Guest Presenters
Gabriele Amersbach is a certified Feng Shui practitioner and owner of Lucky Path Feng Shui (www.luckypath-fengshui.com). She speaks frequently to groups about Feng Shui topics and works closely with clients to improve the energy flow in their homes or places of business so that the environment supports their life goals, from greater abundance, and good health, to smoother, more successful relationships.
Tracie Barton-Barrett, founder of Animals Connect Us, is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Psychology Instructor, and holds a Master’s Degree in Pastoral Counseling. As a lifelong animal-lover, Tracie has worked with people and their animals in several capacities, including individual support, support groups, community presentations on the human-animal bond, and as a guest on an NPR program as an expert in pet loss. She has also published articles on pet loss, including in “Cary Magazine,” as well as presented a program on the human-animal bond at the North Carolina Counseling Association conference, and at the American Counseling Association National Conference. Her website is: www.AnimalsConnectUs.com
Rev. Ervene Boyd is a healing minister, a former Hospice Reiki Therapist, who also officiates at weddings and life celebration ceremonies upon request. (www.ervene.com). Bringing years of spiritual perspective to any sensitive subject while creating a sacred space to discuss the mystical aspects of life, death and healing is the intentional focus of her work.
Jean Costa has an MSW & is an RYT (registered yoga teacher). A life-long journaler, she is the founder & facilitator of the Pink Ribbon Yoga Retreat for breast cancer survivors for the Duke Cancer Patient Support Program.
Clara Davis began practicing meditation over three decades ago. As a result, she has enjoyed many emotional and physical healings. She has worked with individuals and taught meditation in a local fitness and wellness center. Clara continues to use this 5000 year-old practice as a tool to promote both spiritual and personal growth in business and life in general. Her website is www.meditationbydesign.com
Ginny Going leads retreats and workshops that focus on embodied spirituality, engaging people in prayer and worship forms that include and honor the body through movement, story, song and stillness. She is a certified InterPlay leader, community artist and recovering serious person.
Stacy Grove is a Certified Health Rhythms Drum Facilitator, who has collaborated with professional rhythm facilitators and medical staff in the use of rhythm and sound for adults and children with special needs or illness. An Interfaith minister and spiritual director, she has a private practice for clients seeking stress relief, spiritual guidance, and energy medicine to restore balance to the body’s natural healing energies.
Jan Hutton, MSW, a certified compassionate listening facilitator ( www.compassionatelistening.org ), believes in supporting wholeness in each human being. Over the last 38 years, she has served as a community organizer, social worker in hospice and hospital settings, a meditation teacher, and she hopes, a “kind” person.
Marilee Johnson, is a Duke-trained Integrative Health Coach. She has over 20 years of health care experience. She received her MBA from Meredith College in Raleigh, NC and her BS in Medical Technology from UNC-Chapel Hill, NC. She owns a practice in integrative health coaching and is available for coaching in groups or in private sessions. She focuses on being professionally supportive while her clients attain their personal health goals. Her website is www.lyli.org.
Gen Koeppl is a retired RN who embarked on an avocation in art by becoming a docent at NCMA. For the past 11 years she has been active in the docent program giving tours to all age groups from early childhood to adult level as well as for the visually impaired and Alzheimer patients. In 2008 she co-authored a “Guide to Saints“, which is used as a resource for docents. She is also a member of the Art Liturgical Committee at St Raphael’s Church in Raleigh.
Eva Miller MPS, ATR is a registered art therapist, and a graduate of the Pratt Institute masters program in Art Therapy & Creativity Development. She holds an undergraduate degree in studio art from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Eva has over twelve years of experience providing individual and group art therapy to children, adolescents, adults, and seniors. She believes in the healing power of the arts, and is one of the co-founders of the Art Therapy Institute. (www.ncati.org)
Lyn Nelson is a Marriage and Family Therapist with 25 years of experience in a private practice. She was also small group coordinator of a Women's Resource Center in New Jersey. She has had a lot of experience in these capacities with women struggling to maintain an identity while having to handle responsibly many roles and often, at the same time, maneuvering through life transitions that require new skills and include changing interpersonal dynamics.
