At the heart of it all, I am a wilderness guide. I take people to places where encounters with wildness and experiences of formation flow together. I do this in the backcountry, in forests and canyons, along coasts and rivers. And I guide people to the metaphorical confluence of wildness and formation. To the everyday wildness of what's possible when life changes you and you either embrace that change purposefully or lose your bearings in the wilderness.

I have experience as a coach, a nonprofit director, a minister, a teacher and facilitator. And in each manifestation of my vocation, I encourage people to grow through change, rooting for them to become the fullest, truest versions of themselves.

As your coach, I will help you clear the fog so that you can powerfully navigate your own path in the wilderness of life.

Along with twenty years and over 400 nights of backcountry wilderness guiding, I served for five years at the helm of Renewal in the Wilderness, a Maine-based nonprofit organization that was committed to helping caring professionals by guiding retreats of spiritual renewal in the outdoors. I have walked alongside hundreds of people, helping them to pause when life overwhelms them with hurry; teaching them to saunter in the woods, through canyons, in city parks and public preserves.​

I have a Masters degree in Religious Studies from Chicago Theological Seminary, where I focused my learning on the ways that our embodied connection with the earth informs our spiritual growth and our vocational efforts. I am a certified Wilderness First Responder and Registered Maine Guide, equipped to manage the risks and amplify the joys of time spent among the elements of wild nature. And I serve as spiritual life minister for a small community on the coast of Maine.