Focusing is my personal, professional, and spiritual Swiss Army knife: I use it in every area of my life. I completed Focusing certification with Ann Weiser Cornell in 2013 and now teach several courses for that program. I’ve also assisted with Ann’s “Guiding New People” course and with a Treasure Maps retreat, taught Focusing Levels One to Four online, and published articles about Focusing.

My first passion was music and I studied to become a classical oboist. I started doing inner work during a five-year stint with the Honolulu Symphony, looking for a “fix” for the crippling anxiety I experienced taking orchestra job auditions.

Everything I tried—from therapy to yoga to Zen meditation—led me to my second passion and profession: working with clients who thrive when they are connected to themselves and to their spiritual intuition, but get overwhelmed, anxious, and depressed when they lose that connection. I had experienced both extremes as an oboe player. I had felt the joy of becoming completely one with the instrument, and the anxiety of tightening up and losing that flow.

Searching for a way out of this cycle, I found some relief during many hours of training in Nonviolent Communication©. But in two other processes I finally found a way to create lasting change for me and for my clients. The first one, Inner Bonding®, is a six-step process that provides an elegant conceptual framework for the causes and healing of depression, anxiety, addictions, and relationship problems. The second one is Inner Relationship Focusing.

Experiencing the synergy of these two processes, you feel a tangible sense of spiritual connection, grounded in your body knowing. Your anxiety begins to lift and you enter a satisfying flow of right action. Best of all, you know what you did to get there, and how to do it again.

I’ve worked with creative, sensitive, anxious clients around the world by Zoom, Skype, or phone since 2001. To learn more about the unique offerings I’ve created, please visit my website (link above), where you can also schedule a complimentary 20-minute call to explore working together.