The Conscious Partnering Conference
The Conscious Partnering Conference:
Create Fulfilling Relationships at Home, at Work, and in the World
You can download all the calls for free
A free Global Virtual Telesummit: leaders, teachers and pioneers sharing their wisdom on creating fulfilling relationships.
Website: http://consciouspartnering.net/
Starts: Monday 23 May, 2011
Ends: Friday 27 May, 2011
Hosts:
Stephen Dinan & Devaa Haley Mitchell
Gay & Kathlyn Hendricks
Speakers:
Daniel G. Amen
Gay and Katie Hendricks
Gangaji and Eli Jaxon Bear
Arjuna and Chameli Ardagh
Gary Zukav and Linda Francis
Saniel Bonder and Linda Groves-Bonder
Matthew and Terces Engelhart
Judith Ansara MSW and Robert Gass EdD
Deva Premal and Miten
Corinne McLaughlin and Gordon Davidson
Aqeela Sherrills
Angel Kyodo Williams
Amira Diamond and Melinda Kramer
Stephen Dinan and Devaa Haley-Mitchell
Hazel Henderson
Riane Eisler
Satyen and Suzanne Raja
Susan Ryan
Kate Ludeman and Eddie Erlandson
TOPICS
Change Your Brain, Change Your Love Life
Daniel G. Amen
The Relationship Catalyst: What We've Learned From 32 Years Of Working Together
Gay and Katie Hendricks
Love Is Trustworthy
Gangaji and Eli Jaxon Bear
The Deeper Love
Arjuna and Chameli Ardagh
Spiritual Partnership
Gary Zukav and Linda Francis
Skilled and Superlative Partnering
Saniel Bonder and Linda Groves-Bonder
Community Building
Matthew and Terces Engelhart
Loving Awake: The Art of Conscious Relationship for individuals and couples
Judith Ansara MSW and Robert Gass EdD
Together, Alone
Deva Premal and Miten
Loving Lessons from a 35-year Multi-Dimensional Partnership
Corinne McLaughlin and Gordon Davidson
Partnering for Social Change
Aqeela Sherrills
Angel Kyodo Williams
Women's Earth Alliance: Unlocking the Future
Amira Diamond and Melinda Kramer
Creating a Sacred Union
Stephen Dinan and Devaa Haley-Mitchell
Partnership: The Way to a Better Life and a Better World
Hazel Henderson
Riane Eisler
Get Juiced, Get Juicy, Get It On!
Satyen and Suzanne Raja
The Power of Integrity and Collaboration in Afghanistan
Susan Ryan
Kate Ludeman and Eddie Erlandson
Change Your Brain Change Your Love Life
Hosted by Gay and Katie Hendricks - Best Selling Authors, Relationship Experts, The Therapists' Therapist
Daniel G. Amen - NY Times Bestselling Author, Brain Enhancement Expert, Award Winning Physician
The Relationship Catalyst: What We've Learned From 32 Years Of Working Together
Hosted by Stephen Dinan and Devaa Haley-Mitchell - CEO and Chief Transformational Officer of The Shift Network
Gay and Katie Hendricks - Best Selling Authors, Relationship Experts, The Therapists' Therapist
Love Is Trustworthy
Hosted by Stephen Dinan and Devaa Haley-Mitchell - CEO and Chief Transformational Officer of The Shift Network
Gangaji and Eli Jaxon Bear - Spiritual Teachers and Authors
The Deeper Love
Hosted by Gay and Katie Hendricks - Best Selling Authors, Relationship Experts, The Therapists' Therapist
Arjuna and Chameli Ardagh - Bestselling Author, Speaker & Awakening Coach, and a Leading Pioneer in Feminine
Spirituality
Spiritual Partnership
Hosted by Gay and Katie Hendricks - Best Selling Authors, Relationship Experts, The Therapists' Therapist
Gary Zukav and Linda Francis - Partnership Between Equals for the Purpose of Spiritual Growth
Skilled and Superlative Partnering
Hosted by Stephen Dinan and Devaa Haley-Mitchell - CEO and Chief Transformational Officer of The Shift Network
Saniel Bonder and Linda Groves-Bonder - Pioneers in Healing the Spirit/Matter Split, Musicians, Co-teachers of Waking
Down in Mutuality school
Community Building
Hosted by Stephen Dinan and Devaa Haley-Mitchell - CEO and Chief Transformational Officer of The Shift Network
Matthew and Terces Engelhart - Owners of Café Gratitude LLC, a school of transformation in the setting of an organic
vegan restaurant chain in SF Bay area
Loving Awake: The Art of Conscious Relationship for individuals and couples
Hosted by Gay and Katie Hendricks - Best Selling Authors, Relationship Experts, The Therapists' Therapist
Judith Ansara MSW and Robert Gass EdD - Acclaimed Performer, Leaders in Organizational Effectiveness and Change +
Relationship Coaches
Together, Alone
Hosted by Stephen Dinan and Devaa Haley-Mitchell - CEO and Chief Transformational Officer of The Shift Network
Deva Premal and Miten - World-Renowned Kirtan Recording Artists
Loving Lessons from a 35-year Multi-Dimensional Partnership
Hosted by Stephen Dinan and Devaa Haley-Mitchell - CEO and Chief Transformational Officer of The Shift Network
Corinne McLaughlin and Gordon Davidson - Co-authors of The Practical Visionary, Spiritual Politics and Co-Founders of
The Center for Visionary Leadership
Partnering for Social Change
Hosted by Stephen Dinan and Devaa Haley-Mitchell - CEO and Chief Transformational Officer of The Shift Network
Aqeela Sherrills - Peacemaker and Gang Intervention Consultant, Executive Director of YES!
