HAVING SPENT my life paying attention to the mechanics of how we humans put together our experience and lose ourselves in it, I've spent the past couple decades training people how to develop a more conscious relationship with how they organize their experience in the moment. My goal is to help people create a more constructive and rich experience for themselves and others, in order to create a life that is stimulating, relationships that are mutually fulfilling, and a world that is improving.

As a mediator I help the individual players de-invest in the stories of conflict they are attached to and re-invest in their passion and optimism that originally fueled their commitment. They come to see what matters and how to negotiate the conflicting elements within themselves and with the other players, in the process learning how to collaborate authentically.

As a mentor, I teach how to slow down, pay attention, make a choice, and exercise control. I teach ways to nurture and indulge curiosity. I teach how to embrace responsibility as a spiritual discipline. And how to let in what is there to experience. This path takes you beyond your own psychology and gives you a freedom beyond happiness. It's all about mechanics - the mechanics of the moment. People say the devil is in the details. I say pay attention and you get what you pay for.

“Among the things about Jim that make him such an inspiring person is his presence. He connects with me in a way that makes me feel totally present.”

“Jim's voice stays with me. It has for years. His voice, his calm, his presence... I laugh at the fact that there is over a thousand miles between us - he is right here!”

“As a therapist, myself, I am thankful that I've got Jim in my bag of resources. He has an uncanny logical intuition. He gets it instantly and can translate anything presented to him into the words that make it more sensible, meaningful, and usable. He can take any story and translate it in either direction - into the big picture or from the big picture into the practical.”

“What a model for me of a "yes" approach to life. Jim is the most empowering person I've met. Even though we haven't met! He shows me the way into the "yes" response inside of me. I love it. It makes all the difference. Speaking of differences, he makes seeing the positive so easy and right. And he's far from idealistic or ungrounded.”