Joe founded Planetary Partners to give form to one of his greatest passions; bringing groups of kindred souls together and aligning with the power, magnificence and beauty of Nature for personal & planetary transformation. 

He's always been inspired by the magic that's available in groups with a common vision, and has worked as a group facilitator for over 20 years.  As a teenager, amidst a family counseling session over the suicide of a sibling, he realized we are the masters of our own destiny. As a result, he's led a life of continuing adventure, exploring his own expansion and awakening.

Joe grew up one of 8 kids on a farm in Maine. He started practicing yoga as a teenager, when he first read about Edgar Cayce and 'idly' daydreamed of getting lost one day in the Bermuda Triangle (twenty years later, on his first trip to Bimini, with his boat broken down 30 miles out to sea in the middle of a windy night, his idle daydreaming came true!)

In his search for more, Joe began a daily practice of TM, (Transcendental Meditation, the kind the Beatles made famous) while in high school, a practice that he continued for decades. When he was 21, he moved to Northern Maine, bought 13 acres of land, cut down some trees and built a log cabin.

After a year in the woods, (it was a looong, cold winter), Nature sent him back out into the world and he landed in the North Shore of Boston. Over the next decade he had a private healing practice using shiatsu, reflexology and flower essences, and worked as a healer using the laying on of hands in local churches and hospitals.

During this time Joe also ran his own construction company, Cooperative Designs, based on the collaborative approach to working with the elements made famous by the Findhorn Community in Scotland.

Realizing that the physical illnesses he was treating in his healing work originated from our thoughts and beliefs, he studied to become a psychotherapist at Interface Foundation and The Option Institute, where he also worked with autistic children. In his 30's, he had a private psychotherapy practice in Massachusetts and taught workshops on meditation, visualization and creative play at various healing centers in the New England area, including Interface in Boston and the Wainwright House in Connecticut.

To further his love of adventure, Joe worked part time as a wilderness guide for several different Outward Bound schools, leading groups of students, teenagers and adults sailing, camping, canoeing and hiking into the wilds of Florida and New England. Combining his wilderness skills from Outward Bound with his holistic facilitation skills, he began leading daylong spiritual adventure retreats for individuals, couples and men's and women's groups.

Outward Bound hired him as a lead facilitator for their Professional Development programs, and as he combined it with his use of psychosynthesis, (the basis for the body/mind/spirit holistic movement), it resulted in clients getting tremendous breakthroughs. In his desire to expand upon this work, in 1990 he started Growing Edge Adventures, his own Consulting Company that today takes executives on Leadership Retreats around the world.

In 1995, while visiting friends in Hawaii, Joe had a life-changing encounter with a pod of wild dolphins. The ecstatic joy and oneness he experienced with them touched him to his core, and he stepped out of the water a changed man. Since that time, he's been bringing groups and families to swim with wild dolphins and whales in different parts of the world.

Joe, aka Joebaby, takes great joy in sharing his love of life with kindred spirits. He's a masterful life coach, guide and facilitator, and his passion for life continues to lead him in ever unfolding adventures, of which he's delighted to share with you.

Joe has a growing collection of videos on YouTube, and you can follow his daily adventures on his brief 140 character blog on