Angel Kyodo Williams - Social Change Visionary, Author and Spiritual Teacher
Women's Earth Alliance: Unlocking the Future
Hosted by Stephen Dinan and Devaa Haley-Mitchell - CEO and Chief Transformational Officer of The Shift Network
Amira Diamond and Melinda Kramer - Passionate Environmental Advocates and Co-Directors of Women's Earth Alliance
Creating a Sacred Union
Hosted by Gay and Katie Hendricks - Best Selling Authors, Relationship Experts, The Therapists' Therapist
Stephen Dinan and Devaa Haley-Mitchell - CEO and Chief Transformational Officer of The Shift Network
Partnership: The Way to a Better Life and a Better World
Hosted by Gay and Katie Hendricks - Best Selling Authors, Relationship Experts, The Therapists' Therapist
Hazel Henderson - Award Winning Author, an Evolutionary Economist, and President and Founder of Ethical Markets
Media
Riane Eisler - Best Selling Author and Renowned Speaker
Get Juiced, Get Juicy, Get It On!
Hosted by Stephen Dinan and Devaa Haley-Mitchell - CEO and Chief Transformational Officer of The Shift Network
Satyen and Suzanne Raja - Inspirational Speakers and Founders of the Get A Life Company
The Power of Integrity and Collaboration in Afghanistan
Hosted by Gay and Katie Hendricks - Best Selling Authors, Relationship Experts, The Therapists' Therapist
Susan Ryan - Co-Founder of Silk Road Solutions
Kate Ludeman and Eddie Erlandson - Thought Leader in Executive Leadership Development, Speakers and Authors
SPEAKERS
Gay Hendricks
Gay Hendricks, Ph.D., has served for more than 35 years as one of the major contributors to the fields of relationship transformation and bodymind therapies. Along with his wife, Dr. Kathlyn Hendricks, Gay is the co-author of many bestsellers, including Conscious Loving and Five Wishes. He is the author of 33 books, including The Corporate Mystic, Conscious Living and The Big Leap. Dr. Hendricks received his Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Stanford in 1974. After a twenty-one-year career as a professor of Counseling Psychology at University Colorado, he and Kathlyn founded The Hendricks Institute, which is based in Ojai, California and offers seminars worldwide.
In recent years he has also been active in creating new forms of conscious entertainment. In 2003, along with movie producer Stephen Simon, Dr. Hendricks founded The Spiritual Cinema Circle, which distributes inspirational movies to subscribers in 70+ countries around the world, www.spiritualcinemacircle.com. He has appeared on more than 500 radio and television shows, including OPRAH, CNN, CNBC, 48 HOURS and others.
Kathlyn Hendricks
Kathlyn Hendricks, Ph.D., BC-DMT has been a pioneer in the field of body-mind integration for nearly forty years. Her explorations about the catalytic transformational power of the creative arts have been featured in many magazines, journals and books. She received her doctorate in transpersonal psychology in 1982 and has been a Board Certified-Dance/Movement Therapist of the American Dance Therapy Association since 1975. She has consulted and taught in the graduate programs of many universities, including the University of Colorado, Union Graduate School, Antioch University and Naropa Institute. She has an international reputation as a seminar leader for health and business professionals. Her seminars specialize in training professionals from many fields in the core skills of conscious living using a unique system of whole-body learning and Quantum Coaching™. Kathlyn has also consulted regularly for corporations and organizations. In recent years Kathlyn has focused on expanding advanced courses for the Institute, particularly the two-years Leadership and Transformation program. She also maintains the Facebook fan page that features relationship tips, videos and blogs: www.facebook.com/relationshipadvice.
