I Built This Framework to Survive My Own Sentence.

Now I help families and people facing court or custody get organized, stay accountable and stop the panic.

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Survival alone does not hold up in court. Before sentencing, I kept a detailed record of the work I was doing to change. That record is where my coaching started.—and now, I use it to guide families, prepare clients, and support defence counsel.

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Forged In The System.

There's no orientation to incarceration. I know, because I went through it without one.

For years I was a Red Seal powerline technician. Good money, dangerous work, and a drinking and drug habit I hid behind long hours and a big ego.

In 2022, I was arrested. It was the bottom I needed. Soon after, I quit drinking and using. I've been sober since October 22, 2022. Within days I was at my first recovery meeting.

The arrest cost me my career. I spent nearly two years on bail. I paid close to $100,000 for a defence lawyer and another $5,000 for a parole lawyer. Somewhere in there I learned a hard truth: lawyers handle the law, but the person charged has to build the record of change. Nobody hands you a plan for that.

So I built my own. I stopped explaining and started proving it: meetings, routines, documents, one day at a time. My defence lawyer told me I was the best-prepared client for sentencing he'd had.

Then I served my sentence in custody in Ontario. Inside, the saying goes, "Do your time, or your time will do you." I kept my mind busy filling a binder with business plans and scoring each one. The idea for this business took shape there.

The parole board deliberated for less than two minutes before granting my early release. I came home, went back to work, and completed parole in 2025.

Today I run The Unpolished Path. I'm a Certified Professional Coach (CPC) and an ICF member. I still think like a tradesman: find the fault, then fix it step by step.

I help families who just got the call, people facing court or custody, and the lawyers and agencies who support them. I don't give legal advice, and I don't do therapy. I handle the logistics, the plan and the accountability: the parts nobody explains.

What I Bring

I do not ask law firms or families to rely on the honor system. My personal operational baseline is backed by independent data and global credentialing:

  • Certified Professional Coach (CPC), Thriving Coach Academy

  • ICF member

  • Red Seal Powerline Technician

  • Member, Canadian Criminal Justice Association

  • Member, Canadian Prison Law Association

  • Mental Health First Aid (Standard)

  • Trauma & Violence-Informed Care (Alberta Health Services)

  • San'yas Indigenous Cultural Safety

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What I don't do

  • Give legal advice. Legal questions go to your lawyer.

  • Diagnose, give therapy or treat. Clinical needs go to clinicians.

  • Promise outcomes. I deliver the work, not court or parole results.

If our work causes a client a loss, the client has recourse to our professional liability insurer. What you tell us stays private within limits the law sets, and our conversations aren't covered by solicitor-client privilege.

Our Commitment to Data, Security & Confidentiality

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