Ryan Armstrong

I believe that to be human is to be fundamentally relational—and that to be relational is to be vulnerable. For many (some might say all) of us, myself included, life has given us plenty of reasons to protect ourselves. While our protective strategies shield us from the terror of further pain, they also keep us from becoming fully alive—relationally, emotionally, spiritually.

I am interested in the stories we tell, often unconsciously, that justify, reinforce, and even propagate that self-protection. What is your story? Who is the narrator? And why is he or she telling this particular story? Exploring these questions can be deeply empowering and can open the door to real change. But it can also be excruciatingly vulnerable.

My role is to join you in that vulnerability—not to fix or judge, but simply to know you, with gentleness and humility. My hope is that, in this knowing, you might come to know yourself more fully, and might discover new ways of being that are freer, truer, and more whole.