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Step 3

Guaranteed Relief
$ 900 x 3 sliding scale available
  • As soon as you start making installments, you get
  • everything from the DIY Plan,
  • plus:
  • A big care package via snail mail.
  • A thumb drive for recording all our Zoom meetings.
  • 2.5 days of my undivided attention over Zoom,
    or the equivalent spaced out over time.
  • Relief from shame & the blame-game.
  • 9 integrative visits because "Wow! That was fast!"
  • Satisfaction tracking app to guarantee it lasts.



  • GUARANTEED RELIEF FROM CHRONIC,
    RECURRING, PAINFUL FEELINGS.

Starts with Step 1's FREE coffee.
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No faith/hope required.

I guarantee 100% satisfaction or your money back regarding significant improvement in your life, based on the specific metric we defined together at Step 2.
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I guarantee 100% satisfaction or your money back regarding my promise that your life will improve significantly in this particular area after completing the work with me one-on-one and following your Integration Plan.

E.g. if you worked on “feeling overwhelmed when my gf explodes” and your usual debilitation had been an 8 out of 10…

I guarantee this will improve by AT LEAST 4 points on the 1-10 scale.

Applying the example, after 9 weeks of integration, you would experience 

a) significantly less, if not zero explosions anymore (yes, this work causes weird, indirect consequences like this all the time),

b) no real debilitation anymore (you know in your bones it’s not a measure of your value, so you’re simply capable of responding in the most constructive ways the moment calls for),

or
at the least,

c) you consistently rate the severity of debilitation a 1 or 2, maybe a 3 or, at the most, a 4 on a scale of 1-10: four points less than before.

I’d be very surprised if all you got was c (the guarantee,) because when the stress experienced in any particular situation goes down, your dread goes down. And when dread about a situation is low, ironically it gets significantly easier to prevent it from happening in the first place.

I realize this is subjective, and anyone could lie, but I have yet to be asked for a refund.

The guarantee measurement takes place at the last Quality Control Call.

Three $900 installments.

Why?

I don’t see the justice in discounting services for people with cash on hand, so everyone gets a payment plan:

1st installment due when you opt for Step 3‘s Zoom + app support. instead of Step 2‘s Zoom + app support.

2nd installment 1 month later, around the time I ask you for feedback on the service in general (in a separate appointment.)

Last installment another month later. We should be wrapping up your personalized Integration Plan right around that time.

I realize this is subjective, and anyone could lie, but I have yet to be asked for a refund.

The guarantee measurement takes place at the last Quality Control Call.

If you’re not on any assistance and you’re up to date on your utility bills, so to speak, the sliding scale won’t apply to you, but you can do 6 payments of $450 by slowing down the work as detailed below.

I know how hard it can be to have to choose between “keeping the lights on” and trying to make life significantly less hectic by leveraging great things like this.

If you are on assistance, I can take the already-slow option I describe at the link as “Steady Pace,” down to half the speed described there, so that the work gets spread out over about 5 months and six monthly payments of $275.

That would make Steps 2+3 together $350 + 6 x $275 = $2000 total.

If this is sad, hard news for you

Please subscribe to my newsletter and, when you pluck up the courage, feel free to schedule Step 1 anyways, so I can meet you and be sensitive to where you’re at while recommending alternative services specific to your situation that might feel really good, both to you and your budget.

Some are by me, some by others, and some are done in sweet, destigmatizing, well-facilitated groups.

Meaning: everything from Step 2, where you get concrete about the metric you set out to improve (which is relevant to the guarantee of Step 3.)

Step 2 includes a Taste-Test, as well as a separate Detailed Planning Call for seeing how doable this work is on the timeline you want. If you do Step 3, we could immediately rejigger your DIY Plan into a new Plan you do with far more support from me.

Who doesn’t love receiving gifts in the mail?

I don’t want to ruin the pleasant surprises for you, but I will say that this Medium Flat Rate USPS Priority Box contains a few kilos of fun!

It also gives you absolutely necessary materials you’d otherwise have to download and print yourself on hum-drum printer paper, in the fancier, more rewarding, more awesomely satisfying version I learned on!

Because afterward, as well as during, you’ll want proof of how (and how very quickly) the long-standing issues finally… simply… dissolved…

Plus, storing it in a physically separate place (not on your hard drive, and not in the Cloud) honors the sanctity of what really took place.

"2.5 days" would be the
Weekend Intensive option.

