Frederic Wiedemann

Frederic Wiedemann is a passionate man. Whether he is launching a new nonprofit with his wife, coaching a client, recharging in the Indian Peaks Wilderness, or hanging out with family/ friends, he goes for it. Frederic has lived 63 years with gusto and depth.

FAMILY: Frederic is the father of a 34 y.o.son (green-designer and builder in Seattle) and 24 y.o. daughter (dancer and entertainer in Chicago), step-father of two, and grandfather of six (four of whom are living). He is married to Marika Baris, founder and executive director of My Baby Angel Foundation. They live, work, and play near Boulder, Colorado in Longmont.

CAREER: He has been a delivery boy, body worker, professional dancer, PhD Clinical Psychologist, published scholar and author of Between Two Worlds: The Riddle of Wholeness (also translated into Turkish and Japanese!), poet of over 500 poems, founder of two nonprofits, community activist, and ex-VP of Human Resources of an entrepreneurial start-up that rocketed from $0 to $50,000,000 in sales in the first three years. He is Board President of My Baby Angel Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit to help transform our society's response to pregnancy and infant loss. He has an active coaching and therapy practice for those that want help to get clarity.

ADVENTURES: Frederic has lived abroad for five years. At 17, he spent a year studying in Lugano, Switzerland. At 21, he motorcycled overland from London to New Delhi on a 500 cc Triumph Scrambler, arriving in India the day that India and Pakistan declared war on each other. In his fifties, he plunged into a two year learning sabbatical in Kashmir, Goa, and Maui (and was living with a muslim family of 26 when the USA was bombing Afghanistan in 2003). Frederic has taken and/or guided others on over 20 wilderness vision quests throughout the world, and traveled in over 45 countries (including Siberia ... see photo at right!). His most recent adventure was rafting the entire length of the Grand Canyon for 21 days with 16 other "river-rats."

SHADOW: In 2003, at the end of his two year learning sabbatical in Kashmir, India, and Maui, Frederic experienced increasing levels of anxiety and depression. He found that he could no longer force himself do coaching and therapy with his clients. He descended into a private hell. Homeless, in debt, and suicidal, it took him months of "shadow work," his own therapy, medication, and the astounding help of his family and friends to confront this mid-life death and rebirth. Facing this dragon led him forward into the renewal of his life and sacred work. He likes to call this renewal the beginning of "Book III of my life's Trilogy."

MISSION: Ask him what theme runs through this diverse life, and he will quip "craziness." But those that know him will tell you that what runs through all this diversity is "crazy wisdom" -- his passion to explore, teach, share, and embody Wholeness. Whether cooking a meal for the homeless at the Our Center, volunteering to those suffering a pregnancy loss, or mentoring those in his coaching practice of 40 years, his heart is to be of benefit. He loves living and giving the gift of this "renaissance lifestyle."