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I spent much of my life chasing after achievements, awards, and material success. And for a time, I was able to continue pursuing that more conventional path. I completed my education and received my doctorate, went on to start a successful business working with startups, publishing a book, and even being featured in a short documentary. However, inside, I was experiencing an emptiness. I tried to live two lives, one where I could experience the richness of a deeper spiritual life on the inside, while on the outside I attempted to maintain the facade of fitting into the conventional path.

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However, when my mother was hit and killed by a car, the facade began to unravel. And all of the work I had built up, all of the achievements I had garnered, everything stopped working. The business was falling apart, I couldn't do my usual work, and my relationships were faltering in ways I could not expect. My way of being was not adding up. The urn had finally cracked. Left and right, I couldn't keep the water from spilling out. And I realized I needed to find another way of showing up in the world.

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After dismantling much of what I'd worked to create, going on a journey to rediscover what my purpose is here with this human life, and meeting with others walking the same path, I have come to see part of my sacred charge is to support others in their own journey of self-discovery. So that is part of what I offer of myself to you, in the hopes that you too can find solace in a new and changing inner world.

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Below I share a few details of my endeavors in the conventional world, in hopes that it inspires you to come work together with me in navigating the world of work, abundance, and creation. Thank you for joining me here and I hope to chat with you soon.

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​In another life, I served as a consulting food scientist for the past five years through my consulting company, where I provided scientific and technical support to venture-backed companies in the food and beverage industry. In that time, I worked with startup and established companies such as The Good Food Institute, Blue Diamond Growers, DecoPac, TurtleTree, Black Sheep Foods, and many others, as well as new entrepreneurs and small businesses. I have also served as an angel investor and advisor to young companies.

 

To pursue that chapter of my life, I earned my Ph.D. in Food Science from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and my M.S. and B.S. in Chemistry from the University of California, Irvine. During that time, I was intuitively led to the opportunity to publish a book on the subject of food science, 150 Food Science Questions Answered, as well as be part of a documentary on the science of flavors, The Flavor Matrix, file several patents in the fields of agriculture and food technology, and publish a whitepaper report on the state of alternative proteins with The Good Food Institute.

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I was fortunately given the opportunity to share my expertise in that space with publications such as The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Fortune, Scientific American, National Geographic, TIME Magazine, and many others.

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Interested in the extended edition? Click below for a longer version of my journey.

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