Sunrise over the Maine coast

Companions

Tools and teachings that move the essays from the page into daily practice.

The essays at The Bountiful Path are meant to be read. The companions are meant to be used. They include an online course, reflective writing companions, seasonal toolkits, and recurring features. Each one is designed to be low-friction and high-return: pick it up when you need it, set it down when you do not.

Online Classes

Courses at the intersection of integrative medicine, Chinese medicine, and contemplative practice, drawn from two decades of clinical and creative work. Warm and expert; accessible to anyone.

The Life That's Asking to Be Lived

A short course on listening for the life that wants to be lived next. Five self-paced lessons, plus two web companions for daily practice: a card to draw a single intention, and a wheel to locate yourself in the season. The Spring and Summer Seasonal Reflection toolkits are included.

Enroll on Podia ($49)

Free for Bountiful Path paid subscribers with the coupon code BPSUBSTACK at checkout.

More classes are in development. Subscribers will be the first to know when registration opens.

Reflective Companions

Small web tools meant to live alongside the writing. They open a quiet space for reflection and leave nothing behind.

Shape of Your Days

A reflective writing companion. You answer a series of questions about the chapters and seasons of your life, and the companion writes back a literary reflection in the voice of a thoughtful reader. Nothing you enter is stored.

Subscribe to The Bountiful Path

Available to Bountiful Path subscribers, password-protected. The welcome email carries the link and the password.

Seasonal Reflection Toolkits

Field-guide PDFs organized around the Five Phases of Chinese medicine, paired with companion apps. The toolkits pair contemplative prompts with practical, body-based practices rooted in integrative medicine.

Summer (Fire phase) · available now

A season of fullness and warmth, of long days and salt on the skin. The Summer Companion meets you in the long afternoon.

Summer Companion welcome screen: 'The Season of Radiance' with tabs for Welcome, Wisdom, Nourishment, Practices, Story, System, Self, Seasonality, Intention, and Art
A look at the Summer Companion app. Featuring work by Rick Hamilton, courtesy of Portland Art Gallery.

Get the Summer toolkit on Podia

Spring (Wood phase) · still available

A season of planning, growth, and the green of new leaves. The Spring Companion invites you into a week of slow beginnings.

Spring Companion welcome screen: 'The Season of Emergence'
Featuring work by Catherine Breer, courtesy of Portland Art Gallery.

Get the Spring toolkit on Podia

Coming with the year

Late Summer Companion preview
Late Summer (Earth phase)
arriving with the season
Autumn Companion preview
Autumn (Metal phase)
arriving with the season
Winter Companion preview
Winter (Water phase)
arriving with the season

Each toolkit pairs a field-guide PDF with an interactive web companion, free on Podia.

Recurring features

Books on the Boat

A recurring feature reviewing books read at the shoreline and on the water. The aim is never to rank or recommend in the abstract, but to notice what a particular book does in the life it meets. Personal, unhurried, connecting the book to place and lived experience.

Seasonal Field Notes

Shorter pieces tied to the Five Phases and to the specific week we are in. The weather, the tide, the garden, and the practice that fits the moment.

Read on Substack