For most of my life, I have been drawn to story, fascinated by the ways we make meaning from the different threads of our lives. Cultural, familial, societal, nature-based, spiritual, individual, instinctual - so many threads of story from which we weave the narrative of an authentic life. 

One of my privileged passions is to help individuals craft their narrative from the warp and weft of personal experience and memory. To write our lives, bright with detail and nuance, brings appreciation and wonder. We may fall in love, understand ourselves better, feel the stirrings of an under-utilised compassion. We may also decide which stories, or version of stories, belong with us and which ones we can release.

I come to story through various pathways: a PhD in literature from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the US; more than a decade of teaching writing and composition to college students; one-to-one writing coaching; and, of course, my own practice of writing in different genres. 

Alongside more academic pursuits, some of my most meaningful threads have emerged in spiritual and nature-based environments. Six months in a kibbutz, nine years in an ashram, training and practice in SoulCollage©, explorations in Movement Medicine, the deep practice of Quest and ways of council in nature. 

Being awake to life as it unfolds and the companion practice of writing feels like a glorious way to mark this “one wild and precious life”.