I believe that living and healing are spiritual processes which can deepen over time if we see them that way. I spend a considerable amount of time on my own spiritual/healing path and have cultivated compassion, presence, and joy through many hours of therapy, silent meditation retreats, being with my own body/mind/heart, and incredible connections with people who challenge and love me.

While I am someone who has always needed to move (swim, hike, run, dance with my eyes closed), I also have a decades long relationship with the limits and immobilization of chronic pain. I continue to cultivate a loving relationship with this body and cherish the somatic wisdom that comes from that tender attention.

I have a joyful and sometimes silly side that comes out because I treasure being with and learning from others.

I am happiest in nature, with trees and also with water, be it the local pond, or the wide expanse of the ocean. I enjoy small details, like interesting cracks in the sidewalk and how the light changes over the course of the day, over the course of the year.