I work in three ways, all grounded in the same inquiry: how do we build products, organizations, practices that honor the complexity of living bodies and the systems that shape them?
I design and facilitate experiences where embodiment and collective sense-making aren't separate from the technical work—they inform it. These aren't wellness add-ons or team-building exercises. They're spaces for navigating the actual complexity of your work through practices that honor what bodies know.
Seasonal attunements, workshop design for research teams, facilitation for organizations building in healthcare/biotech spaces where the questions are as much about what bodies are for as they are about technical solutions.
I work with groups who sense that something about how bodies show up in their work needs attention—whether that's clinical research teams, product organizations, or communities of practice navigating ethical complexity.
→ Your team is building healthcare products and keeps hitting questions that feel bigger than "user experience"
→ You're navigating ethical complexity in biotech and need space to think through what you're actually building
→ Your organization talks about "patient-centered design" but suspects something's missing
→ You want facilitation that takes embodiment seriously without being performative
I speak and teach at the intersection of bioethics, technology, and embodied practice—for audiences who are ready for conversations that don't separate technical rigor from human messiness.
Keynotes, conference talks, academic seminars, and workshops where the content bridges theoretical frameworks and practical application. I translate between academic bioethics, somatic wisdom, and product strategy—making each accessible to the others without dilution.
→ Making the right thing the easy thing in healthcare innovation
→ Design decisions as existential decisions (when building for bodies)
→ Narrative ethics and product strategy
→ What "patient-centered" actually means (and what it's missing)
→ Embodied approaches to navigating uncertainty in research/clinical contexts
→ Bioethics frameworks for technology builders
Written explorations that bridge academic bioethics frameworks, somatic wisdom, and practical design constraints. These are not theoretical exercises but tools for building better healthcare products and practices.
Think of them as deep dives into specific design problems that surface in healthcare/biotech contexts but approached through bioethics lenses most designers don't have access to. They're meant to be useful: something a product team can actually read and apply.
→ Consent in digital health: beyond the checkbox
→ Designing for uncertainty in clinical decision support
→ When "personalization" becomes surveillance: autonomy in health tech
→ Bodies as data sources vs. sites of knowledge: what changes?
→ Narrative ethics and product roadmaps
Exploring the central tension in designing for high-stakes healthcare: When does frictionless design actually create friction with human dignity?
These are published through my newsletter first, then archived here. Some are public. Some are for subscribers only. If your organization or community wants a custom brief on a specific design problem you are facing, we can discuss that too.
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Big client work. I'm not taking on multi-month consulting engagements or retainer relationships. My primary work is elsewhere. Both and Neither is for facilitation, teaching, writing, and the kinds of conversations that need different containers.
I typically book 4-8 weeks out for facilitation and speaking engagements. If you have something sooner that feels genuinely urgent and aligned, reach out anyway—sometimes timing works.
I am based in Chicago, IL, US (UTC/GMT-6) and available for virtual or in-person engagements.
If something here resonates and you want to explore working together, send me an email. Tell me what you're working on and what kind of conversation you're looking for.
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