Private Companioning for Times of Profound Transition
The world is changing rapidly. We can choose how we respond.
I help thoughtful people navigate uncertainty with clarity, emotional steadiness, creative imagination, and intentional action.
For those redesigning their lives, relationships, work, identity, or future in response to a changing world, I offer highly personalized private companioning grounded in deep reflection, strategic conversation, and courageous adaptation.
This is not therapy. It is not coaching.
It is a private space for intelligent transformation.
For People Who Can No Longer Pretend Everything Is Fine
You may be:
- quietly questioning the structure of your life
- sensing that your old identity no longer fits
- redesigning your work around changing realities
- navigating grief, uncertainty, burnout, or disillusionment
- longing for a more meaningful and coherent way forward
- trying to remain fully awake without becoming emotionally consumed
- searching for a wiser way to live in an unstable era
Many of my clients are highly-capable people who appear successful from the outside while privately wrestling with profound questions about meaning, direction, belonging, creativity, relationships, aging, resilience, and the future.
They are not looking for formulas.
They are looking for clarity and a more conscious way to live.
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From a young age, I experienced grief that rearranged me. I felt the weight of personal and existential collapse as a constant presence.
It taught me what systems could not:
🔸grief offers gifts
🔸outrage is fuel
🔸creativity is sparked by curiosity and rewilded imagination
I have served as a Collapse Companion™ for hundreds of individuals in 20+ countries.
Collapse Companioning™
Like marigolds (companion plants that strengthen what grows beside them), it offers presence, protection, and partnership.
Inspired by the principles of regeneration, Collapse Companioning™ is a co-creative capacity-crafting practice that is based on honest reflection, deep curiosity, and recognizing that we have a choice in how we live through collapse together.
I have witnessed our incredible human capacity to turn even the most crushing circumstances into creative, intentional, and fulfilling ways forward....in 30 days.
We need to question how we do things, and stay open to new possibilities.
Anxiety is escalating, even among those who rarely experience it. Many of us struggle DAILY (hourly?) with intensifying worry about what's next. And yet, most coaches and therapists offer only weekly or bi-weekly sessions.
I wondered: "Is there a more effective way to help those struggling with anxiety?"
As it turns out, there is.
Recent research has shown that generalized anxiety is a HABIT, not a condition.
In a landmark study, subjects were able to reduce their anxiety levels by up to 70% in just 30 days.
No therapy. No medication.
The key? Focusing on mindful CURIOSITY throughout the day, for 30 days...which is exactly what my proven process does through rewilding imagination. (It's based on the 30-day mindfulness course I created way back in 2003 that helped thousands of people in over 100 countries get calm, clear, and creative.)
I work with those who are:
🔶 processing our reality but not sure how to respond to it
🔶 influential and want to use that wisely to help others through this
🔶 mostly women (but men, too)
🔶 in your 40s, 50s, or 60s (but all ages are welcome)
We may be a good fit if you are:
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feeling loss—but longing for lightness
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ready to stay awake—without burning out or shutting down
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curious about what´s possible—and open to exploring new perspectives
- excited to get creative—and use it for good alongside others
You do not need to know what's next. (Who does?)
You just need to be willing to move through it with curiosity and courage.
Together, we turn the truth of our reality into extraordinary expressions of human connection.
TURN GRIEF INTO INSPIRED ACTION
Transform debilitating grief, fear, & anger. We name what’s actually happening — without denial or doom spirals — and adopt the steadiness of courageous awareness while choosing to act.
TURN ANXIETY INTO CURIOSITY
Rewild imagination.
We tap into longing, change our habits to reinvigorate our creativity, and explore new ways to live fully now with presence, care, and joy.
TURN LONELINESS INTO CONNECTION
Weave a web of kinship. We start with small but meaningful actions, inspired connecting, and crafted adaptations that help us stay wide awake together.
This is not therapy, coaching, or consulting.
It’s a co-creative process that helps you transform your despair into a creative and meaningful force for local action and a stronger community.
Move from endlessly mulling what we are facing to actively crafting your new way forward.
