
Realistic Reinvention™️ for Real Life.
You’ve checked all the boxes.
The career. The house. The lifestyle.
By all external measures, you should feel successful.
But inside?
You feel stuck, restless, and quietly ask yourself: “Is this all there is?”
No matter how good your life looks on the outside, something significant is missing on the inside.
And the cost is mounting; you feel empty and trapped, your relationships are strained, you know your time is limited, and regret creeps in with every birthday.
You feel like you’re leaving the best parts of you untapped and unfulfilled.
I know that life all too well.
I spent years climbing the corporate ladder, chasing external success while ignoring my inner truth.
In the process, I abandoned the real me, what I now call my Infinite Creative Self (ICS).
My chase ended in catastrophic failure:
I committed fraud against a Fortune 500 company, and the FBI arrested me on October 1, 2013.
I served two years in federal prison and lost my career, marriage, home, and freedom.
I lost my identity and who I thought I was, and who I thought I needed to be.
I crashed headfirst into rock bottom.
But it forced me to confront the truth:
I wasn’t missing more career and status success; I was missing the self I left behind to achieve it.
That realization became the four words that form the foundation of my work:
Stop Chasing. Start Creating.
What is Realistic Reinvention™ for Real Life?
I help midlife professionals stop chasing what doesn’t fulfill them and start creating extraordinary lives of meaning, purpose, and joy, without giving up everything they’ve built.
Through my 3C Reinvention Framework™️, Connect, Create, Contribute, I guide people to:
- Reconnect with their inner truth and values.
- Reclaim the creativity and passions they abandoned.
- Contribute to something larger than themselves.
The result?
Clarity. Alignment. Confidence. Self-Trust. Fulfillment. Energy. Peace of mind. Unleashed potential. Deeper relationships. Impact.
Most importantly, a life that feeds both your family and your soul.
I don’t teach from a textbook.
I teach from lived experience, mistakes made, lessons earned, and a decade of reinvention built from the inside out.
I deliver transformational keynotes that redefine success, resilience, and reinvention.
Through raw storytelling, real-world insights, and actionable strategies, I help audiences unlock their potential and thrive in work, life, and beyond.
Let’s connect and bring the power of reinvention to your next event.
Speaking Engagements
With a deeply personal story of overcoming federal prison and hitting rock bottom, Craig delivers powerful keynotes that resonate with anyone seeking to unleash their potential, discover purpose, and live authentically.
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Blank Canvas Book
This book isn’t just a memoir; it’s a roadmap for anyone who has ever felt lost inside their own life, a guide back to authenticity, and a call to action to reinvent. Hear more about Craig’s memoir and purchase Blank Canvas.
Hear from Craig
Craig is a regular contributor to numerous blogs and publications and has been a guest on many different podcasts. To read and hear the latest from Craig, see the latest blog posts and our in the media section.
The Latest from Craig
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Mid-Life Reinvention Requires a Personal Recipe
I love to cook. I do about 98% of the cooking in the house. I’m average at best, but learning. The picture above is Mediterranean Chicken with artichokes, smoked olives, asparagus, over orzo. I still need to work on my presentation skills, one thing at a time. I’m focusing on flavor…
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The Journey To My Authentic Self Began Here
One of my deepest fears, and greatest desires, has always been the same: To be seen and heard. I’m collaborating with a visionary thinker to delve deeper into the intellectual property I’ve developed as I craft my second book. I want to serve the reader by exploring all avenues and seeing…
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You Built A “Successful” Life. How About An Authentic One?
There’s a lot of chatter about our authentic selves, but I haven’t seen a definition of it that I connect with. So I went into my creative sandbox, and created my own definition of authentic self: Our authentic selves are the unlived lives within us that we sacrificed on the altar…
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You Chased the Dream. Now You’re Empty. What Comes Next?
The weather in the Northeast was outstanding last week, and I decided to take full advantage by going to the beach. Thankfully, it’s a short drive. There’s nothing like sitting on the beach in Connecticut outside the “normal” season. I sat at the edge of the beach right before the amazing…
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Stop Chasing the Result—This Is Where Fulfillment Actually Lives
We’re taught to live from one accomplishment to the next. It’s part of our conditioning. I love a good “To-Do” list, but it’s a reinforcement of a belief that limits our potential and reduces our sense of happiness and joy to intermittent bursts of dopamine. The belief is that accomplishment is…
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How to Reclaim Agency in Your Life’s Second Act
“An empty coffee pot left on the coffee maker will shatter and hurt you.” I remember, but I can’t recall where I heard this as a kid, but it stuck with me. So much so that every morning, after I pour the last drop, I turn the machine off and place…