Every path I've taken led to this work
Every path I've taken led to this work
My path to this work wasn't linear. Looking back, I think that's the point.
I started at IBM as a senior in high school, at seventeen. I spent twenty years in technology, learning how to think through complex problems and bridge the gap between the people who needed something built and the people who built it. I was good at it. But over time, a different set of questions kept finding me — questions about meaning, purpose, service, and what it actually looks like to live a more aligned life.
I followed those questions. I spent close to a decade immersed in philosophy, theology, world religions, and acts of service — in the United States and abroad — trying to understand how people make sense of their lives and what happens when the old frameworks no longer fit. Philosophy sharpened how I think. Theology gave me a different language — one rooted in service, community, and something larger than myself. Over time, the focus shifted from trying to get life exactly right to learning how to live it more honestly, with greater humility and a deeper trust in the process.
Over time, that search brought me into closer contact with people, suffering, service, and change. Psychotherapy became a natural next step. I went back to grad school to become a licensed psychotherapist and spent four years at Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan, Connecticut, working with executives, veterans, public figures, professional athletes, and people from all different walks of life, often at moments of real crisis and transition.
The work was deep, demanding, and profoundly human. It taught me something I still hold onto: most people are carrying more than others realize, are often more resilient than they know - and they tend to change most in the presence of authenticity, trust, vulnerability, and connection.
Over twelve years of clinical work, I continued to deepen my understanding of trauma, emotional regulation, parts work, and psychedelic integration. I also traveled to Ukraine during the war to train healthcare workers in trauma treatment. Each chapter asked more of me, and each chapter brought me closer to the work I do now.
Now I can see how the pieces came together. Technology taught me how to think clearly and stay with complexity. Philosophy and theology deepened my questions and widened my sense of service. Clinical work continues to humanize everything. All of it led here, and the work continues.
I don't coach from a formula. I coach from lived experience, clinical depth, and a genuine respect for each person's capacity to discover what matters and live accordingly.
When I use the word "spiritual," I'm talking about the deeply held beliefs we carry about ourselves and what it means to be human — the process of making sense of our experiences, finding purpose, and living in alignment with what matters most to us.
This isn't about pushing any particular belief system. It's about supporting your unique process of discovering what gives your life meaning — whether that's rooted in religious faith, nature, relationships, creativity, service, or something else entirely.
If you've been hurt by religious institutions or rigid spiritual frameworks, this can be a space to reclaim your authenticity and freedom — living according to your own values, free from guilt and absent of shame.
This is collaborative work, and it begins with the belief that you do not need to become someone you're not. The work is about making room for more of who you already are to come forward.
I see strengths in people. That's where I start. The thread running through everything I do is a commitment to meeting you where you are, without judgment, to help you find greater clarity and alignment that feels grounded and sustainable with how you want to live.
You are the expert of your own life. I provide space, ask questions, and walk alongside you — but the insights, the choices, and the direction are always yours.
When you spend enough time listening closely to people about their lives, fairness stops being abstract. For me, that has included patient advocacy — helping people navigate barriers to get the care they need. I see it as an extension of the same thread that runs through all of my work: paying attention, staying grounded, and helping people move through complexity without losing sight of themselves.
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