Amy Pierce is an ordained Minister in Integrative Healing with a Master’s Degree in Applied Healing Arts. She has a spiritual counseling ministry, Authentic Self Ministries, and is also a writer, author, and teacher of Consciousness Evolution. Reach her at 919.554.2711 www.authenticself.us,
Hillary Rubesin MA, LPC, is an expressive arts therapist and licensed professional counselor with the Art Therapy Institute. She graduated from Lesley University with a masters degree in Expressive Therapies and Mental Health Counseling. Hillary has used many arts forms, including visual art, movement, drama, creative writing, music, and videography to work with various populations in schools, hospitals, nursing homes, and community centers. She strongly believes that everyone can benefit from incorporating the arts into their lives.
Jacqueline Schaefer is a working artist, author of a children’s picture book and teacher. After graduating from the Savannah College of Art and Design her major interest has been focused on creating art that reflects the archetype of WOMAN. “ Combining my spirituality and my art has led me to exploring the Divine Feminine as subject matter. Mindful drawing has been the result of that path. ( www.jackieschaefer.com)
Julie Seibert, owner of Healing through Organization (www.healingorganization.com) was the first professional organizer in North Carolina to specialize in green home & business organization. She is the 2011 National Association of Professional Organizers LA Green Award winner for Most Eco-Friendly Organizing Service!
Betsy Smith is the co-author of Second Blooming for Women: Growing a Life That Matters after Fifty. Her two top strengths are ‘strategic’ (she’s innovative, inventive, original, and resourceful) and ‘maximizer’ (she has a keen ability to help people embrace and savor their success). A proud Texas Aggie who is well into her own Second Blooming, Betsy is a certified professional life coach. She has a BA in Psychology and Social Work, a MED in Adult Education, and a PhD in Higher Education Administration. Betsy was recognized as one of the Thirty Distinguished Graduates from the College of Education at Texas A&M. Her long and extraordinary career at a large community college in Pensacola, Florida, involved coaching women students, faculty, and staff to greater self-confidence and success. Betsy has had articles published in both magazines and academic journals, and is a well- known speaker and seminar leader. (www.secondbloomingforwomen.com)
Dr. Julianne Trell, Network Care Practitioner has been gratefully serving the Triangle community for the past twenty years. Through helping her practice members connect to their own body’s rhythms and natural healing strategies, healing & wellness can be achieved at their highest level. She has also had the priviledge of studying various forms of breathwork, sound healing, movement, & Reiki: the Polarity Way. Her website is www.bodywisdomchiropractic.com
Jean Wright, an AADP board certified health coach and speaker, earned her BS in education from SUNY Cortland, New York, and holds a certificate in health counseling from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and Columbia University’s Teachers College. Jean is trained in all the different dietary theories, eastern and western nutrition, modern health issues, personal growth and development and health counseling. Founder and director of www.HealthFromInsideOut.com she presents seminars to organizations interested in improving employee health and wellbeing and offers private consultations, both in-person and remotely.
Jennifer Spain, licensed acupuncturist and herbalist, hold a master’s degree in traditional Chinese medicine and is nationally board certified in acupuncture, Oriental medicine, Chinese herbology, and western biomedicine. Jennifer strongly believes in the innate wholeness of each individual and the intrinsic healing capacity that lies within all of us.
www.AncientElementsAcupuncture.com
Joan E. Derrig-Heacox is a certified spiritual director, pastoral minister and pastoral care specialist. She earned her master’s in ministry at Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, Ohio. Joan’s primary training focused on the feminine soul’s journey into God/Goddess through the imagination. She was the director of religious education and pastoral associate at St Rita Parish until moving to Wake Forest this year. Joan is the mother of four nearly adult children. (joanederrigheacox@gmail.com)
Mary Walek, PhD, taught physical anthropology at NCSU for 30 years. Now she is spending her retirement passionately obsessed with women’s justice issues. She is especially grateful for the companionship and support of other like-minded women.
Olivia Woodford is the Director of Health Arts Network of Duke (HAND). She has a BFA in theatre and is the founder of Healing Theatre. Since 1990, she has created and led creativity, mythology and self-expression workshops and been a presenter at retreat centers that include The Ross Institute, Kripalu Center, and The Open Center.
