Our Story
About Us
Trellis Life Management
We did not create the field of well-being any more than American business magnate, Henry Ford, invented the automobile. However, like the iconic industrialist, we have developed a process we believe has revolutionized the way to being healthy, happy, and satisfied with life.
For Ford, it was the assembly line and his realization that creating a process to piece together key individual components in a successive, mutually supportive manner would more efficiently and effectively produce the vehicle—a means to an end in a systems-based approach.
Like Ford, Trellis LM knows that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. For us, this is our Brain-Mind-Body System (BMBS™). This system cannot be optimized by working with the individual parts, rather must be managed in a synergistic way. The result is an integrated, practical and, manageable way to fundamental and sustainable well-being.
We have spent decades scouring the landscape and studying/testing the many individual (and valid) approaches, from ancient practices to cutting-edge performance-enhancement techniques. From that exhaustive exploration, we have woven a lattice of best approaches to help people, teams and organizations move toward their boundless capacity.
We bring together the most accurate information, the best techniques, and the most effective psychometric tools/assessments from across the well-being domains and deliver them in an interwoven system. Like the lattice in a trellis, the package provides the necessary structure and support to achieve optimal growth in all aspects of your life.
We understand when and how various approaches are most effective and meet each client in their context.
Mission
We teach science-based techniques and use highly researched tools to bridge the gap from desiring improvement, increasing self-awareness, setting concrete goals, and, ultimately, to attaining sustained, meaningful change.
Vision
To provide the necessary support and structure for true, meaningful, and sustained positive change for individuals, groups and, ultimately, societies. We do this by helping people understand and optimize their brain-mind-body systems.
What Makes Us Different
- Interwoven Program and Techniques that Consider the Brain, the Mind, and the Body
- Unique in Our Approach to the Science and Art of Well-being
- Transcend Other Mind-Body Approaches
- Blend Ancient Practices and Cutting-Edge Science in Well-Being
- Diverse Team United by a Passion to Help People, Groups, and Society Gain Coherence
- Flexible, Practical, Instantly Applicable Techniques and Approaches
- Cost-Effective Means to Supporting Our Overall Health
- Promotes and Supports Individual Goals, Challenges, and Needs
- Limitless Opportunities for Enhancement in All Aspects of Life
- Team Possesses a Vast Array of Global and Professional Experience and an Ample Portfolio of Skills and Competencies
- Steadfast in Pursuit of Leading-edge Research on Techniques and Practices
- Believe in Building Community Not Simply Healthier and Higher Performing Individuals
- We are Fun to Work with and Great to Be Around!
- Through the Trellis Aperture, Client is Synonymous with Community Member
Practices and techniques that weave together achieve together.
George
Co-founder, Coach & Trainer, Speaker
George truly believes in the “Whole of One Approach” to brain, mind, and body fitness and well-being. His mantra: “The courage to change is the initial footstep along the pathway to personal growth, evolution, and the attainment of limitless capacity.”
George has accumulated over forty-three years of combined experience within the Department of Defense (DoD) in uniform – U.S. Army – and as a federal employee, both civil service and contractor. During his Army career spanning thirty-one years – twenty-eight as an officer –his key military areas of expertise included leadership development; force management and development; and tactical, operational, and strategic planning and execution in peacetime and combat. Throughout this entire period, George was a change manager, mentor, and developer of leaders. As a Department of Defense civil servant, George supported the NATO-led military operations in Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Resolute Support) as a senior advisor. In this capacity, he provided critical guidance, advice, and mentorship in the areas of good governance and sustainable institutional capacity building to key leaders within the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan security ministries. As with his time in uniform, these missions called on his skills in change management and leadership development, and leveraged his emotional and cultural intelligence.
Since 2015 George has served as program and course manager of the Defense Security Cooperation University’s (DSCU) Ministry of Defense Advisors (MoDA) and Defense Advisors Program (DAP) training endeavors. During this time, he has planned, managed, and executed the training of over 400 career Department of Defense career employees and United States military service members enabling them to effectively serve globally with strategic partner countries at the ministerial/cabinet level.
