Getting Here
Traditionally trained in community-based evaluation practice, I spent over 20 years working across all social and human-service sectors. I specialize in complex adaptive systems changes and thoroughly enjoy bringing diverse minds together to “solve wicked problems”. About 15 years into the work I realized that unless I was able to connect with my clients at a soul level, I was not creating lasting impact. While It feels good to “help others”, I needed a deeper sense of fulfillment and purpose in my life and work. I began a journey inward. A healing journey.
Seeing Here
As I became increasingly aware of my own inner wounds and trauma patterns it became obvious to me that I was only perpetuating my own trauma loops in the work I was doing. I was “fixing people, problems, and systems” all out of a scarcity mentality. As if people and systems are broken. I/We/they are not broken. No one needs saving. Out of a desire to do no harm, in 2019 I began to withdraw from the sector and after a very public year of service in a large professional organization I all but disappeared. The past four years have included a great spiritual awakening, the loss of all my earthly belongings in a near category 5 hurricane, and countless hours dedicated to my own healing practices. It is from this place of inner peace and wholeness I am offering what I’ve learned to others.
Being Here Now
The time has come for me to re-enter the arena from a place of love, wholeness, and alignment with my soul’s purpose. My hope is to create social and philanthropic sectors based in these principles. From a place of healing, we transform our collective approaches and create a harmonious and loving reality for all humans.