Hi, I’m Dave.

I write about resilience, renewal, and the small pauses that help us stay human in demanding seasons of work and life.

Before becoming a coach, I spent years in senior leadership inside local government. I know what responsibility feels like — the weight of decisions, the quiet exhaustion you suffer through alone, and the pressure to keep performing. In 2017, I stepped away to build Small Pause Coaching & Consulting, grounded in a simple belief: sustainable strength requires rhythm, not force.

My work sits at the intersection of leadership, fatherhood, burnout recovery, masculinity and honest self-awareness. I’m trained in ontological coaching (Newfield Network), trauma-sensitive practices, HeartMath®, and equine-guided learning — but what matters most to me is creating conversations that help people build strength they can actually live inside of.

If you’re carrying responsibility and trying to do it well, you’re in the right place.

Pause. Reflect. Then continue — with intention.