CIIYH 2023 Presenters

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Joanna Sprtel Walters is a 1994 graduate of the US Naval Academy. She was a Division I swimmer for Navy. Upon graduation, she went on to become one of the first women serving aboard combatants as a Surface Warfare Officer.
Motivational Speaker, e-commerce entrepreneur and certified Life Coach.
Joanna spends her downtime enjoying the mountains with her family and can often be found climbing the cliffs of North Table Mountain, running or riding the trails, hiking to the top of 14ers and playing in the snow. What she treasures most are the adventures she shares with her family!

Jennifer White is a Clarity Coach and Mastermind Facilitator. She helps beginning and transitioning business owners get clear on what they want from their life and their business and then create and implement baby steps to get there.

Cindy Goldfield is a multi-passionate actor/director and businesswoman, who has spent her life in pursuit of authentic expression. A professional award-winning actor and director, she also has over 25 years experience in Event Concept Design, Production and Management.She also offers Performance Coaching services for performers, entrepreneurs and media presenters, and one-on-one and group Authenticity Coaching for those who are searching to get closer to living an authentic, aligned, creative life. She is a mother of two, runs a small catering company with her partner, is a lover of walking barefoot on the beach in all weathers, and believes that anything is possible.

William Brown is a multi-talented individual who wears many hats as a Coach, Speaker, Author, Creative, and Retreat Leader. As “The Real You Finder,” he is passionate about guiding people on their journey towards discovering and embracing their authentic selves. Through his engaging conversations and dynamic presentations, William emphasizes the importance of living a life true to one’s values and beliefs. He uses his creativity and expertise to inspire and motivate people to be their best selves and live a fulfilling life.

Deborah Williams worked as a CPA and financial consultant with small to mid-sized businesses, non-profits and individuals for over 40 years. This includes a variety of things: Controller for a real estate developer, a partner in a restaurant, fundraising for charitable/school organizations and lots of business and individual tax work. In my later career, I became interested in the psychology of money and obtained certifications in both money and business archetype coaching. I raised two amazing humans and managed to get them to work with me on good financial habits (at least some of the time). I use a variety of tools to keep me centered with my own money work and career such as yoga, meditation, movement, nutrition and somatic healing.

Amanda Johnson the founder of True To Intention and co-founder of Saved By Story Publishing, partners with seekers and storytellers devoted to writing truer individual and collective stories. A Strategist, Facilitator, Storyteller, Guide, and Ally, she midwifes paradigm-changing brands, content, and more whole change agents into the world through her st*ry-healing quests and message-manifesting retreats. From inspiration to impact, she and her team help divinely-inspired souls dissolve the lies, reorganize their sacred material, and become truer to intention with every piece of content they craft, love offering they launch, and system they structure to change the world.

Jakki Gioia, is a multi-talented Transformation Catalyst. She has 28 years experience in the holistic healing arts, is a self-published author, singer/songwriter and dance instructor. In 2015 she started Journey into Joy to help others move from stress, anxiety and pain to creating their own version of Heaven on Earth without the need for drugs or alcohol. Through healing sessions, workshops, music, books and products she helps others heal heartache and move forward in confidence, joy and love. See more at https://www.journeyintojoy.com/about-us

Jennifer Jines an interactive experience coordinator on a mission to spread the power of kindness through teamwork, fun and play. Aka a Kindness Catalyst. I have created the Kindagious Quest, a scavenger hunt that helps people experience the physical and emotional benefits of kindness. I also did a stint as a Zoom Recess counselor once the pandemic hit. All of my work is in service of helping people display the kindness that our world needs to increase connection as it becomes more contentious and fractured. I’d love to explore how much fun we could have together spreading kindness. Come play with me! http://www.kindagious.com/

Heidi is a self-awareness explorer who works with teenagers to discover who they are and who they aspire to be. She is a Meyers Briggs and Positive Psychology professional specializing in self-awareness, self-care and self-compassion. Heidi is the Campus Director of SOCAPA (School of Creative and Performance Arts) in Burlington, Vermont and owns her own business The Centerfor Human Potential working primarily with teenagers. Heidi is a Red Hot Chilly Dipper who loves living in Vermont with her son, Benton, her daughter, Avery and their dog Luke.

Kristen Luppenlatz Grech has added neurosomatic intelligence coaching to her decades of movement exploration, teaching Pilates and CoreAlign and posture and gait therapy. She understands on many levels why movement heals and laughter and play regulates our nervous system so we can connect deeply with others and thrive in this challenging world.

Shannon is a Sparketype Sage Advisor who loves to study a wide variety of topics and cheerlead others in their own dreams. My resume includes everything from NCAA and professional athlete, to award winning business owner and entrepreneur. I have formally studied nutrition, massage therapy, finance, and theology but, my favorite jobs include being a wife, mother, and friend.

Torey is an author and founder of Open Space, Mastermind Facilitator and the CEO of Homeopathy First. She’s a four year veteran of camp GLP (three years on crew) and a big believer in the GOOD LIFE project. Torey has been a Covid Nomad for the past three years. She and her family have traveled through 29 of the United States and Baja Mexico on land, as well as cruised the Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and beyond on their sailboat, Cosmic Convergence.

Julia Gillmor is a lifestyle-driven business consultant, copywriter and mom living in the mountains in British Columbia. Over the past 10 years she’s worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs, thought leaders and coaches, helping them launch businesses, products and programs. She’s founder of the TrailBlazeHER Adventure Network, a passion project offering hiking challenges and micro adventures that support and encourage women to live a more adventurous life. Julia’s the friend who calls and says, “Get your shoes on, we’re going on an adventure!”

A passion for communal healing weaves itself into everything that Lisa Stark does. As a Yoga Teacher, Breathwork Facilitator, and owner/operator of a small group healing and retreat space in Bend, Oregon; Lisa has dedicated her life to holding space for others, both individually and in community. Over the years, through her own personal journey with healing and energy work, she has found conscious, connected Breathwork to be an indispensable tool for accessing the emotional and energetic blocks that hold us back in life. She has found true purpose in sharing this gift with others; helping them to unlock freedom and awareness in their own lives.

Graduating from Bates College this May with a BA in Theater and a minor in Education. Kush is originally from India but have spent that last four years studying in Maine. Over the course of his undergraduate experience, Kush has been very involved with their community in the form of teaching theater at the local high school, assistant-coaching soccer to at-risk youth, as well as mentoring the local high school robotic’s team.

A playful, creative, kinetic unicorn/dancer/scientist at your service. Nina is a positive psychology practitioner, coach, health educator, Flourishing Skills Group facilitator, Mastermind leader, Law of Attraction guide, certified Sparketype Advisor, and corporate resilience trainer through her company, Resilience Mastery. She was a professional dancer for many years and currently remains active as a certified Group Motion conscious dance facilitator, a fidgety meditator, and an energetic champion of crazy creative play.