Chip has guided thousands of professionals and their families across the “Badlands” of addiction, stress illnesses, and burnout to the lives they were created to have.

In 1991 Chip developed The Spiritual Root System [SRS]. It is a simple and effective way of seeing how we are made, and integrating that into the lives we desire. The SRS’s starting point states that we are created as emotional and spiritual creatures, created to live fully through relationship with ourselves, others, and God. Since 1991 Chip has shared the Spiritual Root System with countless others through consulting, mentoring, speaking, and writing.

Chip wrote The Voice of the Heart in 2001, which teaches the importance of feelings as tools and gifts that can assist us in living fully. This seminal work continues to impact people’s lives all over the world. Each successive book, Needs of the Heart, Keeping Heart, The Perfect Loss, Anthem to the Invisible (a novel), Parenting with Heart, Hope in the Age of Addiction, and How Are You Feeling Today? (children’s book), all speak to our desire to live a full life, love others well, and lead lives that benefit others.

Chip has been married to his high school sweetheart, Sonya, since 1983. They have two grown sons and currently live in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.