About Liz
My work is guided by a devotion to life itself and a curiosity about how we can live more wisely, freely, and lovingly with ourselves, one another, and the world.
Life has been my greatest teacher. I lost my father to violence when I was young and my mother to cancer in adulthood. I’ve known depression and anxiety, lived with a fierce inner critic, and moved through hard seasons in my marriage and family life. I’ve also experienced tremendous beauty, adventure, friendship, love, and joy.
I’ve sailed oceans as a captain, lived in remote Mongolia as a Peace Corps volunteer, raised two children, and spent 12 years working internationally in the U.S., Colombia, Kenya and El Salvador. Those experiences opened me to both the beauty and suffering of our world and convinced me that our individual lives are inseparable from the lives of others.
They also left me endlessly curious about what helps us heal, grow, and become more fully ourselves.
What grounds me
My own spiritual path has been shaped by Mahayana Buddhism, contemplative practice, and my Christian roots. I’m drawn to the mystery that runs through these traditions and to the sense that reality is far richer than what we ordinarily perceive.
I trust that life is sacred, that we belong to something larger than ourselves, and that wisdom can emerge when we become quiet enough to listen.
That orientation is part of how I meet people, but I don’t assume anyone needs to see the world as I do. I welcome questions, uncertainty, different traditions, and different ways of understanding what it means to be human.
For me, spirituality ultimately comes back to how we live. How we care for ourselves. How we love. How we meet difficulty. How we treat one another and how fully we show up for this life.
How I work
I’m a coach, facilitator, program designer, community builder, and meditation teacher. My work weaves together psychology, contemplative practice, nervous system awareness, curiosity, experimentation, and a deep respect for the wisdom each person carries.
I take the work seriously without taking myself too seriously. There’s room for tenderness and grief, insight and mystery, laughter and absurdity. All of it belongs.
I don’t have the answers. I’m a fellow traveler who loves creating spaces where people can listen more closely, see more clearly, and practice living what they discover.
Professional Training & Study
My professional training and ongoing study include positive psychology, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for coaching, Internal Family Systems (IFS), the Change Triangle, HeartMath and nervous system regulation, mindfulness and meditation, and psychedelic preparation and integration.
I’ve practiced meditation for more than a decade and completed 3.5 years of formal meditation teacher training with John Churchill of Planetary Dharma.
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