Ancestral Wisdom · Life Coaching · Lineage Discovery

Your Ancestors Knew Who You Were Meant to Be

My great-grandfather James was born in Jamaica in 1879. He helped build a railroad. That labor — and his story — set something in motion that I am still following. Your lineage holds the same power. I can help you find it.

Ten Blocks: A Memoir by Barry McFarlane

A life written in ten-year chapters. The search for James. A mother who carried everything forward. The practice that grew from the search. Available now as ebook and print. Included free with every Premium membership.

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Hi, I’m Barry — and I’ve been searching my whole life

I am a Life Coach, Genealogist, and Reiki Master — but those are not three separate things. They are one practice, grown from one search. The genealogy grounds the work in real history. The Reiki clears the energy that history leaves behind. The coaching helps you decide what to do with what you find.

That search began with James — my great-grandfather, born in Jamaica in 1879, who helped build the island’s railroad. Recovering his story changed everything I understood about myself and my purpose. I wrote it all down in Ten Blocks. And then I built this practice.

This practice also exists because of my mother — who raised three children alone and taught me that lineage is not just what we inherit. It is what we choose to pass on.

In Search of James

“He built the railroad. I’m still following the track he laid.” 

James McFarlane was born in Jamaica in 1879. He was a laborer who helped build the railroad that connected the island — the kind of work that rarely made it into official records, but made everything else possible. His name nearly disappeared from our family’s story. Finding him is what this practice is built on.

When you search for your ancestors, you are not just looking for names and dates. You are looking for the forces that shaped you before you were born. James is proof that those forces are real, recoverable, and transformative.

WHAT I OFFER

A Practice Built on Three Foundations

Genealogy and Reiki are not add-ons to the coaching. They are how the coaching goes deeper.

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Members-only Tools

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The SoulLineage App

Upload documents, photos, and records about your ancestors. Work with an AI agent that helps you explore context, surface connections, and develop meaningful stories about the people who came before you.

  • Upload photos, letters, records, and notes
  • AI agent for lineage exploration and context
  • Guided story development and narrative building

Block by Block

Based on the Ten Blocks framework from Barry’s forthcoming memoir, Block by Block guides you through a structured reflection of your life in ten-year chapters. An AI-powered interview and writing tool that helps you understand the arc of your own story.

  • Structured life-decade interview process
  • AI-guided reflection and writing prompts
  • Narrative summary of your life story so far

TESTIMONIALS

What Clients Are Saying

“Working with Barry opened my eyes to patterns I had been repeating for years. The ancestral storytelling approach is truly transformative.”

Sarah J.

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“I discovered a lineage of resilience that I carry within me. It changed how I show up in my own life.”

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“As an adoptee, I thought I had no history. Barry helped me understand that lineage is more than biology.”

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