Hakomi is a somatic psychotherapy practice integrating insights from Western psychotherapy and Eastern mindfulness, as well as neurobiology, systems thinking, and personal growth work.

It's oriented around present-moment and body awareness as well as the study of deep-seated beliefs about the self. In other words, it seeks to examine how the client's mind is organized (particularly subconsciously) so that they can be gently guided toward uncovering their own answers.

What's so exciting to me about Hakomi is that I've seen first-hand in myself and others how it can access memories, thought patterns, and mind states that you didn't even realize were in there. Then, over time, it can literally rewire patterns that aren't serving you.

Tim Ferriss has said that Hakomi has been one of the most effective forms of therapy for him, and it’s also been especially popular in the emerging field of psychedelic psychotherapy.

Important note: I'm not a licensed psychotherapist since I have not completed a Master's level degree. However, I do have over three years of professional training in Hakomi.

The word "co-active" comes from the idea of being in the action together.

It's based on the belief that people are naturally creative and whole—not broken. A trusted coach's job is to help the client connect with their own deep wisdom that knows what they need.

With focused curiosity rather than judgment, Co-Active explores the whole person, not just who you are at work or in your personal life.

There are three principles at the heart of the model:

(1) Fulfillment is about finding your vision, values, and what makes you feel alive.

(2) Balance is about exploring a range of potential perspectives and picking the one that will help you take the action you want.

(3) Process is about being with the full range of your emotions along the way to build your capacity for resilience.

Personality typing has a bad reputation with some people. I didn't trust it at first either. Here's the issue:

The most useful typing systems are highly complex and nuanced. But, a lot of people write articles and social media posts with only a shallow understanding. They peddle stereotypes rather than depth. After many years of study, I can tell you this: The systems I work with are not simple and binary. You're not just 100% extrovert or introvert, etc.

Your type can tell you two about your style of taking in information (e.g., focusing more on sensory details versus abstract concepts), your style of processing it (e.g., focusing more on how it makes you feel versus how it could most efficiently get you toward your goals), and much more.

Building on those attributes, I can help you learn how to make better decisions, how you can best use your innate superpowers, what you need when you feel stressed, and more.

Positive Intelligence is a coaching modality created by Shirzad Chamine, the chairman of the most prestigious coaching school in the world, a NY Times bestselling author, and a lecturer at Stanford and Yale business schools.

Based on research conducted on hundreds of CEO's and elite athletes, Positive Intelligence supports clients in building the muscles of mental fitness, shifting the part of the brain you use to face challenges at work and in your relationships to improve your performance and emotional wellbeing.

Specifically, it's a system of practical techniques for noticing your current mental and emotional state and shifting it to one that will better serve you in the moment. For example, it offers tools to use when you're feeling overwhelmed, lonely, frustrated, or any number of other states that make it hard to be productive or joyful.

Meditation and mindfulness are core practices that I've anchored my life around.

These technologies retrain your brain, allowing you to make difficult decisions more easily, move through challenging emotions, increase self-control and resilience, deepen your self-awareness, and transform your existential foundation and highest-level priorities in life.

These are lifelong practices, not simple "lifehacks" to increase your productivity and move on. This is about facing the deepest questions of being human—of examining the nature of self & reality, not through philosophy, but through first-hand, felt-sense experience.

If you're not familiar with Buddhism and are skeptical of religion, don't worry, me too. Buddhism is not so much a religion as an evidence-based system for reducing the everyday suffering that's inherent in being human. So, it's largely compatible with everything from atheism, to Christianity, to Shinto. Many of my clients have found Buddhist insights very useful for dealing with both the existential and practical challenges in life. (That said, if you're not into it, we don't have to talk about Buddhism at all 🙂)

Also, it's important to say that I'm not an accredited teacher in the Buddhist tradition (which often takes decades of highly devoted practice). That said, I'm a committed practitioner of Sōtō Zen Buddhism (in the Taizan Maezumi lineage through Chozen Bays, Roshi). I've also studied Theravadan Vipassana Buddhism (in the Satya Narayana Goenka style) and other Buddhist traditions.

Similarly, I wouldn't call myself a meditation teacher either—simply because I have too much respect for the true lineage-holders I've studied under who have devoted their lives to teaching Buddhist meditation. However, with my 14 years of meditation experience (currently meditating 1-2 hours a day and regularly attending meditation retreats), I at least consider myself qualified to help people get started on their journeys.

P.S. Meditation didn’t work for me at first, either. I used to have trouble going for even 5 minutes without opening my eyes to check the time. Don't worry: There's hope, and I believe I can help you.