My wife Kaylee and I moved to the Grand Rapids area late in 2015 for a scholarship I got to pursue my master's degree.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Love to meet people new people and have people over. I heard about CS through my friend Mike.

Interests

In no particular order: friends, family, reading, soccer, mma, hockey, fantasy football, board games, League of Legends, coffee, helping people, and sharing life while sharing food.

• dining
• coffee
• board games
• reading
• socializing
• soccer
• hockey
• archery
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

Music
mumford, almost everything motown, adele, john newman, imogen heap, florence + the machine, of monsters and men, coldplay, the civil wars, zedd, cash cash, hozier, sam smith, the killers, drew holcomb & the neighbors

Movies
Top 10 in no particular order:
Cinderella Man, Up, The Prestige, Zoolander, Elf, Lord of the Rings (all three), Emporer's New Groove, Collateral, and The Incredibles (Honorable Mention: Monsters Inc., Meet the Robinsons, Kung Fu Panda)

Books
It's been a while since I read a good book (I'm more of a movie/tv series guy). But my favorite books are Timeline by Michael Crichton and The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling. The Hunger Games had me on book one but then it got repetitive... didn't finish the 3rd.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I used to be heavily into archery. I once shot a "robinhood" as an 11-year-old. Then I did it two more times a week later!

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm always interested in hearing other people's stories and learning from their experiences.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Practical
I have a simple formula to help people create passwords. The formula is dynamic and can adapt to any website's parameters (6-8 characters, upper and lower case, numbers and symbols etc.) Most important, it's memorable so you can have a different password for each website and yet... you'll remember it!

Inter-Personal
I've had a lot of experience in leadership development, listening, and interpersonal communication. My dad is a psychologist and always taught us kids, "Know your style, the style of others, and how to adapt." I have learned a great tool to help people know how to do just that.

Spiritual
As a person of faith, I've found many people are uncomfortable praying using 'their own words' (as opposed to using a memorized prayer). If your interested in spirituality, I can teach you an ancient (yet very simple) prayer technique that helped me learn to pray.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Mexico

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States