My Name is Josh Cook

Before I am anything else I am a father to an amazing daughter and a partner to an amazing woman. I am a mentor, teacher, and coach. I am a person that likes geeky things and a person that spends a decent amount of time in the gym (but will also sometimes spend too much time in a box of cookies). There was a very long stretch of my life where these were not very accurate descriptions of who I was as a person. I struggled with mental health issues and emotional reactivity that made my life, and the life of those around me, difficult and challenging. That’s the easy way to say it but the truth is, there was a time when I was just simply hell to be around. I lacked trust in myself and those around me and was habitually dishonest, people pleasing, and lacking in conviction. I struggled, DEEPLY, with low self confidence and low self worth. I lived inside behavior patterns I felt there was no escape from. Cycles of unhealthy relationships, unhealthy drinking and eating, unhealthy spending. I eventually had enough of the seemingly never ending patterns and began to make some changes. It was a very slow going process and I was very much a bull in a China shop of emotional dysregulation but I eventually found my path. I uncovered a new default and built new foundation in an identity that was my own. I am here to help others do the same in a way that suits their needs and helps them lead a happy and healthy life! My approach to coaching reflects my approach to my own growth - centered in harm reduction and grace but with focus and intention.