(www.healingtheatre.com)
Tracie Barton-Barrett, founder of Animals Connect Us, is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Psychology Instructor, and holds a Master’s Degree in Pastoral Counseling. As a lifelong animal-lover, Tracie has worked with people and their animals in several capacities, including individual support, support groups, community presentations on the human-animal bond, and as a guest on an NPR program as an expert in pet loss. She has also published articles on pet loss, including in “Cary Magazine,” as well as presented a program on the human-animal bond at the North Carolina Counseling Association conference, and at the American Counseling Association National Conference. Her website is: www.AnimalsConnectUs.com
Rev. Ervene Boyd is a healing minister, a former Hospice Reiki Therapist, who also officiates at weddings and life celebration ceremonies upon request. (www.ervene.com). Bringing years of spiritual perspective to any sensitive subject while creating a sacred space to discuss the mystical aspects of life, death and healing is the intentional focus of her work.
Jean Costa has an MSW & is an RYT (registered yoga teacher). A life-long journaler, she is the founder & facilitator of the Pink Ribbon Yoga Retreat for breast cancer survivors for the Duke Cancer Patient Support Program.
Clara Davis began practicing meditation over three decades ago. As a result, she has enjoyed many emotional and physical healings. She has worked with individuals and taught meditation in a local fitness and wellness center. Clara continues to use this 5000 year-old practice as a tool to promote both spiritual and personal growth in business and life in general. Her website is www.meditationbydesign.com
Ginny Going leads retreats and workshops that focus on embodied spirituality, engaging people in prayer and worship forms that include and honor the body through movement, story, song and stillness. She is a certified InterPlay leader, community artist and recovering serious person.
Stacy Grove is a Certified Health Rhythms Drum Facilitator, who has collaborated with professional rhythm facilitators and medical staff in the use of rhythm and sound for adults and children with special needs or illness. An Interfaith minister and spiritual director, she has a private practice for clients seeking stress relief, spiritual guidance, and energy medicine to restore balance to the body’s natural healing energies.
Jan Hutton, MSW, a certified compassionate listening facilitator ( www.compassionatelistening.org ), believes in supporting wholeness in each human being. Over the last 38 years, she has served as a community organizer, social worker in hospice and hospital settings, a meditation teacher, and she hopes, a “kind” person.
Marilee Johnson, is a Duke-trained Integrative Health Coach. She has over 20 years of health care experience. She received her MBA from Meredith College in Raleigh, NC and her BS in Medical Technology from UNC-Chapel Hill, NC. She owns a practice in integrative health coaching and is available for coaching in groups or in private sessions. She focuses on being professionally supportive while her clients attain their personal health goals. Her website is www.lyli.org.
Gen Koeppl is a retired RN who embarked on an avocation in art by becoming a docent at NCMA. For the past 11 years she has been active in the docent program giving tours to all age groups from early childhood to adult level as well as for the visually impaired and Alzheimer patients. In 2008 she co-authored a “Guide to Saints“, which is used as a resource for docents. She is also a member of the Art Liturgical Committee at St Raphael’s Church in Raleigh.
Eva Miller MPS, ATR is a registered art therapist, and a graduate of the Pratt Institute masters program in Art Therapy & Creativity Development. She holds an undergraduate degree in studio art from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Eva has over twelve years of experience providing individual and group art therapy to children, adolescents, adults, and seniors. She believes in the healing power of the arts, and is one of the co-founders of the Art Therapy Institute. (www.ncati.org)
Lyn Nelson is a Marriage and Family Therapist with 25 years of experience in a private practice. She was also small group coordinator of a Women's Resource Center in New Jersey. She has had a lot of experience in these capacities with women struggling to maintain an identity while having to handle responsibly many roles and often, at the same time, maneuvering through life transitions that require new skills and include changing interpersonal dynamics.
