We are living on the constant edge of innovation and what many physicists and environmentalists describe as "one step away from chaos." You've probably noticed or at least get the feeling that things are changing and fast. My job is to observe, study and comment on the changing landscape around us. Whether you are aware of it or not, this is a strategic inflection point in history. The current concept of what it means to be human is being re-negotiated. While the promises and perils of technology loom, presently there is a very real crisis of meaning that pervades our culture. I realize that culture is a nexus, a dynamic interplay of worldviews and values. I am open to that reality and want to engage with people from all walks of life in order to understand what makes life meaningful or undercuts their sense of meaning in life.
My research focus is currently aimed at communication, innovation and bioethics. My academic interests are the fruit and bloom of what was birthed in me while on my deathbed. I am just now getting to a place in my life where I can come to terms with what it means to live again, with all of the pain and pleasure. I spent a significant portion of my life isolated from the connecting power of nature and others. I fell off the grid, off the map and into an abyss of suffering. It felt like time should stand still, like the earth should somehow stop long enough for me to recover. But, it didn't. I didn't. The phone eventually stopped ringing. Friends moved on. I remained fixed in a hospital bed. Illness blew through me like wind through the grand canyon, leaving little more than a naked soul. Sounds melodramatic now, like it couldn't be true of my barely-life. The stack of medical records on my shelf remind me that it isn't a story or something made for a book. It's a true account of coming to terms with what was and what is. In the process of being stripped of just about every dignity we consider human, I developed a different view of time and the natural world around me. Everything I say here is an open dialogue, not in any way meant to be a final answer. What I express in this space are costly opinions that were negotiated with and within suffering and continue to be just that: an on-going negotiation and continual coming to terms with what I perceive around me. After more than a decade of my life was lost to the iron-fisted hand of a dictating disease, this is a first and feeble attempt to publicly express my thoughts on the current crisis of meaning.
As an existential therapist, I have extensive experience working with people experiencing acute psychological distress brought about by sudden displacement, illness, suffering and loss. After witnessing the social and health inequities of indigenous populations in both Central America and the Pacific Islands, I returned State-side to pursue a doctoral degree in communication and bioethics.
When I'm not working on bioethical matters in theory, I experience the actual weight of them by serving patient communities. I've spent my life serving those impacted by domestic violence, as well as children, youth and young adults attempting to overcome behavioral health challenges and their families, and those suffering from rare diseases. I've applied cybernetics and systems theory to the structuring of better, more resilient behavioral healthcare systems that can be scaled rapidly.
My approach is an iterative process that leverages the strengths from human and machine capital in order to increase the rate of acceleration in system improvement. I could not be more content with my time spent assisting local and state governments. The experience I gained there has been invaluable as I help patient groups build better, long-lasting relationships with government officials. Being aware of regulatory challenges also helps facilitate mutually beneficial relationships between and align goals with researchers, patient advocacy groups and biotechnology developers.
All of these experiences led to the creation of Prognosis Hope. It is an independent management consultancy founded to provide theory-driven and actionable research and advisory to government entities, nonprofit organizations, and private investors in the realms of systems design, exponential vs. intuitive linear growth, fund development, organizational communication, disruptive technology, and biomedical ethics.
My research focus is currently aimed at communication, innovation and bioethics. My academic interests are the fruit and bloom of what was birthed in me while on my deathbed. I am just now getting to a place in my life where I can come to terms with what it means to live again, with all of the pain and pleasure. I spent a significant portion of my life isolated from the connecting power of nature and others. I fell off the grid, off the map and into an abyss of suffering. It felt like time should stand still, like the earth should somehow stop long enough for me to recover. But, it didn't. I didn't. The phone eventually stopped ringing. Friends moved on. I remained fixed in a hospital bed. Illness blew through me like wind through the grand canyon, leaving little more than a naked soul. Sounds melodramatic now, like it couldn't be true of my barely-life. The stack of medical records on my shelf remind me that it isn't a story or something made for a book. It's a true account of coming to terms with what was and what is. In the process of being stripped of just about every dignity we consider human, I developed a different view of time and the natural world around me. Everything I say here is an open dialogue, not in any way meant to be a final answer. What I express in this space are costly opinions that were negotiated with and within suffering and continue to be just that: an on-going negotiation and continual coming to terms with what I perceive around me. After more than a decade of my life was lost to the iron-fisted hand of a dictating disease, this is a first and feeble attempt to publicly express my thoughts on the current crisis of meaning.
As an existential therapist, I have extensive experience working with people experiencing acute psychological distress brought about by sudden displacement, illness, suffering and loss. After witnessing the social and health inequities of indigenous populations in both Central America and the Pacific Islands, I returned State-side to pursue a doctoral degree in communication and bioethics.
When I'm not working on bioethical matters in theory, I experience the actual weight of them by serving patient communities. I've spent my life serving those impacted by domestic violence, as well as children, youth and young adults attempting to overcome behavioral health challenges and their families, and those suffering from rare diseases. I've applied cybernetics and systems theory to the structuring of better, more resilient behavioral healthcare systems that can be scaled rapidly.
My approach is an iterative process that leverages the strengths from human and machine capital in order to increase the rate of acceleration in system improvement. I could not be more content with my time spent assisting local and state governments. The experience I gained there has been invaluable as I help patient groups build better, long-lasting relationships with government officials. Being aware of regulatory challenges also helps facilitate mutually beneficial relationships between and align goals with researchers, patient advocacy groups and biotechnology developers.
All of these experiences led to the creation of Prognosis Hope. It is an independent management consultancy founded to provide theory-driven and actionable research and advisory to government entities, nonprofit organizations, and private investors in the realms of systems design, exponential vs. intuitive linear growth, fund development, organizational communication, disruptive technology, and biomedical ethics.
