About Kristin
I’m a coach, writer and artist.
A long time ago, I was miserable in my first (and only) office job. So I quit – and started working as a gardener. I didn’t know anything about plants, but I loved it: learning how to tend each species, understanding that they were all interconnected as part of a whole. Fifteen years later, this reverence for ecological systems still shapes everything I do.
The winding path to coaching continued, and I’ve been stuck, lost (and found) more times than I can count. I’ve been a journalist, activist, theater artist and facilitator, using art and storytelling as catalysts for transformation.
I’m also a graduate of the Hakomi Institute, a method of deep inner work rooted in mindfulness and somatic inquiry.
Together, ecology, creative work and somatics inform my coaching approach, which is both playful and embodied, balancing focused action with attention to the present moment.
Experience and Training
Coach training from Integral Coaching Canada and the Co-Active Training Institute
Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy (2-year practitioner training)
MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts at Goddard College
Theater and Contemporary Performance at Naropa University
Nonfiction writing at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Nature-based systems change at Weaving Earth
Creative Work
My writing and multimedia work have appeared in National Geographic, PBS, YES Magazine, Orion, Dark Mountain and others. My work explores social movements, human-ecological entanglements, and repair – in search of embodied modes of storytelling that point the way toward collective change. I teach in-person creativity, writing and storytelling workshops near San Francisco and across the country.
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