*️️️️️️️️️️updated August 2025*️️️️️️️️️️

日本語しゃべるよ！ペラペラじゃないけど ^_^ 日本語でも英語でも連絡しよう！

(Hablo español también! E parlo italiano!)

Hello - I'm Joe. Great to meet you😊

I'm a therapeutic coach (helping people with self-compassion in sessions on Zoom) and facilitator living in Granada, Spain.

I trained with Gabor Maté - if you know and like what he does that's a few hundred hours of conversation we could have right there🤓

If you don't know who Gabor Maté is, I'm also really into music (I'm getting into writing my own), running, yoga, coffee, growing food, walks and spending slow time with people🧡

I live in a beautiful cave which is pretty magical!

I'm not really that into going out to bars and stuff but I do that sometimes (alcohol-free beers though as I'm an alcohol-free human!). I'd rather make food together or go for a walk with my neighbour's dog!

I periodically delete but follow me on Insta if you want! @knowaboutjoe

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm really into stepping into the 'more beautiful world our heart knows is possible' and couchsurfing is totally part of that more beautiful world. Hospitality is really important to me. I really love meeting awesome, interesting and interested people. Also #fuckAirbnb

Interests

• yoga
• classical music
• society
• mindfulness
• japan
• coaching
• playing piano
• growing food
• progressive rock
• nintendo
• therapy
• gift economy

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: The Mars Volta, Between the Buried and Me, Dream Theater

Movies: Princess Mononoke, Y tu mamá también, Bardo, Metropolis, Paris, Texas, 21 Grams, The Grizzly Man, In Bruges, Lost in Translation, Rope, Les triplettes de belleville, Delicatessen

Books: Graham Greene, John Steinbeck, Haruki Murakami, Guy Delisle / Charles Eisenstein, Gabor Maté, Terry Real

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I made a cinema (for one night only) for the children of Jocotenango, Guatemala.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can offer you a Compassionate Inquiry session, for sure!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Cuba, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Netherlands, Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Sweden, United States, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, Guatemala, Italy, Japan, Spain