I support individuals, families, communities, and organizations who are yearning to build the skills and systems needed for repair and relational transformation—with one another and the more-than-human world. My work lives at the intersection of conflict, care, and collective imagination. I offer several pathways depending on the needs of the people and place involved.

“i’m grateful to have more
tools for repair.”
- ember amador

“the practice group opened up a new way
to process and tenderly act in
complicated situations.”
- jessica thomas

“you have helped me connect back into accountability. And into a deeper relationship with plants.”
- brintha y

“mekdela has a gift for seeing a person's authentic self and innate goodness. the softening that a person experiences when seen that way invites so much.”
- wendy van wagner

environmental mediation

 I facilitate multi-stakeholder processes with land, water, and climate issues—supporting groups to navigate complexity, conflict, and competing needs with clarity and care. This may include land transitions, watershed stewardship, forest management, climate adaptation, or land use decision-making. I help participants move beyond entrenched positions and imbalanced power dynamics, toward shared decision making and durable agreements.

community dialogue

 I design spaces for meaningful dialogue between communities, organizations, and neighborhoods. This includes development-related conflicts, workplace tensions, and broader community engagement processes. Together, we create conditions where people can listen deeply, speak honestly, and participate in shaping outcomes that affect their lives.

art and earth guided facilitation

 I integrate artistic practice into facilitation as a way to access different forms of knowing, expression, and connection. Through storytelling, collective making, and participatory art processes, diverse groups can move through conflict and complexity in ways that are embodied, imaginative, and generative. Art opens space for what is often hard to say directly.

loving conflict practice

 I offer one-on-one support and small group spaces for practicing how to be in relational conflict with more presence, honesty, and care. These sessions focus on building skills—such as listening, boundary-setting, repair, and somatic emotional awareness—so that cracks can become sites of transformation.