Together with her husband Gay Hendricks, Katie has worked with over thirty thousand individuals and three thousand couples in developing their method of body-centered and relationship transformation. Widely known as the therapists’ therapists, best-selling author John Bradshaw has stated, “I consider Gay and Kathlyn to be my teachers.” Kathlyn has authored and co-authored nine books, including: Conscious Loving, At the Speed of Life, The Conscious Heart, Lasting Love, Spirit-Centered Relationships and her first book of poetry, A Waterbaby Contemplates Dry Land. Their best-selling Conscious Loving is used as a textbook in many graduate programs throughout the country, and Gay and Katie's work has been reviewed or mentioned in Self, GQ, Psychology Today, Yoga Journal, Delicious, Personal Transformation, and USA Today. Katie and Gay have also appeared on Oprah, CBS’ 48 Hours, Sally Jessy Raphael,CNN and CNBC’s Peal Personal. They consider themselves their own best customers in the creation of conscious relationships and are among the few relationship experts who work and present publicly together. Website(s): http://www.hendricks.com
Daniel G. Amen
Daniel G. Amen, MD is an award winning physician, psychiatrist, best-selling author, international speaker, and brain enhancement expert. He is the founder, CEO, and medical director of the world renowned Amen Clinics, Inc. Dr. Amen educates companies, organizations, and individuals on the importance of brain helath and the impact of the brain on every aspect of life.
The host of 4 highly successful PBS programs and a frequent radio and TV guest, Daniel is the author of 24 book, including the New York Times best-sellers, “Change Your Brain, Change Your Life,” “Magnificent Mind at Any Age” and “Change Your Brain, Change Your Body.” He is an engaging and entertaining speaker, and he is at the forefront of applying brain science to improve everyday life. Website(s): http://www.amenclinics.com
Stephen Dinan
Stephen Dinan is the CEO of The Shift Network and a member of the prestigious Evolutionary Leadership Council. As the former Director of Membership and Marketing at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, he was the driving force behind the Shift in Action program, which grew to 10,000 paying members, and the One Minute Shift video series, which was seen by more than one million.
He is also the author of Radical Spirit (New World Library), and a forthcoming book Sacred America. Stephen directed and helped to create the Esalen Institute's Center for Theory & Research, a think tank for leading scholars, researchers, and teachers to explore human potential frontiers.
Rev. Devaa Haley Mitchell
Rev. Devaa Haley Mitchell works as a spiritual guide and leadership coach. She is the Chief Transformational Officer of The Shift Network and founder of the Inspiring Women Summit, the largest virtual gathering of women in history. She is also a very talented musical artist, who will be releasing her debut CD "Sacred Alchemy" in 2011. Pre-release clips can be heard at www.devaa.com.
Devaa served as the Director of Member Engagement at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS), an organization bridging science and spirituality. Previously, she was the Founder and Executive Director of the Full Circle Fund, dedicated to building a new generation of civic leaders. Devaa also worked as an Associate Consultant at the Boston Consulting Group where she offered management advice to Fortune 500 Companies.
Devaa was ordained as an interfaith minister by the Chaplaincy Institute and also received a BA in Anthropology with Honors and an MA in International Development from Stanford University. She was awarded a fellowship from the Fulbright Foundation, which she used to conduct research in the Brazilian Amazon on sustainable economic development for local indigenous groups using culturally and ecologically appropriate strategies. Devaa was also one of 26 contributors to a book called Radical Spirit, which focuses on Gen-X spiritual perspectives.
Website(s):
http://theshiftnetwork.com
Website(s):
http://devaa.com
Gangaji
Gangaji shares a simple message-This is an invitation to shift your allegiance from the activities of your mind to the eternal presence of your being.
Born in Texas in 1942, Gangaji grew up in Mississippi. After graduating from the University of Mississippi in 1964, she married and had a daughter. In 1972, she moved to San Francisco where she began exploring deeper levels of her being. She took Bodhisattva vows, practiced Zen and Vipassana meditation, helped run a Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Center, and had a career as an acupuncturist in the San Francisco Bay area.
Despite her successes, Gangaji continued to experience a deep and persistent longing for fulfillment. She pursued many paths to change her life including relationship, motherhood, political activism, career, and spiritual practice, but even the greatest of her successes ultimately came up short. In the wake of her disillusionment, she made a final prayer for true help. In 1990, the answer to her prayer came unexpectedly, taking her to India and to the meeting that would change everything. There on the banks of the river Ganga, she met Sri H.W.L. Poonja, also known as Papaji, who opened the floodgates of self-recognition. In this meeting, Gangaji’s personal story of suffering ended and the promise of a true life began to flower and unfold. Today, Gangaji travels the world speaking to seekers from all walks of life. A teacher and author, she shares her direct experience of the essential message she received from Papaji and offers it to all who want to discover a true and lasting fulfillment. Through her life and words, she powerfully articulates how it is really possible to discover the truth of who you are and to be true to that discovery.
