A Path of Practice
Early Foundations
Playing music was my first creative practice, teaching me to listen deeply. My spiritual journey began with yoga in 1989, then deepened through Zen, Insight Meditation, and Aikido—learning that wisdom emerges through breath, body, and Presence.
Creativity as Practice
For fifteen years, photography was my primary interest—artistic expression, creative inquiry, and vocation. I learned how art opens us to mystery and joy. Through my own practice and through teaching others, I discovered that creativity comes through Presence. This remains central to how I work.
Professional Path
Throughout my career, I've been asking: How do I help people connect with what they need to learn, grow, and offer their deepest contribution?
I started as a librarian—a practice in listening and creating pathways to knowledge. Next was a decade of building products, and facilitating teams at startups and agencies—helping people find flow and purpose.
Since 2018, I've coached teams and leaders at organizations from hypergrowth startups to Fortune 500 companies. Again and again, I kept encountering the same truth: who we're being deeply informs what we're capable of doing.
Approach
After years of exploring, Aletheia Unfolding was the alchemy that opened into a deep sense of wholeness, joy, and contentment. Letting go of self-improvement and learning the view and method of unfolding changed everything. I’m still wildly curious, and growth often feels like play.
Transformation happens in relationship—through Presence, attunement, and just enough skillful guidance. Coaching is where your streams of practice flow together. You can inhabit your uniqueness while resting in the vast ocean of Being.
Working together
People usually come to me in the middle of something: a career change, a strained relationship, a practice that wants to go deeper, or a question they can’t put down. This approach creates space for the natural radiance of life to move forward.
Whether you’ve been practicing for years or are just beginning to explore inner work, I’ll meet you where you are. Experienced meditators often find their practice opening in fresh ways. Those new to contemplative work discover a sense of ease and possibility.
Please note: I am a trauma-informed coach. I am not licensed to provide psychotherapy. I do not assess, evaluate, diagnose, or treat mental illness or emotional disorders. Working with me is not a substitute for clinical therapy, medical advice or treatment.
Streams
Aletheia Unfolding, with Steve March
Welcoming what's here, and creating the conditions for something new to unfold.
Levels 1-3.
The integration of IFS, Focusing, the Diamond Approach, Mahamudra and Dzogchen roots my practice in an open, flexible, compassionate dynamism. I host study groups for the school, and I coach and mentor other Aletheia coaches.
The Realization Process, with Judith Blackstone and Roma Hammel
Feeling, embodying, and living as Fundamental Consciousness.
Fully certified teacher.
The Realization Process has deepened my spiritual practice beyond what I ever imagined was possible.
Focusing, with Ann Weiser Cornell, Jinevra Howard, and Beatrice Blake
Listening to what we know before we have words for it.
Certification to teach expected in 2027.
Focusing is both magical and pragmatic. An immersion in this work has created many new possibilities and next right moves.
iRest Yoga Nidra, with Richard Miller
Resting in and as awareness, welcoming whatever arises.
Level 1 teacher.
Two years of study including multiple retreats. Richard's wisdom still shapes my practice.
Internal Family Systems (IFS), with Pamela Krause, Toni Herbine-Blank, and Richard Schwartz
Being with our parts with curiosity and compassion.
The 40-hour online circle training laid the groundwork for my Aletheia studies.
Nonviolent Communication (NVC), with Oren Jay Sofer
Listening and speaking from what matters most.
I studied NVC and insight meditation with Oren for three years. His curiosity and care still shape how I coach.
Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC)
Seeing the intelligence of relationship systems.
ORSC shifted how I see and sense systems, and is integral to my approach as a facilitator.
International Coaching Federation (ICF), with Erkan Kadir
Deep listening, spacious inquiry, and a clear ethical frame.
Associate Certified Coach (ACC).
I built core coaching skills for individuals and groups over two years of immersive study. What I learned about adult development continues to help me attune to each client’s unique growth edge.
I’m grateful to many other teachers including: Peter Fenner, John Prendergast, Frank Ostaseski, John Churchill, Mimi Kuo-Deemer, Marcy Vaughn, and Jim Dethmer.
Curious?
Contact me to explore how coaching can support the next steps in your journey.