ABOUT CHAUNCI
That's me, somewhere in Scotland, on pilgrmage :)
People sometimes ask me how I came to this work. The honest answer is that the journey was long and personal. I think this way of seeing the world was taking root long before I had words for it. I grew up in Alaska, spending much of my childhood outdoors—shaped by freedom, curiosity, and a deep love for the natural world. Looking back, I can see that many of the relationships that now shape my work began there: with the natural world, with story, with solitude, and with my own curiosity. For more than two decades, my life was shaped by raising my son through home education. We prioritized living close to the land and learning through community. Along the way, motherhood, photography, and global travel became enduring practices of paying attention and of self-discovery. What began as a way of living came into focus in midlife, when I realized there was something I wanted to deepen and offer to other women.
Today, I work as a Jungian-informed Narrative Coach for women.
At the heart of my work is a simple belief: the relationship we cultivate with ourselves becomes the relationship we carry into every other part of our lives.
Over time, I came to understand that story, myth, dreams, and the Narrative Enneagram weren't separate interests at all. Each offered a different way of entering into conversation with myself—and each became another language for listening. Today, they are the same practices I bring into my work with women.
A steady anchor in my life has become a practice I return to each year: intentional solitude through a long-distance solo walk, which I lovingly refer to as my pilgrimages. They have become a sacred practice of listening, remembering, grieving, celebrating, and occasionally wondering why I thought carrying everything I own on my back for a week was a good idea. Every pilgrimage reminds me that meaning is rarely found by moving faster, but by slowing and traveling at my own speed.
While my own path often leads me into the natural world, I've come to believe that what the natural world teaches us through relationship—attention, uncertainty, endurance, reciprocity, and meaning-making—already exists within us. I see these same capacities, in varying degrees, reflected in nearly every woman I meet. Eventually, I chose to seek out the teachers and certifications that could deepen this work and allow me to serve women with greater care and integrity. Through Pacifica Graduate Institute, I hold certifications in Celtic Mythology, Applied Mythology, and Ecotherapy. I am also certified as a Jungian Coach and am finalizing my training as a Narrative Enneagram Practitioner and Teacher. I believe this work is sacred because I understand the responsibility of sitting with another person's story. I continue to question and grow—right alongside the women I have the privilege of accompanying.
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