# About me I believe work can and should work for us, our planet, and our communities. As a facilitator and consultant I help communities and organizations stay alive to their own capacities—even under pressure. I use [[My training and teachers|my training]] and gifts to support lives of duty and service toward creating a more beautiful world. You can access my work through [[What is community grief tending?|public events]], [[Coaching|coaching]], and [[Working with organizations|consulting]]. You can support me by checking out my [shame project](https://knowshame.org) or [buying me a coffee](https://buymeacoffee.com/camc). I live in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island, on the unceded ancestral territory of the Pentlatch, E'iksan, Sathloot, Sasistla, Weiwekai, and K'omoks first people. # About this website Craftspeople of old—the carvers, weavers, blacksmiths, and coopers—would have workshops. You'd visit them and you'd see their craft laid bare: finished products, failed projects, new samples, works in progress. This site is my "workshop." >[!attention] Welcome! >In my real workshop, I'd offer you a cuppa (tea or coffee or water). Here's a [poem](https://poets.org/poem/red-brocade) instead. > --- ## A bit of orientation If you’d like to orient yourself, these pages offer good entry points: - **[[My training and teachers]]** – The traditions, mentors, and lineages that shaped my work - **[[Working with organizations]]** – My approach to culture, leadership, and collective change - **[[What is community grief tending?|Grief Work]]** – Community grief tending, ritual, and emotional ecology - **[[Coaching]]** – 1:1 accompaniment for leaders, creatives, and people in transition --- ## How to Use This Site You don’t need to read this in order. Think of it like wandering through a library, a notebook, and a long kitchen-table conversation at once. Some pieces are polished essays. Others are working notes. Some are meant to be lived with slowly. --- ## A note on "analytics" This site runs without analytics, cookies, or tracking. If something here served you, you can [tell me](mailto:[email protected]).