My Story
The Bridge Between Who I Was and Who I Became
I did the corporate thing. Climbed the ladder. Built high-performing teams.
Became a Director at a Fortune 200 company. I led markets, turned around underperforming regions & built cultures where people thrived.
From the outside it looked like everything was working, but inside I was running on fumes.
I sacrificed my health, ignored my body & chased every metric except my own well-being.
Eventually panic attacks became the wake-up call I could no longer outrun.
I walked away from a 20-year corporate career filled with recognition, accolades & comfort into the unknown.
That collapse became the crucible where RJK ISH was born.
First I had to heal.
I turned inward & began to experiment with biohacking, meditation, breathwork & microdosing.
Before leaving the corporate world I had earned the Chartered Leadership Fellow credential through the American College of Financial Services, a designation that shaped my understanding of leadership development & organizational performance.
After stepping away I deepened that foundation through Dave Asprey’s 40 Years of Zen, an ICF coaching credential with a biohacking focus & certification as a microdosing coach.
Those tools gave me a way back to myself.
I saw that what had broken me wasn’t leadership, it was misalignment.
It wasn’t success itself, it was success disconnected from soul.
San Francisco became the setting for that rebirth.
This city is my mirror & my muse, fog & fire, structure & soul, rebellion & reverence.
Here innovation hums beside introspection. Ancient redwoods hold counsel with glass towers.
It’s where grit & grace collide, where the rhythm of the Pacific teaches presence & where possibility breathes through every narrow street & open sky.
This place reminds me that devotion & disruption can coexist.
That growth isn’t found in the next rung of the ladder but in the breath we take between steps.
San Francisco is where I returned to myself & where I help others do the same.
Today I’m a guide, coach & strategist for those ready to integrate both sides of their brilliance.
For the leaders who have built empires but crave ease.
For the seekers who have tasted success but now long for significance.
For those standing at the edge not because they’re lost but because they’ve outgrown the old map.
I help clients bridge the space between performance & presence.
We design lives & organizations that are both profitable & peaceful.
We work at the intersection of health, leadership & consciousness.
Together we build frameworks that serve both the mission & the man or woman behind it.
RJK ISH is a living philosophy, a practice of being Intentional, Sovereign & Holistic.
It’s about doing life differently.
It’s about remembering that success & soul are not opposites.
It’s about leading, living & loving with full awareness.
This work isn’t about fixing what’s broken.
It’s about remembering what’s whole.
It’s about redefining leadership as a devotional practice built on vitality, clarity & truth.
