What Informs My Work
I have never found one framework that explains everything.
I’ve spent much of my life exploring different ways of understanding what it means to be human—from business and leadership to psychology, contemplative traditions, group work, embodiment, and altered states of consciousness.
Some I have studied formally. Others I have learned through practice, facilitation, and direct experience. Together, they shape how I work.
Before everything, there was the Business World
After studying at Brown University, I spent 15 years in finance, from investment banking to Silicon Valley.
That world trained me in precision, directness, rigor, and attention to detail. It also gave me firsthand experience of the environments many of my clients inhabit—the ambition, complexity, difficult decisions, and pressure that come with leadership.
I understand that our inner and professional lives are not separate. Questions of identity, worth, belonging, power, purpose, and relationship inevitably shape how we work and lead.
Psychology, Coaching & Group Work
I trained as an Integral Coach through New Ventures West, an ICF-accredited program grounded in integral psychology and whole-person development.
I later became a teacher and coach with the Hoffman Process, led more than 30 retreats, and facilitated confidential YPO Forums for CEOs.
I am currently pursuing a master’s degree in Drama Therapy at California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), deepening my study of experiential, embodied, and relational approaches to psychological work.
Years of working with individuals and groups have taught me that our patterns do not only live inside us. They appear between us. Relationship, enactment, projection, and witnessing can reveal what is difficult to encounter alone.
Contemplative & Embodied Practice
I completed the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach and have spent more than 60 days in silent retreat across mindfulness, Vipassana, and self-inquiry traditions. I am also a 200-hour Yoga Alliance–certified yoga teacher.
These practices have taught me to slow down and listen beyond the intellect—to the body, to silence, and to what may not yet have words.
Psychedelic & Transpersonal Studies
My exploration of altered and expanded states of consciousness spans more than a decade.
I completed a three-year psychedelic therapy training through AWE, a nonprofit dedicated to the study and exploration of mystical experience.
I am currently pursuing graduate study in Integrative Psychedelic Therapy at Ubiquity University. My research explores the intersection of psychedelics and drama therapy—particularly the relational and experiential field that can emerge through MDMA and psychodrama.
I have also volunteered in harm reduction and peer support at gatherings including Burning Man, sitting with people navigating challenging experiences in non-ordinary states of consciousness.
Learning Through Direct Experience
I believe learning how to facilitate also requires being willing to be a participant.
I have intentionally put myself on the other side of the room—through extended silent meditation and self-inquiry, the Hoffman Process, Landmark, Authentic Relating, Stanford T-group work, ISTA, Tantra, psychedelic and transpersonal retreats, and learning from Indigenous wisdom traditions and communities.
Some experiences have shown me what thoughtful facilitation can make possible. Others have shown me what I would do differently.
Cultures have shaped the way I look.
Living between cultures has made me cautious of any framework that claims to have the whole answer.
Psychology offers one map. Contemplative traditions offer another. The body has its own intelligence. So do relationship, culture, community, nature, intuition—and experiences for which we may not yet have language.