Hi, I’m Colin.

I’m a certified yoga teacher, breath trainer, and life coach who helps men lead themselves and each other through uncertainty with calm competence.

Over the last decade, I’ve worked with diverse groups including fraternity chapters, formerly incarcerated men and women, and non-profit executives to build spaces where emotional honesty, connection, and growth aren't just possible, they’re guaranteed. Through my coaching curriculum, I’ve helped 100+ men develop emotional agility, self-command, and authentic relationships. My highly-rated workshops have been delivered to dozens of chapters, equipping participants with practical tools to enhance their brotherhood and wellbeing.

My mission is to give every man an experience of healthy and uplifting brotherhood and we’re just getting started!

Why I Do This Work

Because I’ve lived both sides of the story. I’ve seen how brotherhood can be a net that catches you when you fall or a chain that keeps you from being free. I know how much potential men have when we’re given the tools to grow and not just to perform. And I believe that when men take responsibility for our own healing and leadership, we create ripple effects that change our chapters, families, communities, and the future for the better.

What Sets Me Apart

• I don’t just teach theory. I train peer leaders to change the system and drive real cultural change from the inside out.

• I blend evidence-based practices (like breathwork and behavioral science) with ancient wisdom traditions (like yoga and stoicism) and lived experience.

• I support spirituality without dogma, masculinity without macho, and growth without guilt.

• I’ve been in your shoes. My own fraternity experience wasn’t that long ago so I know the unique gifts and the challenges that come with fraternity life.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Manscending?

We equip young men with mindfulness-based tools, community, and structure to unleash their potential and build a legacy of compassionate action. Our innovative and effective programming inspires greater authenticity, unbreakable brotherhood, and the profound possibility that greatness is one decision away.

What is Mindfulness?

Mindfulness is a word used to describe the experience of non-judgmental awareness in the present moment. While it is deeply rooted in faith and spiritually traditions around the world, mindfulness is not a religious practice in itself. It can be used as a category for any practices that enable us to observe our current state without judgment and navigate through our circumstances with greater compassion and ease.

Why is Manscending needed?

We are entering a new era of masculinity, where the conversation around what it means to be a healthy man is gaining momentum. People are realizing that the traditional ideals of masculinity including emotional detachment and punishing weakness aren’t working for us. They encourage men to suppress the very systems that balance us all - our bodies, feelings, thoughts, and relationships - leading to disproportionately high rates of isolation, self-harm, and violence. Something needs to change and it has to start with men.

Manscending tackles this challenge by equipping men with the community, training, and tools to build the self-awareness required for positive transformation. We strive to reignite the experience of brotherhood by bringing fresh perspectives to existing communities of men: fraternities, boys schools, clubs, and athletic teams, where some of the most harmful aspects of masculinity are learned and reinforced. By bringing guys together to compassionately reckon with our inheritance as men, we believe we can create a more sustainable culture of masculinity from the board room to the locker room.

How does Manscending help?

We offer engaging workshops, fraternity chapter coaching programs, and individual coaching for men seeking growth. Additionally, we provide training and accountability through the Mindful Manhood online community and free practices which we deliver through our Monthly Mindfulness newsletter.

Does feminism have a place in men’s work?

Feminism as a movement to end sexism and provide equal opportunity regardless of gender is everyone’s work, including women, men, and identities beyond and between the binary. While feminism has historically been a “women’s issue”, we firmly believe men benefit greatly from the expansion of narrow gender roles. We all have a stake in giving each other the chance to pursue our passions and grow into fully realized versions of ourselves.