You are one honest conversation away from the life you were built for.
Sir John helps parents, couples, professionals, and organisations close the gap, through keynote speaking, coaching, and programmes grounded in 30 years of lived experience and over 1,600 families coached.
Trusted by 15+ organisations across Kenya and beyond
Who comes to Sir John
You know there is more in you. Something is standing in the way.
In your family, your career, your sense of purpose, or all three. Sir John is the person who will sit with you, name what is in the way, and walk with you until it is no longer there.
"I love them so much but I genuinely don't know how to reach them."
The connection is slipping. You attend church, read the articles, and try your best, but nothing seems to land. You are not in crisis, but you can feel that you are heading there, and that feeling is its own kind of urgency.
You have not lost your family. You have just lost the language to reach them. Sir John helps you find it again.
"We don't fight. But we don't connect either. And I'm not sure which is worse."
You are raising children and managing life together. But somewhere between the demands and the silence, you forgot how to be a couple. Neither of you planned for this. Neither of you knows how to name it.
One honest conversation, in the right space, with the right guide, can change the trajectory of a marriage.
"I keep achieving more and feeling less."
The career, the house, the title. On paper, everything looks right. But your spouse says you are emotionally absent, your children barely know you, and privately you are asking whether the sacrifices were worth it.
You do not need a therapist. You need someone who has lived what you are living and come out the other side with his family intact and his purpose on fire.
"I need someone who actually understands my culture, not just coaching theory."
You came for a better life. But the pressures of immigrant life, the cultural distance, and raising children between two worlds were not in the plan. Your marriage is under quiet strain and your teenagers are growing up in a world very different from the one you knew.
Sir John speaks your language, understands your values, and has walked with families on exactly this road, whether you are in Nairobi, London, Toronto, or Houston.
I have spent 30 years doing one thing.
Most coaches will tell you what you need to do. I am more interested in sitting with you until we figure out why you have not done it yet, and what is actually in the way.
I spent 27 years in formal employment across diplomacy, ministry, motors, and insurance. Along the way I became a Certified Professional Mediator, trained in Expressive Arts and Music Therapy, and authored three books on parenting and personal growth. I have sat on school boards, chaired governance bodies, and co-led a parenting ministry that has walked over 1,600 Kenyan families through the hardest and most important work they will ever do.
My conviction has never changed: the most important work any of us will ever do is the work we do at home. When that foundation holds, everything else becomes possible.
The Journey
Awaken. Align. Achieve.
Every engagement with Sir John follows the same arc, from honest awareness, to alignment with what matters, to change that lasts.
Awaken
It starts with honesty. Together we name what is really going on, the patterns, the gap, and the thing no one else will say out loud.
Align
Next we bring your life into agreement with your values, your relationships, your work, and your sense of purpose pulling in one direction.
Achieve
Then comes the sustained work that turns insight into lasting change you carry into your home, your career, and your relationships.
The work we do together
Whether you are a parent, a professional, or an organisation, there is a structured engagement designed for exactly where you are.
Keynote Speaking
For organisations, schools, and churches
You want your audience to leave changed, not just inspired. Sir John speaks on parenting, marriage, purpose, leadership, finances, and generosity, and he ties every topic back to something the room can act on before they reach their car.
Book Sir John →The Coaching Journey
For parents, spouses, and professionals
You know something needs to change, and you are ready to do the work. Six to ten sessions, starting with a full assessment. Every session moves the goal forward. Sir John does not let you stay comfortable with the same problem.
Start the Journey →The Parenting Programme
For organisations, schools, and churches
Eleven weeks. Structured. Based on the 4Ps of Parenting framework Sir John built from 30 years of working with families. Run it for your staff, your congregation, or your parent community.
Bring the Programme →Advisory Retainer
For HR, wellness, and family programmes
You run a programme, a platform, or a portfolio of employee or community wellbeing work. Sir John comes alongside as an ongoing voice: content, facilitation, and strategic input on a retained basis.
Enquire Now →What Sir John speaks on
Every topic is drawn from lived experience, not frameworks borrowed from a textbook. Each talk is built around the specific audience, with actionable takeaways every person can use the same week.
Parenting
The honest, structured conversation most parents have been waiting for. Built on 16 years and 1,600+ families.
Marriage
A frank, warm exploration of the work that goes into a relationship that actually lasts.
Purpose and Dreams
The gap between where you are and where you know you should be is not a talent problem. This talk closes it.
Organising Personal Finances
Money is not the goal. Freedom is. A grounded, practical talk on financial discipline without losing your humanity.
Managing and Motivating Teams
People perform when they feel seen, not just managed.
Sales and Marketing
Equips sales teams with the mindset, skills, and confidence to perform at the highest level.
Giving and Generosity
One talk at Nairobi Chapel produced a measurable and sustained increase in congregational giving.
Leadership
What it actually takes to lead, not manage, people through hard seasons.
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See Sir John in his own words
The proof is in the people.
"A weight has been lifted off my shoulders."
James, Coaching Client
That is what Sir John is after. Not a motivational high that fades by Monday, but a real, lasting shift in the way you see yourself, your family, and your work. Here is what people say about working with him.
"Sir John did not just train me, he walked with me. From where I started to where I am now, I would not be here without him."
Peter Insurance Sales Professional
Peter came to Sir John with fewer than two t-shirts to his name. He is today a top insurance sales professional.
"Following the talk on giving, we saw a measurable and sustained increase in congregational giving in our church. It has not looked back since."
Senior Pastor Nairobi Chapel Waiyaki Way
"He has a rare gift, he makes you feel completely understood, and then he gently shows you what you couldn't see yourself."
Coaching Client Marriage & Family
In the Media
Sir John in the media.
NTV Kenya
CrossOver · Father's Day Special
Live television feature on fatherhood, family, and purpose.
Spice FM
Radio Interview
In-studio conversation on parenting, leadership, and coaching.
If you are ready, so am I.
Sir John fills a room with something that lasts. If you are looking for a keynote speaker, a coaching partner, or a facilitator for your organisation, reach out. Engagements are taken selectively to ensure every client receives the full weight of Sir John's attention.