Eli Jaxon-Bear
Eli Jaxon-Bear was born Elliot J. Zeldow in Brooklyn, New York, in 1947. His eighteen-year spiritual path started in 1971, when he was a federal fugitive during the Vietnam war. In 1978, Kalu Rinpoche appointed him the president of the first Kagyu dharma center in Marin County. In 1982, he was presented with a Zen Teaching Fan at ChoShoJi Zen Temple in Japan.
After a search took him around the world and into many traditions and practices, his path and his search ended when he was pulled to India in 1990, where he met his final teacher, Sri H.W.L. Poonja. Confirming Eli's realization, his teacher sent him back into the world to share his unique psychological insights into the nature of egoic suffering in support of self-realization.
Eli infuses the teaching with his teacher’s living transmission of silence. He presents a unique map of egoic identification as a vehicle for ruthless self-inquiry and final realization of true freedom. He dedicates his life to passing on the transmission of his teacher.
Eli currently meets people and teaches through the Leela Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to world peace and freedom through universal self-realization. He is the author of Sudden Awakening into Direct Realization, (New World Library), The Enneagram of Liberation: From Fixation to Freedom, (Gangaji Foundation Press), and he is the editor of Wake Up and Roar: Satsang with H.W.L. Poonja, (Sounds True).
Website(s):
http://www.gangaji.org/
Website(s):
http://www.leela.org/
Arjuna Ardagh
Arjuna Ardagh is the author of seven books, including the 2005 national bestseller The Translucent Revolution, and his latest book Leap Before You Look. He has trained more than 800 facilitators of awakening since 1995, and has been working with people, both individually and in organizations since 1983. Ardagh has been a speaker at conferences all over the world, including the International Conference on Business and Consciousness, the annual conference of the Omega Institute. He has coached leaders of many international companies in the art of Awakening Leadership, and has appeared on TV, on the radio and in print media in twelve countries. He is a member of the Transformational Leadership Council.
Arjuna Ardagh is the author of seven books, including the 2005 national bestseller The Translucent Revolution, and his latest book Leap Before You Look. He has trained more than 800 facilitators of awakening since 1995, and has been working with people, both individually and in organizations since 1983. Ardagh has been a speaker at conferences all over the world, including the International Conference on Business and Consciousness, the annual conference of the Omega Institute. He has coached leaders of many international companies in the art of Awakening Leadership, and has appeared on TV, on the radio and in print media in twelve countries. He is a member of the Transformational Leadership Council.
Gary Zukav
Gary Zukav is a master teacher and the eloquent author of the New York Times bestsellers The Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics and The Seat of the Soul. He is dedicated to the current extraordinary transformation in human consciousness—an unprecedented threshold in the human experience. This transformation is no less than a Revolution of the Soul, one that touches the heart of all humanity and is based on spiritual growth, conscious choices, and a deep celebration and reverence for Life.
Linda Francis
Linda Francis has been in the healing profession for three decades, first as a registered nurse and then as a chiropractor. In spiritual partnership with Gary, they co-authored the New York Times bestsellers The Heart of the Soul: Emotional Awareness and The Mind of the Soul: Responsible Choice.
In 1999 Gary and Linda co-founder of the Seat of the Soul Institute, the premier organization dedicated to assisting individuals in the alignment of the personality with the soul—the creation of authentic power. The Institutes media-rich website is filled with videos, free tools, articles, interviews, answers to your questions, and a SoulBlog to facilitate online discussions.
Website(s):
http://www.SeatoftheSoul.com
Saniel Bonder and Linda Groves-Bonder
Saniel Bonder and Linda Groves-Bonder are among today's foremost pioneers in the field of embodied, mutual awakening of consciousness – or, as one of Saniel's dozen book titles puts it, "Healing the Spirit/Matter Split." They and their colleagues in the Waking Down in Mutuality work that Saniel founded in the early '90s have helped hundreds of everyday people enter into permanent Self-realization and ongoing evolutionary unfoldment.
As a married couple who teach together, Saniel and Linda transmit a process of direct awakening. It opens into a spontaneously sacred way of being alive. Their approach helps you learn to access what Linda calls "conscious skillful will.” With it you can steadily live from the recognition that even dark and difficult times are as real, divine, and important as sublime, radiant moments. Harvard grad Saniel is also a flute player, and a golfer with a book on golf’s ‘mental game’ appearing soon.
Linda has been a professional singer and songwriter, and has a CD, I’m Here. They travel throughout the U.S. and internationally to offer their “WholeHEART Way” teachings and trainings. Saniel and Linda are founding members of Ken Wilber’s Integral Institute and charter members of the Integral Spiritual Center.
