Below you will find more information about my Organic Intelligence Coaching Services.  Including, another way of explaining ‘what’ OI is, how a session looks, and working with me while having other physical or mental health needs.

And as always you can always head over to https://organicintelligence.org  for more information on the history, method, and additional resources / classes that may interest you.

I am a storyteller (as we all are). And so I offer you this story as the art door into Organic Intelligence.

I stood at the edge of the bay on the marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean looking out at the black, inky, cold water.

The folks I were with were seasoned winter ocean swimmers and I had joined them before. As we unbundled ourselves out of our warm clothes and into our swimming suits, minimal hand and feet neoprene, sock hats, and headlights in the cold night I wasn’t as aware of the pain in my back and shoulders I had caused earlier in the day. The pain was so bad I wasn’t sure I could handle the hour long car ride to the bay much less wading into the cold, cold water. Would my body do something that wouldn’t be safe in the cold water?

Someone threw a rock in to test the waters. To see the if the glowing dinoflagellates were still in the bay this late in the fall. Nothing happened. I had known about bioluminescence for a long time but always had thought it to be a constant glowing of the sea that the waves moved in an out of the shore. And yet it was solid black. Someone waded in and they saw the sparkles started to dance for them. From the shore it was hard to see frankly almost impossible. So I waded in. In the shallows nothing happened. As the water got up to my ankles when I moved my feet I started to see trails of sparkle behind my legs. With each step the water got higher, darker, and colder. And with each step the sparkles got more clear.

Eventually, someone plunged their full body into the water and swam out to where they couldn’t stand. And oh they sparkles they cried! It was Amazing they offered! But those of us not fully in the water couldn’t see the glow around them and doubted out loud if there was amazing sparkles or if they just were trying to fool us into fully swimming without the glowing rewards. When I was ready for the cold water to come up to my neck – I took the plunge and swam.

Each stroke of my arms and legs produced a brilliant stream of sparkles behind them. It was like I was a princess in a movie or a fairy flying through the air with the fairy dust trailing me. If I stopped moving they disappeared. The faster I moved my arms and legs the more they shone. Treading water was brilliant with the depth of the sparkles dancing around me. It was surreal. It was beautiful. Each movement was followed with flickering trail of specs of light. I wasn’t treading water in the cold water for survival but instead to play. Spinning and flicking everything I could to paint with light in the water like a child playing in a mud puddle my smile had grown 10 times larger than it had been while on the shore – unsure and anticipating the pain and unsure of the support and joy that would come. After 15 minutes we got out of the water, changed into warm clothes, and headed home.

Just like the bioluminescent dinoflagellates in the sea that I couldn’t see or doubted were there OI sees support for us in the same light. It is always there and is always being offered to ourselves even if we can’t see it or believe it is there. So many times the cold and inky dark water we find ourselves in actually holds sea sparkles and we can use some assistance in experiencing them. And once we do it is harder to not to believe in them the next time.

In an ideal session it just feels like an enjoyable and pleasant conversation that continues to impact us positively for the days and weeks after the session. However, this doesn’t mean every session will be only roses and wine. We will not avoid hard topics when they come up but we also won’t go digging for them either. Of course we all come into our own work at different times and points in our life and OI acknowledges that. If life is full of challenges in the moment we will be with those challenges together.

While we are talking about what is coming up that day for you as your coach I will be listening and watching for supportive bits that shine through the static of your life / conversation. One of the core tenants of OI is that even among our personal chaos there is support present in ourselves already but its hard to see for ourselves. This is where I as your coach notice the supports that may not be clear to you and offer them back to you at times when it appears they may be most useful.

These surprise supports can come in the form of words, body moments, feeling enjoyment in your body, or exploring images. In each case I will offer you the invitation to explore what I have witnessed and each time it is up to you if we play with them there or not and if so for how long. And in those moments I continue to witness if the support lands in you and how it affects you. All in the name of bringing those hidden supports into your human system to support and encourage change and growth in your life.

In many ways the words above are a just an intellectual exercise in explaining a nuanced process that at time a doesn’t feel like a process at all. The best way to really get a feel for it is to have your own sessions. But in lieu of that, if the incomplete words above pique your interest please schedule a fitment consultation so you can feel how I show up for you in yourself.

I believe that finding a coach that clicks with you is one of the most important pieces of to allow growth to take place. Whether that is me or another coach.

I am not a physical or mental health care provider therefore I do not diagnose, treat, heal, or cure any diseases or mental health diagnoses. 

However, I’m happy to work with you as adjunct support to your primary care.  If your needs are outside my ability as coach I may require you to have primary care while working with you.  I will try to asses this before taking you on as a client but in some cases it may be become necessary to seek out a specific practitioner before I can continue to work with you.  There may be times that even while under care of another practitioner I will not be able to work with you. If you choose not to seek primary care I may refuse to continue working with you and terminate you as a client. 

This is especially important in the realm of mental health and addiction as I am not a licensed therapist and coaching is not a substitute for a professional mental health or addiction specialist.

Once you are under care of a professional practitioner I’m happy to work with you as adjunct to your other treatment.  I’m open to collaborating with your other care if they are open to working with me.

However, be advised as I am not a medical practitioner and therefore I am not bound nor protected by HIPPA.  While I take every precaution to protect your privacy by law I can be compelled to share in more cases than a HIPPA bound practitioner.  Please see my New Client Forms & Policies page for more information.  If you choose to have me coordinate with another practitioner we can discuss the implications together.

Please contact me if you have any questions on if this would apply to you.