Get to know me

In our first session together, here's what you can expect

We'll start by simply getting to know one another by talking through what you want more of in your life and what you want to experience less. Then I'll have you share what you're good at, any major disappointments you've experienced that still linger. We'll wrap up the first session with a guided process that allows you to touch base with your deeper self and invite your heart to speak.

The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions

For nearly three decades, until the age of twenty-nine, I swam against a rising tide of fear and self-doubt. My friends, fellow students, co-workers, and colleagues all viewed me as super-smart and competent. I excelled in college, graduated with highest honors, and landed a great job. I’d followed the script handed to me by my family and looked happy enough on the outside, but on the inside… Everything, including me, always felt “not enough.” My life held little in the way of deep fulfillment. I looked around for something meaningful to do and found it in martial arts. Working out at the dojo every day for three years, I worked my way up through the ranks to 3rd degree brown belt. By then my self-doubt had teamed up with perfectionism and morphed into self-criticism, often spilling over into outright self-hatred. I could still put on a happy face, still enjoyed an active social life, but nothing could touch the part of me that felt half-dead. That part of me simply could not, would not let me feel my natural joy for more than brief intervals. Then, when my black belt test was three months away, I decided to go on a vision quest. I hopped in the car with a friend and drove to Point Reyes National Seashore, 60 miles north of San Francisco. We hiked Bear Valley Trail to Arch Rock, made our way to a secluded beach, then settled in for a long afternoon of yoga, contemplation, and soul-deep listening. Several hours later, we started to pack up. Feeling a bit deflated (I’d had no visions) I decided to go for a quick swim and cool off before the long return hike to the car. Having bodysurfed throughout my life, I ran into the surf like I had hundreds of times in the past. That’s when I slammed head-first into a rogue wave. The impact crushed my third cervical vertebrae and fractured C2 and C4. “So that’s how it ends," was my one and only thought. Twenty minutes later—after an ego-blasting, heart opening near death experience and dramatic rescue—my friend dragged onto the beach semi-conscious. As I began come around, I found myself unable to move. The realization, “My God, I’m paralyzed,” hit me with tremendous force, throwing me into a non-ordinary realm reminiscent of "the Construct" in the classic film THE MATRIX wherein I was presented with a choice between three distinct futures: death, paralysis, and dancing. Needless to say, I chose door number three. That choice catapulted me into a non-ordinary realm as I morphed into the first creature to eme

The clients I'm best positioned to serve

It’s your time. You've come a long way, tackled many challenges, but somehow can't seem to break through to a whole new level that you know in your very bones is possible. You are ready to do what it takes to transcend your limitations and step onto a higher platform for living. You’re ready to go all-in and be on fire with your purpose. You sense that it’s possible to live in a state of flow, but you’re not sure how to get there on a consistent basis. You’re excited to find out who you truly are beneath all the layers of conditioning so you can to unleash your creativity and share your gifts FULL OUT. Returning to the truth of who you are requires core re-patterning. We need to get to the root of culturally imposed self-alienation and anti-self feelings that fuel those unconscious behavior patterns that undermine you again and again. I work with clients to facilitate a full-bodied, open-hearted, big-brained recognition how and why they’ve been getting in their own way. Once the unconscious becomes conscious, clients gain access to a deeper part of themselves–their inner being–and move beyond what has prevented them from having what they truly desire in life. This feeling recognition brings about a shift in identity gravity such that positive change starts to happen quite naturally--sometimes even effortlessly. If we want to change how we live, we do well to access our Innermost and work outward. This requires an investigation into “first causes.” My work with Jean Liedloff, author of the childrearing classic THE CONTINUUM CONCEPT makes me uniquely qualified to help people find their way back to the truth of who they are. You can read more on Medium. Just search Geralyn and The Continuum Concept for a full article.