I guide men through crossings.

Men's work facilitator. Relationship mentor. Passage guide.

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How I got here

I spent most of my life afraid. Afraid of taking up space. Afraid of what people would think. Afraid of my own desire.

So I became agreeable. Quiet. Meek. I performed the life I was taught to want instead of finding the one I actually wanted. I called it being good. It was just being gone.

Then life broke it open. Immigration. Near-death. Divorce. Chronic illness. Each one cracked a piece of the performance until what was left was just me, raw and more alive than I'd ever been.

That's the crossing I now guide men through. Men done managing their lives, ready to actually live them. Not to become someone new. To finally trust who they already are.

The drowning

Diving off a 70-foot cliff at Yosemite, I couldn't swim back. Three minutes between life and death.

In that liminal space, I encountered something I now call the Divine, the presence most people spend their whole lives seeking.

Coming back didn't make me enlightened. It made me honest.

I couldn't keep performing after that.

What I bring

My work is rooted in meditation traditions, ancestral rites of passage, intimacy education, and masculine embodiment.

I've been shaped by Amir Khalighi, John Wineland, S.N. Goenka, School of Lost Borders, the Shipibo lineage, and the wild places that keep teaching me whether I'm ready or not.

I split my time between Vancouver Island BC and the Sacred Valley of Peru.

How I guide

I don't guide from having arrived. I guide from having gone in and coming back out.

My own cracks run deep. The father wound that convinced me I'd never belong. The fear of my stutter popping up at the worst moments. The addiction that brought me to my knees.

I'm still in the work. But I've been to the bottom of the water and back. And I know what it takes to not drown.

If that's what you need, I'm here.

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TESTIMONIALS

  • Ish has the beautiful gift of seeing your truth, of seeing what your eyes don’t see but your soul knows. He helped me to connect with my heart, moving from the stories in my mind to the feeling of inner knowing.

    James Morrissey, Data Scientist

  • Through Ish’s support, I was able to make some potent breakthroughs that I wasn’t even aware of in the beginning, let alone break through them.

    MARK GOBIEN, TEAM LEAD

  • Through our work, I developed deeper understanding of myself and how I behave for the first time in 35 years. It’s already showing in my relationship.

    Ryan Abrams, Software Developer

  • Ish has the touch of a tender poet. His words are simple yet profound. His medicine flows forth, unabashed, as from a quiet roaring river.

    Thomas Clayton, Sound Wizard

  • Ish is a leader of breadth, quiet strength and heart.

    Speed Weed, TV Producer and Embodiment Coach

  • Ish has genuine, authentic curiosity. That shows in his work and in his interactions. I’m grateful for his ability to hold space and his ability to direct in the most precise way, at the most precise time.

    Carlo Federiconi, Program Manager

  • Being in Ish’s container helped push me to take some brave steps, including returning back to Europe after 5 years, and forming my own group. It was life changing, and if you give this work a chance, I have no doubt it can change your life too.

    Kevin Rafalski, Carpenter

  • Ish did a beautiful job of helping me to feel deeply supported from the moment the session started right through till the end. I felt like I could deeply trust him to go wherever I needed to go in that. If you're thinking about working with Ish, I can't recommend him enough based on my experience of him.

    JACK BUNCE, Healing Guide and Breathwork Facilitator

  • Ish has helped me to be aware of some parts of my character that I was not aware of in my whole life before. His immense care and devotion to my evolution has as helped to improve my knowledge on soft skills to better understand my personality and behavior with others, and how to shift them for betterment for all.

    JANET MORA, Head of Customer Success

  • The processes that we embarked were gut wrenching, soul cleansing, and felt like giving birth. The space that Ish holds is of true reverence to something deeper than many of us can touch, but only feel in our bones. It's been one of the greatest periods of my life. I would recommend him to anyone looking for a deeper dive into their soul.

    Mikael Hayden, Leadership Coach

  • Ish has been an incredible catalyst for growth and change in my life. He's been someone I have trusted countless times to help me find the true voice of my soul, to learn to love and trust more deeply and live more authentically. I can't recommend this man's work enough.

    JASSY BLUE, WOMEN’S MENTOR