Together, we return.

Coaching for people who want to live more life at midlife

You might say I’m a rememberer: I help you remember who you are.

I know we don’t know each other yet, but here a few things I do know: 

Your old ways of doing things–of finding inspiration, connection, and satisfaction–may no longer work, but you’re not broken. 

It might seem like the path to get from where you are to where you want to go is blocked, or like there’s no path at all, but you’re not lost. 

You might feel like the spark of life has fizzled out, like it’s too late or too much has happened to start again, but you’re not done. 

How do I know? Because I’ve been there. I have felt and lived all of those things.

I’ve poured my heart and soul (and years of my life) into work that left me feeling exhausted and underwhelmed, uncertain I’d ever feel excited about work again. 

I’ve persevered on big-vision projects through challenges and diversions of every kind, forging ahead to the finish line, in some cases, for years. 

I’ve been heartbroken by divorce and felt like there was no point in even bothering with love again.  

You don’t need my whole story–it’s not a miracle story, by any means–but I will say that I made it through. Not to a picture-perfect new life, but to a full and deeply satisfying life that feels like me. 

I’m telling you all of this because I can help you get through, too. 

I’ll say it this way:  

You’re not broken, you’re at a turning point. A transition. You’re ready for new moves, new ways of being and showing up in the world.

You’re not lost, you’ve just lost touch with parts of yourself. You’ve been living in quadrants, divided, at a distance from your full self. You’re ready to feel whole. 

You’re not done, but you are done pretending, hiding, going through the motions. You’re ready for a reset, for a fresh start that feels energizing, new, and true to you. 

Whether you’re launching kids or a new chapter in your career, looking to take creative risks or risk more authenticity in relationships, or anything in between, I’ll help you:

  • reclaim what’s been lost, neglected, or repressed

  • remember the unique passion and spark that have always been yours

  • and return to your wholeness…

…so the next chapter of your life unfolds with greater joy, inspiration, and ease.

Robert helped me recognize that I have everything I need in me to make the best decisions for myself and to stop looking for answers elsewhere.

—G.M., business strategist

Even if you’re looking to make bold new moves, new isn’t out there in front of you somewhere. It’s not a destination. It’s not over the rainbow or on distant, foreign land. 

Your new moves, new ways of being that feel more awake and alive, come from a return to your own wholeness, reconnection with the truth and spark that have been yours since day one. 

At the heart of our work is a process of returning, remembering, and reclaiming.

With compassion, curiosity, and a creative lens, we’ll investigate what wants to come alive within you and give it space, air, and voice. 

We’ll identify what’s in the way–blocks, old stories, programming, grief, beliefs–and we’ll creatively engage with and heal or release them. 

Using tools and practices from coaching, improv, poetry, depth psychology, somatics and more, we will outcreate–that is, create an energy that’s more aligned and irresistible than–any challenge or obstacle so that your true and full expression is set free. 

I can’t say for sure what things look like from there because that’s up to your unique heart, soul, and goals. 

Unlocking the potential around an artistic aspiration shifts how you show up at work. 

Healing an old story or limiting belief awakens an impulse to get playful with watercolor or with words, in how you dress or express yourself in the kitchen. 

Taking concrete, aligned action toward a long-held goal leads to action on other big and small goals. 

And so on. 

I can say that the energy and freedom that come from reclaiming your wholeness has a ripple effect.

…working with Robert was like an exfoliation. All the layers and masks I had on were scrubbed away. He took me back to myself. I met myself after a very long time.

CV,  career coach and community organizer

By returning to and reclaiming your wholeness, you get the clarity you need to live a life that feels good. 

WHY WORK WITH ME?

I’m a coach with an artist’s lens

I’ve spent much of my adult life working in and exploring the creative arts. Poetry. Songwriting. Filmmaking and photography. That means I know a thing or two about trusting instincts and taking risks, noticing the small stuff, altering outcome by shifting focus, literally changing the lens. 

I bring this background, and my full self, to my work as a coach. My approach is grounded in these areas: 

  • While it’s easy to lean a little too heavily on metaphor in coaching (and in life), metaphor can bring the felt experience of where we’re stuck and what we want alive in new, more accessible ways. The teachings from classic and modern myths can do the same. 

    In essence, myth and metaphor help us deepen our self-understanding through story. 

    As your coach, I’ll help you identify and unplug from old narratives that no longer fit and write new stories that align with and amplify your true self. 

  • Sometimes in life, we get stuck in an echo chamber of our own negative or limiting thoughts and beliefs. This closed system keeps us in confusion, doubt, and fear. It keeps us feeling and playing small. 

    As a coach, I listen deeply to what you’re saying, and to what you’re not saying. I listen not just to your words, but to your body, and to cues and signs in your life. 

    I help disrupt the rigid walls of the echo chamber so you can hear a different voice, the voice of your own intuition and imagination, and let it guide you. 

  • I come to coaching with the sensibilities of an artist. While it may sound like that makes me creative, what it really makes me is open to new ways of seeing, hearing, and expressing. I believe creativity isn’t so much a gift as it is a perspective. 

    As a coach, I can be both playful and reverent. I have a wealth of lived and creative experience and I bring a vast toolkit to my work with you. 

    We might work with poetry, mythology, or improv. We might unearth and tend to grief. We might engage nature, create a play list, plan a field trip. 

    I trust the knowing that’s within you and use my own intuition to connect with and enliven yours.


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One-on-one coaching for people who want to live more life at midlife.

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Coaching can be intimate work. If you still want to know more about me, you might head to my About page, learn more about my beautiful gathering space, The Terrain, or check out my poetry blog. 

Robert has an uncanny sense of recasting the way one looks at things…Things that seemed daunting six months ago are now surmountable simply by applying the tools I learned during our sessions. I would recommend Robert to anyone looking to make a shift in their lives.

—B.W., attorney