Hey, I'm Can.

WHY I DO WHAT I DO?

From as far back as I can remember, I’ve always had questions. Questions about human behavior & the results they render, the reasons why some things just seem to work out better for some & why those same things yield different outcomes for others.

My own reality was at best, in my mind, a hot mess. A mess comprising so many various passions & trust me, attempting to streamline all these seemingly disconnected passions to flow & gel together, seemed like the hardest thing to do. Juxtapositions at their best. I hold a Psychology degree with Cum Laude Honours, I am a qualified Life Coach, Graphic Designer, professional Singer, Songwriter & ESL Teacher. My other passions include spirituality, entrepreneurship, creativity, fitness, nutrition, personal development speaking, amateur sewing & this list goes on & on. LOL.

What I DID come to learn is that all these gifts & tools COULD WORK TOGETHER. I just needed to find a way to harness or ‘integrate’ the buggers.  I found that my mental clutter was nothing more than an accumulation of information compartmentalized in all the incorrect places. Like an untidy room, or organized chaos. I knew where everything was, it was just kinda any & everywhere. So, finding their optimal roles & calling upon them as & when I needed, gave these ‘unruly children’ meaningful purpose & an immutable indispensability. Now, I couldn’t do without them LOL. Everything fell into their own groove & I was now working WITH myself instead of AGAINST myself. And BOOM - The light went on! I COULD HELP OTHERS DO THE SAME. I found my thing, the one thing I loved to do: COACHING!

I admitted to myself that living on stage, even though I was pretty good at it, & achieved much success, was more about the external validation than anything else. I liked the OOOHS & AAHS more, & I won’t lie, it felt good to my ego but it was like vapor - fleeting.  I made a BIG decision to exchange the stage lights, the costumes, the make-up, the fame etc. for a more fulfilling, off stage, in-the-wing kinda role, which I now offer to my performing artist clients through mentoring. I will always sing & make music but my direction has diversified.

IT’S YOU AGAINST THE WORLD BABY. NO MORE HALF ARSING THIS THING. PRESENT YOURSELF TO THE FULLEST MEASURE…

…coz when we learn to embrace all of who we are, the good & the not-so-good, only then do we possess the keys to access our greatness. Intrinsically, we are so uniquely designed & I am a strong believer that even if 2 identical people set out to walk a path together almost completely in sync, & 1 decides to start the journey using a different foot to the other, that their journey together IS in fact different.

Showing up in our fullness encompasses our gifts, characteristics & personalities, our self-professed flaws, just everything. We live in a world of loud voices consistently feeding us with information about things we lack; this is why there are so many sales pitches out there. We’re first taught that what we have is not good, pretty, current, or beautiful enough & then we’re manipulated into believing that whatever they’re selling, will get us one step closer to being better, prettier, more current or more beautiful.  YOU ARE ENOUGH & I have dedicated & positioned my heart to helping you see & live this.

So, with all that said… Let’s introduce ourselves to one another, so we’re no longer complete strangers. I am so happy that you decided to check out my website. It’s nothing fancy, it’s just so you get a feel for who I am & how I could potentially add value to your life. I’m ME! All me, warts & all. I’m unorthodox & unconventional, I make mistakes & learn from them. There are days when I pity myself, when I’m riddled with self-doubt & paralysed by fear & others when I feel like I’ve reached the summit of the highest mountain peak, just like every other person with a pulse. So please do not expect perfection, because in this regard, I will let you down. My plethora of interests attest to my paradoxical approach to life. I’m vegan & also the world’s biggest nibbler, I am funny & quirky & love laughing. I love reading, but you gotta catch me within the first chapter, or I’m aborting the mission unapologetically LOL. I live for stimulating conversation & socializing with my handful of true friends.

So, if this works for you, “let’s talk it through.”