I had to move from treating leadership as an activity to embodying it. I had to learn and grow inner strength.

Presence became my compass. I stopped performing first and started listening inward first. I slowed down. I chose presence, not pressure.

Every moment is a choice.

And when a man sees with greater awareness, honesty, and heart, his life, work, and relationships transform. Men need spaces where they can be real. Spaces where they don’t have to perform. Where they don’t have to know everything. Where they can speak the truth inside them and not be judged for it.

The work I do now.

I work with men who are ready to lead differently—men who understand that achievement alone isn’t enough. Men willing to look inward and reconnect with who they truly are: authentic, grounded, awake, alive, and comfortable in their own skin.

We do this work in one-on-one private settings, side-by-side in workplace environments, and in small circles with others, discussing where authentic empowerment originates.

Now, in my 60s, I am grateful to be here. I’ve found my rhythm; I no longer chase after it.

Because the strongest leadership skill is not performance, it is presence.

And that strength comes from within.

Sincerely,
Edward

If something in you recognizes this work, trust that.

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I’ve spent a lifetime inside business, leading, building, racing, problem-solving, and creating results.

On the outside, it looked successful. On the inside, it cost me presence.

I learned the hard way that true leadership is not performance, it’s who we are when we’re honest, humble, consistent, and here.

Now I help men return to themselves and lead from that place.

Qualifications

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  • Student of Life

  • Georgia Southern University, BA 

  • Played College Football under Erk Russell (1984-1986)

  • Worked with three family-owned businesses, obtained hands-on experience (1975-2019)

  • Co-created a National Brand of Burgers for the Retail Grocery Trade (1995)

  • Seminary of the Southwest, Theology Coursework (2010)

  • University of Santa Monica, Master's in Spiritual Psychology (2013)

  • University of Santa Monica, Certificate in Soul-Centered Coaching (2014)

  • Sounds True, Certificate Inner MBA (2024)

  • Various Volunteer Roles

  • Life-long Learner 

Some of my principles

  • “My inner reality, reflects my outer experience.”

  • “Leading begins with the courage to be present.”

  • “Any issue is not the real issue, how I am with myself is the real issue”