Home: Albertville, MN. Age: Mid-forties. Birthplace: Minneapolis, MN. Profession: Holistic health practitioner. Organization: Infinite Wellness Natural Healing Center, PMA. Title: Director and co-trustee. Significant other: My amazing wife, Nicole.
Recent recognition: Standard Process Titanium Practitioner Award (2023) and Diamond Practitioner Award (2024 and 2025). Recent professional development: Certified Dietary Supplement Professional, Board Certified in Holistic Nutrition® and Certified Nutrition Professional through the National Association of Nutrition Professionals. Latest contribution to others: A $5,000 scholarship to the University of St. Thomas for nutrition education. Hobbies: Fishing. Last book read: The Wingfeather Saga, by Andrew Peterson. I just finished reading it to my children. It was excellent. Recent unique acquisition: Firefly Light Therapy device.
Personality profile: Pertinacious, dedicated, discerning and magnanimous. What one word would your closest friend use to describe you? Critical thinker. Moral compass: Catechism of the Catholic Church. What is your greatest joy? My wife and children. What occupation, other than your own, do you most admire? Stay-at-home mothers raising the next generation. What is at the top of your bucket list? Whitewater rafting. What is your go-to workout? Calisthenics, weight lifting and vibration plate workouts. What ingredient is essential to your perfect vacation? Unplugging from all electronic devices. That’s why I enjoy the Boundary Waters Canoe Area so much.
What was your favorite college course? Clinical nutrition. What’s prominently featured on your home or office wall? “Embrace the Journey.” Besides your parents, who has had the greatest influence on your life? Saint Thomas Aquinas; Royal Lee, DDS; Bruce Lipton, PhD. What’s the best advice you received in your career? Never feel selfish about putting your health first. If you don’t and your health fails, how can you help others who are sick? What is your go-to source of creative inspiration? The discoveries revealed by the bodies I examine. Every person has a unique story and I want to understand it.
What is your big idea?
Helping emerging natural-health practitioners develop expertise in working with liquid herbs.
What change are you working on to effect in your profession or field? I am working to inspire the next generation of natural practitioners to become adept in using liquid herbs. What message do you want to send out into the world? Invest in your food and farmer before you have to invest in your doctor or hospital.
Who would you like to spend an evening with, in heaven? Saint Thomas Aquinas. As a kid, what did you first want to be when you grew up? A paleontologist, until I was exposed to natural holistic healing. How would you choose to spend tomorrow, if you knew it was your last day on earth? I would go skydiving. What period in your life would you do differently, if you could? 2024.
Personal mission: To help others find real answers to their chronic health challenges and assuage the physical and emotional suffering they experience. Favorite quote: “Discovery is seeing what others have seen, but thinking what no one has thought” (Albert Szent-Györgyi).
