Writer, Speaker, Researcher | Lucid Longing | 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,
¨What is possible 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 the people and places they love
Unprecedented climate disruptions. Economic and social inequities.
Political polarization. Ongoing uncertainty.
This is what we are living through now.
And it can feel crushing.
But it also invites us to imagine and cultivate what is possible in our own lives, and in our communities.
THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF LONGING
Lucid Longing has been developed specifically for 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 what you have longed for in the past, what is pulling you now, and what you long for in your imagined futures.
Our longings offer tender and intelligent information. We discover the meaning they hold and uncover new ways to bring the best parts of your past into your life now and in the future.
COMPANIONING THOSE READY TO FEEL INSPIRED BY WHAT´S (STILL) POSSIBLE
I offer the 7-day Lucid Longing Intensive and the 30-day Lucid Longing Immersion.
Both are 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 EXPERIMENTAL APPLICATIONS OF LUCID LONGING
Lucid Longing lives in the spaces between:
♦ collapse awareness.......................and action
♦ ecological grief.................................and awe
♦ environmental psychology......and attention
♦ contemplative practices............and art
♦ behavioral science..........................and agency
♦ systems thinking.............................and adaptation
♦ imaginative futures.......................and audacity
By lacing together the related learnings, we can understand what our human experience of adaptation requires.
Learn more about my research on my /Now page.
WRITING AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
In addition to my research and work with clients, I share my insights via print interviews, podcasts, and speaking engagements.
FROM MINDFULNESS TO ATTENTION: THE EVOLUTION OF MY WORK
Meditating in a Buddhist monastery in Sri Lanka, 1982.
For five 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 now
♦ what we long for
♦ what we might imagine
♦ what becomes possible when we follow those threads
I´m starting a new version of my Substack newsletter called Lucid Longing.
It´s about exploring the transformative power of longing to help us clarify and cultivate our budding futures.
Part field notes and part storytelling, this is where I share the questions and findings in my research and stories from clients about how they are choosing to engage more fully and joyfully in their lives.