Background Info

I’ve always enjoyed delving into the mysteries of the soul, the psyche and human potential. My background is a blend of spiritual, psychological and business exploration. Former experience includes Wilderness EMT, bartender, climbing guide, facilitation of various back-country youth-at-risk and ropes course programs, addiction treatment, business management, entrepreneurial experience, a private psychotherapy practice, organizational consulting and teaching workshops on trauma, group dynamics, couples work, sexuality, leadership and men’s work.

The central theme of my private and professional life has been evolution. My own and the people I work with. I’ve been on the never-ending curriculum of learning what supports transformation and unlocks new capacities in individuals and groups.

Currently I coach private clients, consult for organizations and executive teams, am in the early stages of founding Evolution Institute and due to publish a book on trauma dynamics later in 2024. I’m a Colorado native, now living in Maui with my Wife. I’m a two-time cancer survivor, yoga practitioner, outdoor lover, step-parent and poet. 

Specialized skills:

  • Addiction and Recovery

  • Adolescent Males

  • Anger Management

  • Cancer Related Support

  • Communication

  • Couples and Families

  • Parenting 

  • Professional Development

  • Systems, Culture and Group Dynamics 

  •  Transpersonal Guidance

  • Trauma (book coming out soon)

“I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, allow my living to open me….”

- dawna markova