Hi, I’m Joe. I’m a storyteller, grief worker, and holistic life coach. I help people stay human in a world that so often strips us of our humanity.
To do this I officiate funerals, guide people through grief and life transitions. I also create spaces for healing through ritual, coaching, and breathwork. Finally, I created We Can Stay Human, a movement of poetic theology and embodied practices. Everything I do if for those weary of shallow answers and long for a deeper way of being.
What I Do
- Funeral Officiant & Grief Rituals – I help families honor their loved ones with reflections and rituals that are personal, honest, and deeply human.
- Holistic Life Coaching and Breathwork – Supporting clients through transition, healing, and discovery with a whole-person approach that integrates body, mind, and spirit.
- Grief Work – Creating sacred containers for loss, offering rituals, practices, and presence for the journey of becoming on the other side of death.
- We Can Stay Human – A public project of storytelling, poetic theology, and cultural critique, inviting us to resist dehumanization and live more fully.
My Background
I was formed in the Christian tradition, earning a Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry in Spiritual Formation. But I’ve also walked through my own unravelings: divorce, career loss, addiction, depression, and the death of people I love.
Those journeys cracked me open. Alongside my seminary and pastoral training, I’ve immersed myself in therapy, somatic practices, spiritual formation, and breathwork. Today, my coaching and ritual work is rooted in Christian wisdom but open to people of every faith and no faith, because grief and longing for wholeness belong to all of us.
What Guides Me
At the center of my work is a conviction: becoming more human is the path to healing, freedom, and love.
That belief shapes every funeral I officiate, every coaching conversation I hold, every ritual I craft, and every piece I write or record for We Can Stay Human.
Let’s Work Together
If you’re grieving, searching, or longing to live with more honesty and wholeness, I’d love to walk with you.
Learn more about Holistic Life Coaching
Explore my work with We Can Stay Human
Reach out to discuss funeral officiating or grief rituals