DOOM TO BLOOM™ - A 30-Day 1:1 Collapse Companioning™ Experience
My signature series offering *daily* support, encouragement, and co-creation for 30 days.
It naturally builds consistency and momentum from Day One, with compounding insights that lead to inspiration, reinvigoration, and the development of a meaningful project.
¨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 embraced my grief, anger, and anxiety, and made me laugh again. She guided me through a creative re-imagining process that filled me with energy and ideas. I literally felt like I came alive! This led to being offered an amazing new role.
I honestly believe that this experience with Maya saved my life.¨
Maria - former events producer, now director of a community-building organization
"As a single mother, I was angry about what I was witnessing and worried about how to raise my son in this time of uncertainty.
Maya helped me see new ways to think about the future for both of us. Her process allowed me to recognize that I had agency, and to start taking serious steps toward what I longed for. We moved to a smaller community where we immediately felt a kinship with others.
I have a whole new focus that makes me feel engaged, connected, and supported."
Erica - nurse practitioner, founder of a healthcare co-operative for single mothers
"Everything seemed pointless. I had so much grief and anger. I could not even bring myself to walk into the studio.
Maya turned everything around. Her prompts and provocations brought that hum back into my brain. I started dreaming in color again. And in just a couple of weeks, I was back at the easel, obsessed even, with ideas and flow I have rarely experienced. The world feels heavy, but I feel deeply inspired and love teaching again! In fact, my latest group classes are my best ever, and my students feel the difference, too.¨
Dee - painter and art instructor
We need to re-member our connection with each other and all living things in our shared place in the world.
Whether you have deep roots where you are, arrived recently (like I did here in Amsterdam), or are still searching for the place that will embrace and inspire you, the Doom to Bloom™ experience can help you find your best people in your most beloved place, and start living fully and creating together.
Intentional connection. Collective resilience.
Conscious adaptation. And plenty of JOY despite everything.
¨Due to the current administration, I was pushed out of a climate-related role that had defined me for decades. I was devastated and angry. After months of licking my wounds, I was ready to start something new.
Maya helped me see that I had interesting options. Thanks to her insightful prompts and words of encouragement, I have created an organization that feels deeply meaningful and focused on exactly what we need right now. My connections feel stronger, and my community (rather than my employer) is my primary focus and source of inspiration.¨
Richard - former sustainability director, now director of a regeneration non-profit
¨I was targeted and harrassed by an angry citizen. Even a restraining order did not keep my family safe.
Maya helped me pour my fear, anger, and resentment into action. Her process was a perfect fit for my logical brain but also brought out my creative side. I loved the rewilding of my imagination! She offered useful tips and much-needed laughter as I moved with my children from the U.S. to France. I feel safe, calm, and happy here, with a community and work I adore. My children are thriving! I am so thankful for this new life.¨
Lisa - former county administrator, now owner of a natural foods store
"For the first time in my life, the words didn't flow. I was losing my faith in our future. And I was pretty pissed off about it.
Maya really dialed me into my longing. It sparked serious joy, oomph, and a brilliant re-imagining of my tired business. I absolutely love my work again!
AND she was my co-conspirator in updating my vision of what I loved about my childhood. Now, I have a crooked-but-workable greenhouse and actual dirt under my nails. I trade my veggies for video editing, and started singing with three neighbors who have become dear friends. I even coordinate our energy supplies!
Maybe we can't change the world, but our cul-de-sac? HELL yes."
Susie - copywriting consultant for non-profit organizations
The word "collapse" makes many people cringe. I use "collapse" intentionally, and with love.
I adore the beautiful poetic language often used to invite people into this awareness, but it often keeps folks wrapped up in a soft blanket of denial rather than moving them toward adaptation.
Real kindness requires us to call out the truth and help others process and prepare.
You don’t need a master plan.
Start with a first step.
If you feel the tug of this work, trust it.
Around here, reconnecting to what feels right is one of our favorite hobbies.
It's what will help us adapt in ways that are protective rather than reactive.