Turn grief into gratitude, anger into energy, hopelessness into imagination, and disconnection into inspired action...in 30 DAYS.
Welcome!
I´m Maya, an adaptation activist, imaginative futurist, and creative breakthrough strategist.
I help collapse-aware people find a new way forward through depth, discovery, dreaming, daring, and DOING in about a month.
As the founder of Collapse Forward, I walk with those ready to stop waiting and worrying and start living and working in aligned ways now.
We clarify your source of alignment, and amplify it through inspired action.
Join clients in 20 countries who have:
▪️dismantled their doom loop
▪️electrified their sense of what is possible, and
▪️launched thrilling projects that make life better for people and planet right where they are.
Turn your awareness of what’s ending into energy for what’s emerging.
Our actions don´t need to be huge to have an impact.
In fact, small is beautiful, and local is LIFE.
In about 30 days, you can:
🔶 bolster your balance despite unsettling times
🔶 expand your creativity to see new options
🔶 explore your wild idea (that one that is calling to you)
🔶 take action with clarity and excitement, and
🔶 connect with others who share your enthusiasm
...all with daily personal support and encouragement.
We focus on inspired action that brings people together and protects the places we call home.
If you´re longing to use your curiosity, creativity, and courage to build a better future,
you´re in the right place.
¨Becoming aware of our metacrisis was crushing for me. Then, my dad died. I questioned everything I was doing, how I was living, and certainly how I pictured the future.
Maya´s process helped me reclaim my choices. I committed to big changes, and took action immediately. I quit my job, sold my apartment, and moved to a two-bedroom cottage on two acres. It has enhanced every thought, every relationship, every action.
I have a simple small-town life, but it feels so much richer."
Michael - former media consultant, now founder of a local conservation program
¨I lost the job I had loved for twenty years. I spent months at home, watching terrible news. I hit rock bottom, fearing for myself and the world.
Maya guided me through a creative re-imagining process. This inspired me, made me see things differently, and led to being offered an amazing new role!
I feel like a different person now. I honestly believe that this experience with Maya saved my life.¨
Maria - former events producer, now director of a community-building organization
If you are a:
🔶 change-maker seeking enlivened energy to continue your critical work
🔶 leader recognizing your pivotal role and ready to rise to the challenge
🔶 coach looking to support your clients in new ways as they navigate uncertainty
🔶 thinker longing to do something meaningful with your knowledge
🔶 dreamer imagining turning your ideas into collaborative action
NOW is the time to expand your capacity for clarity, creativity, and connection.
Maya helped me and my daughter make a new future plan. Now we have a happy shared vision and love working together.
Teresa, business owner
Maya tapped into the clarity I was missing. This elevated my idea and my plan for helping those in my new community.
John, retired city manager
I needed a reframe of my future. Working with Maya gave me the insight and energy to focus on what is possible right now.
Erica, non-profit leader
Excessive processing is isolating. Staying stuck is demoralizing.
But taking action connects and heals us.
Let´s begin where you are, and go where you´re longing to go.
I'm not a typical coach.
And I'm certainly not a therapist.
But I happen to have an oddly ideal set of skills and experiences that have given me insight and a long list of happy clients.
How did I learn to creatively disrupt despair?
VOLUME...and a very early start.
¨Because of my public role, I was targeted and harrassed by a citizen upset about his taxes. A restraining order did not prevent him from lurking nearby and terrorizing us.
I got to the point where I could barely look at my kids without getting weepy. It felt impossible to protect them.
Maya helped me pour my fear and anger into loving action. She offered support as I moved with my children to France. I feel calm and happy here, with a loving community. I am so thankful for this new life.¨
Lisa - former county administrator, now owner of a natural foods store
¨It became harder to imagine a future where people could be universally cared for. I was feeling hopeless about my divided city and the loss of funding for life-saving programs.
Maya helped me turn my advocacy work into something far more local and personal. Bringing the focus to my own neighborhood felt like a relief. I could help those I actually see, and develop a strong web of support that is beautiful and rich. I feel grounded now.¨
Nicole - former national director for a non-profit, founder of a new community program
When I was a child, my grandmother taught me about the power of marigolds as companion plants in the garden, keeping aphids, tomato worms, and squash bugs away.
She told me, "Marigolds are friends that help other plants grow strong."
What I offer is wise companioning rather than coaching or counseling, so I use marigolds as a beautiful symbol of this work.
I spent the pandemic stuck in a studio apartment in Buenos Aires for months during one of the longest and strictest lockdowns in the world.
I knew there were people who were suffering terribly all over the world.
And I longed to help.
Still here?
Maybe you´re searching for a way to get calm, clear, and creative
...and feel more JOY...
in just five minutes a day.