Having been on a life-long journey to seek out optimal ways of living a healthy and happy life, I have received a tremendous amount of support along the way from friends and family. My passion is helping others, as I have been helped, with the experience, education, and wisdom I have gathered during the process. I am a veteran of the intelligence community in the United States Air Force, I have earned two bachelor's degrees, one in outdoor adventure leadership, the other in psychology. I continued onto a master's degree in mental health counseling where I focused on researching and teaching positive psychology, also referred to as a strengths-based approach.
While I am living an adventurous and dynamic life, early in my journey something I could not name compelled me to investigate deeper than the average person. There were other aspects of me, that were calling out for help and I didn't know how to attend to them. I spent time reading books, seeking out seminars with wiser people and I enrolled in a master's in mental health counseling and spent years working on my own therapy. After all of this time and investment in healing, I am completely fixed!
No, just kidding there, unfortunately, it doesn't work like that (though we all wish it did). I learned that it isn't about becoming perfect but more about becoming a near perfect steward of our imperfections. What does that look like? It could be smiling at ourselves when we are doing that thing we know we don't want to do (again), cultivating curiosity and getting to know ourselves better, releasing a need to punish ourselves for doing it "wrong" or not being "good enough." A manageable endeavor, though one that we often need help with as it comes more naturally for most of us to help others than to help ourselves.
This is where my services become relevant, for people who are great at surviving but really longing for thriving. While my perspective is a unique one, I use resources from the masters. Some experts I draw from are Joseph Campbell, Joanna Macy, Carl Jung, Marshall Rosenberg, Marion Woodman, Eckhart Tolle, Richard Rohr, and many others. These leaders stand out because in their unique fields they are all able to clearly point to the sacred and how to honor it. The sacred is foundational in all of my services, we ask what really matters and how can we all show up better for it?
