Speaking & Media
My talks explore how people build meaningful, connected, psychologically flexible lives, especially after major shifts in identity, belief, health, or belonging. I’m especially interested in what helps thoughtful, complex people reconnect with agency, meaning, and emotional integration when the old roadmap no longer works.
This page gathers some of the places I’ve spoken and the conversations I’ve been part of.
Topics I Speak About
- faith transitions and identity reconstruction
- emotional integration for analytical and “in-their-head” people
- agency, psychological flexibility, and meaning-making
- neurodivergence, giftedness, and high sensitivity
- attachment, mindfulness, and relational healing
- existential resilience after major life disruption
- trauma, emotional stuckness, and nervous system healing
- cancer survivorship and medical trauma
- building a meaningful life without a prewritten script
- the intersection of psychology, spirituality, and culture
Talks
The Mental Health Benefits of Agency: Why Believing You Have Choices Matters
Whatever the “truth” about free will, believing you have no meaningful choices leads to feeling stuck.
Navigating the Void: Faith Transitions Through an Existential Lens
Research on the faith transition experience and how existential therapy provides a helpful framework for rebuilding meaning and worldview.
The Neuropathway Less Traveled: Practices for Healing and Growth
Neuroplasticity and the many do-it-yourself and therapeutic practices that help people create meaningful change.
Emotions for Overthinkers
A practical and compassionate framework for thoughtful, analytical people who want to understand and work with emotions.
- Salt Lake Oasis
- Utah Valley Oasis
My Beef with the Buddha: Reclaiming Attachment and Connection
A reflection on mindfulness, attachment, caregiving, and what gets lost when equanimity is the highest spiritual ideal.
Podcasts
ART and Trauma Therapy
Accelerated Resolution Therapy: What it is, how it works, and why it can be so effective.
Breast Cancer and Intimacy
Online Dating & Dating Skills
Faith Transitions and Existential Therapy
Advocacy
Early detection fails when screening guidelines ignore young women - The Podcast by KevinMD
Early-onset breast cancer: a survivor’s story — KevinMD
My experience as a stage 3C breast cancer survivor diagnosed at 32, and why younger women deserve better early detection tools.
For more personal reflections, see my blog.
Side Project
Utah Name Generator
The world needed better technology to create more unique Utah-style names. I heeded the call.
Inquiries
If you’re interested in a conversation, interview, or community talk, feel free to reach out.
I’m always open to projects that feel aligned.