"...or the equivalent spaced out over time" would be the Steady Pace option.

I might offer you other, more bespoke, tailored options better suited to your needs, intensity, schedule, and starting point.

This work has real effects on your experience of reality. Like what a lot of people report after psychedelic awakenings. It’s not like you’re in a permanently altered state of mind… It’s more like your default settings are no longer automatic or choiceless.

You notice more options where there used to be painful assumptions. Or your actions are simply different; more like the real you.

To maximize the staying power of this positive shift, integrative visits are likely to be part of your bespoke, personalized Integration Plan.

Yes, but if you keep tabs on your inbox, it wouldn’t necessarily require a smart phone.

It’s not AI.

No download required!

It’s an in-browser app, and it’s more secure, useful, and light-weight than just any old “client portal.” And it has dark mode.

It requires Chrome. You can try it today for free if you’re curious. (Caution: that link opens up a bright white screen.)

What the app does

You know how, when you learn a new word, using it a couple of times makes a big difference in how much it sticks in your mind?

In session, you come up with 7-9 deep insights that deserve/require integration into daily life, to improve it. 

Each insight can be transformed into an action that takes 5 minutes or less per day, if practiced for 5 days. At the rate of 1 insight per week, integrating 7-9 insights takes 9 weeks total.

The app makes it easy to send yourself email/text reminders at specific intervals, jog your own memory with quick, helpful images, or present yourself with prompts that make even the most journal-averse person’s pen start to flow, because… the work you and I did together shaped the prompt you gave yourself.

It’s not that nothing will stick if you don’t do these self-assignments. It’s more that, if you do do them, you’ll feel less weird about how subtle-but-impactful the work was.

It prevents you from feeling an uncanny urge to revisit the work we did later on. It’ll feel more thoroughly real and solid in everyday reality, because it will be: it’s been properly integrated.

Click here for what I described above.


For self-diagnosed 'high-functioning,' highly technical guys, I have seen

results equivalent to
5.5 MONTHS of weekly sessions of any kind

IN JUST 3 DAYS of

$ Dismantle a
mood bomb

  • I guarantee you'll see results
    when most facilitators can't guarantee anything at all...
  • 5 months faster
    No weekly performance anxiety.
    No keeping your hopes up/down.
    Just tangible, nearly-instantaneous relief.

  • at the exact same price.
    For comparable results, other facilitators require 5 months of weekly sessions or more. Even if they only charge $125 per session (usually 50 minutes), that's $2690 total, not counting the 2 weeks of "getting to know you" sessions you pay for before any real work begins.

  • How about guaranteed, lasting results 5 months earlier?



Sure, there's 9 weeks of after-care,
but the fulcrum is right up front:

Within just 72 hours, we

  • Measure the pain.
  • Melt it away.
  • Notice the difference.
  • Measure the change.
  •  

An Integration Plan is a unique-to-you game plan we outline a timeline for before we agree to do Step 3 at all.

If you do all the session work in a 3-Day Weekend Intensive, I’ll offer 20-minute integrative visits once a week for 8 or 9 weeks to help you switch from one week’s self-assigned mindfulness practice to the next.

If you’re not doing a weekend intensive, no separate integrative visits are needed; they can be built into the sessions.

Either way, an Integration Plan involves a commitment to spend 5 minutes/day several days/week on yourself for 9 weeks.

 

Because it improves quality of life so much, completing your Integration Plan is a condition of the guarantee.

Quality Control Calls can be as brief or as leisurely as we choose; usually 20 minutes.
 
They are your opportunity to — without cutting into your time for receiving attention — tell me how to improve this service.
 
I’m quite graceful at accepting feedback, because I see plenty of places to improve already, and am always open to more. I’m grateful you’d take the time to share your perspective. It helps me prioritize.
 
Quality Control Calls take place near the times payments are due.
 
The money-back guarantee pertains to a number on a scale of 1-10. I will check on this number at the Quality Control Calls, the last one being several weeks after our final session, when you’ve completed your Integration Plan.

Hesitation is Healthy

If you’re on the fence for any of the following reasons, JUST DON’T DO IT.

That’s right.

I’m warning you now:

if any of the following are an issue,
it isn’t gonna work out.

1. Technology & -skills

If you don’t have a device with both Zoom and a USB port, or are not comfortable enough with comupters to, for example, navigate this in-browser app…

…bummer.

That’s a separate issue/learning curve I can’t help you with.

