About Transcend
Hi, I'm Dean.
Transformational Life Coach & Breathwork Facilitator
More than anything, I’m someone who has walked through the fire and come out the other side. I believe deeply in your ability to heal, grow, and reclaim your peace.
Since 2018, I’ve helped people who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected release what’s holding them back and reconnect with the clarity, calm, and confidence already within them.
I'm not here to fix you. You're not broken.
I’m here to walk alongside you, to help you reconnect with your breath, understand yourself more deeply, and create a life that feels aligned, empowered, and authentically yours.
My Background
A unique blend of education, experience, and dedication to transformation.
Dean brings together formal study, hands-on recovery experience, deep personal transformation, and years of guiding others through Breathwork and Coaching.
Education
BA in Philosophy and Comparative Religions
Medical Experience
15 years in medical and recovery fields
Client Success
Hundreds helped since 2018
Expertise
25+ years studying mindfulness and human behavior
My Journey So Far
From awakening, to healing, to helping others do the same.
I know what it feels like to feel stuck, disconnected, and unsure of how to move forward—because I’ve lived it.
My own journey has taken me through addiction, divorce, financial struggles, and years of searching outside myself for answers. Everything began to change when I realized that if I wanted my life to change, I had to change.
Through personal development, meditation, mindfulness, and ultimately Breathwork, I learned how to reconnect with myself, regulate my nervous system, release what I had been carrying, and create a life with greater purpose and meaning.
Along the way, I overcame addiction, lost more than 65 pounds, rebuilt my life and finances, and discovered a sense of purpose I hadn’t known before.
Today, I use the same tools that transformed my life to help others create change in theirs.
By combining Breathwork, Transformational Life Coaching, meditation, mindfulness, and nervous system education, I help people move beyond simply feeling better in the moment and begin creating lasting change.
Everything I teach has first transformed my own life.
1
The Awakening
My first breathwork session shook something loose, truth, trauma, and potential.
2
The Healing
I committed to the work. Weekly sessions. Transformational coaching. Radical accountability.
3
The Rebirth
After decades of addiction and emotional pain, I broke free and started leading others through the same.
4
The Mission
I founded Transcend Healing and Breathwork LLC and stepped fully into this calling.
Education, Training & Certifications
A lifelong student of healing, human potential, and transformation.
The quality of guidance I offer is a direct reflection of my commitment to being a lifelong student of healing, human potential, and personal transformation. One of the core values that has guided my life is the belief that we should never stop learning.
For more than 25 years, I have immersed myself in the study of mindfulness, meditation, human behavior, psychology, philosophy, spirituality, nervous system regulation, and personal transformation. I hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy and Comparative Religions, spent more than 15 years in the medical field, and over a decade working in addiction and recovery.
When Breathwork entered my life in 2018, it became one of the most powerful catalysts for my own transformation—and ultimately changed the direction of my work.
My Breathwork education includes advanced training with some of the world’s most respected teachers and organizations, including David Elliott, Lance Smith of Evolve Breathwork, Ben Holt of Awakened Breath, Dan Brulé, Grof® Transpersonal Training in Holotropic Breathwork, Patrick McKeown’s Oxygen Advantage, the Wim Hof Method, and continuing education in traditional Pranayama and Yogic Breathwork.
I have also studied directly with James Nestor, author of Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art, at his immersive three-day BREATH – The Power of the Breath workshop.
My multidisciplinary training allows me to teach what I call the Four Pillars of Breathwork: Calming, Activating, Dynamic, and Transformational Breathwork.
I am also a Certified Transformational Life Coach, Reiki Practitioner, Level II Sound Healing Practitioner, Tuning Fork Practitioner, and 200-Hour Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-200).
I don’t see these as separate modalities. I see them as pieces of a larger puzzle—allowing me to meet each person where they are and draw from the right combination of knowledge, experience, and tools to support their growth.
My education didn’t end with a certification. I remain committed to learning, growing, and evolving—so the work I offer continues to evolve with me.
Trainings & Lineages
My Approach
Personalized to You
I don’t believe there’s one path to healing or personal growth. Every person is different, and what you need today may be different from what you need tomorrow.
My approach brings together Breathwork, coaching, meditation, mindfulness, and nervous system regulation to meet you where you are.
Whether you need to slow down, release what you’ve been carrying, gain clarity, or create meaningful change, the work is always personalized to you.
Recognition
Award-Winning Life Coach & Breathwork Facilitator Serving Morris County, NJ
Recognized by BusinessRate as one of the top life coaches in Morris County, New Jersey. This award reflects years of showing up for clients with consistency, care, and a commitment to lifelong learning.
Ready to start your own healing journey?
Begin with the discovery form so Dean can learn more about what you're carrying, what you're seeking, and whether breathwork or transformational coaching is the right next step.