IHow do we become more fully alive?
I wrote a little autobiographical book about that question as a kid. Even then I sensed there was more to life than achievement or success. I’ve always wanted to understand how to live life to its fullness.
Later as a 19 year old, I had a near death experience rock climbing. Afterward, life no longer felt guaranteed and there was an urgency to this pursuit of living well.. I love how Mary Oliver put it, "Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
My Story. My Approach.
Over the years, I've come to value a whole-person approach to well-being. Practices like yoga, meditation, breathwork, time in nature, and caring for our bodies have taught me that healing rarely happens in isolation. It grows through the small, consistent ways we nurture our minds, bodies, relationships, and inner lives.
As a therapist, my role isn't to tell you how to live or who to become. Instead, I believe healing begins with paying attention. Together, we'll slow down, listen with curiosity and compassion, and explore the parts of life that feel wounded, stuck, or forgotten. Sometimes what first appears as a problem becomes a doorway to greater freedom, wisdom, and wholeness.
My hope is that our work together offers more than relief from what hurts. I hope it helps you reconnect with yourself, deepen your relationships, and become more fully alive.
Because perhaps one of life's most important questions is: How do we become more fully alive?
My pursuit of a more meaningful life has taken me in many directions. I earned a Master of Divinity, served as a hospital chaplain, and became a photographer, author, educator, and eventually a therapist. Through it all, the connecting thread has been a desire to understand people, deepen connection, and make a difference.
As a hospital chaplain, I witnessed how life's most difficult moments often reveal what matters most: love, presence, and connection. Years later, after a car accident left me living with chronic pain, those lessons became deeply personal. Healing came slowly, through relationships, creativity, and learning to notice beauty even in difficult seasons.
Photography became another great teacher. After more than two decades photographing people from all walks of life, I discovered that beneath our differences, we share a similar longing: to be seen, to belong, and to live a life of meaning and purpose.
