... connecting and empowering people, to make a DIFFERENCE in our world! A friend writes: "You are always full of enthusiasm and very energetic. I feel energy coming from you." With my training since 2005 as a Certified Empowerment Facilitator,I have learned how to center myself, how to live in the moment and how to connect with the power and energy of the universe (I choose to call it God and the power of the holy spirit which is there for anyone and everyone). I learned many years ago to do meditation and centering to enable me to go deep into my own well. At the bottom of the well is all wisdom and all knowledge of the universe. I never get there fully, but the closer I can get the more centered and connected I 

feel and the more energy and power I have to share with others. The power of living in the moment is a powerful learning and I love helping others to find this for themselves. Earlier in my life, I spent time and energy helping others and attempting to improve community life, especially for the poor and those who are marginalized and pushed aside by corporate take-over! I did not know that I needed to be cared for too. I did not learn to put out boundaries because I needed the approval from others and needed to please and help others; thus, I neglected my own self-care and became exhausted, resentful and basically burned-out. It was a continual cycle of exhaustion and then my body would rebel and I would get a bad cold or be sick for a few days --- thus restoring energy and then back into the "helping mode." This was accentuated because so much of my work was social justice advocacy, where I was considered very effective; however, my family suffered, my personal health was affected and my work was not as effective as it could have been --- without the obsessive, compulsive behavior. Now, I have learned that there is another way to "BE" --- much more healthy and my effectiveness has multiplied many times! This "better way" is working for me. It can work for you.

As an empowerment and transformation specialist, Max has a life-time of experience helping marginalized persons in the 13-state Appalachian region gain personal and economic strength and helped change the government allocation formulas so the neediest received priority; bringing Habitat for Humanity to communities as a tool to empower individuals and families; creating community coalitions to improve the quality of life for all people.

Through his experience in human and community development, Max has developed a complete understanding of the processes of how personal, family and social systems either empower people or become dysfunctional and destroy people.

Today, he devotes all his attention on connecting and empowering people to make a difference in our world.  He calls this the NEXT Generation of Empowerment Coaching.