ABOUT

I had my first brushes with the mental health system and its labels and prescriptions as a teenager, and spent the latter half of my 20s on various combinations of stimulants, SSRI drugs, as well as other pharmaceuticals in order to “manage” the chronic pain and nervous system exhaustion from the initial prescriptions. When I was 29 years old, I reached a point where the only thing the system could offer me was more “treatment options” (stronger drugs, more scans and tests, referrals to higher-level specialists), along with new labels which would allow me to “access” these treatments more readily.

I realized I was facing the choice of embracing the identity of a disabled and chronically ill person and the “support” which might come with it, or trying to find a different, unknown, way for myself.

I am still walking that unknown way, and in my coaching work I help you find and follow your own unknown way through this incredible wilderness called Life.

I am now 10 years off of all medications and out of any relationship with the mental health system, and have thoroughly re-imagined and re-invented myself. Or maybe it is better to say that I continue to allow Life to re-imagine and re-create me, in a sometimes-painful but always worthwhile process of growth and change.

As a coach, my focus is less on the technical and chemical aspects of tapering, and more on the necessary changes in mindset, worldview, and daily living that help support the shedding of a medicalized identity and the rebirth of a powerful vision for your own life.

I have spent most of my adult life studying a range of philosophical, spiritual, and intellectual traditions, as well as practical tools and techniques for personal change. It is my conviction that every person has within them a reservoir of power and possibility far greater than our past and present experiences may suggest, and my intention as a coach is to help you unlock and experience this for yourself.