I rebuilt my life twice. The second time, I wrote it down.

Brian Wagner  —  Founder, Everyday Warriors

I didn't set out to become a coach.

For much of my life, I was simply trying to survive.

As a first-generation American raised by two World War II survivors, I grew up in a home shaped by discipline, resilience, and unspoken trauma. I struggled to understand that world, and by the age of eleven I had already turned to alcohol and drugs.

What followed was nearly two decades of addiction, arrests, treatment programs, and eventually homelessness. At my lowest point, I was living out of my car along the California coast, convinced I had destroyed any chance of building a meaningful life.

At 38 years old, I made a decision that changed everything. I chose recovery. Rebuilding my life wasn't just about getting sober—it was about becoming a different person.

Over the years I built a successful career, eventually becoming Vice President of Sales for a global X-ray technology company serving aerospace, military, automotive, electronics, and medical device manufacturers. I traveled extensively, worked long hours, and helped grow the business.

From the outside, I looked successful. Inside, I was falling apart.

Years of chronic stress left me battling anxiety, severe acid reflux, a hiatal hernia, restless sleep, and declining health. Prescription medications became my way of coping, and I realized I was once again becoming dependent on pills.

I knew I couldn't continue living that way. One day I threw every bottle of medication into the trash and committed to finding another path. That decision began a journey into holistic health that would completely transform my life.

More than a decade ago I discovered Qigong and experienced firsthand the profound effects that breathing, movement, and nervous system regulation can have on physical, emotional, and mental well-being.

Since then I have completed more than 300 hours of Qigong teacher training, become certified in Dan Brulé's Breath Mastery system, and devoted years to studying breathwork, meditation, human performance, neuroscience, and personal transformation.

Those experiences became the foundation for what is now the Breath-Driven Transformation Method™.

Today I am the founder of Everyday Warriors, where I help people overcome chronic stress, anxiety, burnout, and the feeling of being stuck.

My coaching combines breathwork, Qigong, mindset training, and practical daily habits to help clients regulate their nervous system, improve their health, build resilience, and create lasting personal transformation.

I don't believe transformation happens because someone tells you to think differently. I believe transformation happens when you change the way your body, your mind, and your nervous system work together. I've lived both sides of that journey. I've experienced addiction, homelessness, corporate success, burnout, and recovery.

Today my greatest purpose is helping others discover that lasting change is possible.

Because no matter where you've been...

Your next chapter can be stronger than your last.