Choose Heart's approach isn’t focused on processing your past, figuring out your future, or even solving the problems of your present.

Instead, by exploring together within a sincere & committed space, we arrive at a more open, connected, & vital relationship with the genuine Heart of your Life.



Anchored ever-more deeply in this Heart-Awakened space, your untapped capacity to courageously meet & transform past, present, & future becomes available as a natural embodiment of ease, energy, clarity, & agency.

 
 

METHOD ELEMENTS
~5 Core Competencies~

 

Intimacy

My capacity to open to the experience of life & have an honest relationship with it

Courage

My capacity to love & live the truth of what I am, co-creating with others & the world

Shadow

My capacity to free myself from the illusions & false limitations I carry within me

Devotion

My capacity to live into a larger perspective & experience of life beyond my individual self

Death

My capacity to release my attachments & demands over life in order to live most fully

 
 
 
 

METHOD PROCESS
~Developmental Benefits~

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

And from all this...

 

METHOD AUDIENCE
~Ideal Participants~

The Choose Heart method is ideal for those:

  • Sensing there is more of themself & their life still to be discovered, and seeking a way to achieve this potential

  • Tired of relying on habits, willpower, or techniques to manage and deal with life, and instead seeking a greater sense of naturalness, ease, freedom, and joy

  • Struggling to make a definitive change or break out of an entrenched & limiting pattern or coping mechanism

  • Ready & willing to let go of their attachment to their historic identity or ego-story for the sake of a deeper, fuller, and richer experience of life

This method may not be ideal for those:

  • Struggling with basic self-regulation (I recommend psychotherapeutic approaches such as CBT or DBT)

  • With acute unresolved trauma (I recommend Somatic Experiencing or psychedelic-assisted therapy)

  • Wanting a diagnosis, a pathological approach, or medication (I recommend psychiatry or psychoanalysis)

*If you are not sure that Choose Heart is the right approach for you, our 60-minute, no-cost consultation is a great way to help you gain clarity.

METHOD STRUCTURE
~Logistics~

 
 
 

SETTING UP YOUR CONSULTATION

  • My assistant Russell will walk you through the scheduling process via email; all emails will come from Office@ChooseHeart.com

  • This consultation is offered at no cost to you

  • Our consultation will happen via Google Meet, and last 60 to 75 minutes

  • To start the scheduling process, click the button below

SESSION ELEMENTS

  • All sessions are conducted via Google Meet

  • Sessions for individuals begin at 60 minutes; sessions for couples begin at 75 minutes

  • Sessions can be extended as needed by 15-minute intervals up to a total of 90 minutes; sessions longer than 90 minutes are available upon request

PROGRAM RHYTHM & DURATION

  • Your initial program progresses in 2 phases:

    • Phase 1 is 8 sessions over the first 2 months, generally once a week

    • Phase 2 is 8 sessions over the following 4 months, generally as 2 sessions per month

    • Together, these 2 phases of work add up to 16 sessions over ~6 months

  • As you progress through these phases, you are supported to reflect on if this initial program is sufficient, or if you wish to continue our work beyond Phase 2. This decision is always up to you.

COMPLETING OUR WORK

  • You may choose to complete our work at any time

  • At the beginning of our program, I ask that you commit to one 'completion session’ before finishing

  • If there are any session credits remaining upon completion, you will be reimbursed via your payment preference

METHOD ORIGINS
~Lineages & Primary Influences ~

 
 
 

While this modality is my own, rooted in my personal journey over the last 20 years, and informed & refined by my clinical experience since 2009, I owe a profound debt to the courageous lives and committed efforts of many people & organizations that allowed me to become so much more than I was.

  • The Chaplaincy Institute and Interfaith Chaplaincy

  • Rev. Megan Wagner and the Psycho-spiritual Tree of Life teachings

  • Adam Gainsburg, the Open Heart Experience, & Breath of the Soul

  • Yogiraj Gurunath, Kriya Yoga, & True Samadhi

  • Father Thomas Keating, Contemplative Christianity, & Centering Prayer

  • Sam Bercholz & Vajrayana Buddhism

  • Carl Jung, Depth Psychology, & the path of Individuation

  • Arnold Mindell & Process-Oriented Psychology

  • Karen & Henry Kimsey-House, Co-Active Leadership

  • Bruce Davidson, Sirius Community, & Karma Yoga

  • Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche & the Open Way Teachings

  • Ramana Maharshi & Self-Inquiry

  • Insight Meditation Society, Shamatha & Vipassana meditation