My philosophy
My coaching, healing, and guidance (+ consulting) philosophy. Every professional ‘helper’ comes to their work with a number of underlying assumptions that shape their work (whether they are consciously aware of this or not). These assumptions revolve around questions like:
- What is the nature of reality? What does it mean to be human? Is there a purpose to life?
- Why, and how, do people get ‘stuck’?
- How does meaningful change occur—and can it be catalyzed?
- What is a helper’s role in the healing process?
In the following sections, I outline my coaching, healing, and guidance (+ consulting) philosophy and how it informs my approach to alchemical healing.
My philosophy: deep roots (in soul) + wide wings (in spirit)
My philosophy: deep roots (in soul)
The dangers of denying one’s true nature can be very serious, not only because self-denial is a bad choice that causes persistent feelings of frustration and anxiety, but because in-authenticity threatens one’s quality of life at the deepest level…when…potential is treated like a neglected tree, underfed and pushed out of the sun, it does not die off entirely. Nor does it thrive and bear wonderful fruit. It merely survives in an atrophied form, its vibrancy aborted.
Mary-Elaine Jacobsen, psychologist and giftedness expert
I believe that each person has a true, inner nature (sometimes called the true self, or authentic self, or vital essence, or soul, or…). This nature yearns for expression and growth throughout an individual’s life (I find that this growth drive is often particularly poignant in the neurocomplex, cue Dąbrowski’s third factor).
I also believe that each person’s inner nature has something important to offer the wider world. Each individual’s life purpose is tied to the intentions of their unique, inner nature.
Living life in tune with inner nature means living authentically and on purpose (in ever-evolving ways).
I believe that people often get ‘stuck’ because they lose touch with their inner nature.
When a person loses contact with their true nature—and there are many understandable reasons for this, such as trauma, dysfunctional family dynamics, and societal expectations—it doesn’t go away. True self retreats into the unconscious.
The psyche, unhappy with this unnatural arrangement, expresses its discontent through symptoms like addiction, anxiety, depression, ennui.
Deep roots (in soul)
When you do things from the soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.
Rumi
The primary role I play as a coach, healer, and guide is to help a client reconnect with their true nature. To assist them in rooting their ego deeply in the nourishing soil of their soul.
With my guides, I have a gift for ‘sensing’ or ‘seeing’ a person’s authentic essence. I help each of my clients unearth and experience their inner nature, explore its many facets, integrate it back into daily life, and bring their seed-like potential to full-fruition.
‘Wounds’ (e.g., psychological trauma, somatic holdings, energetic blockages) are almost always uncovered during the inner nature excavation process. Using a variety of energy healing practices, I work with my clients to transmute these wounds and blockages into fuel for authentic growth.
This is powerful, transformative work.
My philosophy: wide wings (in spirit)
With ego roots deeply embedded in the nourishing soil of soul, I work with a client to fledge wide spiritual wings.
[the process of growing deep roots in soul and fledging wide wings in spirit is actually simultaneous (well, actually, this opens a whole can of worms about the arbitrary nature of space-time which I won’t delve into here); nevertheless, its helpful to separate these ‘stages’ for pedagogical purposes. Moreover, following nature’s lead, to effectively support wide wings, deep roots are advised. You know, balance and all that.]
The shift from growing deep roots in soul to fledging wide wings in spirit is game-changing. Combining the two processes (and even the language I’m employing) is also paradoxical.
The focus of this ‘phase’ of the healing work is for me to help a client learn how to truly be (with their home frequency). This process is essentially yin in intent: accepting, passive, receptive, intuitive. Feelings of flow, ease, presence, and expansion are the result. Like a hawk gliding on rising warm air currents.
Everything fulfills its purpose by merely being what it is. Everything is the fulfillment of its own essence and potentiality. The only ‘requirement’ for anything that exists is to just be.
David Hawkins
Through the process of fledging wide spiritual wings, the dominance of the individual ‘I,’ the ego, dissipates further. The boundary between ‘inner’ experience and the ‘outer’ world dissolves. Subject-object collapses into oneness.
In this consciousness, there are no objects to act upon. No mountains to climb. No goals to push for. In this dimension, everything is ‘perfect’ just the way it is—why would I want change it?
And, if change is authentically aligned (cue, paradox), I can flow with it and catalyze it with my consciousness. What I hold with intention and attention in ‘here’ is what I begin to experience out ‘there.’ Wu wei: ‘non-doing’ or ‘effortless action.’ As above, so below. As within, so without.
Wide wings (in spirit)
So, the second primary role I play as a coach, healer, and guide—in addition to helping a client unearth and integrate their authentic inner nature (deep roots in soul) and process their psychological wounds—is to let it all go. To help them fledge wide wings in spirit. To catalyze and guide their spiritual growth and awakening process.
This is profound, transformative work.
Deep roots in soul (authenticity, purpose, meaning). Wide wings in spirit (oneness, expansiveness, ease).
Paradoxical wholeness.
About my logo
My logo captures the essence of the work I do as a coach, alchemical healer, and guide. It consists of a combination of the:
- Ouroboros: An ancient symbol of a snake or dragon eating its own tail in a circle. It represents the continuous cycle of destruction and recreation, and the interconnectedness and infinity of the universe; and, the
- Ensō: A circular Japanese zen symbol. It means enlightenment, freedom, strength, elegance, the beauty in imperfection, the oneness of all things, and the universe.
Contact me
If you’re interested in my philosophy and/or working with me, feel free to drop me a line. I work with diverse individuals worldwide and would love to watch you grow.