I grew up in a family of physicians. My Dad was the town doctor, and all seven children became physicians like our father. From an early age, I learned the value of service, responsibility, and hard work.

Those lessons shaped me in many positive ways. They also left me believing that my worth was tied to what I accomplished.

Medicine rewarded that belief.

As a cardiologist, I spent years caring for patients with heart disease while quietly struggling with anxiety, burnout, and grief in my own life. The loss of my sister Andrea, one of the most important people in my life, forced me to confront questions I could no longer avoid.

What does it mean to live well?

What actually creates health?

Why do so many capable and successful people feel disconnected from themselves, from others, and from what matters most?

Those questions led me beyond traditional medicine into mindfulness, psychology, contemplative practice, leadership, and the science of human flourishing.

What I discovered changed my life.