For over 25 years, I have been working to understand the dynamics that underlie trauma, shame, healing and well-being, and to articulate how it feels to be living these dynamics.

I share my understanding and insights in books, talks, podcasts, webinars, articles and videos. I invite you to join me in this exploration.

My work interweaves personal experience – both my own and that of other people – with formal research done by trauma psychotherapists, depth psychologists, anthropologists and evolutionary biologists.

In 2015, I published a book of interviews with leading thinkers about trauma (see below). More recently, I’ve shared what I’m learning in articles, talks and videos. I am currently writing a new series of short books. 

I developed scholastic rigour as a young adult conducting research for a PhD in evolutionary anthropology at the University of Oxford. I developed a more embodied mode of investigation as an older adult tending to my own trauma. I bring both approaches to the work I put into the world.  

I aspire to produce work that speaks to people who are exploring their own trauma, to mental health professionals, and to those who simply want to be better informed. I strive to communicate about trauma, shame, healing and well-being in a way that is accessible, layered, and compassionate.

I hope that you will find it valuable.