My work is grounded in lived truth. I have survived four heart attacks, three near-death experiences, a heart transplant at age 50, and more surgeries and procedures than I can recall. Through those experiences, I have crossed the threshold between life and death numerous times and returned with clarity, and the ability to access a profound healing frequency.

I have lived many lifetimes inside one body. I’ve raised five children, broke the speed of sound in an F-15 fighter jet, served as the editor of one of Alaska’s largest newspapers, co-wrote The Thunder Before the Storm – the autobiography of American Indian Movement co-founder Clyde Bellecourt, served for decades as a journalist within Native American communities, and paddled more than 2,000 miles from northern Minnesota to the North Atlantic of Canada – a journey I chronicled in my book Canoeing with José.

For more than two decades, I taught writing and leadership at the University of Minnesota, Macalester College, and Sinte Gleska University on the Rosebud Lakota Reservation, where I lived with my young family for three years. I hold an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Minnesota and earned my coaching credentials through the Jay Shetty Certification School. Along the way, I’ve worked as a bush pilot, flight instructor, snowboarding instructor, outdoor guide, historian, and school teacher.

I have authored five books. My current project, Heartland: Tracing the Spiritual Geography of a Heart’s Journey Home, explores the mystical and human dimensions of receiving a second heart – and a second chance at life.

In our sessions, you can expect to be heard fully — perhaps more deeply than you’ve ever experienced. You’ll feel your nervous system settle, your stress and anxiety ease, and your body come into coherence.

You can expect clear, intuitive insight into your patterns and possibilities. You’ll be seen accurately and compassionately, without judgment, and reflected back to yourself in a way that invites immediate understanding. I work with somatic attunement, noticing what your body communicates as clearly as your words, held within a steady presence that helps you feel safe and contained.

You can expect guided meditation and inner work that help dissolve unwanted energies and open a path forward. The space we build together is safe, trauma-informed, and gentle, allowing your system to unfold at its own pace, supported by a spiritually aligned presence. As your inner world shifts, you’ll also begin to notice changes in your outer world — your choices, your relationships, and the way you move through your days.

You can expect steady progress — something real shifting each time we meet. Together, we co-create a way of being that welcomes more clarity, calm, and personal power into your life.