Let’s do this!

I believe in integration and action. Integration involves seeing, understanding, and bringing into healthy relationship the different parts of ourselves - our history and aspirations, fear and confidence, maturity and playfulness, control and acceptance. From a place of greater integration, we can better design goals that speak to our values, and action steps that are doable and rewarding.

In my own journey, I've integrated Jewish heritage, 25+ years of Buddhist practice, and a career in chaplaincy mostly serving Christians. In action this has looked like being one of the first Buddhists in the U.S. to 1) become board certified as a chaplain, and 2) direct centers for religious and spiritual life on college campuses. I integrated a love for dance, spiritual practice, and ritual into the creation and facilitation of 3 ongoing ecstatic dances in the Boston area between 2006 and 2018, and integrated my experience of dance as Buddhist practice with my academic curiosity by editing and publishing an anthology on Western Buddhist dance.

More personally, my wife and I integrated 5 years of unexplained infertility, miscarraiges, and a stillbirth with prayer and grief practices - not just to cope, but to find and share value-based actions that restored agency, meaning, and hope. Happily, we now have two young boys at home!

Across my work as an interfaith chaplain in medical, psychiatric, and college settings, I've realized my greatest gifts and satisfaction come through deep, transformational one on one support. I'm excited and proud to bring this into the world as a Life and Death Coach, and would love to work with you!

Professional Chops

Select Past Roles

Director of Religious and Spiritual Life, Amherst College (2018-2025), Emerson College (2017-2018)

Mindfulness Program Director and Buddhist Advisor, Northeastern University (2013-2016)

Staff Chaplain, Franciscan Children’s (2013-2016)

Resident Chaplain, Brigham and Women’s Hospital (2012-2013)

Certifications / Degrees

Certified Life Coach, Life Purpose Institute

Certified Breathwork Teacher, Jon Paul Crimi

Community Dharma Leader, Insight Meditation

Board Certified Chaplain, Association of Professional Chaplains, 2013-2021

Master of Divinity, Harvard Divinity School

Master of Education, Lesley University

Publications

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Lion's Roar interview on "Spiritual Free Agents: The Buddhists of Gen Z"

NPR affiliate interview on mindfulness for caregivers

Tricycle Magazine interview on the Mindfulness Allies Project

Secular Buddhist podcast interview on Mindfulness Allies Project

Lion's Roar on meditation + molecular science project

Dancing with Dharma

Editor / Contributing Author

"Mindfulness Meditation and Anxiety in Adolescents on an Inpatient Psychiatric Unit"

Principal Investigator and Lead Author

"Dare We Leave Our Buddhist Centers?"

in Still, in the City

Contributing Author

"Buddhists, Get Your Prayer On: Reflections on Christian Spontaneous Prayer by a Buddhist Chaplain"

in Learning from Other Religious Traditions: Leaving Room for Holy Envy

Contributing Author

"Sangha Synergies: Dance and Prayer as Dharma Modalities"

in The Buddhist Campus Chaplaincy Sourcebook

Contributing Author

"Mindfulness Equity and Western Buddhism: Reaching People of Low-Socioeconomic Status and People of Color"

Principal Investigator and Author

Presentations

Guest speaker at over a dozen colleges and graduate schools, including Harvard's Divinity and Medical Schools

Presenter for 20+ conferences and organizations, including Conference on Buddhism and Race in America and the International Symposium for Contemplative Studies

Diversity and Inclusion Statement

Power, privilege, and intersectional identity impact each of us. As a coach, I engage in continuous learning about how these inform my own and others' lived experience. I welcome direct questions about learning I've done and how I could best support you.