I spent 15 years as a Managing Director at Nasdaq, sitting across from some of the most visionary founders of our time Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and countless others who were reshaping entire industries. I helped them take their companies public, advised them through key moments, and witnessed firsthand what it takes to operate at the highest levels of performance.
On the surface, I appeared successful, but something felt off at a deeper level. Despite regular doctor visits and prioritizing my physical and mental health, I still wasn’t feeling like my best self. This started what became years of self-exploration. I started tuning into my five senses, making small environmental shifts, and gradually adjusting my daily habits. Eventually, I realized these seemingly minor changes had profoundly impacted what I now call my Soul Health. To truly thrive – especially in the new paradigm – you have to take care of all three…your mind, body, and your soul…and that journey begins with our five senses.
I became fascinated by this invisible force field of sensory input that shapes our nervous systems, influences our moods, and ultimately determines whether we feel calm, creative, or completely drained. Energy, I discovered, is multisensory. We intuitively respond to spaces through our five senses, and our bodies follow…whether we’re conscious of it or not.
This realization led to over a decade of research and deep self-reflection. What I had been doing instinctively to sustain my performance in Silicon Valley was something far more profound than traditional wellness. It went beyond the physical and mental…it touched something I eventually came to call Soul Health.
Bringing Sensory Wellness to Everyone
Once I understood this connection, I couldn’t unsee it. I knew there were millions of people struggling with their own environments, unaware that small, intentional changes could transform how they felt every single day. That’s why I created EverlyJames, a B2C company designed to guide people through self-exploration and empower them to live more intentionally through their five senses.
EverlyJames was built on a simple idea that you can optimize your Soul Health by living from the outside in. By becoming more aware of what you’re touching, seeing, smelling, hearing, and tasting, you can create spaces that support rather than deplete you. It was about creating the kind of environmental optimization that high-performers instinctively cultivate, making it accessible to anyone ready to rethink their relationship with their surroundings.
The Pandemic Shifted Everything
Then 2020 happened, and the world changed overnight.
Post-pandemic, how we do business changed forever. Remote work became the norm. Teams scattered across time zones, working from kitchen tables and spare bedrooms. And employee engagement plummeted to an all-time low. People were exhausted, disconnected, and struggling to find focus in environments that were never designed for full-time work.
Corporate leaders were scrambling for solutions…investing in mental health apps, productivity tools, wellness stipends…but something fundamental was still missing. The conversation was focused on the mind and body, but the soul – the deeper layer of energy, creativity, and presence that actually drives performance – was being completely overlooked.
I knew the sensory solutions that had transformed individual lives through EverlyJames could do the same for organizations. Leaders needed to understand that Soul Health isn’t a wellness perk, it’s a strategic advantage. That’s why I founded Quantum Sense.
Quantum Sense helps organizations integrate Soul Health into their strategy, culture, and daily operations. We teach leaders how to design environments that inspire energy and focus, build rhythms of rest and renewal, and cultivate the kind of connected teams that thrive under pressure. Because in the new paradigm, leading well means caring for the whole self.
Soul Health Needs a Seat at the Table
We’re living in a fundamentally different world now. The old models of productivity…grind culture, hustle mentality, ignoring the signals our bodies send us…simply don’t work anymore.
The new paradigm demands leaders who understand that how people feel shapes how they perform. It requires workplaces to generate energy! And it calls for a deeper understanding of Soul Health.
This is why I built both EverlyJames and Quantum Sense around the five senses. Because transformation starts with the tangible, sensory world we inhabit every single day. When we learn to live from the outside in, we unlock the energy, creativity, and focus that’s been there all along – just waiting for the right environment to thrive.
As an identical twin, I’ve seen this truth play out in the most personal way possible. Two people with the exact same DNA can live entirely different lives when soul energy is intentionally optimized. That’s not just theory, it’s lived experience. And it’s why I’m on a mission to help leaders and organizations bring Soul Health to the table, where it belongs. Need a place to get started? Download the Soul Health Guide and discover practical ways to integrate sensory awareness into your leadership approach.