About

I’m Sam. I’m a designer and systems thinker, an empty nester, and someone who has spent a lot of my life trying to understand why people can know so much about themselves and still feel caught in the same patterns.

That curiosity eventually became the States of Living™ Model, created to make something usually invisible easier to see: what is organizing us underneath our thoughts, choices, and behavior.

This is not about becoming a better version of yourself or learning the right habits to perform. It is about recognizing when Survival is organizing life, understanding what that organization produces, and making room for a different way of being to emerge.

I bring together systems thinking, design, observation, and lived experience to build practical maps for seeing those patterns more clearly.

I live in Utah with my family and am navigating this next chapter of life too.

Whether you’re moving through one of life’s many changes or simply beginning to wonder if there might be another way to live,

I’m glad you’re here.

-Sam