About Martin

I work at the intersection of organizational psychology, ecological awareness, and embodied leadership development.

With a background in organizational psychology and long-term engagement with nature-based practice, I support leaders, teams, and organizations in developing sustainable ways of working that are psychologically sound, ecologically responsible, and humanly livable.

My approach integrates evidence-based organizational psychology with systems thinking, embodied awareness, and a deep respect for the human relationship with the more-than-human world. I work with leadership development, psychological safety, team dynamics, and organizational culture from a perspective that sees people not as resources, but as living systems within living systems.

I am particularly interested in how early life experiences with nature shape leadership identity and ecological responsibility, and how organizations can develop cultures that are not only effective, but also regenerative. A form of Healing Leadership.

Alongside formal training, my work is informed by lived experience of deep change, long-term engagement with inner work, and embodied learning developed across years of personal practice. This includes familiarity with psychological transitions and experience navigating complexity from the inside, which supports a grounded and humane approach in working with individuals and groups.

I also bring more than a decade of experience in environmental activism and culture-building, working in and around grassroots movements, community initiatives, and ecological advocacy. This has given me firsthand understanding of the pressure points between values, systems, and real-world constraints, and a practical sense of how ideals translate into everyday leadership and organizational life.

My work is grounded, relational, and pragmatic, focused on helping people and organizations create conditions where life is supported rather than depleted.

Influences

My work stands at the intersection of depth psychology, soul activism, ecological presence, ancestral work, relational repair, and regenerative organizations. It has been shaped not through certification alone, but through lived descent, wilderness encounters, and long apprenticeship to the inner and outer worlds.

My work is shaped by many traditions and thinkers. I’m especially grateful for the contributions of:

Alan Abbass PhD, who revealed to me the precision and power of Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP), and how deep change can unfold through regulated presence and clinical clarity. Adnhis extensive work in the method.
Andreas Weber PhD, with whom I’ve had the privilege of exploring relational presence in a way that is both ecologically grounded and soulfully alive, thanks for planting that seed in the Berlin forest.
Ann Weiser Cornell and Barbara McGavin, for their work on Untangling and the evolution of Focusing as a relational and embodied practice—and to Ann, for a meeting I didn’t know I needed, held in a simplicity and honesty few dare to speak from
Bill Plotkin PhD, for mapping the terrain of soul initiation and nature-based human development
David Abram PhD, with whom I shared magic tricks, and whose poetic animism and embodiment of language have deeply influenced my storytelling
David Williamson, who lifted me up early into stage life —teaching me the transformative power of distraction, playfulness, and misdirection as a form of care, resilience, and subtle wisdom.
David Godman — for bringing Ramana’s teachings to life with clarity, humility, and depth — and for reminding me that the mountain lives within, and every kernel of sennep is precious.
Eugene Gendlin PhD, for the gift of Focusing and the intelligence of felt sense
Emma, for your inspiring ability to bring even the most powerful down to a level where you can speak to them directly.
Francis Weller, for welcoming grief as a portal to wholeness
Joanna Macy PhD, for tending the sorrow and vision of the Earth—whom I was fortunate to learn from in her final years of teaching
John P. Milton, for reawakening sacred connection to the more-than-human world
Josh Schrei of The Emerald Podcast, for weaving myth, culture, ritual, and remembering into a living language that keeps the soul awake
Katharine Burke, for her immense contribution to my permaculture, inner transformation, and regeneration through loving awareness and teaching
Leslie Greenberg PhD, for his development of Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), and for continuing to bring this vital knowledge into the world with humility and brilliance
Martin Lee Mueller PhD, who brought me deeply into the fjords and the life of salmon—and captured a part of my soul’s heritage in a place I least expected
Randi, who set me loose in the world after many disappointments—with a copy of Bill Plotkin’s book in my hand
Richard C. Schwartz PhD and the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model, for the language of parts, protectors, and unburdening
Siri, my neighbor and a fierce advocate for women’s health and fertility awareness—who gave me the hard talk when I needed it, and brought clarity through truth-telling
Sophie Strand, who opened the possibility for an activism that moves beyond the physical—a wild, poetic, and embodied way of engaging with the world, rooted in ecology, myth, and care.
Thomas Hübl, for holding collective trauma in the field of presence
Indigenous Communities and Earth-based Traditions, for keeping alive the wisdom of interbeing, ceremony, and deep relationality with land, spirit, and kin. Their ways of knowing continue to remind us that healing is collective, that time moves in cycles, and that the Earth is not a resource—but a relative
Ulvar, Nordens MacGyver – som lærte meg verdien av godhet i aktivisme, og betydningen av å være uærlig humoristisk.
Anna, my dear friend and companion across borders—for a love that knows no boundaries; who has held me through fire and shadow, stood with me in the river where we met, and remained a relational cornerstone in my becoming together.
My parents, who carried forward the work of healing and integrity in the aftermath of war and cultural upheaval—and gifted me the courage to teach, the ability to learn, and the love of the world—through heart, hand, and head

I am indebted to and deeply grateful for these teachers, traditions, and beloved ones—whose presence continues to shape how I listen, love, and offer myself to the world.

This work is grounded in personal practice:
Early training in movement and theatre, embodied listening cultivated through gymnastics and performance from as young as six, a decade of environmental activism and social justice work, roles in leadership and years spent on the land—often alone, often in silence—learning to hear what modern life forgets.

About Martin

Influences

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