Writer, Speaker, Researcher | Private Companioning For Profound Transitions
For the last six years, I have helped hundreds of clients in 20 countries who have recognized our reality and asked,
¨How can I live deeply and joyfully now?"
They:
◾felt disillusionment and despair
◾longed to face the future without getting lost in grief, anger, fear, or disengagement
◾crafted a caring, collaborative, and enlivening way forward for themselves and the people and places they love
Climate-related disturbances. Economic disparities.
Political polarization. Social inequities. Ongoing uncertainty.
This is what we are living through now.
And it can feel crushing.
But it also opens us to imagining and creating what is possible in our own lives, and in our communities.
THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF LONGING
Over the last six years, I developed a 30-day companioning process specifically designed to help those who recognize the ruptures in the old patterns and practices and long for a new way of living.
Together, we turn despair about what is ending into clarity, creative energy, and adaptive capacity for what is emerging.
We tap into the transformative power of our own sense of longing, and let it lead the way.
I call it Lucid Longing.
COMPANIONING THOSE READY TO FEEL INSPIRED BY WHAT´S (STILL) POSSIBLE
This reorientation work is designed for those who long to:
- cultivate attention instead of reacting or disengaging
- create the habits and habitats that align with their values
- commit to engaging more fully in their local community
- craft adaptive capacity that is robust and improvisational
TRUSTED COMPANIONING THROUGH COMPLEXITY
What does companioning look and feel like?
One client, Lena, described it as ¨like having a series of epiphanies while walking with a friend...every day for a whole month. :-)¨
But you don´t have to take her word for it.
ONGOING RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION IN ADAPTATION
Anthropology. Biology.
Environmental and Social Psychology.
Contemplative Ecology.
I play in the spaces between these fields, lacing together the learnings to understand our current human experience of adaptation.
As part of my work with clients, I am developing and deepening the concept of Lucid Longing.
Learn more about my research on my Now page.
WRITING AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
In addition to my research, I work with clients, and share my insights via print interviews, podcasts, and speaking engagements.
FROM ¨MINDFULNESS¨ TO ¨ATTENTION¨: THE EVOLUTION OF THIS WORK
For decades, mindfulness has taught me how to pay attention to what is here now.
My work is increasingly exploring what happens when we become curious about what else deserves our attention:
♦ what matters
♦ what we long for
♦ what we might imagine
♦ what becomes possible when we follow those threads
That´s exactly what I will write about in the new version of my Substack newsletter, Lucid Longing.
It´s about exploring the transformative power of longing to help us clarify and cultivate our budding future.
Part field notes, part storytelling, this is where I share the questions and findings in my research and real stories from clients about what has helped them most.