My (Adam Baltieri's) life and work should evoke the spaciousness, richness and mysteriousness of Being while playfully contributing sanity to the human situation. Although my work embodies humanistic values – more or less – you can most insightfully approach it by reversing the one-sided formula “humans have freedom.” In other words, my creativity is witness to freedom’s having humans and concerns the Mystery.

I studied philosophy and have a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master's degree, in German, from Freie Universität, Berlin. I received scholarships for both periods of study. My engagement with Martin Heidegger was ambivalent, and had to do with thoughtfully inquiring into the relationship between truth and freedom, and rediscovering in experience the origin of philosophy. I have spent years exploring mainstream and alternative (psycho-)therapies for personal growth, healing, and integration, and have wide-ranging knowledge of contemporary and ancient spiritualities. At the end of the day, I remain more or less beholden to the Western scientific paradigm and the liberal socio-political order, while nurturing humility in matters of the heart and abiding in the sacredness of that which cannot be explained.

I'm a proponent of involving oneself in psycho-spiritual growth modalities (psychotherapy, etc) for the gracious unfolding of personal life and the integration of something "larger." My practice for trauma-informed holistic counseling and personal growth can be found at https://www.aliveinthemystery.com.