Holistic therapy

Don’t worry, I’m gonna tell you what’s in this for you, but to do that I have to tell you about me. For one, I’m a writer and I support writers so I’m a big believer in the power of story. More importantly, though, it’s my story that makes me trustworthy to meet you in your most intimate places of wounding, longing, creation and transformation. 

One of my names that feels most true, and most terrifying, is Permission Bringer. It was given to me by a purple stone that still sits on my altar and comes from years of fighting for permission to step into my own freedom, gifts, and wholeness. It’s a name forged in the crucible of humiliation and shame, a homecoming buried beneath the brokenness I once took for myself. I had to dig deep to discover how my wounds opened me to my gifts, but as the hole got deeper, the soil got richer and the shovel-fulls darker and more nutrient-dense. Maybe they even got lighter. 

We’ve all heard “the crack is where the light gets in,” and it sounds good coming from Leonard Cohen. But the lived reality of turning toward exile, touching our core wounds, reclaiming the lost parts of soul, and saying yes to the immense, uncontrollable spectrum of freedom is a wild, nonlinear, ecstatic and horrifying journey. That’s the truth. If it weren’t for the guides, teachers, friends, and books meeting me in my hardest moments, I wouldn’t be here.

So. You. Why are you here? Why are you still reading? Maybe you:

• Are seeking “wholeness.” 

• Long to write the stories you know you must write or improve your skill in the craft.

• Want to connect to the earth and create from your heart or write with wildness and sincerity,

• Seek to step further onto a path of meaning and service. 

• Know brokenness, shame, humiliation, exile, and a sense that these core wounds are keys to finding your most authentic gifts.

• Are looking for real belonging amidst a fragmented and absent culture.

• Have dreams insisting on getting your attention.

• Recognize the ongoing collapse of social and ecological systems and seek to show up in a meaningful, open-hearted way.

As you read this, what are you feeling in your body? Longing? Cynicism? There’s no right answer. I’m just asking you to notice.

And that’s how I work. I walk with you off the cliff edge of (and through) old stories, right into the present moment with whatever is here. Your body, your imagination, your dreams, your wounds. Your voice, your vision, your gifts.

Here. Now. 

Together, we listen. 

And if we do that with sincerity and honesty, what needs to be seen, met, held, heard, and loved back home emerges. It works every time. It’s wild (truly). Wholeness is already here. Our bodies, our psyches, our souls know the way.