Inner work that expands what you’re capable of.
Coaching for those who do hard things.
Integrating Awareness, Action, and Growth
Work with me to strengthen your ability to face what’s difficult—so that what’s meaningful becomes more visible, more accessible.
Life is both hard and beautiful.
Sometimes, the beauty slips into the shadow of the difficulty. From the science, we call this normal.
I coach and train skills that support your capacity to stay with both—the hard stuff and the moments of awe, joy, and connection. These aren’t opposites. They coexist.
This isn’t coaching that makes unrealistic promises of greatness.
It’s coaching that helps you recognize and amplify your innate capacity for resilience, humanity, and high performance—especially under pressure.
My approach
Coaching with me starts from the inside.
This isn’t about fixing you.
It’s about helping you meet yourself more fully—with compassion, grit, and the freedom and clarity to choose your next move.
We explore your strengths.
We work with what’s hard.
We build skills to help you navigate the messy, often unpredictable nature of life in a BANI world—brittle, anxious, non-linear, and incomprehensible (Cascio, 2020).
My coaching is grounded in awareness—of self, of patterns, of what matters. Not perfection. Just skillful steps forward, chosen with clarity and intention.
And probably, some dwell time—or a step backward—now and again. This journey isn’t linear.
My background
Richard and Buddha
I’m a retired law enforcement officer, military veteran, and researcher—now coaching others to meet intensity with performance grounded in resilience, clarity, and humanity.
I’m an ACC-certified coach through the International Coaching Federation, with graduate-level, evidence-based training from Fielding Graduate University’s year-long coaching program.
Certified in mindfulness facilitation through UCLA’s Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, I’ve spent over a decade helping first responders and veterans develop the mental skills to perform, recover, and lead under pressure.
I hold an undergraduate degree in Economics from Portland State University, an MBA from the University of Phoenix, and a professional certificate in Interpersonal Neurobiology from Portland Community College’s Health Professions Campus.
I was a Therapy K9 handler alongside my incredible partner, Buddha—a Bernese Mountain Dog we lost to cancer in the spring of 2025.
Now, I’m training up Oberon, another Bernese, to carry on the work as my next Therapy K9 partner.
I’m also a graduate student in Boise State University’s Master of Social Work program.
Interested in coaching?
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