What does happiness
‍look like to you?

about dave

Helping you get there.

My work focuses on helping individuals live a fulfilling and joyful life by exploring what really matters to them and building a life around that.

I owe a lot of my success to my ability to create a space where people feel free to explore possibilities and discover themselves without judgement, and make encounters fun and memorable to put people at ease and facilitate learning and discovery.

I look forward to helping you:

Uncover what brings you joy
Define a path forward
Identify what's holding you back
identifying what happiness is to you
Achieving Full Potential
Creativity
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My Philosophy

Everyone Wants To Be Happy
We are all trying to be happy because with happiness you have more energy, challenges are easier and you just feel good about yourself.
Things Need to be Designed
If you truly want something, you need to take the time to design it. While a design can always change, it helps focus your effort  so  you use your time and resources effectively.
You are a unique person.
Everyone is different. They have different values, skills, abilities and have lived different lives. As such, you have to find the solution that works for you.
Action is the best teacher.
You need to get out there and do something. By trying and experimenting you're going to learn and adapt to new ways of doing things faster than anything else.
There is no easy solution.
Changing well established habits and integrating new learning is hard. You’re going to have some setbacks you'll need to power through, yet in the end it’s worth it.
You must know yourself
Knowing who you are before you start the journey is important. It allows you to focus on solutions that will work for you and live the life you want, not someone else's.

My relentless pursuit of joy and fulfilment

For a long time, my passion has been to help people live better, happier lives. I focused my career and education on learning how toimpact change and make work lives better for people. And in my spare time I absorbed countless books, courses, webinars and podcasts focused on those common problems which hold people back from greatness.

Now I bring everything I’ve learned and experienced over the years to people like you in hopes they help nudge you forward. I love taking those stories, examples and new information I collected and offering them up as little nuggets that might help you fill in a knowledge gap, understand a concept or incorporate an idea in such a way it helps you succeed.

Background

With 20 years of work experience across a variety of industries and organizations I have a breadth of experience to draw upon in order to tailor our conversation to your specific situation and challenges .

Experience in advertising, post-secondary, telecommunications and consulting
MBA in Organizational Behaviour
Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing 
Graduate Certificate in Executive Coaching

Certifications

In order to provide the best service to clients, it's important to me to have a theoretical basis and training for all the services I provide. These certifications include:

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Strong Interest Inventory
Certified Executive Coach
Emotional Intelligence (EQ-i 2.0)
Certified Career Development Professional
Associate Certified Coach (ICF)