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Contributing Authors
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Barbara
Allport is a therapist in private practice in Toronto
and Bancroft Ontario, Canada. She resides in Toronto with her two
cats. She can be reached at barballport@fcicanada.net.
Linda C. Anderson is the author of 35 Golden Keys to Who You
Are & Why
You're Here (Eckankar Books, 1997) and the co-author with her husband,
Allen, of God's Messengers: What Animals Teach Us about the Divine
and Angel Animals: Exploring Our Spiritual Connection with Animals
(Plume, 1999). She and Allen co-founded the Angel Animals Network
to collect and distribute stories and publish an online newsletter
that is dedicated to increasing love and respect for all life www.angelanimals.net.
Linda is a national award-winning playwright and a short story
and screenplay writer. She teaches inspirational writing at The
Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Sue Augustine is a dynamic conference speaker and seminar leader,
and audiences world-wide describe her as invigorating, captivating
and entertaining. Sue is a regular guest on national TV and radio
programs and the author of the books, "With Wings, There
Are No Barriers" (Pelican), and "5- Minute Retreats
for Busy Women" (Harvest House), and also a contributor
to "Chicken Soup for the Women's Soul." For more information,
contact Sue at P.O. Box 2194 Niagara Falls, NY 14302; email Wings@vaxxine.com;
or call 905-687-8474. www.sueaugustine.com
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Sybil Barbour resides in Kitchener, Ontario with her
husband and an aged cat. She is a retired registered nurse and
midwife.
She's
recently fulfilled a lifelong dream of traveling to Italy, Greece,
Scotland and New Zealand. You can contact her at sybilbarbour@sympatico.ca.
Frances Blackwell has traveled the world as a speaker and workshop
facilitator. She specializes in designing and delivering workshops
on spiritual topics. In her career, she worked in Women's Health
Services with the Planned Parenthood division as a community
outreach worker and clinical assistant. You can reach Fran at:
frannb@adelphia.net.
Joan Borysenko, Ph.D. is a leading expert on stress, spirituality,
and the mind/body connection. She has a doctorate in medical
sciences from Harvard Medical School, is a licensed clinical
psychologist, and president of Mind-Body Health Sciences, LLC.
An internationally known speaker and consultant in women's health
and spirituality, integrative medicine, life balance, and the
mind/ body connection, she is the author of eleven books, including
the New York Times bestseller Minding the Body, Mending the Mind,
two 1-hour videos, and numerous best-selling audiocassette programs.
Her nine books are a complete library of healing, combining scholarly
wisdom with the language of the heart, and bringing body and
soul together with unprecedented clarity and sophistication.
Dr. Borysenko's work has appeared in numerous scientific journals
and has been featured in many popular magazines and newspapers.
She has appeared on Oprah, Sally Jesse Raphael, Sonya Live, Geraldo,
Hour Magazine and Good Morning America among others. Her work
has been featured in US News and World Report, the Wall Street
Journal, USA Today, Reader's Digest, Success, Bottom Line, The
Leifer Report, American Health, Shape, Glamour, Vogue, Ladies
Home Journal, Living Fit, Success, Yoga Journal, New Age Journal,
and many other magazines and newspapers. To learn more visit
www.joanborysenko.com
Anne Archer Butcher is a well-known international speaker and
has addressed thousands of people in the USA, Europe, Canada, Africa,
Australia and New Zealand. She is a radio host, a published writer
and an award-winning video producer. Anne and her husband, Alden,
own Dolphin Entertainment Company, producing films that uplift,
educate and inspire. Her clients have included top celebrities
as well as President Gerald Ford. She also works with corporate
clients on marketing and communications. Anne has her Master's
Degree in English and Education and was an Advanced Placement Scholar
who attended high school in France and Germany.
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Medea Bevarella Checkik has been practicing transformational
Psychotherapy in Toronto, Ontario Canada for the last ten years.
She facilitates
workshops on "The Self in Transformation." Medea
incorporates meditation, mindfulness, spiritual awareness and
energy balancing
both in her private practice and in groups. Her work is a reflection
of her extensive knowledge and wisdom as well as her evolving
spiritual presence. To contact Medea call 416-530-1956 or email
her at: medeasatya@sympatico.ca.
Brenda Chisholm lives in Burlington, Ontario, Canada with her husband,
Robin, and two daughters, Kendra and Marina Grace. She works
full-time in a software company; writes in the evenings for an
on-line community magazine; has a weird record collection of
45 rpms from the 70s and 80s, and, enjoys singing. You can reach
Brenda at (905) 639-4568.
Daryl Clarke has expressed herself creatively since birth through
music, art and words. She has been published in The Toronto Star
and periodicals throughout North America. Founder of the Spirited
Woman Magazine and Healing Rock Retreat on the shores of Lake
Huron in Tobermory, Ontario, Daryl cherishes her life journey
while helping others stay connected to their spirit. Her address
is 417 Eagle Road, Tobermory, Ontario, Canada, N0H 2R0 and her
web site is www.spiritedwoman.com.
