Guidance about Ego-Death and the End of Seeking, including Help with Shadow Work

Enlightenment sounds great, but what does it mean?

Let’s face it, it’s difficult to understand what spiritual awakening actually is and, awakening, Enlightenment or Liberation are terms used in many contexts.

With the advent of the Internet, there are thousands of teachers, videos, and podcasts telling you they can get you ‘there’ without ever defining where ‘there’ is.

Worse still, traditional and new-age religions are full of scandals: sexual abuse, financial cons, trickery, and double-talk. It’s profoundly confusing, so what’s a seeker to do?

A one-on-one personal connection can be the answer.

The one-on-one teacher/student relationship is how the enlightenment path was traditionally taught. The real work wasn’t done in large groups, but between you and the teacher or guide. I like to use the word ‘guide’ for the role I play because I don’t believe in ‘teachers’ anymore. The path is SIMPLE.  It is as simple as the empty space between words, or opposite ideas like ‘Self’ and ‘No Self.’

There are infinite numbers of techniques and ideas, most of which are a waste of time and money. What you need is a someone with experience on the path to guide you into the simplest journey of awakening and transformation. In particular, when you start noticing behaviors, thoughts and emotions you never noticed before, it can be tough. It’s helpful to have support and guidance through some very difficult emotional ‘reveals.’

I know the realities and myths of this process and can help you to distinguish what’s helpful from what’s not.

It’s time to wake up.

For 25 years I have lived in a state called ‘awake’, and I know how to guide you there. Awakening is a more deeply integrated state, but it doesn’t instantly and permanently solve all your problems or give you the power to work miracles.

Together, we’ll assess where you are on the map of awakening. Then, help you learn four fundamental practices that move you in the right direction: meditation, mindfulness, checking your thoughts for truthfulness, and tracking your physical and emotional sensations. Developing human skills, and living an embodied spiritual life, are essential to an integrated state of spiritual awakening from which you can proceed to continuing, positive, transformation as you unfold with and in each moment. Enlightenment is a process that begins with spiritual awakening and then doesn’t seem to end. As an Guide, I am not a permanent fixture in your life; it’s good to start out with regular sessions but then you may leave for long periods of time and come back when additional help is needed.

Let me help you.

As a Licensed Professional Counsellor, I have the psychological training, ethics, and boundaries to guide you where you want to go spiritually and help you integrate your physical life, personal uniqueness and circumstances with your spiritual awakening.

I’ll use the book I wrote in 2026 as an outline to guide our work together. It’s called The Missing Manual for Being Human and Getting Enlightened. This will help to deconstruct the myths you’ve come to believe about awakening and enlightenment, while giving you clear guidance on living an embodied, spiritual awakening.

You deserve to move towards more depth, compassion, love, bliss, freedom, peace, and truthfulness in your daily life. Book an initial one-on-one Free Introduction Call, and find out where this journey can take you.