One-on-one sessions supporting meaningful, lasting change
Helping people across Vancouver Island and online move beyond overwhelm, anxiety, and feeling stuck so they can reconnect with what truly matters.
Nervous system-based coaching
“The body has its own intelligence”
Make sense of your experience
Understanding what’s happening can change how we relate to it. Together, we learn how to work with your nervous system rather than trying to control it.
Nothing forced
This isn’t about trying harder or pushing through discomfort. Our work is about creating the conditions that allow change to happen on its own.
A greater capacity for life
As your system begins to reorganize, more of you becomes available for connection, choice, creativity, and meaningful engagement with life.
Organic Intelligence® Certified HEART Coach
I’m a husband, father, and someone who has spent much of my life trying to understand what helps people feel more fully themselves. After more than a decade of my own inner work, Organic Intelligence gave me a way of understanding change that finally made sense—and made a difference in my life. It now shapes the work I do with others.
Our work together
One-on-one sessions
You'll be met with compassion, curiosity, and respect as we explore what is truly present for you without judgment.
Online or in nature
Choose online sessions from anywhere in the world, or meet in person on Gabriola Island while walking or sitting in nature.
My training
I’m a certified OI HEART™ Coach with over five years of training in Organic Intelligence®–informed post-trauma growth. My work is supported by ongoing professional development and evidence-informed practice.
How to start?
Book a complimentary consultation where we’ll have a chance to meet, talk about what brings you here, and see whether nervous system coaching is a good fit for you.
Ready to Take the Next Step?
You don't have to have everything figured out before reaching out. Whether you're feeling overwhelmed, curious, or simply wondering if nervous system coaching is right for you, I'm here to answer your questions and help you take the next step.
What People Are Saying
"I am deeply grateful for Tony’s safe, compassionate and skilled support in meeting deeply ingrained trauma patterns. Tony has the capacity to mirror goodness and deep respect for the innate intelligence of what can feel very difficult and overwhelming at times. I would highly recommend Tony to anyone who is looking for someone to accompany them on their healing journey."
-Candace K.
"Working with Tony has been a completely different and genuinely helpful experience. This is actually making a difference in how I feel and live!"
-Anna D.
Common Questions, Answered
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There is an inherent impulse toward healing and growth in each of us. The symptoms we experience are often expressions of parts of us persistently trying to come back into balance. Yet when we see these parts as something wrong within us, our efforts to change or regulate ourselves can become the very thing that inhibits our unfolding. Our work together is to recognize and support what is already trying to happen. In this way, healing and growth become something we get to experience, not something we have to try harder at.
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I work with adults experiencing anxiety, overwhelm, chronic stress, burnout, life transitions, emotional exhaustion, or simply feeling stuck. I also work with people looking for greater resilience, personal growth, or a deeper connection with themselves.
I welcome older teens who are personally interested in this work and choosing to participate for themselves.
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Post-trauma Growth means coming back into balance. We don’t need to know from what. If you feel disconnected, overwhelmed, anxious, or simply want to experience life with greater ease, you may benefit from nervous system-focused coaching. Whether you remember a specific traumatic event or have no clear sense of where your difficulties began.
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I offer outdoor, in-person sessions on Gabriola Island, near Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. We find a quiet place to sit or walk on one of Gabriola’s beautiful beaches or forest parks.
Locations vary depending on the season, weather, and how busy an area is. We will agree on a location beforehand, and if the weather isn’t suitable, we’ll meet online instead.
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Organic Intelligence® (OI) is a framework for understanding healing and Post-Trauma Growth, developed by Steven Hoskinson. Rooted in neuroscience, psychology, and complexity science, it offers a unique perspective on human well-being that recognizes and supports our inherent capacity for resilience, adaptation, and growth.
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Sessions take place through conversation. You will get to share your story, explore what is meaningful to you, or simply bring up whatever comes to mind, whether it makes sense or not. I will ask questions or invite your attention to different aspects of your experience. This process should feel empowering, not add to your discomfort.
A part of our work is educational, helping you recognize the signals of your own body, understand how change happens, and what you can do to support the process. The bulk of the work happens naturally beneath the surface of our conversation, creating the conditions for your system’s own process of change to unfold.
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The goal of our work is for you to develop a greater capacity to experience the full range of life without becoming overwhelmed or losing connection with yourself.
Sessions themselves should feel meaningful. However, much of the change unfolds between our sessions. Change can show up in many ways, often gradually and sometimes unexpectedly. You may find yourself responding differently to familiar situations, having more room for choice, or simply feeling more like yourself.
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Rather than following a predetermined set of techniques or interventions, our work is guided by what is naturally emerging within you.
The human nervous system is extraordinarily complex, and deliberate efforts to change or regulate ourselves can so often get in the way of the very processes we’re trying to support.
Instead of trying to direct these processes, we learn to recognize and support the intelligence already at work within your own system. You may discover that the parts of yourself you don’t understand, feel overwhelmed by, or think of as faults have, all along, been trying to bring the change you long for.
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Individual sessions are $110 CAD for 60 minutes.
A limited number of sliding-scale spaces ($70–$110) are available for those who would otherwise find ongoing sessions financially difficult. Please feel free to ask about availability.
Want to know more? Get in touch today.