Jason O'Neill
Synod Communicator, Assembly Planner, and Coaching Coordinator
Northern Texas - Northern Louisiana Synod, ELCA, Argyle
Email jason@ntnl.org
Phone (940) 241-2099 x 105
Journeying with You: Life, End of Life, and Everything Between
Pronouns: any & all
Jason has been coaching formally since 2012 and informally since he could begin talking, as it seems most anyone (including strangers*) feels drawn to share with him to receive his support in healing** soul wounds. He also has a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Texas A&M University, which informs his coaching.
After his own transformation around health issues, Jason began coaching around nutrition and wellness, then quickly realized he needed a holistic approach and has since been coaching individuals, couples, teams, and groups around all aspects of their lives, understanding it’s all connected. Jason listens to what is said and unsaid and then helps disrupt the patterns we all find ourselves in. Offering a powerful presence and brave space for each client, Jason quickly establishes trust for them to share to the depth they need in each session.
Jason is both a Certified Grief Coach and a Certified End of Life Coach through Coaching at End of Life, as well as a trained Team Coach through Summit Coaching and Behavioral Consulting. Jason has earned his Associate Certified Coach (ACC) accreditation with the International Coaching Federation (ICF). He has completed his training and mentoring hours, as well as the required 500 coaching hours, toward his Professional Certified Coach (PCC) accreditation, which he expects to receive by August 2022.
Some other descriptors for Jason, in no particular order: Advocate, Accomplice, and Co-Conspirator for all those on the margins. Bridge Builder. Intuitive Empath. Transgressive Artist. Lifelong Learner. Writer. Singer. Model. Queer. Son. Uncle. Husband. Parent to rescue animals — currently two cats (Koa and Nahla) and two dogs (Violet and Rosie), and one cat (Angel) who crossed the rainbow bridge in February 2020.
*Are any of us ever really strangers? We all have a soul connection. As Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote in his Letter from Birmingham Jail: “In a real sense all life is inter-related. All [people] are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be, and you can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be.”
**The name Jason comes from Greek Ἰάσων (Iásōn), meaning “healer”, from the verb ἰάομαι (iáomai), “to heal”, cognate with Ἰασώ (Iasṓ), the goddess of healing, and ἰατρός (iatrós), “healer.”