Brian gets the specific challenges of being in your 20s, 30s, and early 40s right now because he’s living through his own version of it. After walking away from the fast track at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) during a quarter-life crisis, he didn’t just pivot, he went deep into understanding what actually works for people navigating modern young adulthood.
He trained under Harvard’s happiness researchers, earned his MBA, and started teaching at UCLA while building a practice specifically for people tired of generic self-help advice.
Working with experts like Harvard’s Tal Ben-Shahar and UCLA’s Cassie Holmes, Brian developed the MAGIC framework, a practical system for building genuine happiness that works with your real life, not some idealized version of it.
Reality-Based Approach: No toxic positivity or “just think positive” BS – actual tools for actual problems
Cultural Fluency: Understands social media pressure, financial stress, and quarter-life confusion aren’t character flaws Practical Focus: Bridges the gap between research and real life – student loans, gig work, and all