Transform your HEART, body, mind, AND SOUL

I was born into a deeply committed Christian family. Many of my ancestors were ministers, missionaries, and chaplains, going back to the Revolutionary War. Christianity runs deep in my family — and in my bones.

Until I was ten years old, I knew my father to be an elementary school teacher and school administrator. Then he became a Protestant minister. That shift profoundly altered my life. Overnight, I became a PK — a preacher’s kid.

Becoming a PK became the single most defining factor of my life for the next twenty-five years.

At ten, I made a quiet but powerful decision: I must be good.

I did what I was told (for the most part). I became what I assumed others wanted me to be. I learned to play the roles of Good Brother, Dutiful Son, Happy Pew-Sitter, and Conformer.

I adopted a philosophy of life that left little room for my own questions, doubts, or inner knowing. The conditioning was so complete that I never truly learned to trust myself or explore beyond the rules, roles, and expectations I believed were placed upon me.

In many ways, I went to sleep. I was asleep to my True Self.

Rather than being encouraged to discover who I was, I lived in a kind of internal straitjacket — passive, compliant, and always waiting, waiting for God to open a door or offer a sign. I didn’t trust myself to make decisions. I lost confidence in my ability to shape my own life. I didn’t dare want too much. I waited to be shown.

1. Over time, I surrendered my personal power of choice. I allowed early conditioning to override my own free will — even my deepest longings.

In the midst of this fog, I made one of the biggest decisions of my life. Instead of pursuing the one thing I quietly hoped for — becoming a builder and contractor — I followed what felt inevitable and entered the "family business”: the ministry.

The support I received was enthusiastic and unquestioning. Of course, Jim would go into the ministry. It made perfect sense to everyone.

2. During my first “call” at the American Church in London, a teenager in my youth group asked me a question that changed everything:

“Is my Muslim friend going to hell?”

For the first time in my life, I couldn’t give the answer I knew was expected. For the first time, something in me refused to override my truth. I paused — and said, “I don’t know.”

That exchange woke me up.

It opened the door to questioning beliefs I had never examined and assumptions I had never challenged. At thirty-five, I began the journey of discovering who I really am, what I truly believe, and what I genuinely want.

Not long after, I resigned my ordination and began exploring other spiritual teachings, philosophies, and ways of being — paths that helped me uncover the parts of myself that had long been suppressed.

I bought a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, grew out my hair, and took a 12,000-mile/10-week road trip. I entered therapy. I joined the Men’s Movement. I drummed, sat in and lead rituals, and worked deeply with other men. I released long-held patterns, healed my inner child, and began untangling familial and inherited conditioning.

Eventually, I began co-leading intensive psycho-spiritual trainings, helping others discover their mission and purpose and break through what was holding them back. Together, we worked to realign body, heart, mind, and spirit — using tools such as ritual, meditation, journaling, conscious inquiry, psychodrama, and shamanic journeying.

For more than thirty years now, I have continued my own journey of self-discovery — reclaiming my capacity to choose, to act, and to participate consciously in creating my life.

I know firsthand how powerful early conditioning can be — and how liberating it is to outgrow it.

Because of my lived experience, I am deeply committed to helping others free themselves from inner voices and inherited beliefs that keep them small, constrained, or disconnected from their True Selves.

I am committed to walking with you through whatever transition or transformation you are facing. I am committed to helping you:

• Break through old limitations and conditioning
• Reclaim your confidence, clarity, and personal power
• Reconnect with your authentic self
• Create a life that truly feels like yours