Where This Comes From

I spent 14 years commercial fishing in Alaska. That work taught me something essential: under extreme pressure, your nervous system either works for you or against you. There's no middle ground when your boat is swamped in rough seas and the engine room is taking on water.

You learn fast that steadiness isn't about having it all together. It's about staying present when everything's falling apart.

That was my first training ground. This is my current one:

I'm father to an intense and amazing toddler son with retained primitive reflex challenges. Husband to a brilliant woman who just started an intense PhD program in visionary practice and regenerative leadership. I work with ADHD and ankylosing spondylitis, whose blinding pain threatens to fuse my spine. I run two businesses - one as a woodworker and general contractor, the other as a men's guide. And we just decided to move from the US to Canada, where my wife was born and my son is a citizen.

So when I talk about accessing what doesn't change under pressure, I'm not speaking from theory.
I'm speaking from this morning.

The Work

I'm a certified psilocybin facilitator in Oregon, trained in somatic awareness and process work. I've guided over one hundred men through transformative experiences - some with psychedelic medicine, most without.

But the credential that matters most is this: I know what it's like to be maxed out and still need to show up. To feel your nervous system hijacked by reactivity and have to find your way back to steady ground.
To lead when you don't feel like a leader.

The men I work with aren't broken. They're capable, committed, and navigating complexity that would flatten most people. They're just tired of being jerked around by their own nervous systems.

I help them access the part within themselves that doesn't change - the steady center that remains present regardless of external circumstances. Not through concepts or strategies, but through embodied practice and relational work.

This isn't coaching. It's not therapy. It's guidance for men who are ready to stop reacting and start responding.

What I Actually Do

I run a monthly men's group in Portland where we practice staying present with intensity, discomfort, and each other. It's not a support group or a hangout - it's a training ground.

I offer a signature workshop called "Accessing What Doesn't Change" - 75 minutes of somatic practice and pressure training that teaches nervous system mastery in real time. I bring this to organizations, leadership teams, and men's groups.

I guide men through 5-month containers - twenty weekly sessions of deep work. Somatic process, relational practice, integration of what's actually happening in your life. Some include medicine work. Most don't need to.

I offer one-time sessions for men exploring whether this work is right for them, or who need support navigating specific transitions.

The Transition

I'm relocating to Canada (Vancouver area) in May 2025. Virtual sessions continue without interruption. In-person work is available in Portland through April, then shifts to Canadian locations.

The move itself is part of the practice - staying grounded while everything's in motion. Leading my family through uncertainty while helping other men do the same.

That's the work. Not perfect conditions. Presence in the middle of it all.

Why I Do This

Because I've seen what happens when men learn to access steadiness under pressure. They stop reacting to their kids and actually connect with them. They lead their teams from clarity instead of fear. They show up for their partners without shutting down or exploding.

They become the men they know they're capable of being - not through positive thinking or willpower, but through building actual capacity in their nervous systems.

I once thought I'd never become a father because I was terrified of passing on my patterns. Through years of dedicated work, I broke those cycles. Now I guide other men to build capacity for what's ahead, not just heal what's behind.

The pressure isn't going away. The uncertainty isn't going away. But you can develop the capacity to meet it from steadiness instead of reactivity.

That's what doesn't change.

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No pitch. Just clarity on whether this guidance is right for you.