Website(s):
http://sanielandlinda.com/partneringconference
Website(s):
http://www.sanielandlinda.com
Website(s):
http://www.heartgazing.com
Website(s):
http://www.takehearttour.com
Matthew and Terces Engelhart
Matthew and Terces Engelhart follow and trust intuition. From their love and commitment was born an initial guidance to create a board game and after a year of development, the Abounding River Game was introduced. The Abounding River is an interactive way of practicing “being” Abundance in your life.
Their next collaborative creation was the accompanying Abounding River Logbook, a 42-day practice that is shared with a partner and guides individuals through exercises to practice focusing attention on qualities that we all aspire to: Love, Acceptance, Generosity, Worth, Gratitude, Creation, and Responsibility. Once the game was complete, Matthew and Terces agreed that it would be wonderful to offer a place where people could gather, eat, and play the game. Coincidentally, while on their farm in Maui, Terces read a book about live foods and became so inspired that she asked Matthew to eat ‘live’ for 30 days.
At the end of the month, they felt so good they decided to create a living foods café, and so the idea for Café Gratitude was born. Shortly thereafter, they opened up on 20th and Harrison St. in the historic San Francisco Mission District. Since then, Café Gratitude has been a ground-breaking example of Sacred Commerce and its capacity to build community, encourage healthful living, and achieve abundance. They now have 6 locations in the Bay Area, and sell their products in partnering stores country wide
Website(s):
http://cafegratitude.com
Website(s):
http://www.cafegratitudela.com
Judith Ansara
Judith Ansara has been a leading innovator and teacher of human consciousness, organizational & personal effectiveness and values-based living for over 30 years. With a diverse background in psychology and the arts along with decades of training in contemplative practice as well as trans-traditional spirituality, Judith trains psychotherapists, coaches, social workers and educators at teaching centers including Esalen, Omega, Hollyhock, and the Institute of Noetic Sciences and serves as a consultant/trainer at organizations in the US and Canada.
Judith is co-founder of The Peacemaker Institute which trains professionals in contemplative-based peacemaking and social action. She has also been dedicated to bringing women and feminine leadership principles into the world.
With her husband, Robert Gass, she offers retreats for couples in the arts and skills of committed relationship. Her Transformational Coaches Training has grown from Judith’s and Robert’s life-time work on the theory and process of fostering lasting change, effectiveness and well-being.
Robert Gass
Robert Gass has been known for leading edge work in human consciousness and organizational change for over 30 years. Holding a doctorate in Clinical Psychology and Organizational Development from Harvard University, his work synthesizes an unusually diverse background in humanistic psychology, organizational behavior, social change, business, music and spiritual studies.
Robert was the former President of ARC International, a global consulting and training company specializing in transformational change with Fortune 500 companies. As an organizational consultant, he has worked at the most senior levels with corporations such as General Motors, Chase Manhattan, Pillsbury, Textron and Motorola. Robert has for many years served as executive coach to well-known business, non-profit, political and spiritual leaders.
Co-creator of the Opening the Heart workshops, Robert has offered seminars to over 100,000 individuals on leadership, relationships (with his wife, Judith) and spirituality at universities, educational centers and conferences around the world including the Conference Board, the American Academy of Psychotherapy, the Institute of Cultural Affairs (China), Omega Institute, Brown University, Auroville (India), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.N. Peace University in Costa Rica.
Also a highly-regarded composer, performer and recording artist, Robert has released over 20 albums of music to uplift the human spirit with his renowned singing group, On Wings of Song. His musical career spans classical, rock and chant, is founder of the independent label, Spring Hill Music having sold over 600,000 copies of his chant CDs. His recording of Om Namaha Shivaya was hailed by New Age Journal as “one of the twenty most influential recordings of the last twenty years.”
Website(s): http://sacredunion.com/site/
Deva Premal and Miten
Deva Premal and Miten met in India in 1990 and soon began a journey into love and creativity that has taken their inspiring blend of song, mantra and meditation to a worldwide audience. They have released a string of acclaimed CDs with sales of nearly one million, and their concerts and ecstatic chant workshops are met with rave reviews throughout Europe, Australia, South America, Canada and the United States.
Their music transcends all the usual musical boundaries, with fans including rock icon Cher, who featured one of Deva’s most popular chants, the Gayatri Mantra, on her Farewell Concert Tour; world renowned author and motivational coach Tony Robbins; and even His Holiness The Dalai Lama who, after hearing Deva & Miten sing for a private audience, exclaimed, “Beautiful music, beautiful…!”
Best selling author Eckhart Tolle notes: “As you listen to the music of Deva and Miten, the sacred space that lies beyond the mind emerges naturally and effortlessly. Pure magic.”
Deva & Miten’s website features their tour schedule, information on their CDs, free music and video downloads, and information about their holiday retreats, including Tantra~Mantra For Couples with Rafia, and In The Light of Love with bansuri maestro Manose.
