Guidance Work
Before I wrote code, I spent years learning how to be present with people: teaching yoga, working in a psychiatric hospital, sitting with the dying. That work didn't stop when I started writing software. It found a new home.
Home Here Now is where I offer this work formally: guidance for people ready to look inward for answers about their outer lives. You find your own way. I keep you company while you do.
Visit homeherenow.orgThe Path Here
Yoga & Meditation Instructor
Freelance. Four years leading guided meditations and Vinyasa/Hatha classes. Taught me to notice who's actually in the room.
Mental Health Specialist
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, inpatient psychiatric hospital. Led groups, trained staff, and worked with patients of all ages. Crisis intervention and de-escalation were part of the job.
Master's Degree
MS in Sustainable Practice & Conflict Management, Lipscomb University. Studied how people, groups, and systems work through conflict.
Lead Software Development Instructor
Persevere. Taught full-stack software development inside prisons. One of the most meaningful things I've ever done.
Hospice Volunteer
Sitting with people near the end of their lives. No agenda, nothing to fix. It shapes how I approach everything else.
What the Work Looks Like
There's no formula, but there's usually a rhythm:
Finding Your Signal
Under the mental chatter, borrowed beliefs, and old fears, part of you already knows what you want. We practice listening to it.
Clearing the Noise
Old patterns usually made sense once. We sort out which ones are actually yours and drop the ones that don't fit anymore.
Testing in the Arena
Insight without action is just philosophy. We design experiments, take calculated risks, and learn from what actually happens.
How I Show Up
I'm not here to tell you who to be or what to want. I'm a companion, not an authority. The goal is always for you to need me less, not more.
We can talk for hours about what might work, or you can try something and find out. I prefer the second. Doing teaches more than theorizing.
Your career, relationships, health, and creativity aren't separate problems. They're connected, so we work on whatever needs it, wherever that leads.
Interested in working together?