Intellectual fire-power.
Emotional insight.
Meta perspective.
I am compelled by change, by self-understanding, and by transformation — for myself and for others.
For 25 years I’ve worked as senior content strategist and director of marketing, guiding hundreds of companies in how to use their content strategically, build online products, and drive sales and brand awareness.
I’ve long been passionate about spirituality and mysticism, about the mind and developmental psychology, about history and systems thinking, and in understanding myself and our world in ways deeper than the seemingly obvious.
Men’s work has changed every part of my life for the better. First and foremost, by having the humility to be in one, and to get my stories and self-limiting beliefs challenged. But also to be supported in doing the work of becoming the man I am — and the one I’ll become.
Embodiment is a core expression through a life-long practice and teaching of Chinese martial arts, Qi Gong, and the best of modern training modalities — Muay Thai, Krav Maga, boxing, grappling, and breathing (it’s more than something you do to stay alive).
I’ve had five books published since 2009, including the award-winning A Heart Blown Open.
I’m also an ordained Zen priest, and as such have found a power in the immediacy of what is, now — and how we can learn to embrace and accept what is, even as we work to change it.
CERTIFICATIONS
Polarity Partnerships: Certification pending to use the Polarity Map®, principles, the Polarity Assessment™, and the 5-Step S.M.A.L.L.™ process.
Certified Mondo Zen Facilitator: helped to co-write a book on Mondo Zen and contributed extensively to the creation of this modern Zen koan process, created by Junpo Denis Kelly Roshi.
Ordained Zen Priest and Sensei (teacher): authorized to teach Mondo Zen and Integral Zen under Junpo Denis Kelly Roshi and Doshin M.J. Nelson Roshi.
Authorized Lineage Holder: Have been given the title of sifu (師傅), and have 30+ years of training in Northern Kung Fu, under Da SiFu Master Jong Hoon Jeon in the White Tiger lineage. Additional and ongoing trainings in western boxing, grappling, Muay Thai, Krav Maga, Jingua Hard Qi Gong, Iron Body, Tai Chi, and more.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Award-Winning Author: 5 books, 2 fiction and 3 non-fiction. A Heart Blown Open won the Nautilus Award for Silver and was a finalist the Foreword Book-of-the-Year Awards
Award-Winning Copywriter: I was selected as one of JD Supra’s “Top 1o Authors” in their Reader Choice Awards (out of 34,000 other writers) for blogs I wrote for a client on corporate compliance.
Men’s Work: Lead twice-yearly retreats for men looking to up their game; have been in the same men’s group, with the same men, for 15+ years.
Integral Theory Expert: comprehensive knowledge of the work of Ken Wilber, Robert Kegan, Terri O’Fallon, and others, and application in day-to-day life. I worked for and with Ken Wilber from 2006-2009 and he has endorsed 4 of my 5 books.
Jin Gui “Golden Shield” Qi Gong: 12+ years training of this “iron style” of hard Qi Gong.
Somatic-Based Meditation: trained in and worked with Reggie Ray and helped build his community and extend it into the digital world.