Website(s): http://www.DevaPremalMiten.com
Corinne McLaughlin and Gordon Davidson
Corinne McLaughlin and Gordon Davidson have lived and worked together for 35 years in dozens of co-creative partnerships, including co-authoring three books: The Practical Visionary, Spiritual Politics (Foreword by the Dalai Lama), and Builders of the Dawn. They are co-founders of The Center for Visionary Leadership in California, and co-founders of Sirius, a spiritual and ecological community in Massachusetts. Corinne coordinated a national task force for President Clinton’s Council on Sustainable Development. Gordon was the Founding Director of the Social Investment Forum and of Ceres, The Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies. They both are Fellows of The World Business Academy and The Findhorn Foundation.
Website(s): http://www.visionarylead.org/
Aqeela Sherrills
Aqeela Sherrills has traveled the world brokering peace, but he is best known for creating the 1992 peace agreement between longtime Los Angeles gang rivals, the Bloods and the Crips. Sherrills’s inspiration came from the loss of 13 friends to gang violence. This encouraged him to lay the groundwork for peace in his neighborhood. Within 10 years he had worked on the Amer-I-Can Project with former football legend Jim Brown, and established the former Community Self Determination Institute (CSDI), an agency dedicated to the transformation of his community. Between 1999 and 2006, CSDI managed over $3 million in contracts with the city and county of Los Angeles and the state of California.
Sherrills’s current focus is on what he terms the ‘Reverence Movement,’ a peace process that allows people to see the sacredness in one another. Sherrills believes the only true path to reconciliation begins from within. It’s a message he has made so accessible that he’s delivered it to communities around the world.
Thus, he has advised government officials in Belfast and Serbia on the process of establishing non-violent communities; he has addressed the Hague and the United States Congress on the importance of peace, reverence, and non-violence; and he has brokered peace agreements between gangs in cities across the U.S. Sherrills sits on boards which seek to promote positive change, including Yes!, Bioneers, the Forgiveness Project, and the Yoga on the Inside Foundation. His work has been featured in articles appearing in Utne, LA Weekly, Los Angeles City Beat, The Urbanite, The Source, and MotherJones. In 2004 he was awarded the Activist Award of Achievement by the Gleitsman Foundation and the Norman Felton & Denise Aubuchon Humanitarian Award by Death Penalty Focus.
Website(s):
http://www.urbanyouth.org
Rev. Angel Kyodo Williams
Rev. Angel Kyodo Williams is regarded as a gifted communicator of the essence of Dharma, the universal truth that leads to freedom. Named “the most intriguing African-American Buddhist in America” by Library Journal, Kyodoshi, as she is affectionately called, is known for her ability to make profound wisdom teaching relevant to everyday life.
Angel Kyodo is the “Mahamitra” or great spiritual friend of the New Dharma Community, which has its physical home in Berkeley,CA with members in NY, MA and as far away as Lebanon. she is a maverick within her root tradition of zen buddhism, holding an interest in articulating relevant expressions of the essence of zen. Her dharma name, Kyodo, means “way of teaching.” At her priest ordination ceremony, the suffix “-ji” meaning compassion, was added by her preceptor, Paco Genkoji Lugoviña, so that her full dharma name is something akin to: Way of Teaching Compassion. while she is humbled and sometimes chagrined by the enormity of practicing this name, she is fully committed to doing just that by any means necessary: in an unflinching, authentic way, not bound by social convention, political correctness, the desire to appeal to student’s favor or for financial gain.
Kyodoshi-mitra lives as a full-time dharma teacher, spiritual friend and leader of what is likely one of the most unique, vibrant and diverse transformative practice communities in the nation.
Website(s):
http://about.angelkyodowilliams.com/home.html
Amira Diamond
Amira Diamond is the Co-Director of Women’s Earth Alliance, where over the past 4 years, she has designed innovative development and communication strategies, including the Weaving the Worlds Initiative, a multimedia-based education platform using storytelling, music and culture to connect grassroots initiatives with a broad audience. Her work in women and development and experience as a community organizer have carried Amira all over the world, from Kingston, Jamaica to Capital Hill and informs her leadership today. A violinist and vocalist since childhood, she is also the founder and Director of the Social Prophet Choir, a 75+ person group of artists, green business owners and NGO organizers. Prior to WEA, Amira worked as West Coast Director of Democracy Matters and currently serves on the Board of Directors. She also worked as Associate Director of Circle of Life. Amira was recently named to the the Forbes Executive Women's Board. She graduated from Colgate University with a degree in Women's Studies and is also a certified Holistic Health Counselor.
