Applied Liberation PsychologyTM
Download a Free Applied Liberation PsychologyTM Workbook
Explore my personally created healing framework: Harnessing Western neuroscience, Eastern energy psychology, and practical skill-building
First, What Is "Liberation Psychology"?
Liberation Psychology began as a movement to reclaim psychology from purely individual, symptom-focused frameworks—and reconnect it to the social, cultural, and systemic realities that shape human suffering. Developed by Latin American psychologist Ignacio Martín-Baró, it emphasizes the collective liberation of marginalized people through a deeper understanding of power, oppression, identity, and healing.
At its core, liberation psychology asks:
How can healing become an act of resistance—and how can resistance become healing?
But awareness alone isn’t enough.
Why Applied Liberation Psychology?
Applied Liberation PsychologyTM is my personally-developed healing framework for making liberation not just something we reflect on—but something we practice, embody, and transmit through every area of life. In a true "East meets West" framework, applied liberation psychology integrates being and doing.
Grounded in clinical psychology, informed by over a decade of my personal Buddhist study, and shaped by my background as a college athlete, this approach integrates both the social systems that shape us and the internal systems we can learn to shape.
This isn’t about coping.
It’s about transformation.
What Makes This Approach Unique
Where traditional liberation psychology often stays at the level of theory or social critique, Applied Liberation PsychologyTM brings the work down to the nervous system level—where it becomes personal, energetic, and trainable.
With the right tools, you can learn to:
*Harmonize with your authentic self using inward practices
*Create an environment which mirrors your authentic self
*Regulate your nervous system in the face of stress
*Reclaim attention as a tool of liberation
*Rebuild your relationship to yourself as purposeful and whole
*Redirect energy—emotionally, spiritually, relationally—to build a life aligned with your direct perception of truth.
This is where my background in Eastern energy psychology, Buddhist practice, and college athlete-level skill development converge. When I say I "created" Applied Liberation Psychology, I'm referring to my framing of the primary catalysts of change which Buddhists have practiced for thousands of years (attention and compassion). What I have created in this sense is a philosophical and practical convergence point of ancient Eastern self-development practices and applied Western science.
Two Core Components of Applied Liberation Psychology
1. Attention-Based Practice = A Neurological “Hardware” Upgrade
When you consistently train attention—through breath, mindfulness, or guided practices—you’re literally reorganizing your brain, increasing neuroplasticity, and altering brain structures. Research done on long and short-term meditators confirms this.
In terms of the brain-based changes, neuropsychology research has found that after roughly 2 months of attention-based practices your:
*Frontal cortex (awareness, logic), Hippocampus (memory), Insula (compassion) all increase in size
*Amygdala (fear, anger, flight/flight/freeze) shrinks in size
Changing your brain structure leads to tangible changes and is a relatively low time investment of 2 months of daily practice. Just like building muscle in the gym, attention is a skill that grows neurological muscles—and is also one of the most direct pathways to long-term healing.
In terms of personal practice, attention was the primary tool for my own inward journey. When you look within, you may not always like what you neglected to look at for so long, and emotions, judgements, etc. begin to bubble up. But having a quiet mind that can observe without reactivity is a serious advantage when processing difficult life experiences.
However, there is still the issue of loving ourselves, which requires a different skill, surrendering to the truth that we are already good enough.
All that's needed is seeing through the veil of our confusion, and remembering that human confusion is no one's fault—this is compassion in the ultimate sense, and what I call "radical blamelessness." We were not born on purpose and, according to liberation psychology theory, we are also forced by our environments to behave in a certain way. Therefore, we cannot logically blame ourselves for who we are. Because environmental conditions caused us to come into being, self-compassion is the only logical conclusion.
When there is no self-condemnation, the emotions relax, the heart opens, and then the conditions of our human existence are finally understood. By simply understanding, we tune into love, as:
"Understanding is love's other name." ~Thich Nhat Hanh
2. Behavior-Based Self-Compassion = Energy Flow and Personal Empowerment
Once you accept that nature created you on purpose (and very much likes what it has created, I might add), then every part of you—your personality, history, emotional patterns—can become a vehicle for liberated energy, creativity, and love without conditions. Self-compassion opens these creative capacities, however in this framework self-compassion is active, behavioral, not passive, and does not come in the form of affirmations.
It is an energetic unlock that helps you:
*Align your mind with the truth that you were created on purpose
*Align your actions with compassion-fueled vigor towards yourself and others
*Stop leaking energy through shame or self-rejection
*Accept your full identity and experience as uniquely yours
*Direct your creative energy toward the life you want to build
Self-compassion creates inner coherence… and inner coherence creates flow.
Liberation as a Trainable Skill
Coming from a background in competitive athletics and a decade of Buddhist practice, I’ve never believed change is about magic—it’s about repetition, technique, and focusing energy.
Applied Liberation PsychologyTM treats healing the same way. You don’t need to be a monk, a therapist, or a rocket scientist to do this work.
You just need to practice—strategically and consistently—until your nervous system starts telling a new story, inwardly and outwardly.
What This Looks Like in Practice
*Nervous system regulation tools that help you shift out of survival states
*Meditative practices that train attention
*Identity-based inquiry that turns shame into agency
*Behavior-based compassion work that helps creative energy flow
*Skill-building strategies to turn insights into actual life changes
Is This Work for You?
If you are:
*A professional, creative, or caregiver longing for deeper self-connection and expression
*A spiritual practitioner seeking potent and practical self-development tools
*A leader seeking to empower those within your organization
*A change-maker navigating the toll of racial or systemic stress
*A high-performing individual stuck in burnout or overthinking
*Someone looking to integrate mindfulness, spiritual practice, and psychological growth into one fluid path
...then Applied Liberation Psychology may be exactly what you’ve been searching for.
Start Applying Liberation Now
Integrating the best inner change tools the world has ever known–from East to West.
You don’t have to wait until you’re in therapy or a crisis to begin practicing.
This is a workable system. A repeatable practice. A way of living.
👉Learn About Practicing Applied Liberation PsychologyTM →
👉 Download the Free Applied Liberation PsychologyTM Workbook →
👉Learn About Working With Me 1:1 →
Applied Liberation isn’t just a theory.
It’s what happens when you reclaim your attention, accept yourself fully, and begin to direct your energy—on purpose. That’s the work. Let’s begin.
