As we biked the playa on an early morning, self guided “art tour” of Burning Man, I saw a blurry shape from afar. I pointed and shouted “Woah, let’s go see that!” We pulled up. I got off my bike. I walked over to her. Tears slowly started to well up in my eyes.

In February 2021, Jon and I were disenchanted with the “American Dream,” to say the least, we wanted to get out of the Colorado cold and travel for a month. This was right after quarantine & the shock of Covid was palpable. We were, as I imagine everybody was, very tired of being cooped up in our house and ready to explore.

One time, I was at a “Habit Hackers” conference in Colorado. There was a speaker who recommended to the whole community that the way to “habit hack” life is to: “wake up, sit on the toilet, go poop, brush teeth, and scroll on your phone reading the news, all in the first 2 minutes of the day.”

This week the American Psychological Association (APA) released their annual Stress in America poll, which they’ve conducted since 2007. The results of their data is alarming: 87% of respondents cite stress related to rising prices due to inflation, global uncertainty and the horrors of war between Russia and Ukraine.

Have you ever been to a Western medicine doctor? You tell them you’d like to heal holistically. And rather than them being supportive, they tell you to take a pill, for the rest of your life.

I imagine you have heard about “transgenerational trauma,” where trauma is passed down in the family lineage through changes in genes & DNA. But have you heard about “transgenerational wisdom,” where wisdom is also passed down?

I was blessed to be introduced to Eleanor by my sister-in-law, and I am so grateful to have found her. I had tried therapy and counseling several times throughout my life, but didn’t feel like I was getting much out of it. In retrospect, I wish that I had met Eleanor a year earlier, in 2020. But, I wasn’t ready to confront the things that were keeping me depressed and pessimistic.

Imagine trying to stop a wave rolling through the ocean. Sounds futile, right? This is what suppressing emotion is like. Emotions come like waves; they arise, they build, they crash, they dissolve. They move in cycles, just like we do.

I first came to work with Eleanor because my anxiety was so severe that I thought it may kill me. I felt anxious over just about everything in my life: my social life, my career, my finances, my family life.

"Soul Stories" are a series of unedited notes from my clients, detailing their experiences with me on their journey to wholeness. Each story is written by the client.

I recently returned home from a vision quest & something became crystal clear. I do not want to buy into the capitalistic way of living anymore. It is extractive & harmful to all of us. I want to try something new, but in fact, it is old...

Feeling stuck in self sabotosh? Looking for external validation? And you THINK you really want to feel secure... but you don't? Here is a wonderful practice to help get into the subconscious for what those thoughts of self sabotage are actually giving you! As Carolyn Eliott explains in the book Existential Kink, "having is evidence of wanting," so for some reason you want to be burr-aiding yourself like this. You wouldn't do it, or be experiencing this, if you and your subconscious didn't want it.

The “Singles Parties” have been hosting a total H. They have sold out each and every time I have hosted them. The events are so powerful and connective. It is an honor to facilitate them.

As we are well aware, in our Western world, our culture, ecology, and psyches are shaking right now, more than ever before. I feel urgency because in my work I see pathology, anxiety, suicide, use of pharmaceuticals to numb us out, are at an all time high, and our disconnection from our bodies and nature isn’t far behind.

Palo Santo wood has been burned by indigenous cultures for thousands of years for cleansing and clearing energies. This sacred tree is often found in Central and South America. (Peru, Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia). Palo Santo in Spanish means “holy stick.”

O.C.E.A.N. is an acronym in western psychology to describe global personality traits effected by nature, nurture, our environments and the stories we tell about who we are.