Cultural Butterfly
Project
Cultural Butterfly
Project
About Elaine Cornick
Transforming the ways we work and live, especially in our work and economic culture, has been my passion and commitment for the past 40+ years. That continues now in a new form: composting our old “empire” culture and midwifing our emerging “Life-Aligned” culture based on right relationships and a deep respect for the sacredness of all beings.
As a cultural midwife and a catalyst for conversations that matter, I help people re-frame perceptions and reorient their lives with new possibilities for more well-being on both the individual/personal and collective/cultural levels. Currently I’m exploring eldership and wisdom as a missing, much-needed element in our culture.
Home for me now is the unceded ancestral lands of the Wasco, the Warm Springs, and the Paiute peoples in a Central Oregon rural farming community. This gives me a window into the "on-the-ground" need for, opportunities/possibilities for, and resistances to socio-cultural/environmental/economic paradigm shifts.
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I am a continuous life-long learner in the areas of personal, emotional, mental, and spiritual transformation. Since 1975 I have been on a spiritual path, exploring consciousness in many ways. This has included thirteen years with a spiritual teacher from the Hindu tradition, two years with a Lakota Sioux medicine woman in a Women’s Wisdom & Power circle, various meditation practices, participating in metaphysical communities, and a great deal of transpersonal emotional growth work.
My previous professional work was counseling and coaching. Now my work is focused on transformational conversations for possibilities and creating. I completed a year-long training with the Consensus Institute learning to facilitate groups and communities to find new ground with best possible outcomes and reach 100% agreement to create the life they really want.
I have been laying the foundation for this all my life, with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, a Master’s degree in Social Work and a Master’s degree in Management, plus experience in coaching/counseling/consulting, facilitation/training, program development, community relations, and sales and marketing in the private, non-profit, and government sectors. ​​
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I initially reached out to Elaine to gain a new perspective on my finance career. What started as the question of "What can I do about my job?" became an exploration and manifestation of "What can I joyfully create with my life?" Through conversations with Elaine, I was able to envision a much broader field of possibility and embrace my own creative process. "Working" with Elaine is a transformative, life-changing experience. Elaine brings a wealth of insight, wisdom and knowledge about the creative process to each conversation. While she holds a respectful space for the exploration of serious topics, I find that it is her bright light and unique perspective that fuel the fires of alchemy. She is truly gifted in creating a nourishing, vibrant atmosphere for clients to manifest their own larger creative, transformative spirit.
~ Angie B
Contact me at: elaine@culturalbutterflyproject.com
