What people say
I can honestly say that, for the first time in 50 years, I’m learning how to just be. How to relish the present moment, which, magically and mysteriously, unlocks the door to the treasure house that is the rest of my life.
- Jennifer Green, Salem, Oregon
From the moment Jon and I connected, I had this deep experience of loving presence and complete trust. Something bypassed my mind and my ability to figure things out, and communicated directly to my heart and soul that I was safe and in the right place. There was a creation of power in our relationship that he honored and witnessed as being mine. It was my power. I had the experience of being wonderfully, beautifully powerful, in the most loving, energized way.
- Laura Lind-Blum, The Idea Midwife, Waterbury Center, Vermont
Jon can help you recognize where you are, and become more clear. My work with him has not been about plotting out my future, it has been about helping me come into deeper relationship with myself so that next steps unfold easily and effortlessly.
He creates a safe, spacious container for you to go as deep or wide or high as you’re capable of in any given moment. It’s a matter of him being able to see the facets and help me make them real in me.
- Sandra Leader, Carmel, CA
My feelings changed from, “Quick, fix me, I can’t stand how I feel, make it better, hurry,” to, it’s not about hurry, and it’s not about fixing, it’s about staying where you are and getting more and more and deeper and deeper sensations that this is okay. You’re fine, this is okay.
It helps me reframe experience. I don’t see anything that’s happening quite the same as I’ve ever seen it before, because my viewpoint has been enlarged. There’s more, there’s peace, there’s joy, there’s love, there’s health, there’s everything.
- Layne Young, artist, Salem, Oregon
Do you see yourself in these stories?
After a retreat or workshop you feel energized. The retreat environment gives you a deep sense that what you’re seeking is profoundly real — you feel it, you experience it, it’s available. And then you return home, “real life” takes over, and the certainty, the peace, the aliveness start to slip through your fingers. How can you anchor the pragmatic reality of everyday life in that expansive feeling?
Your career is in transition. Whether your natural growth is calling you to a deeper expression of your skills and talents, or you’re among the many who’s recently been laid off, you know you don’t want to settle for just another job. But what’s right? What does “true work” actually look and feel like? How do you know what company will be a good fit for you — and how might you explore whether you’re cut out to be an entrepreneur?
Relationships. What is it with relationships? You’ve read books on communication and negotiation. You understand about fear of commitment and fear of loneliness, resistance to vulnerability, neediness and lack of boundaries — all the myriad ways in which relationships struggle. But the intimacy you want is elusive, and your relationships might feel dry and flat — or turbulent and unstable. Is there something wrong with you, or with them, or is it all just a hopeless fantasy?
You’re caught in a cycle of I’ve got it — I’ve lost it — I’ve got it — I’ve lost it. The “I’ve got it” moments are beautiful, fulfilling, and everything you’d ever hoped for. The “I’ve lost it” moments are heartbreaking. The cycle is dizzying, painful, and exhausting. How do you break out and find the peace and wholeness you yearn for?
Trying to do the impossible has been a way of life. You’ve worn yourself out striving to be all things to all people, to do what seems necessary to make them happy. You want to break free from others’ expectations and stop relying on them to validate your decisions and your existence. And at the same time, you’re terrified of taking such a leap into the unknown.
You’ve come to the end of the line — there just don’t seem to be any more ways to find what you’re seeking, to answer what’s calling you. Therapy, yoga, spiritual teachers, meditation — all of it has helped, and all of it has left you thinking ... Okay, now what? What’s next?
Something’s blocking you. You understand the practice, the teachings, the concepts. But even as you see glimpses of what could be, you can’t get out of your intellectual understanding into a deeper being-level embodiment. Where is the balance between doing and being? It feels like you’re running into an invisible wall, and it’s frustrating the daylights out of you.
My clients are ...
- Successful professionals and entrepreneurs.
- Creative people expressing and working with their creativity.
- Men and women from their 30s to their 70s.
- International — I’ve worked with clients from Israel to England, New York to California, and places in between.
But will it work for you?
Yes, especially if you see some of these qualities in yourself.
- You’re bright, creative, and curious.
- You’ve felt like a misfit most of your life, and you’re no longer willing to pay the cost of trying to adapt and fit in.
- You don’t know how to be consistently compassionate with yourself — and you want to learn.
- You’re seeking a balance between your body, mind, heart, and spirit.
- You’re willing to be deeply honest.
- You want to receive help and support — steady, consistent, in-the-trenches support — even though you may hesitate to ask for it.
- You’re ready to make a deep commitment to your own truth and freedom — to who and what you really are.
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