Helping people awaken to what matters most, engage deeply with life, and flourish with wisdom, compassion, and purpose.
Awaken Engage integrates psychology, mindfulness, education, music, and contemplative practice to help people cultivate lives of presence, connection, purpose, and well-being.
Notice what matters.
Cultivate awareness, presence, and mindful attention that opens us to life.
Live what matters.
Strengthen relationships, build resilience, and align your life with what matters most.
Become fully alive.
Grow in wisdom, joy, purpose, and wholehearted contribution.
You may be navigating anxiety, burnout, grief, relationship challenges, or a significant life transition.
You may be seeking greater clarity, deeper connection, renewed purpose, or simply a more grounded and meaningful way of living.
Or perhaps you sense there is more to life than simply getting through the day.
If any of that resonates, you're in the right place.
There is no single path toward healing, growth, and meaningful engagement. Different seasons of life call for different approaches, but each pathway is grounded in the same intention: helping people cultivate greater presence, connection, and purpose.
Individual and couples counseling grounded in mindfulness, emotional awareness, and compassionate presence. Counseling provides a space for healing, self-discovery, and meaningful change through deeper awareness, authentic connection, and intentional action.
Retreats create opportunities to step away from the demands of daily life, reconnect with what matters most, and engage in deeper reflection, learning, and personal growth.
More than an instrument, the handpan can be a pathway into presence, creativity, and connection. Through music, learning, and shared experience, the handpan offers a unique invitation to slow down, listen deeply, and engage with life in a different way.
Experience the Handpan and Handpan Music
Through writing, podcast conversations, teaching, and mindfulness-based education, I explore the practices and perspectives that support healing, awareness, resilience, and human flourishing.
Explore Podcast and Reflections on Substack
David Robert Jones, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor
Adjunct Professor, Boise State University
Mindfulness Teacher
Retreat Facilitator
Handpan Musician
Host of the Awaken Engage Podcast
My work brings together psychology, mindfulness, education, creativity, and contemplative practice in service of healing, growth, and meaningful engagement. Over the years, I have worked with individuals navigating life's challenges, taught students and professionals, facilitated retreats, explored contemplative practices, and discovered the unique ways music can foster presence and transformation.
While the settings may differ, the intention remains the same: creating spaces where people can heal, grow, connect, and engage more fully with their lives.
At the heart of Awaken Engage™ is a simple belief: healing and growth happen when we become more aware, more connected, and more fully engaged with our lives.
Whether through counseling, retreat experiences, mindfulness practice, music, or meaningful conversation, the goal is not merely symptom reduction or self-improvement. The goal is cultivating a life marked by greater presence, authenticity, connection, and purpose.
Each offering is a different pathway into that work.
Insights, conversations, and resources exploring mindfulness, mental health, relationships, resilience, creativity, and what it means to live a more fully engaged life.
(Featured Substack posts, podcast episodes, and articles)
You don't need to have everything figured out before taking the next step.
Whether you're seeking support, exploring mindfulness, attending a retreat, listening to music, or simply learning more about the work of Awaken Engage, there is a place for you here.
Counseling • Retreats • Handpan • Resources