Melinda Kramer
Before founding Women's Earth Alliance, Melinda Kramer worked around the world with organizations pursuing environmental justice, sustainable local economies and indigenous rights. She lived in East Africa working with CARE Kenya on sustainable agriculture and health projects and later worked throughout the North Pacific Rim, nurturing the emergence of grassroots environmental movements in China, the Russian Far East, and Alaska with international organization, Pacific Environment. Melinda led Pacific Environment’s China and Marine programs, conducting trainings in media, organizational development, and campaign strategy for grassroots NGOs. Melinda also worked on sustainable fisheries issues in Alaska and the Russian Far East, facilitating the International Bering Sea Forum, a long-term collaborative initiative that involved Russian and Alaskan scientists, policy makers, fisherman, NGOs, and indigenous leaders. At the Natural Capital Institute, Melinda managed Communications and was a key contributor to the web-based communication tool, WiserEarth.org. Melinda has degrees from Washington University and University of Nairobi. She is a trained facilitator and speaks Swahili, Spanish, and some Mandarin.
Website(s):
http://www.womensearthalliance.org
Hazel Henderson
Hazel Henderson, D.Sc.Hon., FRSA, Founder of Ethical Markets Media, is a futurist, evolutionary economist and author of award-winning Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy. Her editorials are syndicated by InterPress Service, and articles appear in journals worldwide.
She leads the Transforming Finance initiative, created the Green Transition Scoreboard®, tracking global private sector investment in green tech, and developed with Calvert Group the widely used alternative to GNP, the Calvert-Henderson Quality of Life Indicators. In 2010 she was honored as one of the "Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business Behavior 2010" by Trust Across America.
Website(s):
http://www.hazelhenderson.com
Riane Eisler
Riane Eisler is internationally known for her bestseller The Chalice and The Blade, now in 23 foreign editions and her newest book, The Real Wealth of Nations – hailed by Archbishop Desmond Tutu as “a template for the better world we have been so urgently seeking”. Her other books include Sacred Pleasure, The Power of Partnership, and Tomorrow’s Children.
She is President of the Center for Partnership Studies, and her most recent focus is on developing new social and economic measurements for sustainability, equity, and long-term economic success as we shift from the industrial to the post-industrial era.
Dr. Eisler keynotes conferences worldwide, with venues including invitations by Rita Suessmuth, President of the German Parliament, and Vaclav Havel, President of the Czech Republic.
She has received many honors, including honorary Ph.D. degrees, the Alice Paul ERA Education Award, and the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation’s 2009 Distinguished Peace Leadership Award, and is in the award-winning book Great Peacemakers as one of 20 leaders for world peace, along with Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa, and Martin Luther King.
Website(s):
http://www.partnershipway.org
Satyen Raja
Satyen Raja was born in Uganda, Africa to parents who had made their way from India. He spent several years of his childhood in England before his family finally settled in Canada. Black belt, entrepreneur, author, trainer, iconoclast, visionary, and life-architect are just a few of the words that describe Satyen. With 30 years as a teacher in multiple disciplines from around the world, Satyen gleans the essence of any given wisdom and distills it down to its very workable essence.
Prior to founding his current venture, The Get A Life Company, Satyen created and ran a variety of highly successful businesses, including several martial arts schools, as well as a multi-million dollar personal growth global enterprise known as WarriorSage. He is a lifelong learner, gaining wisdom from a variety of sources; distilling and combining them into cohesive lessons to be shared with the global community.
Suzanne Raja
In his personal life, he is a devoted husband and father. Suzanne Raja is his partner and spouse of nearly twenty-five years. She is a transformational leader in her own right and co-founder of The Get A Life Company. She is vibrant and energetic, offering powerful teachings, wisdom, humor, and inspiration that have helped thousands of people find the essence that drives the dance of their own lives. As Suzanne exclaims, “The thing that you resist is the very thing that is going to save you. You must move…Once you dance, you get the energy that you never thought you had...Dance as if your movement is a snapshot of your Life. This is me! This is my offering! This is what I GIVE to the world!” Suzanne’s biggest passion is to help others throw themselves fully and joyfully into the ongoing dance of life!
Suzanne is a living demonstration of creating life from source. She makes art out of every moment, sharing joy and enthusiasm with everyone who crosses her path. Suzanne delivers instruction, coaching and guidance with exceptional intuitive perception and clarity. She has spoken and taught on nearly every continent and in over 15 countries – reaching thousands with engaging wit, with wisdom, and with leadership that is open-hearted and inspiring. She is a master in coaching couples and in relationship work, as well as in teaching feminine practices for women.
When you have the opportunity to learn from Suzanne, you will notice how deeply she connects with people and how gently she passes on wisdom. Suzanne demonstrates that true power is subtle, and that it is possible for all of our lessons to come encased in love. Everything she creates – in work, life, and relationships – finds its roots in her own passion for living. Being in her presence will inspire you to become your own example of living life from source.
