Jason has been coaching formally since 2012 and informally since childhood, as it seems most anyone (including strangers*) feels drawn to share with him to receive his support in healing** soul wounds. He also has a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Texas A&M University, which informs his coaching.
Jason has as active PCC (Professional Certified Coach) accreditation with the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and has logged over 1,200 coaching hours (and counting) just since 2019. Jason is also a Certified Grief Coach and a Certified End of Life Coach through Coaching at End of Life, a trained Team Coach through Summit Coaching and Behavioral Consulting, as well as a Mentor Coach, Coach Trainer, and Coach Evaluator for Coaching at End of Life, ELCA Coaching, and Faith+Lead Coaching.
After his own transformation around health issues, Jason began coaching around nutrition and wellness, then adapted to a holistic approach and has since been coaching individuals, couples, teams, and groups around all aspects of their lives, understanding it’s all connected. Jason listens to what is said and unsaid and then helps disrupt the patterns we all find ourselves in. Jason has also experienced a significant number of losses, including deaths. Offering a powerful presence and brave space for each client, Jason quickly establishes trust for them to share to the depth they need in each session.
Some other descriptors for Jason (pronouns: any/all), in no particular order: Advocate, Comrade, Accomplice, and Co-Conspirator for all those pushed to the margins. Bridge Builder. Intuitive Empath. Transgressive Artist. Lifelong Learner. Writer. Singer. Model. Queer.*** Neurodivergent. Disabled. Son. Uncle. Husband. Parent to six (6) rescue animals.
*Are any of us ever really strangers? We all have a soul connection. As Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote in his Letter from Birmingham Jail: “In a real sense all life is inter-related. All [people] are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be, and you can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be.”
**The name Jason comes from Greek Ἰάσων (Iásōn), meaning "healer," from the verb ἰάομαι (iáomai), "to heal," cognate with Ἰασώ (Iasṓ), the goddess of healing, and ἰατρός (iatrós), "healer."
***Less about Jason's sexuality and more about how Jason approaches coaching, mentoring, and training: "deviating from what is expected; unconventional; to thwart."
