Soul guide.
Threshold companion.
Grief tender.

Something is stirring in the depths. You feel it in the restlessness that won't be satisfied, in the longing you can’t quite name, in the way familiar paths suddenly feel like they're leading nowhere.

The Threshold

We are living in a time of profound transition. The old ways of being are dissolving, and what's emerging is still taking shape. Many of us find ourselves standing at thresholds - those sacred, terrible places where one world ends and another begins.

This is soul's summons, rising from depths our rational minds cannot fathom. It speaks in a different tongue than the urgent voice demanding quick fixes and clear answers. It works on Earth time, not ego time.

I work with people who are ready for the long conversation with mystery itself. Those willing to descend below the surface stories to discover what's actually trying to be born through the compost of their lives. People prepared to let the beautiful, terrible work of transformation have its way with them.

I am a death doula for the old stories - the ones that have carried us this far but can take us no further. I guide individuals as their familiar personal narratives fall away, while simultaneously holding space for our collective story-death as entire systems and ways of being reach their natural endings. These two levels mirror each other: as you learn to let your own old ways of being die with grace, you become part of midwifing the larger transformation our world is moving through. This isn't about making new stories happen, but about being comfortable in the liminal space where transformation unfolds according to its own mysterious intelligence.

My offerings

  • One-on-One Soul Mentoring

    Deep companionship and guiding for those navigating major life transitions (or sense one coming). Through ongoing conversation, we explore what's dying in your life, what wants to emerge, and how to develop the capacities needed to meet your threshold with presence rather than panic.

  • Men's Groups

    Sacred spaces for men to explore the particular territory of being raised and treated as men in these times. Through shared witnessing and deep listening, we discover what lies beyond these categories altogether.

  • Grief Rituals

    Seasonal ceremonies to honor what's ending - relationships, careers, old versions of yourself. Learning to grieve as a doorway rather than an ending, and remembering how to grieve together in community.

  • Group Gatherings

    Monthly circles in the East Bay, CA for ongoing practice in threshold literacy, deep listening, and supporting each other's soul work. A place to learn the maps that guide us through life's great transitions.

We are living in the time of the Great Turning.

We are living in the time of the Great Turning - a moment when the old world is dying and a new one is struggling to be born. This is not a problem to be solved but a mystery to be lived. The way we navigate the end is the beginning of what's next.

I believe we are remembering how to be lost together. In a culture obsessed with solutions and quick fixes, we are learning to enter the Long Dark - that fertile place of not-knowing where transformation actually happens. Here, in the compost of our lives, something new can take root.

The Earth is dreaming through us. We are not separate from the wild world but part of its vast becoming. As myth keeper and rhythm keeper, I hold space for the new stories that want to emerge through our collective threshold. These are the stories that will guide us into whatever comes next.

Human life is meant to unfold across all stages - from the wonder of childhood through the initiations of adolescence, the generative power of adulthood, and the wisdom of elderhood. In a culture that often gets stuck in perpetual adolescence, supporting this full unfolding is sacred work.

Grief and desire are not opposites but two faces of the same sacred mystery. Our capacity to feel loss deeply connects to our capacity to feel life fully. In times of collapse, turning toward our full aliveness - both our sorrow and our joy - becomes an act of resistance and renewal.

Hi, I’m Desert.

  • I guide people through the beautiful, terrible work of transformation, holding space where endings become beginnings.

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“The way we navigate the end is the beginning of what’s next.”

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If these words stir something in you, that stirring is invitation enough. Soul finds a way to those who are ready to listen.