Dr. Ryan Nielsen is a certified life coach, somatic skills coach, professor, musician, creativity expert, author, and international speaker. He is currently training in BodyDreaming, an approach to the treatment of developmental trauma created by Marian Dunlea. He is an Oxford University Press published author, and his work has been a #1 New Release on Amazon.

As a creative artist, he has performed and presented at festivals, venues, and universities throughout the United States and internationally. He has been a guest on the Artifice, Trust the Process, Mormon Stories, and On the Soul’s Terms podcasts.

Ryan’s work has been featured on the Jungian Psychology Space and its French counterpart, the Espace Francophone Jungien. He has presented to the International Association of Jungian Studies, and will be a speaker at the 2026 Alchemical Imagination conference in Ireland, as well as at the Rencontres de Provence in France.

Ryan and his wife, Holly, live in Utah with their three children, Holly’s garden, and Ryan’s books.