About Me

About Me

From Electrician to Manual & Movement Therapist
I put away my electrician tools and began a career in personal training 13 years ago (2012). This journey was primarily driven by becoming a father and wanting to learn what it meant to raise a human being. Secondly, I wanted to discover how to resolve back pain—both my own and others’.

The Connection Between Pain and Disconnection
Not long into my career, I noticed a blatant connection between the absence of exercise, feelings of isolation, and physical pain. My initial research into athletic and aesthetic enhancement shifted toward rehabilitative movement and holistic health coaching. Here, sleep, nutrition, and social connection became more important than physical exertion alone.

Discovering the Power of Play
When I ventured into the broader world of movement development—beyond traditional exercise—I saw how game design and play could cultivate both a person’s physicality and their sense of belonging.

In my first personal training studio, I merged classic and gymnastic strength training with movement games in both private and group sessions. Witnessing the joy and connection derived from physical interplay, it became clear to me that this approach offered far greater meaning and physical enhancement than conventional training methods.

Café Move Cork: A Community of Movement
This discovery led to the creation of Café Move Cork—a community-based movement centre with a café at its heart. For five years, this space became a hub for connection and growth, where a community formed around the café bar and reformed through movement games, handstands, strength training, and workshops.

During this time, I traveled internationally to learn from pioneers in the movement world and began studying manual therapy techniques to deepen and refine our shared pool of knowledge.

Evolving Through Reflection
When the café closed in 2020, my professional offerings shifted to a private clinical setting, with play-shops (movement workshops) sprinkled throughout each year since. Around the same time, a published author and member-turned-friend suggested we co-write a book on the essence of the Café Movement.

Although I agreed, I quickly realised that while I had the ideas, communicating them in writing was a skill I needed to develop. And so, I began learning to write while continuing my work as a private clinician, focusing on pain resolution and helping clients stay “able to play.”

The Patterns Beneath the Pain
Through reflective writing, I began to notice recurring patterns. Many of the bodily anxieties my clients expressed were rooted in a diminished relationship with movement and the body itself. A mistrust in, and an inability to interpret, their own bodies was prevalent, often after extended periods of either under-, forced-, or over-dosing physical engagement. Few, if any, were enjoying their bodies in play or cultivating a sense of inner peace.

The Rescape Process
Now, I find myself at a satisfied place in my career, feeling I have learned what it means to raise a human: you teach them to raise themselves and support their curiosity.

Through playful exploration of the body in movement (and stillness), accompanied by reflective writing, I have witnessed clients catapult themselves from “a rut” into a renewed relationship with themselves and life itself. They cultivate agency and gratitude through a self-guided practice that is uniquely their own.

I’ve named this framework The Rescape Process, and I am ready to take it from the lab to the world this year, 2025.