Mosaic Insight
Therapy, coaching, and writing for people trying to live with more clarity, courage, and connection.
Most of us don’t need more noise.
We don’t need another productivity hack, another five-step framework, or another expert telling us how to become a shinier version of ourselves.
What we need is language for what’s real.
A little room to breathe.
A way to make sense of the stories we’ve been handed, the ones we keep repeating, and the ones we might still choose to live.
That’s the work here.
Different kinds of work. One shared question.
Whether I’m sitting with someone in therapy, coaching a leader, speaking to a room full of people, or writing an essay, I’m usually circling the same question:
What story are you living, and is it still serving you?
I care about identity, emotional health, relationships, meaning, and the complicated ways we become ourselves over time. I’m not especially interested in polished answers or performative growth. I’m interested in honest data, deeper clarity, and change that actually fits your life.
Start where you are.
Work With Me
Therapy, coaching, and practical support for people who are tired of spinning their wheels and ready to make meaningful change. I speak, teach, and consult with organizations and groups as well.
Join the SubStack
dirt cheap therapy is not therapy, but it is where I go to write about my experience of being a therapist for almost 25 years. It’s where I explore ideas and share my thoughts about meaning and change.
Explore the Books
I’ve written a couple of books now. All can be purchased through Amazon. It’s a wide range of books with a variety of topics ranging from pickleball to the emotion of fear to journals and other books.
Featured Writing
If you want to get a feel for how I think, start here.
My writing lives at the intersection of therapy, story, philosophy, theology, and daily life. Some pieces are practical. Some are personal. Some start with a clinical insight and end in a story about family, fear, grace, or the myth of balance.
All of it is an attempt to tell the truth a little more clearly.
Philosophy
A few things I believe…
People are complex, not broken.
There isn’t some pristine version of you hiding underneath everything, waiting to be uncovered. There are stories, roles, wounds, gifts, patterns, and possibilities. The work is learning how to live with them honestly.
Balance is overrated.
Harmony matters more. Life bleeds. Work, love, grief, joy, exhaustion, hope—they don’t stay in neat little compartments. The goal isn’t perfect balance. It’s learning how to live in a way that reflects what matters most.
We make meaning through stories.
The stories we inherit, the ones we repeat, and the ones we revise shape how we move through the world. Change often begins when we finally tell a truer story.
You cannot do meaningful lasting change alone.
Healing happens in relationship. Growth happens in relationship. We need good people, honest feedback, and spaces where we can risk being known.
Hope is not wishful thinking.
Hope is gritty. It’s not denial. It’s not pretending everything is fine. It’s the posture that lets us keep moving when life is hard and the next step is still worth taking.
Books
I write books for people who want something more honest than self-help clichés and more usable than abstract theory.
Books are where I get to slow down, dig deeper, and trace the threads between story, emotion, identity, and hope.
