We all have times in our lives when we arrive at the edge of our map. The GPS fails, our faith wanes, the world has somehow shifted and what worked before no longer works. Confusion, grief, heartbreak, and anxiety take up residence.
The antidote? Depth. The counterintuitive move toward rather than away. Making friends with our confusion and heartbreak. Finding clarity and grounding. Creating space for what is, so that what wants to emerge can.
Soul doesn’t care at all about perfection or getting it right. It cares about participation.
– Francis Weller
Who Do I Work With?
My clients are people who have already done deep work, perhaps with some level of success but something is missing. Some find that they are at a crossroad in their lives, or that things are no longer working or serving them as they used to. Some arrive with relationships, career, or health in crisis or failing. All are in need of soulful companionship, so they can deftly and compassionately live the life their souls ask of them.
I often work with men, but not exclusively.
I Help You…
- Cultivate resilience and clarity to feel more available, effective, and grounded in daily life
- Learn to nurture and nourish their inner lives and personal relationships
- Embrace life’s challenges as opportunities for growth and transformation
- Claim their own presence and vulnerability and the inner strength that spring from them
- Participate in life more fully connecting to purpose, meaning, and a deeper sense of belonging
- Recognize their role in community and the interdependence we share with others and the world around you
Are You Ready?
- Are you tired of concealing your gifts or your suffering from others and perhaps even yourself?
- Do you want to be better at expressIng (or even knowing) your emotions in ways that create more intimacy and connection in your life?
- Are you at a crossroad or milestone in your life (relationship, marriage, divorce, career, parenthood, aging) where the uncertainty and overwhelm have you feeling lost and alone?
- Are you struggling with grief, loss, or in a phase of deepening and seeking support?
- Are you finding your typical modes of striving, relating, or problem solving are no longer working or providing the satisfaction they used to?
- Do you feel your personal and relational growth is being blocked by mental , emotional, or spiritual patterns or beliefs
- Are you desiring to create stronger, more meaningful, and nourishing relationships in your life?
- Are you suffering from health issues that you feel have emotional or spiritual components that are impeding your body’s healing process?
Do you long to more fully know who you are and to live more authentically from that place in order to participate with more fullness, openness, and joy in the richness life has to offer?
ABOUT SOUL COMPANIONING
Dear Friend,
I believe there is nothing more important for our world and for our future generations than that of healing — healing ourselves, each other and ultimately, the very fabric of our humanity.
As humans, we share a deep longing to live a life that has meaning and purpose. A life where we learn to honestly express who we truly are, and to love and be loved.
Often, the world seems to have other designs for us. And yet, time and time again, the long arc of our day-to-day trials and triumphs bring us back to the edge of the map by which you’ve lived your life. An edge where the road ahead is uncertain while the road behind has been traversed hundred times. Do we turn around? Or forge ahead?
This is the threshold. The realm where the soul comes alive. And you will be brought here to this edge however many times (or lifetimes) it takes before you’re able and willing to leap. The soul is persistent and very patient.
You’ve been here before — the edge – and you’re here once again. How will this time be different?
I call my work “soul companioning”. Because when the soul calls us to our edge, having a companion walk that edge with you makes all the difference. This is not the companionship of easy answers and empty platitudes but the companionship of presence, listening, feeling, and recognition. This is the companionship of making friends with the already-present truth that the soul calls forth .
I am in service to you as a healing presence. As a “Soul Companion”. The word companion derives from Latin roots – “com” meaning “with” and “panis” meaning “bread”. Companioning resonates as one who shows up with bread — nourishment rich with listening, compassion and insight necessary for journeying the edge so that healing may take root.
I am grateful to be walking the earth during this lifetime with you and look forward to joining you for the next part of your journey.
With Gratitude,
John
Soul Companioning is the name i’ve given my work. It speaks to the deep truth that all healing takes place in relationship. Healing happens when we increase our capacity to make friends with reality. That includes making friends with all of who we are including those parts of us we find most difficult to bear.
