Video Lessons in Presence with Charles

Hi, I’m Charles – nice to digitally meet you.
A little about me: I have a PhD in clinical psychology, provide virtual Individual Guidance, and am a college-level psychology instructor as well as a long-time meditation practitioner. I have experience leading in-person and online mindfulness and meditation courses for a variety of audiences including college students, military personnel, athletes, and the general community (and hopefully for you). I’ve also published original research in the peer-reviewed journal Mindfulness and write the Mindful Lens column for Nature’s Best Photography Magazine.

My goal here is to combine my knowledge and experiences from the worlds of psychology and mindfulness – two worlds that I believe coalesce quite nicely - in order to provide you with a unique training. I’m also a lover of philosophy and I believe that nothing is out of bounds in the realm of well-being, so I will draw upon a variety of sources and traditions within these courses without espousing any particular ideology. This is all part of my "capital T Truth" perspective (more on that inside the training).

Each year I travel to a Zen Buddhist monastery for two weeks or so. This is not because I consider myself “Buddhist” (I don’t), but rather I see this as an essential yearly tradition of galvanizing my meditation practice with one-pointed focus and no distraction, making me a better instructor and hopefully a wiser, more compassionate person.

I’m here to help you learn some tools to become less reactive and more focused in life, and more able to enjoy and do whatever it is you do with less struggle (what I refer to as “internal friction” in the course). Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you in one of my courses!