It’s about real transformation
It’s not just business coaching, life coaching, or anything you’ve experienced.
It’s a holistic approach that combines all of that,
plus a shitload of my own personal wisdom.
It’s not about the modality, it’s about the outcomes.
Finally making and keeping a commitment to yourself
It’s about real transformation
It’s not just business coaching, life coaching, or anything you’ve experienced.
It’s a holistic approach that combines all of that,
plus a shitload of my own personal wisdom.
It’s not about the modality, it’s about the outcomes.
Finally making and keeping a commitment to yourself
Why I want to Transform Your Life
& Let you Live Your Dream
Because helping people is everything to me.
All of the success in my life has come from people helping me, teaching me, and giving me a chance. Because of that, it is not only important for me to help as many others as possible, but it’s the driving force of everything that I do.
Phew, you made it past the marketing copy. That means you’re ready. Hi, I’m Dave. But, you know that already. I’m not Dave from the block. I’m not your Uncle Dave.
I’m the Dave you want to have over for dinner and a cocktail. I’m the Dave that you want to have that existential discussion with while hiking a mountain. I’m the Dave that combines your business with your personal growth because real success comes from a combination of many great things.
I’m the Dave that sees your full potential and is ready to kick your ass to get you there. In a nice kind, Canadian way, of course. (I’m sorry.)
I’m ready to help you reach your best self. That Dave.
Quick Facts about Dave
- I live in Alberta, Canada.
- I’m 41 (but, that might change).
- My wife is my favourite human. We constantly work to better ourselves and our marriage.
- My friends and acquaintances are my rocks.
- My dogs are awesome non-humans. They accompany us on hikes as often as they are able.
- I was a quiet, introverted, and emotionally stunted child. I’m now a quiet, introverted, and very emotionally intelligent adult.
- Knowledge is important to me, which is why I read voraciously, listen to podcasts and audiobooks constantly, and documentaries are my favourite films.
- My superpower is being a chameleon. I fit in with my socially awkward video gaming friends, other outdoorsy types, or business entrepreneurs with the same level of groundedness.
- Maybe the fact that I don’t do small talk helps, too, because the deep stuff is much more interesting.
- My wife and I are saving to build our dream home on Vancouver Island overlooking the ocean.
- My preferred pronouns are he/him, but my gender is non-binary. I am biologically cis-male, and mentally and spiritually somewhere in the middle, not fully male, nor fully female.
- Fried chicken always gets my attention. Coffee in the morning and mint tea for the rest of the day. And it’s whisky or red wine when I occasionally drink.
Dave’s Bio, just in case you needed a cole’s Notes Version!
Developing Leaders And High-
Performance Creative businesses
I’m a business and life coach for adventurous humans who want to improve both their lives and their businesses — and see the correlation between those things.
My holistic approach combines vulnerability, connection, trust, accountability, and a lot of elbow grease and hard work.
In the past decade, I uncovered that my true purpose in life is to better myself as much as possible, and through that unending discovery I can help as many people as possible with their own discoveries
What’s your story morning Glory?
Story of My Life
01
2002: graduated from Network Engineering Program
My career path started with Engineering, which is likely why I love systems and automations.
02
2005: Moved to Europe
The company I was working for got bought out, and I was given an opportunity to travel and begin my journey of working on myself.
03
2009: Started Wedding photography business
I met my now amazing wife Abigail, and 3 months after we started dating we opened Abby Plus Dave, so our business is almost as old as our relationship!
04
2017: Coach Training
After years of loving wedding photography, I knew I wanted to do more. So I jumped headfirst into Martha Beck’s Wayfinder Life Coach Training and my life was completely transformed.
05
2019: Full-Time Coach
In 2019 I decided to focus on my coaching full-time, we slowed down our wedding photography business to 5-10 weddings per year, so that I could spend as much time helping others as possible
06
2021: Online Business Training
Over COVID, my amazing friend and business partner Angie Nelson and I launched Business as an Adventure: All Method, No Madness, an online course dedicated to teaching photographers the foundations of a healthy business from the ground up. We also have an amazing community of thousands of creatives talking business!
07
2022: Accountability Mastermind
In a bid to help even more creatives have businesses that don’t just survive but thrive, I launched a weekly accountability and growth mastermind.
