Hi Friends! I’m Ryan!
Founder, Executive Director, Certificated Coach, Counselor, dog parent, and husband who believes people don’t need to be fixed. They need support reconnecting with who they already are.
I discovered my True North more than two decades ago, but knowing the direction and having the courage to follow it turned out to be two very different things.
For years, fear, self-doubt, relationships, expectations, and the search for security pulled me farther from the life that felt aligned with who I was.
Eventually, I reached a point where I knew something needed to change. That season began a much deeper journey, one that included coaching, therapy, education, spiritual reflection, and learning how to hear my own voice again.
Over time, I began to understand what had been missing. I wasn’t simply trying to become more successful or accomplish better goals. I was learning how to close the distance between the life I was living and the person I knew myself to be.
That realization changed the direction of my life.
With the support of mentors, I returned to school and completed my Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) in Psychology, completed more than 2,500 hours of coaching experience, and earned the Master Certified Coach (MCC) credential through the International Coaching Federation.
But the most important thing I learned was this:
People rarely need someone else to hand them the answer to their life. They often need a safe, structured place to hear themselves clearly, reconnect with what matters, and begin moving forward.
That belief became True North Catalyst.
Today, True North Catalyst is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit built around no barrier access and a structured approach we call the Catalyst Pathway.
Through coaching, counseling, restorative support, spiritual accompaniment, leadership work, and community partnerships, we help people name what is true, clarify what matters, identify meaningful forward movement, and turn insight into practical action.
The work may look different for every person, but the belief underneath it remains the same:
Your voice matters. Your story matters. And meaningful support should strengthen your agency, not replace it.
Client Voices
Credentials | Recognition
Masters of Liberal Arts (ALM) in Psychology - Harvard University
Master Certified Coach (MCC) Credential - International Coaching Federation
Humanitarian of The Year - City of West Hollywood, CA
Certificate of Christian Ministries - SoCAL U School of Ministry
YOUR TRUE NORTH ALREADY EXISTS.
The Catalyst Pathway gives us a structured way to reconnect with what matters, define meaningful forward movement, and turn clarity into practical action.
Ways We Can Support You!
Every person arrives with a different story, need, and definition of forward movement. Our work is designed to meet people where they are while helping them move toward greater alignment, clarity, safety, and agency.
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Clarity for the place you feel stuck.
Individual support through the Catalyst Pathway helps you name what is happening, clarify what matters, define meaningful forward movement, and turn insight into practical next steps.
Your pathway is built around your goals, circumstances, capacity, and definition of progress.
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Rebuilding belonging after faith or identity harm.
My Unclobbered Life creates space to explore the impact of church hurt, harmful interpretations, spiritual pressure, and the tension that can emerge between faith, identity, family, and belonging.
The goal is not to tell you what to believe. It is to help you reconnect with your own voice, values, faith, identity, and sense of belonging without having to erase yourself.
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Restorative support after unsafe relationships.
Safe Harbor provides structured, non-emergency support for people rebuilding after domestic violence, relationship trauma, coercive dynamics, or other experiences that have affected safety, confidence, and agency.
We focus on restoration, forward movement, and reconnecting with choice while working within appropriate boundaries and referring to specialized resources when needs fall outside our scope.
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Rediscover direction when your life has become about everyone else.
When responsibility, caregiving, leadership, work, or long-standing expectations have made it difficult to hear your own voice, this structured pathway helps you reconnect with what matters to you.
Together, we clarify direction, identify a meaningful Compass Target, and build practical movement toward a life that includes your values, needs, and purpose too.
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Healthier systems create healthier people.
True North Catalyst works with nonprofits, churches, businesses, and community organizations to strengthen leadership, culture, care pathways, organizational alignment, and sustainable ways of supporting people.
Whether the need involves strategy, leadership support, systems, culture, or access to care, we begin by understanding the organization before recommending a pathway forward.
You don’t have to figure out the whole journey today.
Sometimes the next step is simply telling someone where you are.
Prefer to talk live? Book a Discovery Conversation.
Help Create Access
True North Catalyst is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit sustained by tax-deductible charitable contributions from people who believe everyone deserves access to meaningful support. Your generosity helps remove financial barriers and gives individuals a safe, structured pathway toward greater clarity, renewed confidence, deeper belonging, and lasting transformation.
Every gift helps create access for someone who is ready to heal, rebuild, and move forward, but may not have the resources to begin alone.