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 various meditation practices, fourteen years with a spiritual teacher from the Hindu tradition, two years with a Lakota Sioux medicine woman in a Women’s Wisdom & Power circle, participating in metaphysical communities, and a great deal of transpersonal  emotional 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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