Why I’m Qualified
• I earned a Bachelors degree, from Wheelock College, Boston, Massachusetts, (1975) in Education.
• I spent much of my adult life teaching my own children. I homeschooled them, as well as myself. I have come to see how much I have grown and learned, staying open to the many different techniques and styles of ways to be happy and at peace in the world . I discovered early in my parenting how beliefs play a major role in our development, emotional, physical and spiritual. This is so fascinating to me.
Over the past 15 years I have been exploring the personal growth and development fields:
• I have attended the Living the Dream Program at The Option Institute in Sheffield, MA. I learned about the value of questioning, in a non-judgmental way our limiting beliefs. I got a chance to see for myself how this process can help me to be accepting of myself and others and thus take me beyond what I thought was possible.
• I am trained in the Option Process Dialogue, having participated in their intensive Mentor Training: Learning the value of Powerful Questioning from an unconditionally loving space, providing opportunities to change beliefs and feelings and behaviors.
• I am a graduate of The Byron Katie School, and attended The Certification Program, learning skills to facilitate others in their personal growth work. I have staffed many of the schools and other programs, both here and in Europe. I have been a Hotline Facilitator for the Byron Katie Web Site.
• I am a graduate of The Newfield Network Life Coach Training Program. I learned about Ontological Coaching, how to be a different observer in the world. I ran workshops, sharing information about being an Observer, and using our Language, our Body and our Emotions to make concrete changes in our lives and get better results.
• I have completed Level 1 and Level 2 of the NVC/Compassionate Communication course.
• My experiences of having a child with special needs, losing two siblings within a period of seven years, being a caregiver to my mother in the last stages of her life, and dealing with divorce, has taught me the power of compassion and the value of giving service to those in need as well as the importance of bringing lightness into what ever I am doing, for balance.
• I have enjoyed using these skills (as a volunteer) with my Hospice patients and their families, as well as in my Women’s Group, Special Needs Parenting Group and my own Little Sister from the Big Brothers/ Big Sisters Program (where I was also a volunteer for 10 years)
I have great passion for the work that I do. I’ve been able to combine my playful energy with my listening and questioning skills and been in awe of how amazing others have shifted in their lives. It feels natural to me.
I have a broad background with a wide variety of people, situations, facilities and services. I have extensive experience communicating with and influencing:
Medical Professionals • Accountants • Women’s Groups • Hospice Workers and volunteers • Parents • Children • School Officials • Tenants • Temporary employees • Holistic Practitioners • Fund Raising • Public Relations • Receptionists • Switchboard Operators • Hospital Staff • Grieving Family Members • Funeral Directors • Art, Craft, Flower, and Food Shows • Salespeople • Elderly• Restaurants • Promoters • Judicial Departments • Challenging Coaching Clients • Grocery Store Managers • Banks • Hospice Clients & their families • Workshop Organizers • Co-ops