Following a childhood in her native Jaaica, Suzanne moved to Canada with her family. Once there, she met Satyen, a high school friend who turned into a sweetheart. They are raising two teenagers; their daughter, Satori, and their son, Shaman. They have faced almost everything there is to face in a relationship. When they are in a room together you can feel their humor, their experience, the passion they share for their work, and their commitment to one another. Satyen’s and Suzanne’s multi-cultural backgrounds and extensive study and travel combine to create an irresistible approach to living. Their joint passion is to share this approach, helping others create spectacular lives.
Website(s): http://www.thegetalifecompany.com/
Susan Ryan
Susan Ryan, cofounder and CEO of Silk Road Solutions, has been a pioneer in bringing transformational leadership training and coaching to Afghanistan. The company began in her Kabul living room with a two-day leadership training and has now evolved into a thriving business operating in various regions throughout the country. Susan’s endeavors are based upon a strong belief that the Afghans themselves are the ones with solutions to the challenges they face. It is through this belief and the highly-interactive trainings that highlight one’s limiting as well as resourceful paradigms that Afghans have seen remarkable results both in the public and private sectors. Susan is committed to this vision for transformational leadership reaching further into areas of Afghanistan, as well as to other emerging nations.
With over 15 years of international management and leadership experience in both the private and public sectors, Susan has been working in Afghanistan since 2006. She has traveled extensively as coach and mentor to expat and national leaders in multiple nations. She has an M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin and a B.S. in Education from Baylor University.
Website(s):
http://silkroad-solutions.com
Website(s):
http://www.lifeoustidethewire.com
Kate Ludeman
Kate Ludeman founded Worth Ethic Corporation in 1988. She and her consultants have assessed and coached over 1,200 senior executives in a wide range of industries located in the US, in all major European and Asian countries, and in many South American countries. A BS in engineering and PhD in psychology give Kate a unique approach when coaching analytical, data-oriented CEOs who want to expand their emotional intelligence but who do not fully value some of the softer leadership capabilities.
She recently coached CEOs at Dell, Brinker, NetApp, Gap, Sequoia Capital, Sysco, and WellPoint. She uses a one year coaching process to significantly improve a CEO’s approach to change management, innovation and risk-taking, executive and Board communications and alignment, and executive team effectiveness. She developed a coaching approach to help newly promoted CEOs successful step into their roles and take on significantly different responsibilities. She uses an in depth 360 feedback process to break through tendencies to rationalize problems and adhere too long to the status quo.
She also designed a “first 90 days” approach to support new senior executives, hired from the outside, to build relationships with key partners and stakeholders, adapt to their new company’s culture, and create needed changes. Kate created a one-year process to transform average executive teams into highly effective teams where major problems are openly vetted, problems are fully owned, and productive debate leads to alignment and accountability. She developed a survey tool to measure executive team effectiveness, which provides a baseline metric for executive teams on trust, alignment, conflict and accountability.
Her books include Alpha Male Syndrome; Radical Change, Radical Results; Corporate Mystic; Earn What You’re Worth; and The Worth Ethic. She is the author of over 30 articles, including Coaching the Alpha-Male (Harvard Business Review, 2004). Her consulting and books have been discussed in such publications as Financial Times, Baron’s, New York Times, LA Times, London Times, etc. She designed and validated the Alpha Assessment to provide coaching tips to particularly driven and aggressive leaders; this assessment has been taken by 12,000 leaders in over 15 countries.
Eddie Erlandson
Eddie Erlandson coaches leaders to modify entrenched leadership habits and expand their influence skills. In his 12 years as an executive coach Eddie has worked with over 200 senior executives and teams across a number of industries, including consumer products, education, government, military, high tech, healthcare and professional sports. He has coached executives globally in many European, Asian and South American countries.
Eddie motivates individual executives and their teams to make needed changes by linking business performance and strategic objectives to leadership and teamwork capabilities. He uses a one-year coaching process to significantly improve an executive’s approach to change management, innovation and communications. He also works closely with executives and their teams to clarify roles, build alignment around key change management initiatives, and overall improve team effectiveness so that challenges are openly vetted, problems are fully owned, and productive debate leads to alignment and accountability.
He also designed a “first 90 days” approach to support new senior executives, hired from the outside, to build relationships with key partners and stakeholders, adapt to their new company’s culture, and create needed change.
He has coauthored two books with Kate Ludeman: Alpha Male Syndrome and Radical Change, Radical Results. He also assisted in the design and validation of the Alpha Assessment, which provides coaching tips to particularly driven and aggressive leaders; this assessment has been taken by 12,000 leaders in over 15 countries. His consulting and books have been discussed in such publications as Financial Times, Best Life, New York Times, LA Times, London Times, etc.
Previously, Eddie was Chief of Staff at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, where he was a vascular surgeon and co-founder of a wellness and executive effectiveness program.
Website(s):
http://www.worthethic.com/
