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Twelve people have walked on the moon. Six have rowed solo across the Pacific from North America to Australia. I’m one of those six. I went looking for an answer to a question that wouldn’t leave me: what am I capable of?

I started asking that question in college during a period of depression. I turned to endurance sports, rediscovered my energy for life, and went on to run 49 marathons and a 145-mile ultramarathon nonstop.

In 2020, that question led me to the Pacific, where I spent 197 days alone at sea. I became the only person to row from California to Hawaii with no prior rowing experience. And in 2024, I became the only person to row from Hawaii to Australia solo and nonstop.

Before I set off, I had never been to sea. I was absolutely terrified, and rowed away from shore anyway. People talk about fearlessness, like that’s the secret to life. It isn’t! Any honest person has fear. And when we listen to what our fear reveals, we get to align our lifestyle with our values.

One of my values is creating positive impact. That’s why I founded United World Challenge and partnered with brands from GoPro to Oura, Solgaard to Citco, to use my expeditions to support education and ocean conservation. My 71-day California to Hawaii row funded 3 full scholarships to United World College. My 126-day Australia row funded 15 river barriers in Indonesia with my partner, Sungai Watch, stopping over 125,000 pounds of ocean plastic and counting.

I’ve rowed through a cyclone and spent 12 days dodging thunder and lightning aboard my 23-foot boat. And yet, I always find that the biggest storms I face are mental. That’s why my greatest challenge at sea was developing my skills for Internal Navigation – a set of practices for mindset, resilience and peak performance that I now teach others.

Today I share these lessons as a keynote speaker. I also work one-on-one with select executives, coaching them through rolling sabbatical expeditions that challenge them to grow into their best selves.

My work has been recognized by organizations across social impact, innovation, and exploration, including The Explorers Club, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, NEXUS, Summit Series, and the World Economic Forum, which named me one of the 50 Best Young Minds in the World.