
Adam and Gogo, Brooklyn 2022
I am a father, a mystic and therapist, living in the Hudson Valley, New York. I am also an NYC native - my parents immigrants from the Caribbean. I am neurodivergent, highly attunuated, and a little out there.
Recently, I was the wellness coordinator for a private PACT clinic in NYC, and a founder of their Social Responsibility Committee. That work was an amazing experience. I’ve been in my own private practice for over 2 years now, and continue to collaborate with incredibly talented peers. I have 30+ years of Shaolin qigong practices. Before that, I was an artist, and living a tumultuous, uncertain life. Part of that fantastic journey was a dark night of the soul, for which I am grateful and still reflecting upon.
My life and work is deeply rooted in mysticism. I have been inspired by my own unbelievable spiritual experiences, and by what I have learned on my way through the darkest depths of my own adventure. I study the Kabbalah, a Course In Miracles, the Law of One, Carl Jung. I love Gabor Maté, Eckhart Tolle, and Mister Rogers. Lately, I mark the stillness of my own being, and allow that stillness to welcome the quiet musings of my truest self - the signal of the Soul. My healing, and my life, are one in the same.
I believe in social justice, in access, and human compassion. I believe in uplifting people, and sharing, and the opportunity for love. I believe that there is a graceful place to understand darkness and suffering. I have faith in the truth.
But what is the truth? I had to decide that for myself, and it took some time. In knowing it, I feel protected. I feel free to be who I am, and to explore my life in a way that suits me. I want other people to experience that, because I know its possible. Even coming from the darkest, loneliest places.
“Love isn’t a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now. ”