Writer, Speaker, Researcher | Private Companioning For Profound Transitions
Things are changing. The old way of living no longer fits.
I work with those who are asking:¨How do I live fully through everything that is unfolding now?"
For the last six years, I have helped hundreds of clients in 20 countries who have been impacted by systemic failures of all kinds.
They have:
◾experienced disruptions and destabilizing changes
◾felt disillusioned and distrustful
◾been longing for a new way forward beyond responding with anger or despair
Climate-related displacement. Politically-motivated harm.
Economic instability. Social isolation and polarization.
Ongoing uncertainty about what comes next.
This is what we are living through now, and it can feel crushing.
But it is also opens us to imagining and creating what is possible in our own lives, and in our communities.
I developed a 30-day process specifically designed to help those who recognize the ruptures in the old patterns and practices.
The Private Companioning process is tested and transformative.
In just a few short weeks, it can turn the despair about what´s ending into clarity, creative energy, and adaptive capacity for what´s emerging.
This unique series is remote, asynchonous, and based on daily, ongoing conversations, building momentum naturally without forcing or rushing.
It is ideal for those who are ready to:
- cultivate attention instead of reacting or disengaging
- align their choices and habits with their values
- build lives that fit the realities they now see
What does Private Companioning look and feel like?
One client described it as ¨like having a series of epiphanies while walking with a buddy...for a month. :-)¨
You don´t have to take her word for it.
In a series of qualitative case studies, I share the pattern snapshot of each client´s starting point, process, and their personal reflections on their experience.
RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION
Anthropology and ecology. Environmental and ecological psychology.
Behavioral science and biology. Mindfulness practices and contemplative science.
These fields provide key learnings that can be laced together to expand our capacity for grounded and collaborative adaptation.
My eclectic NOW page has links to some of the research papers, novels, art, and other media that are informing my latest work.
After all, we can find inspiration everywhere. (That´s part of our process.)
I regularly share my explorations and reflections in presentations, podcasts, and publications.
Recently featured:
When the old ways of making sense of the world stop working, we don't just need better information.
We need a way of paying attention that makes a different life possible.
That´s what I am exploring in the latest version of my Substack newsletter, Cultivating Attention.
I share the questions that are sparking my research, the small discoveries along the way, and invitations to pay attention and get creative about living fully through everything that is unfolding.
I also share real stories from clients about what has helped them most when their lives were upended by changes.
Listen, I fully recognize the harsh realities of this pivotal period for our planet.
That´s why I am so committed to understanding what can help us adapt.