Writer
Coach
Facilitator
Mentor

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Welcome!

 

My name is Nick Oredson. I am a writer, university instructor,

group facilitator, life coach and youth mentor currently living

and working in Southern Oregon. I hold a master’s degree in

education (M.S.Ed.) from Southern Oregon University (2020)

where I focused my studies on higher education administration,

emotional intelligence education and group facilitation. For my

master’s degree final project, I created the Campus Connection

Circle – a peer-support based, weekly, drop-in support group

designed for college students.

In addition to being a university instructor, I also currently

facilitate a variety of support circles in my local community -

both men’s groups and mixed gender groups that focus on healing,

growth, mutual support and intergender reconciliation.

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I have a private practice coaching adults and mentoring youth based in Ashland, Oregon. I take a healing and growth approach to personal well-being and collaborate with my clients to first identify their core qualities and inner strengths and then work to build a strong, reliable relationship with these inner assets. I also communicate with clients the importance of addressing developmental trauma when seeking to improve overall health and well-being.

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I am currently completing a book entitled: The Shadow Work Companion: A Handbook for Exploring the Mystery of Self – due out in the spring of 2024. Written with a deep compassion for the human experience, The Shadow Work Companion offers a wide range of activities, exercises and strategies designed to assist the reader in investigating what is known as the shadow, the hidden part of the human psyche that Carl Jung called “...that dark region of the personality which is unknown and unrecognized by the ego”. Starting with basic activities that can be done in an hour or less and moving on to deeper processes that can take place over weeks or months, the book is written in plain language and is designed for readers of any experience level. The Shadow Work Companion is an essential tool for anyone interested in exploring their internal landscape on a deeper level. The activities and exercises in the book provide many opportunities for the reader to reconnect with their essential self, fully engage with their adult resources, perspectives, and wisdom, and create the world that they desire rather than struggle to survive in the world that was thrust upon them as children.