Ecosystem of Self
A way of seeing ourselves as living systems, growing from the roots.
We're not separate parts to be fixed or perfected
What we feel, how we act, and how we love all emerge from relationships: between the different dimensions of ourselves, and between ourselves and the world around us.
So instead of asking: What's wrong with me, this work asks a gentler question: What conditions am I growing in, and what do they need?
The intention isn't endless analysis or self-improvement. It's a deeper relationship with yourself, and with the conditions where authentic growth can emerge.
In our work together, this becomes a simple rhythm: Root. Connect. Grow.
The Living System
The person is the plant. The ecosystem is what lives inside: six dimensions, woven together, each shaping the others.
Body: sensation, embodiment, rest
Mind: patterns, beliefs, awareness, insight
Heart: emotion, compassion, love, appreciation
Relationship: connection with ourselves and others
Soul: inner wisdom, meaning, deeper knowing
Life: environment, purpose, community, creativity, everyday living
A shift in one moves the others. Rest changes how we think. Compassion changes how we relate. And soul isn't one more layer. It lives deep within all of them.
Doing into Being
If the Ecosystem of Self is the map, Doing into Being is the path across it.
Most of us were taught to change by doing: pushing, pruning, managing what shows on the surface. It works, for a while. But lasting change tends to be quieter than that.
Doing. Life above the surface: busy, effortful, always managing.
Stopping. The pause that lets us look beneath, to the soil and the roots.
Expanding. Growth that comes from being rooted, not from trying harder.
This movement runs through everything I offer, from a single session to a twelve-week circle. It's also the name of my meditation series, Doing into Being.
My Role
The Ecosystem of Self has roots in the ecopsychology coursework of my undergraduate studies, which explores how our inner lives are shaped by our relationship with the natural world.
Twenty years of walking alongside people helped it grow into the way I work today.
In this picture, I'm not the gardener, and I'm not the soil. Your history and your roots are your own, and you do your own growing.
I'm more like the elements that nourish growth:
Light: attention and awareness, so you can see what's there
Rain: nourishment, care, and practices that sustain you
Wind: honest challenge, the kind that strengthens the stem
Space: presence, room to grow without being crowded
A plant turns toward light by its own nature. So do people. My work is to help create the conditions, and to trust what grows.
Everything I offer grows from this way of seeing: one-on-one and couples coaching, group coaching, meditation and yoga classes, workshops, and retreats.
Which season are you in?