Dr. Eric Holsapple

Facilitator

Dr. Eric J. Holsapple, author and business leader, has realized the value of mindfulness as not only a path to personal success, but as a sound business strategy.

Mindfulness can increase company productivity, reduce healthcare costs, and give businesses a competitive edge. It also creates an opportunity for far-reaching influence and impact. When shared within an organization, mindfulness produces a ripple effect that can not only transform company culture but also expand the happiness and well-being of its employees, their families and communities, and essentially the world.

In addition to providing leadership at Living in the Gap, Eric has been a successful developer, entrepreneur, CEO, university lecturer, yoga and meditation practitioner and teacher, and philanthropist. He holds an MBA and a Ph.D. in economics.

Ryan Holsapple

Co-Facilitator

Ryan has achieved a master's degree in Depth Psychology with a specialization in Jungian and Archetypal Studies from Pacifica Graduate Institute where he is currently a Ph.D. student continuing his study.

Ryan is certified in Self Soul Spirit and Gestalt facilitation through life-long psychologist Dr. Roger Strachan and is a certified Nature-Connected Coach (NCC) and alumnus of the Earth-Based Institute (EBI). He is also an alumnus of InnerPathWorks, having trained with Randy Russell. Ryan has additional training from the Tracker School under the guidance of Tom Brown, Jr.

Ryan is passionate about guiding and supporting others to access and unlock their own innate wisdom and empowerment through mentoring, facilitating, and teaching.

Amanda Pombar

Co-Facilitator

Amanda has worked as a peer mentor for those living with mental health challenges, co-owned and operated a boutique gym, and worked as a life skills coordinator for moms and children from domestic violent homes. She is a certified Self Soul Spirit Facilitator by the Center of Creative Choice and a Nature-Connected guide through the Earth Based Institute located in Boulder, Colorado. 

Amanda enjoys being outside and has found it to be a way of working with people through transitions: divorce, becoming a new parent, dating, adulting, death and grief, and others. She facilitates awareness in her clients so they can live a Soul-directed life. 

Always choosing experiences to grow and learn led her to Living in the Gap and being certified as a mindful leader. She is a facilitator for the program and supports participants as they practice mindfulness, create a vision for their life, and take steps towards Soul-directed living.