I received my initiation to the Spirit-led life in 2008 when an awakening experience catapulted me beyond my limited sense of self to an understanding of our essential nature as love. This initial experience, and several mystical experiences that occurred in the years that followed, brought me to a spiritual community of like-minded thinkers and feelers—Unity Church of the Hills in Austin, TX. 

It was in finding my tribe that I realized it isn’t enough to know our innate wholeness. When we are being spiritual in isolation, separate from a communion with others, our clever protective personalities can find all kinds of places to hide our deepest, darkest fears, our sense of unworthiness, our old wounds and traumas. We need each other to mirror total love and acceptance. It is in sharing this love that we are brought back into harmony, balance, and an awareness of our innate wholeness. This is where the healing happens. The love and acceptance that I found at my spiritual home is what has given me the courage to share my unique voice with the world.  

In the early years at Unity, I had the honor of becoming and serving as a Prayer Chaplain. For six years I held the truth in prayer with fellow congregants and had the opportunity to learn what it meant to hold space for another. I learned about heart resonance and creating coherence. I learned that prayer is more about intention and a commitment to the truth of our essential nature than it is about the words. The words matter, but they aren’t the most important ingredient. Again, it comes back to love. As energetic beings, our presence is far more powerful than our words. I seek to always be mindful of my energy as I interact with another and to be a good citizen of the world—sharing love, kindness and compassion whenever possible. 

At this point, you might be thinking I’m the kind of person who sits in lotus position for hours every day chanting om or focusing on opening my third eye. While I long for hour-long meditations and time spent in the silence, the day-to-day reality is much more basic and ordinary. In truth, I’m a recovering workaholic and a perpetual doer. I still seek to carve out longer periods in the silence, but I’m more interested now in creating the stillness in the midst of movement. The demands of living call us to be in action and the pace of today’s society demands that we learn how to get back to center quickly. It is to this end that I have created this website and my podcast, Om and Go, Mini Meditations for Busy People. 

Along the path of my spiritual awakening, I am blessed to have the most amazing travel companions: my wife Joni, our three fabulous, scruffy beasts (our dog Sam and our two cats, Lotus and Prana) and a large, vibrant spiritual community of friends. 

Join me on the journey!