I built my work around three convictions: protect people, develop people, and serve people. Those convictions run through everything I do. From working in private security to standing in front of a room full of people trying to figure out who they are and what they’re capable of.
My background isn’t traditional. Black Belt in Karate. Brown Belt in BJJ under Red Belt Carley Gracie. Competitive MMA. Certified Trainer, Certified Yoga Instructor, Performance Coach. I’ve worked across the full spectrum. Special Olympics athletes to Olympians, teens in foster care to corporate executives, recovery to peak performance.
Martial arts, yoga, athletics, and coaching taught me how to observe myself. How to regulate under pressure, identify what was driving my behavior, and develop deliberately rather than by accident. That’s where Self-Awareness and Self-Development were built. Working in private security added another layer. Situational awareness, reading environments, reading people, staying grounded when things shift fast. That’s where Social Intelligence became real for me. Not a concept. A survival skill.
Everything I teach comes back to the same framework. Self-Awareness, Self-Development, and Social Intelligence. Not motivational concepts. Mechanical skills. The kind you train until they become who you default to. That framework is the foundation of How to Show Up, the book, the YouTube series, and every program I run.
The work looks different depending on who needs it. Every engagement is built around the same framework. What changes is the context, the format, and who’s in the room.
Make intentional living the standard, not the exception. Most people are developing by default. Shaped by whatever environment they're in, whoever is around them, and whatever situation lands in front of them. They're reactive. They're inconsistent. And most of the time, they don't even know it.
Awareness without action is just frustration. Development is where things actually change.
This isn't self-help. It's self-engineering. And it's available to anyone willing to do the work. That means the teenager who doesn't know who he is yet. The executive who performs at work and falls apart at home. The athlete who has the physical tools but not the mental ones. The person in recovery who is rebuilding from the ground up. The framework is the same. The principles apply across all of it. The vision is a world where people stop waiting to feel ready and start training to become ready. Where showing up with intention is a skill people actually practice. Not a saying on a wall. Not a concept in a book they never finish. A living, practiced discipline.
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The author is a high level expert at using one's mind to a great extent as applied to one's body and life in general. This book goes beyond theories and goes into the realm of demonstrable facts that can benefit many.
This book is an informative read-transformative! I've invited each Education Liaison in our therapeutic foster home to read How to Show Up, and I'm reaching out to Mr. Tortora to invite him to speak to our administrative and direct care staff and hopefully
How To Show Up’ is not only incredibly informative but life-changing. A step by step guide on how to up your game, find your center, and become truly present in your everyday life. It is a quick read, but packed with so much knowledge, you will find yourself reading it more than once and referencing it regularly. I will recommend this book again and again to anyone ready to challenge their presence of mind, physical being and awareness of self
You can read what I tell you about this book or you buy it and see for yourself how powerful this hidden gem of knowledge is, in a world of uncertainty and chaos.You will undoubtedly become a better version of yourself in all areas of your life.