George Reynolds has a B.A. in Business Management, M.S. in Strategic Studies, and an M.A. in Military Studies. He is also a graduate of both the US Army War College and the US Army Command and General Staff College as well as the US Army Force Management School.
Laura Hsu, NC, A-CFHC, NBC-HWC
Associate, Nutrition Consultant and Health & Wellness Coach
Laura received her nutrition certification in 2015 from Bauman College, School for Holistic Nutrition and Culinary Arts, in Santa Cruz, CA. She is also board-certified through the National Association of Nutrition Professionals. She completed training to become an Autoimmune Paleo (AIP) Certified Coach in 2018. In 2022, she became a board-certified functional health coach, enabling her to help clients create a wellness vision and mobilize their own insight, internal strengths, and deepest motivations to make lasting behavior change.
Laura helps clients achieve their wellness goals through a personalized nutrition and lifestyle approach that always centers around nourishing whole foods. Her approach is practical, sustainable, educational, and supportive. She has helped clients with health issues including blood sugar imbalance, gut dysbiosis and digestive problems, weight management, and autoimmunity. She enjoys spending time with her husband and teenage son, cooking, reading, and hiking.
Dr. Mike Patterson
Associate, Speaker, Consultant, Coach
Dr. Mike Patterson is an author, speaker, consultant, and coach committed to helping leaders accomplish more with, through, and for people. He is the author of the highly acclaimed book, Mission First People Always: The Definitive Guide to Balancing People and Performance, and co-author of Have a Nice Conflict: How to Find Success and Satisfaction in the Most Unusual Places. He has also authored or co-authored several successful training programs and is the host of the chart-topping podcast Mission First People Always: Great Leaders. Great Teams.
Dr. Mike teaches in the doctoral programs at Pepperdine University's Graduate of Education and Psychology and California Baptist University. His area of scholarship is adult learning theory and training transfer, but he teaches courses in organizational behavior, leadership, and learning design and evaluation. He has also taught in the masters program in organizational psychology (MSOP) at Vanguard University, as well as undergraduate business courses at Concordia University. He has guest lectured at Loma Linda University's School of Public Health and Walla Walla University.
For 10-years, Dr. Mike was a principal at Core Strengths, the global talent development company that publishes the well-known psychometric assessment, SDI 2.0, Core Strengths training, and the Core Strengths performance support platform. Dr. Mike represented the brand as an international speaker and thought leader, and helped the company grow by 400%. He continues to use the SDI 2.0 and promote Relationship Intelligence in nearly all of his client engagements.
Prior to joining Core Strengths, Dr. Mike spent 20-years in the pharmaceutical industry, rising to become the Director of Leadership and Employee Development for TAP Pharmaceuticals and later, Takeda Pharmaceuticals America. Earlier in his career at TAP, he led sales teams of ten to 120, was the product manager for a $4 Billion dollar brand, and was a sales trainer. Dr. Mike began his career as a U.S. Army officer.
Dr. Mike earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wheaton College in Wheaton, IL, a Master of Public Administration from Troy University, a Master of Arts from Biola University, and a Certificate in Biblical Studies from Talbot School of Theology. Dr. Mike earned his doctorate in education from Pepperdine University's Graduate School of Education and Psychology. His dissertation, Factors Affecting Training Transfer in a Sales Organization, was designated a distinguished dissertation by the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI).
How Dr. Mike can Help Your Team or Organization
Whether you need to develop the leadership capacity of your front-line supervisors or senior executive team, Dr. Mike brings a high-energy, activity-driven, and interactive approach to all of his engagements. He focuses on immediate application and challenges leaders to bring out the best in those around them by building more productive relationships. Specifically, Dr. Mike delivers team- and cohort-based training using the SDI 2.0 learning tool, as well as lively keynote presentations on a variety of topics. Dr. Mike is also a coach and counselor to executives and can help navigate difficult situations where interpersonal conflict is involved. He also partners with organizational leaders to develop learning strategy and curriculum.
