Anyone without a soul friend

is like a body without a head.

Brigid of Kildare

My spiritual journey began, in earnest, on the cusp of my adolescent years when I experienced a numinous dream that sparked a deep search in me to understand more about the nature of consciousness. Soon after, at the age of 13, I had my first exposure to Jungian thought (and concepts like Synchronicity), the practice of dreamwork, and the ancient text known as the I Ching (The Book of Changes).

Since then, I have been a lifetime devotee of Nature-connection and a longtime practitioner of different forms of contemplative practice (meditation). I am a passionate explorer of what C.G. Jung termed the "numinous," the daimon (creative muse), and the shaping influence of our Deeper Self as expressed through the Creative Self, the Dreambody, and the Ecological Self.

While I tend to avoid formal religious affiliation or labels, following in the footsteps of my late teacher, I consider myself a Wayfarer (a person whose spiritual life is oriented to the Dao of Nature and whose Path, or Way, is characterized by contemplative practice, connection to Nature, and creative expression, largely through the vehicle of poetry).

I studied for a decade with Darion Kuma Gracen (1949-2007), a well-seasoned Wayfarer, teacher, counselor, hillwalker, wilderness guide, and mentor. Her unique approach to spirituality and holding space for other people's process of illumination and individuation continues to shape my life, my Path, and my own work today.

I earned a Master of Arts in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology from Naropa University in the mid-90s with a focus in Jungian Psychology. Additionally, I pursued post-graduate studies in Dreambody work, spiritual direction, and spiritually-integrated psychotherapy (SIP), a year-long course of study developed by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE).

I'm proud to call the Appalachian Piedmont of north-central Georgia my home. I am a hillwalker, an apprentice of the seasonal cycles through gardening, and the writings of various Wayfaring poets, past and present, are always in my vest pocket.

I am a descendant of artists, chaplains, cowboys, doctors, educators, midwives, ministers, poets, sheriffs, soldiers, and Scottish knights. My ancestry goes back predominantly to Scotland and northern England, with other ancestral lines hailing from Brittany, Cornwall, Ireland, Orkney, Scandinavia (Denmark and Norway), and Wales.