Thanks for stopping by learn a little more about me. I’ll make this brief:

I facilitate change through engagement. My passion is to translate research into relevant methods that courageous organizations can use to engage people with their message of health and wellness. The majority of my work has been in the fields of prevention and youth development.

For more than a decade, I’ve been designing, developing, implementing, and testing innovative approaches throughout the United States that produce consistent, surprisingly immediate outcomes. As often as I am able, I record my demonstrations of these approaches and feature them on this website. (Subscribe to my email list to receive future notifications.) My work is deeply rooted in research and practice.

In 2010, I wrote a book called, The Teen Age: 40 Reflections on relating with teens. In 2011, I wrote the e-book, Own It: How a single sheet of paper can transform how you engage people. I’m now working on my second full-length book I plan to make available in early 2012. Again, those on my mailing list will be first to know when the book is available.

During the years on either side of Y2K, I attended graduate school at the University of Oregon’s College of Education, started my own private counseling practice, and grew a little nonprofit into a national organization that reached more than 50,000 youth each year. Since 2005 I’ve traveled throughout the United States speaking at conferences, leading workshops, and consulting with organizations. I now focus on projects that keep me nearer to my family on the West Coast.

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