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Lori D'Ascenzo is an Esoteric Astrologer specializing in the evolution
of soul. The publisher of Beyond Reason magazine and a dynamic
writer and speaker on metaphysical and holistic health related
topics, Lori has appeared many times on radio and television.
She can be reached at mediaart@cogeco.ca.
Erin Davis was born in Edmonton, Alberta and as a result of her
father's Air Force career, was raised in many places, including
Ottawa, Trenton and Britain. Erin's introduction to show business
came at an early age when she sang regularly with her grandfather's
orchestra. Her love of performing led her to study Radio Broadcasting
at Loyalist College in Belleville. By her second year, she was
hosting an afternoon radio show on CIGL-FM. Upon graduation on
the Dean's List, Erin moved to Windsor, Ontario and began reading
morning news on CKLW, The Big Eight. Shortly after, she became
the first female morning co-host in the powerful Detroit market.
A station format change led Erin to move to Toronto, where she
co-hosted the morning show on All News Radio CKO for four years.
Her big break came in the summer of 1988 when the call came for
her to do morning news on the popular Daynard Drive-In on 98.1
CHFI. The chemistry between Erin and host Don Daynard was magical
and she soon became Don's co-host...a partnership that became hugely
popular over their eleven years together until Don's retirement.
Erin continued to host the CHFI morning show until the spring of
2003. Following a number of guest-host positions at CFTO and Global,
Erin wrote and performed a nightly commentary on CFTO News in 1998
and 1999 called Just So You Know. Then, for two seasons, she hosted
a nightly talk show (more than 200 episodes) on Rogers Television
called The Erin Davis Show. The lifestyle and wellness program,
which was seen in over two million homes in Southern Ontario, received
an award in its second season as Canada's best cable talk show.
In 2002, Erin was honored by being named the year's first Chatelaine
Woman of Influence, joining the ranks of such luminaries as Former
Prime Minister Kim Campbell, Indigo chief Heather Reisman, Astronaut
Roberta Bondar and fellow broadcaster Pamela Wallin. Erin writes
a daily internet journal, available at www.erindavis.com.
Nancy Lee Doige lives in Aurora, Ontario, Canada, where she developed
a national education program on transplantation and organ donation
for grade five through eight students. The Classroom Connections "Gift
of Life" Education Program is currently in 7,500 schools
across Canada. Nancy draws on her education in family studies
at Ryerson University, her work with children in elementary schools
and her deeply moving experience when her son Ryan died.
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Arlene Forbes is a Registered nurse. She combines 24 yrs of experience
in multiple areas of nursing with her spiritual studies and her
creativity as an interpretive dancer of music and poetry to create
healing environments for her clients, as well as large audiences
worldwide. She is an aspiring writer of fiction and inspirational
stories. She lives in Minneapolis Minnesota with her husband,
Aubrey. You can reach Arlene at eagleforbes@qwest.net.
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Dr. Karen Jensen ND received her degree in naturopathic medicine
from the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine (CCNM) in
Ontario in 1988. Dr. Jensen served of the board of the Ontario
Naturopathic Association and held a three year position on the
board of the Canadian Naturopathic Association and is past President
of the Alberta Naturopathic Association. Her clinical focus has
been women's health, immune disorders, learning disorders, allergies,
cardiovascular health, sports medicine, chronic fatigue syndrome,
energy medicine and children' health. Dr. Jensen is a well-known
lecturer and appears regularly on television and radio. She writes
extensively for health magazines across Canada. She has written
the book Menopause: A Naturopathic Approach to the Transitional
Years and is the co-author of the new book NO MORE HRT: Menopause,
Treat the Cause and The Complete Athlete. For more information
visit www.drkarenjensen.com
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Kahlee Keane, Root Woman is an educator and eco-herbalist. Her
lectures, books, videos and herbology courses stress the sustainable
use of medicinal plants while teaching others to make and use the
medicines that are their birthright. She is the founder of Senega
Watch (branch of Save Our Species). Kahlee and David Howarth have
just published The Standing People, a guide to the medicinal wild
plants found in Canada. Web site is www.connect.to/rootwoman. Her
e-mail is rootwoman@sasktel.net, and mail address, Box #27 2001
- 8th St. E., Saskatoon, Sk. S7H OT8
Sheila Kindellan-Sheehan is a native of Québec. She holds
an MA in English from Concordia University. Her work has been published
in Room of One's Own, The Globe and Mail, read on CBC's First Person
Singular, Radio One, CBC Montreal, and CJAD. Sheila's Take, her
first collection of short stories, a Shoreline publication in 2003,
has twice been cited on the bestseller list. Ms Kindellan is also
a popular speaker on the Québec circuit.
