I started Dialogue Dilemmas as a podcast for a master's project that I ended up letting go of to pursue goals more aligned with my aptitudes and needs. The podcast is now on indefinite hiatus; I may or may not create more episodes in the future.

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My interest in the work of conflict & communication started with early training (read: as a teenager) in Nonviolent Communication and consensus decision-making. Shout outs to the now departed Chico Peace and Justice Center for hosting my first NVC study group (2006), and Butte College's Earth Peace Project (2005) for introducing me to consensus.

 

I have dabbled in many frameworks for collaborative, non-hierarchical conflict engagement. Many such approaches share underlying principles with NVC and consensus process, even if terminology differs. 

 

Studying neurobiology and trauma has enhanced my understanding of why accessing communication skills can be so difficult, and the importance of working with our innate limitations as biological beings rather than against them.

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I have long desired to focus the skills of conflict disentanglement on larger social structures. With this in mind, I've mediated conflicts at Occupy encampments, taught NVC workshops for treesitterss, facilitated Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) circles about social & environmental problems, and hosted "Revolutionary Empathy" circles. Every project and endeavor I come up with is another iteration of my desire to enable us to access the win-win solutions I know are possible for us as humans, but are so elusive.

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This website will (hopefully) reflect updates in the current iteration of these efforts. In the spring of 2024, I left a position in the mainstream workforce to re-focus on this calling, and am slowly ramping things up. Please check back regularly or better yet, reach out for updates and questions.

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