Twenty-five years working with pain, the nervous system, and the stories people tell themselves about both.
Who I am
I'm a licensed acupuncturist with 25 years of clinical practice. I was the first staff acupuncturist in the Department of Pain Management at the Cleveland Clinic.
I founded UpSpiral, a personal development company built on one idea: the brain that learned your pain, your fear and your self-doubt can learn something else. The method blends neuroscience, Internal Family Systems parts work, narrative rewriting and the practical side of manifestation. My wife Leela, a licensed psychotherapist with 20 years of practice, is co-founder and clinical director.
I've written two books, The Neuroscience of Manifestation and Power Moves to Elevate You, and my words on menopause appear in The Book of Menopause (Oprah Daily / Hearst Books, 2026). Over six million people follow the work across Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube.
What I work on
Nervous system regulationHow the body decides it is safe, and how to change that decision on purpose.
Neuroplastic painThe research on pain the brain generates and the brain can unlearn, and what a 25-year pain clinician makes of it.
Identity and narrativeWhy the story you tell about yourself behaves like a physiological setting, and how to rewrite it.
Credentials
Licensed Acupuncturist25 years of clinical practice
First staff acupuncturist, Department of Pain ManagementCleveland Clinic
Founder and CEOUpSpiral Life LLC
Author, UpSpiral.Life: The Neuroscience of Manifestation and UpSpiral.Life: Power Moves to Elevate YouBoth on Amazon
Contributor, The Book of MenopauseOprah Daily / Hearst Books, October 2026, page 139
This is my personal site. UpSpiral is my company. Anything here that points you toward UpSpiral is me recommending my own work.