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Nancy Lacasse of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, married her high
school sweetheart, Norm, and the pride of her life are their
two teenage daughters, Lanna & Tabitha. Throughout the past
15 years, Nancy has received the Community Entrepreneur of the
Month Award for promoting Children's Character Building Music
Programs. She is a Certified Toastmaster (CTM - International
Public Speaking Organization) with awards for Public Speaking.
She has received numerous Community Awards, media appearances,
and letters of thanks for organizing large Children's Health
and Safety events. Nancy appeared on Children's Miracle Network
Telethon, and has been a fundraising & marketing consultant.
She works as a Health Care Research Specialist/Broker and a
Certified Tax Advisor, representing unique Family Health and
Tax Saving
Programs from award winning Usana Health Sciences Inc. and
Benecaid Health Benefit Solutions Inc. www.unitoday.net/nlacasse.
Her
life's mission is to help save children from disease by educating
families of the dangers of toxins to children's health and
teaching parents everything she's learned about all the alternatives,
products and services available to help them financially and
to help raise healthy, confident children. Contact Nancy at
nlacasse@rogers.com.
Suzanne Thomas Lawlor is the Director of Education and Public Relations
for Humanity in Unity, a nonprofit organization dedicated to
bringing relief and upliftment to all races, cultures and religions.
Suzanne lives in the San Francisco Bay area and continues her
work as a freelance writer. For the last 30 years she has taught
meditation and studied the development of consciousness through
Vedic and Eastern traditions. Along the way her life has been
graced by many travels and many teachers, including Maharishi
Mahesh Yogi and a handful of extraordinary Divine Mothers who
reflect the Truth that: God is both Father and Mother. She is
currently working on a book on the Kathars, the mystical branch
of Christianity founded by Mary Magdalene. Suzanne can be contacted
at riverofgrace@aol.com.
Carol Le Neveu is a holistic career and life coach, metaphysician
and dynamic speaker. After several years as a family lawyer in
downtown Toronto, Carol left the practice to pursue her dream
of helping others discover their purpose and find more meaning
in their lives. You can contact Carol at 416-960-8188.
Lotus Lin has retired from 30 years in the investment industry.
Lotus currently has a variety of business interests that advance
personal and organizational consciousness. She is a trained psychotherapist
certified in several healing modalities, including Reiki Master.
She provides healing energy through Lotus treatments as seva.
For more information email lotuslin@cogeco.ca.
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Janet Matthews is a writer, editor, speaker, teacher and co-author
of the Canadian Bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Canadian Soul.
Janet has been a guest on countless television and radio talk
shows across Canada, and doing guest speaking spots and interviews.
Janet is also working with Daniel Keenan to produce a book-sized
version of "The Navy's Baby," a wonderfully inspiring
story that appears in Chicken Soup for the Parent's Soul. You
can contact Janet at: Chicken Soup for the Canadian Soul, 2-
9225 Leslie Street, Richmond Hill Ontario, L4B 3H6 www.canadiansoul.com or call: 905-881-8995 ext 28.
Debbie McMechan describes herself as a child of the southwest Manitoba
prairies. Together with her husband, Tony, and three children,
Danielle, Justin and Paige, she makes her living off the land,
raising cattle and growing crops.
Mary Carroll Moore has been a published writer since 1977. Her
essays, articles, columns, and stories have been in over 200
publications, including American Artist, Health, Prevention,
the Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, and many other national
media. Mary writes a bimonthly food column for the Los Angeles
Times syndicate, which appears in over 86 newspapers nationwide,
and a bimonthly column for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Ten
of her nonfiction books are published and she just finished her
first fiction book, Breathing Room, a collection of linked stories.
Art has been an important part of Mary's healing from breast
cancer. Although Mary minored in painting in college and studied
with different teachers, it wasn't until 1999, when she began
studying pastel painting, that she really understood the power
of color and light. She became a student of full-color seeing,
attending classes with teacher and artist Susan Sarback at The
School of Light and Color in Fair Oaks, California. For more
about Mary and her work visit www.marycarrollmoore.com.
Darlene Montgomery is an internationally respected authority on
dreams, spiritual perspectives and ideas. She is an author, speaker
and clergywoman who speaks to groups and organizations on uplifting
subjects. Her first book, Dream Yourself Awake, published in
1999, chronicles the journey she took to discover her own divine
mission. Her stories have appeared in Chicken Soup for the Parent's
Soul, Chicken Soup for the Canadian Soul, WTN website, Eckankar
Writers Newsletter.
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Barbara O'Connell lives in Boston, Massachusetts with her husband
Patrick, and two children, William and Paige. She has been executive
in the software industry for over 20 years. Barbara is a speaker
and facilitator on spiritual and business topics internationally.