2. Okay with these media

If you don’t trust Zoom, Chrome, Gmail, and text, then my routine means of communication won’t work for you.

(I don’t need to know any secrets or your past, so you can opt to mute yourself and/or go off-camera anytime.)

I honor your privacy, and these tools have limitations.

3. I won’t ‘save’ you.

I don’t call 9-1-1.
I’m not on-call.
I’m not available for free support, now or later on.

My harm-reduction attitude flies in the face of 12-step, religious, and diagnostic models, so I’ve been able to help people make life more worth living, but I’m not a mandated reporter, nor am I trained to think in terms of disease, or offer medical or behavioral health advice.

Note conditions 4 + 5!

4. Consensus Reality

Sleep and chemical factors that keep you and me able to be on the same page are important.

My approach may be rendered ineffective by mind-alteration during or within 30 days before/after. 

No shame if you stray!

It’s just the guarantee that’s nixed.

5. No Big Decisions

No big decisions is a common prescription when doctors put you on certain meds, right? Well, this is no drug, but I urge you to not schedule our work just before or too shortly after a move, significant med change, quitting nicotine, big financial commitments, etc.

If you’re unwilling to keep your celibacy/relationship status as-is between now and the integration of our work, I might recommend a different timeline.

In other words:

You would tell anyone you might be involved with that you’re not making any moves or decisions for 30 days before and after your work with me, because sexual/primary relationship changes would nix your progress.

(Luckily, stating this has usually created an atmosphere where the ex/potential/current partners relax in a happy-to-accommodate, quietly-excited sort of way.)

I don’t manipulate sales:

I’m not going to convince you or change your comfort-level with these pre-requisites.

They’re guarantee-nixing pre-requisites.

This is your heads-up.

Fast or slow?

Same price. Same outcome.

Different speeds.
  • Step 3 always requires a 9-week Integration Plan, but as far as sessions, one of these extremes might appeal more than the other...
  • Weekend Intensive
  • All your sessions in 3 days flat!
  • OR
  • Steady Pace
  • 2-3 months of weekly sessions.
  • In reality, every speed in between is possible (and then some) and I cater to your style & circumstances.

Same price,
same outcome,

Different speeds:

2 or 3 day 
Weekend Intensive

followed by an Integration Plan 

Pros:

  1. Instantaneous relief.
  2. Plenty of breaks, flexible scheduling.
  3. Least total time, most effecive use of time.

Cons:

Benefits can be so dramatic you don’t feel you need your Integration Plan until it’s too late.

2 or 3 months
at a Steady Pace

in tandem with an Integration Plan

Pros:

  1. Easier & faster than therapy.
  2. Regular (e.g. weekly) sessions.
  3. Built-in Integration Plan.

Cons:

Until you actually do it, it’s hard to believe how beneficial a little downtime after each session will be.

On Crushes

A crush can be a helpful fantasy — a phase in finding love for yourself.

Just don’t mistake the real me for being open to come-ons, gifts, or activities beyond our written agreement: I’m not.

If you’re prone to crushing, or think that maybe, once you meet me, something like that might happen, we can address that first: I know some amazing people with great success in that realm.

I’d be happy to not just refer you (temporarily or otherwise) but actually help you get started with them.

That’s my no-wrong-door policy.

No sudden moves 

Step 1
Free Introduction Call: 20-30 mins.
I listen for 20 mins. 
I refer you to the best support I know of for your situation, and if it’s me, we can talk about that an extra 10.

You sleep on any decisions, and we talk again for free.

Step 2
Taste-Test Call,
Detailed DIY Planning Call, 
and then
10 follow-up calls
to help you navigate the vast knowledgebase and Do It Yourself!

Step 3
Guaranteed Success.
Option to work with me 1-on-1.

You can, of course, stop at any point.

The surest route to lasting relief is to replace Calls 3 through 12 from Step 2 with Step 3 with me, but you can cheaply use my app for support and accountability, and succeed with just Step 2.

You can decide for yourself whether to involve a buddy/Peer-Support Specialist/etc., work independently, or inquire about my sliding scale.

You’re free to see as you go.

To learn about Step 1, click here.

For more about Step 2, click here.

Excessive details about step 3, here.

Step 0?
Indulge healthy skepticism!

How ’bout just doing the simplest thing ever: email.

You’ll immediately get my take on why smarts can be so isolating.

Hit ‘Reply’ to ask me anything!

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