Amy Pierce is an ordained Minister in Integrative Healing with a Master’s Degree in Applied Healing Arts. She has a spiritual counseling ministry, Authentic Self Ministries, and is also a writer, author, and teacher of Consciousness Evolution. Reach her at 919.554.2711 www.authenticself.us,
Hillary Rubesin MA, LPC, is an expressive arts therapist and licensed professional counselor with the Art Therapy Institute. She graduated from Lesley University with a masters degree in Expressive Therapies and Mental Health Counseling. Hillary has used many arts forms, including visual art, movement, drama, creative writing, music, and videography to work with various populations in schools, hospitals, nursing homes, and community centers. She strongly believes that everyone can benefit from incorporating the arts into their lives.
Jacqueline Schaefer is a working artist, author of a children’s picture book and teacher. After graduating from the Savannah College of Art and Design her major interest has been focused on creating art that reflects the archetype of WOMAN. “ Combining my spirituality and my art has led me to exploring the Divine Feminine as subject matter. Mindful drawing has been the result of that path. ( www.jackieschaefer.com)
Julie Seibert, owner of Healing through Organization (www.healingorganization.com) was the first professional organizer in North Carolina to specialize in green home & business organization. She is the 2011 National Association of Professional Organizers LA Green Award winner for Most Eco-Friendly Organizing Service!
Betsy Smith is the co-author of Second Blooming for Women: Growing a Life That Matters after Fifty. Her two top strengths are ‘strategic’ (she’s innovative, inventive, original, and resourceful) and ‘maximizer’ (she has a keen ability to help people embrace and savor their success). A proud Texas Aggie who is well into her own Second Blooming, Betsy is a certified professional life coach. She has a BA in Psychology and Social Work, a MED in Adult Education, and a PhD in Higher Education Administration. Betsy was recognized as one of the Thirty Distinguished Graduates from the College of Education at Texas A&M. Her long and extraordinary career at a large community college in Pensacola, Florida, involved coaching women students, faculty, and staff to greater self-confidence and success. Betsy has had articles published in both magazines and academic journals, and is a well- known speaker and seminar leader. (www.secondbloomingforwomen.com)
Dr. Julianne Trell, Network Care Practitioner has been gratefully serving the Triangle community for the past twenty years. Through helping her practice members connect to their own body’s rhythms and natural healing strategies, healing & wellness can be achieved at their highest level. She has also had the priviledge of studying various forms of breathwork, sound healing, movement, & Reiki: the Polarity Way. Her website is www.bodywisdomchiropractic.com
Jean Wright, an AADP board certified health coach and speaker, earned her BS in education from SUNY Cortland, New York, and holds a certificate in health counseling from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and Columbia University’s Teachers College. Jean is trained in all the different dietary theories, eastern and western nutrition, modern health issues, personal growth and development and health counseling. Founder and director of www.HealthFromInsideOut.com she presents seminars to organizations interested in improving employee health and wellbeing and offers private consultations, both in-person and remotely.
Jennifer Spain, licensed acupuncturist and herbalist, hold a master’s degree in traditional Chinese medicine and is nationally board certified in acupuncture, Oriental medicine, Chinese herbology, and western biomedicine. Jennifer strongly believes in the innate wholeness of each individual and the intrinsic healing capacity that lies within all of us.
www.AncientElementsAcupuncture.com
Joan E. Derrig-Heacox is a certified spiritual director, pastoral minister and pastoral care specialist. She earned her master’s in ministry at Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, Ohio. Joan’s primary training focused on the feminine soul’s journey into God/Goddess through the imagination. She was the director of religious education and pastoral associate at St Rita Parish until moving to Wake Forest this year. Joan is the mother of four nearly adult children. (joanederrigheacox@gmail.com)
Mary Walek, PhD, taught physical anthropology at NCSU for 30 years. Now she is spending her retirement passionately obsessed with women’s justice issues. She is especially grateful for the companionship and support of other like-minded women.
Olivia Woodford is the Director of Health Arts Network of Duke (HAND). She has a BFA in theatre and is the founder of Healing Theatre. Since 1990, she has created and led creativity, mythology and self-expression workshops and been a presenter at retreat centers that include The Ross Institute, Kripalu Center, and The Open Center.
(www.healingtheatre.com)
