Building a community of presence, care, and liberation for neurodivergent people
I explore what it means to be there for one another in a fragmented world—alongside neurodivergent people navigating systems not built for us.
I work where growth and grace meet, attuned to the trauma, grief, and hope we carry in our bodies.
I read and write about community-based care from the lived experience of difference, displacement, and the search for home.
Ways to connect
Individual accompaniment: One-to-one coaching for neurodivergent adults, caregivers, and leaders navigating grief, burnout, purpose, and belonging.
Communities of practice: Small, reflective groups exploring care, leadership, and neurodivergent liberation through shared inquiry, mutual support, and witnessed experience.
Public writing: Ongoing reflection on theology, neurodivergence, community, and belonging at The Loving Struggle.
Hi, I’m Craig.
I work with people trying to hold grief, burnout, moral crisis, and the slow unraveling of what once made sense.
For 25 years, I’ve been a coach, university professor, and companion to people living the edges of meaning and belonging. Now I work with leaders, caregivers, and neurodivergent adults who are exhausted, dislocated, or searching for something they can't quite name.
I believe communication—especially when everything feels like it’s falling apart—is a loving struggle at the edges of what we can’t yet see.
Showing up for each other is messy and hard, but it’s also where we find each other.
Where care becomes possible.
Where we discover we’re not as alone as we thought.
My work is slow and attentive. I’m interested in what emerges when we stop trying to “fix” things and start paying attention to what's actually happening—in our hearts, our bodies, our relationships, our communities, our sense of call.
Some highlights of my background:
Ph.D. in interpersonal, organizational, and ethical communication (Duquesne University)
Nine years’ experience as a tenured university professor of faith-based nonprofit leadership (Duquesne University)
Thirteen years’ experience as a professional communicator and consultant to nonprofit organizations
Professional Certified Coach, International Coaching Federation, since 2021
1000+ hours of coaching experience
Professional Coach Certification Program, Duquesne University
Accredited Diploma, Body-Oriented Coaching (Somatic School, UK)
Level I Practitioner in Developmental and Complex Trauma (NARM Training Institute, USA)
Certificate in Coaching Neurodivergent Learners (JST Coaching, USA)
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