Carol Matthews-O'Connor is a daughter/mother/wife/friend/cook/animal
lover/children's book author/and second-grade teacher in a migrant
farm worker town in South Florida where she enjoys grand adventures
with her students. She has published two beginning reader picture
books. Children's literature tops the list of her favorite things,
along with riding horses, hiking mountain trails (especially
in the West), music, and cooking for friends.
Patricia Orwin resides in Comox, BC. where she works in the health
food industry assisting others in taking charge of their health
on all levels. She has always felt a deep connection to nature,
which inspires her love of writing inspirational poetry. You
can contact Patricia at patriciaorwin@yahoo.ca.
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Marina Quattrocchi
Ph.D has worked as a photojournalist and teacher
in primary and secondary schools. She completed a masters and doctoral
degree in educational psychology. After 17 years of teaching she
burned out from severe migraines so has spent many years trying
to rise out of the ashes and balance her life. She's developed
a series of workshops called Journey of Awareness that help participants
live with greater balance, harmony and joy in their lives. Her
workshops teach participants how to understand their dreams, break
through illusions and balance their energy. She also does individual
dream therapy and the Myers-Briggs personality inventory. She's
an avid reader, who enjoys yoga, Tai Chi, biking, the gym and spending
time with her cat Small Fry. Her e-mail address is marina.quattro@sympatico.ca.
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Elizabeth Betty Rice has been a Master Teacher for over 25 years, currently
back in the classroom as instructor to determine the academic needs of today's
youth and to personally assess their reading skills. She was instrumental
in instituting the "RICE Reading Program" (RICE stands for: Reading
Is Confidential and Essential), a program to increase reading and comprehension
scores. Elizabeth is also Co-Founder and President of Tomorrows' World Foundation
Inc., a non-profit organization stressing educational, social, spiritual,
physical and financial empowerment with a focus on African Americans and
other minorities. She resides in Washington DC with her husband.
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Yalonde Savoie lives in Toronto Canada and is a singer, songwriter
for children and adults. She also has a business organizing others
lives, offices and homes.
Stella Sheppard lives on an organic farm on beautiful Prince Edward
Island, Canada, with her husband and best friend, Reg Phelan.
In 2000, Stella graduated from Holland College, Prince Edward
Island with a degree in Journalism. She is a researcher and freelance
writer who is published regularly in Maritime agricultural, forestry,
and fishing newspapers. She writes a monthly newspaper column:
Life On The Farm, for The Island Harvest, a Prince Edward Island
publication. Her story, The Red Sweater, was published in Chicken
Soup for the Canadian Soul (2002). Stella and Reg are social
activists involved in community and international development
work. Her son, Joshua, is married and has chosen to live on Prince
Edward Island. Reach Stella at rphelan@pei.sympatico.ca.
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Heather Thompson is an award winning professional broadcaster,
with 27 years experience in media and public relations. Born
in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, Heather spent her early years
in North Bay and then Huntsville. After a completing a year
of university
with plans to be a teacher, she made the switch to a Radio
Television Course to earn a diploma from Canadore College in
North Bay.
Heather was the first female recipient of the News Director
of the Year Award from Telemedia Communications. She was also
named
Employee of the Year by Telemedia for efforts in creating an
employee liaison committee with the company. She is the recipient
of three awards of merit from the Ontario Provincial Police
Association (OPPA), two regional and one provincial, recognizing
her spot
news and feature programming on policing. Heather actively
assists with on-going media workshops at OPP headquarters in
Orillia.
Heather has also received numerous certificates of appreciation
for her assistance with charities and organizations. She served
two terms as Central Canada Regional Director for the Radio
Television News Director's Association of Canada (RTNDA). Heather
is currently
the News Director morning show co-host for Rogers Radio at
105.9 Jack F-M in Orillia. She has lived in the Sunshine City
for seven
years. With her brother Brent, they jointly purchased and live
in the "Vick" house, one of the original Victorian
style houses built by the Vick family, early entrepreneurs
in the city. She is a collector of things dealing with cats,
angels,
teddy bears and Coca Cola . She can be reached at heather.thompson@rogers.com.
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Marion Woodman is a writer, international teacher and workshop
leader, and Jungian analyst. With over a half-million copies
in print, she is one of the most widely read authors on analytical
and feminine psychology of our times. Marion Woodman is a graduate
of the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich. Her best selling book Addiction
to Perfection is considered to be a landmark study on the spiritual
and psychological roots of addiction in women. Some of her other
books include The Ravaged Bridegroom; Leaving My Father's House;
The Maiden King; and The Pregnant Virgin. Her newest book, Bone:
Dying into Life (Viking Press, September 2000) is the story of
her dealing with and healing from uterine cancer and transforming
her life in the process. For more about Marion visit www.mwoodmanfoundation.org.
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