About
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing,
there is a field. I'll meet you there."
- Rumi
What's this all about?
This site and the offers you find here are focused on connecting and supporting sensitive and caring people who want to live a good and fulfilling life. Those of us who gather here are curious about who we are and how we experience and participate in life. We're intentionally observing how we feel, make sense of, and respond to ourselves, others, and the world. We want our lives to be about more than just getting through or surviving.
We want to cultivate a life that feels worth living. We're doing our best to honor all of who we are, including our most fundamental longings, along with our individual and collective complexity and messiness. We're connecting, learning, and growing to experience less suffering and more freedom, peace, and joy.
Photo by Joel Carlson.
Some of My Story
Born to teenage parents who hadn't finished high school, and raised in a small town in Texas, I experienced a traumatic and wondrous childhood. I've been married for over 30 years, have an amazing daughter and son, and I'm a grandfather to young twins.
After leaving home at 16, I went on to earn a Ph.D. in engineering. I've worked in city, state, and federal government organizations. I've started and run small businesses, and sold one of them to a multi-national corporation. I've worked as a consultant for over 20 years and a professional teacher, coach, and companion for more than 15.
In response to my longing to be free of what I might call a deep and persistent existential anxiety, I've explored, studied, and practiced across a wide range of spiritual and wisdom traditions including Christian, Taoist, Buddhist, and Bön. I've experienced tremendous healing and liberation through learning and practicing qigong and dzogchen.
I've learned and now draw from many methods to help people suffer less and enjoy more. These methods have been shaped by my engineering education and practice, two coaching certifications, training in Inner Relationship Focusing, certification as a Radiant Heart Qigong teacher, a certification as both a Realization Process® Embodiment Teacher and Healing Ground Teacher.
