My Story

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Childhood Beginnings

From the beginning I was on a quest to know what it meant and felt like to be connected to yourself, to where you didn’t let others opinions to decide that for you. At 8, I saw it in two ways. One was internal connection and the other was external expression. One day I put together the most stylish outfit I could imagine hoping it would win over a girls heart. It didn’t, she picked another boy, and that was a rough day. I saw what it looked like when someone was rooted in who and what they are, and I dreamed of that.

Two men stand near a cream-colored car outside a building at night, engaged in conversation, with neon signs in the background.

My dream was to go to fashion school in LA where I grew up. Instead I ended up studying psychology and interpersonal communication in college and loving it. It was the first place I felt at home to be me. At the time I was working at a boutique clothing store, and during my off hours I was pursuing a career in acting. I thought that if every body else loved me I’d finally love myself.

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By 33, I wasn’t styling or acting anymore. I was helping founders and creatives break patterns, heal shame, and lead their lives. I was also speaking on stages across the country. The work was deep, emotional, powerful.

But something was missing I didn’t feel secure in myself and it was affecting how I showed up with women and I felt like I was trying to portray an image and expression of what I was suppose to be like

A man with a beard, wearing sunglasses, a black cap that says 'no-comply,' and wireless earbuds, taking a selfie outdoors against a beige building and a tree. In the background, a white Porsche SUV is parked on a street with clear blue skies and green trees.

Complete breakdown occurs. Relationship ends and my dark nights of the soul start to happen. I was disconnected from my body and my business didn’t feel fun and rewarding to me. I was lost, and so I went to Mexico for a month and that started a deeper look within.

Even with all the psychology and inner personal communication work, I felt worthless, and I was out of touch with my creativity. Life got dark, covid hit, I discovered I had a different biological family than I was told growing up. But I didn’t give up...

I even purchased my dream car.

The Climb Back

In 2021, I came full circle. With help, I climbed my way out of the dark hole I was in. I reconnected with myself and my creativity was flowing. I founded and launched Strangers Only. I was aligned in my coaching business and designing clothes. I was smiling inside and out.

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What I’ve Learned

Alignment comes from a deep place within. I tried to push away my calling thinking I knew better, and the disobeying cost me in many ways. I painfully discovered that no amount of attention from beautiful women, sex, and doing awesome fun things in my careers was going to fill the hole inside me. I was trying to hide who I really was deep down, and that leaked like poison, not just affecting me but affecting people who truly loved me and wanted to be apart of my life from intimate relationships to business ones. Strangers Only was an adventure along my journey and eventually came to an end due to myself being disconnected and un-rooted deep down. That leads us to Sunday Gentleman. All that pain and suffering led to the next version of my coaching.

APPLY NOW

That leads us to today. The story is still being created and lived. The brand exist because I’ve lived on both sides of this. The man who looked looked great on the outside and felt worthless on the inside. The essence of who and what you genuinely are holds everything you’ve been looking for. There’s so much more available if you’re willing to do the work needed to bring it to life.

I am an artist. I am a gentleman who has spent decades studying what it means for a man to inhabit his own aesthetic fully and unapologetically, and the teachings and proper tools to get him there.