For much of my life, I have been drawn to the question of what helps people flourish—and what holds them back.

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That question first took me to Asia, where I lived in Tibetan refugee communities and devoted many years to Buddhist study and practice. Later, as a journalist writing for Tricycle: The Buddhist Review and a John Templeton Foundation Journalism Fellow in Science, Religion, and Buddhism, I explored Buddhism's transmission to the modern world, asking what allowed its liberating potential to flourish—and what impeded it. My research brought me into conversation with a wide range of scholars and scientists investigating the nature of the mind. It also led me to explore the implicit assumptions of modernity that shape contemporary experience.

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Over time, that inquiry took me in an unexpected direction. I came to recognize that the body plays a far more fundamental role in setting the parameters of experience than I had previously understood. I completed Somatic Experiencing® International's three-year professional training, which taught me how past experiences shape the nervous system, giving rise to patterns that continue to organize present experience. I also studied for two years with Thomas Hübl, whose teaching on collective trauma deepened my understanding of how presence and relationship can support the restoration of connection—to ourselves, to one another, and to life.

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Today, I bring together more than thirty-five years of contemplative practice with my work as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. My approach is grounded in curiosity, presence, and respect for the intelligence of the body. At heart, my work is about helping people free themselves from old patterns and engage more fully with life—to flourish.