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How Healing Happens

The world is hurting and what we're doing isn't working. I explore healing at the intersection of spirituality and science, what Jung called the transcendent third. Grounded woo.

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The Only Way Out Is Through: Grief as Transformation

Grief isn't just for loss. It's the price of transformation of old beliefs, lost opportunities, and even a world in upheaval. Discover grief as initiation to freedom.

The Obstacle IS the Path

Avoiding discomfort makes your world smaller, not safer. A therapist's look at why the obstacle you're dodging is usually the one meant to teach you.

Practice Guide: the Obstacle as Teacher

A companion to "The Obstacle Is the Path," for leaning into what you'd rather avoid, and discerning the difference between an edge and a harm.

Same Wound, Deeper Layer: The Spiral Path of Complex Trauma Healing

We never step in the same river twice, and we never encounter the exact same wound twice either. When a "healed" wound shows up again, it means we're ready to heal the next layer.

When the Body Tells the Story

Learning to decode the language of the body in Complex Trauma

Practice Guide: Beyond EMDR — What You Need to Know About Healing Complex Trauma

Includes structured practices for nervous system regulation, parts work and integration

The Patriarchy Lives in Me Too

How women inherit the broken masculine without realizing it, and what it takes to call ourselves home

When Women Speak about Patriarchy

Awakening to patriarchy's cost and what it asks of all of us

Practice Guide: Recognizing Patriarchal Wounds and Reclaiming Wholeness

The patriarchy harms us all and this guide is meant for all genders to understand the wound and find our way back to wholeness

The Science and Spirit of Healing: You Don’t Have to Choose

The Science and Spirit of How Healing Happens: For the analytical mind and the spiritual heart