He didn’t set out to become a hypnotist. Life took him there.

Wayne grew up in Terrell, Texas, in a broken home, with an alcoholic mother. He spent much of his childhood with his grandparents — hardworking country folks who taught him old-school values: respect, responsibility, doing what you say you’ll do.

As a teenage full-contact kickboxer, he was introduced to hypnosis through a hypnotist who worked with him directly — helping him sharpen his focus, control pain, and build unshakable confidence. And it worked.

That experience planted a seed. Today, Wayne is a U.S. Army veteran, a former member of the All-Army Karate Team, holds black belts in multiple martial arts, and built his own martial arts school before becoming a full-time hypnotherapist and mentor. He holds a hypnotherapy certification from the Hypnosis Motivational Institute (Tarzana, California). Every week, he helps real people overcome anxiety, addiction, bad habits, stress, and fear — even helping kids fight their own battles.

Wayne lives in South Texas on a small ranch with his wife, Deborah. They’re homesteaders — raising their own cattle, chickens, and pigs, surrounded by their dogs. His kids, now grown, are — in his words — far greater than he could have ever hoped to be. It’s a simple life. It’s a hard-working life. And it’s exactly how they like it.