Santa Women to Women was created by Jody Feagan & Katie Rountree as a way for women to connect and get to know each other better. We meet once a month for lunch. Come with ideas and stories to share and leave with new friends and new connections. Santa Fe Women to Women offers opportunities to inspire, entertain, network, refer business and foster friendships in Santa Fe. Jody and Katie have hosted a renowned playwright and presented her one-woman show; formed book clubs and writing groups; sponsored a Feng Shui workshop and brought in a famous clairvoyant for you to meet. They have many other fun things planned for the future.
UPCOMING SPEAKERS:
What: Luncheon with Guest Speaker Moira Gehring, Founder of BoodleBody CBD-infused* skin care products
Her Talk: “The Benefits of CBD-infused Skincare”
LOCATION: Cowgirl Restaurant (Private Room)
When: Wednesday, May 18, 2022
NEW TIME: 12pm – 1:30pm
Cost $30 cash or check (payable to Katie Rountree) at the door or Venmo @Katie-Rountree-4
RSVP: Email russtree@aol.com
Moira first got interested in CBD (cannabinoid) CBD-infused* skin care products and its benefits when looking for ways to ease inflammation for her rescue dog, Vasco DaGama, who—before she found him—had been hit by a car, suffering a broken pelvis and a spinal injury. At the suggestion of a friend, she visited a dispensary and purchased a CBD tincture which, when applied to Vasco’s treats, clearly helped to make him more comfortable. As a result, she got curious about topical CBD products and purchased a body lotion that helped to keep her skin super-hydrated and blemish free, while also easing her post-work out soreness.
She was intrigued. Reading up on the CBD research happening around the world, she discovered that hemp has grown along side human civilization for thousands of years—one of the oldest plant relationships which heals, feeds, clothes and shelters us.
Moira’s BoodleBody skincare line — which combines jojoba with active cosmeceutical ingredients and CBD — includes Santa Fe DIRT facial moisturizer, Santa Fe DEW face oil, Santa Fe MULCH body cream, and Santa Fe COMPOST bath salts.
*CBD has no psycho-active properties.
What: Happy Hour with Guest Speaker Jane Rosenthal, Author
Her Talk: “My Personal Heroine’s Journey: What Publishing a Novel Taught Me About Creativity, Women, and Claiming Our Power”
LOCATION: Sukhmani Home (corner of Read & Guadalupe in the Railyard)
When: Wednesday, June 22, 2022
NEW TIME: 5 – 6 pm
Cost $30 includes a copy of Jane’s book Del Rio Venmo @Katie-Rountree-4 or Paypal @aspencoollist@gmail.com
** All proceeds from Jane’s book will donated to Justine in Motion, a non-profit that assists in reuniting parents and children who were separated at the border.
RSVP: Email russtree@aol.com
Jane began writing fiction late in life, and in this talk, she will share her journey of how she went from an absolute beginning writer to a published author, a story that proves that it is not too late to create the art you want to see in the world. She hopes her account of learning the fiction craft, finding mentors, and developing a writing practice akin to a spiritual practice will inspire you to begin, or to continue if you’ve already begun, to give your creative life time and intention, and to show you that by doing this work, you will develop the power to shape your life and the lives of others in new and wonderful ways.
** During the Women to Women Happy Hour, Sukhmani Home will donate 15% of any purchases toward Justine in Motion.
PAST SPEAKERS:
What: Luncheon with Guest Speaker Kathy Fletcher, Certified Personal Development Coach
Her Talk: “Make your Resiliency Your Super Power”
When: Wednesday, July 28, 2021
Time: noon
Cost $25 cash or check (payable to Katie Rountree) at the door
RSVP: Email jodyville@yahoo.com
Kathy Fletcher is a certified health and wellness coach and yoga instructor, as well as a certified personal development coach. Her background includes an MPA in Nonprofit Management and Environmental Public Policy, a broad-scoped career in nonprofit arts and higher education leadership and fundraising; earning certifications along the way as a Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE), Certified Image Consultant, Institute of Integrative Nutrition health coach, and Coach Training World “Whole Person Coach.” These skills and expertise give her the bedrock foundation to support a variety of needs that clients bring to the table. As well as working one-on-one with clients, she has facilitated workshops and retreats, has vast experience as a public speaker, and has published articles related to women’s well-being.
Her passion lies in connecting with women experiencing all levels of transition, to partner together as you unlock your full potential in creating your inspired dreams. As a female, you are called upon to perform a multitude of roles. All too often, you may be expected to exude enormous masculine energy in your career, in order to claim a seat at the boys’ table. Then at a moment’s notice ‘magic wand’ your feminine essence to direct and interact with partners and children’s relationships. Finally, toss it all together for your varied performances as community volunteer, mediator and caretaker of extended family dynamics, preserving enough effervescent energy to sustain valued friendships. All these expectations to perform at high levels may lead to sheer exhaustion and burnout, and you are questioning how you even got to this place. You barely recognize yourself, much less that spark from dreams of what your life was supposed to be. If this sounds all too familiar, and even if you are feeling contentment with the way your life is going, and just need a gentle guiding hand as you launch your brilliant new breakthrough, Kathy would be honored to serve as your supportive coach and cheerleader through the process. For a free 30 minute consultation, Kathy may be reached at kathyfletchercoaching@gmail.com.
What: Virtual meeting via Zoom with Guest Speaker Ellen Kohn, Spiritual Counselor, Energy Healer and Psychic www.enlightenedanimals.com
Her Talk: “Making a difference in the world. How one woman created and grew a vision.”
When: Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Time: 5:00 pm MST via Zoom
Cost $15
RSVP: jodyville@yahoo.com
Ellen Kohn has worked in the spiritual realm since 2000, when she trained in Healing Touch for Animals. Working with the subtle energy fields offered an immediate connection for her, so she continued with Reiki, and Meridian, a complex and deep energetic system that uses pendulum dowsing for energetic assessment and treatment.
Using energy techniques on her clients, Ellen discovered she could communicate telepathically. In addition to clairaudience and clairvoyance, realized she was “remote viewing” their circumstances and environments, a critical skill for tracking lost animals.
Ellen studied the psychic arts from 2007-2015. As an accredited Spiritual Counselor, she applies unique tools to access past lives, and the seven layers of the aura. While not predictive; these readings provide profound information about energy flows in the auric field, and how our past lives impact our current lifetime.
A frequent visitor to Grand Bahama Island, Ellen was quite moved by the severe starvation, overpopulation and lack of care for their dogs and cats. Realizing there was an enormous need, Ellen decided to start a non-profit in 2001 to help the communities manage ongoing challenges.
The Kohn Foundation was recognized as U.S. 501c3 in 2003, prior to the destruction that Hurricanes Jeanne and Frances wreaked upon Grand Bahama. Since that time, Hurricanes Matthew, Wilma and most recently Dorian have wrought long-term destruction to Grand Bahama, leaving the entire island is a state of economic depression and suffering.
The Kohn Foundation partnered with the Humane Society of Grand Bahamas (HSGB), continually providing funding for their shelter animals, including medicines, surgical supplies, spay/neuter clinics and puppy lifts.
At the present time, we are dedicating all of our fundraising efforts to the HSGB shelter rebuild. The shelter succumbed to severe flooding and collapse in the wake of Dorian, the worst hurricane in history. The funding will be used to restore the shelter to a completely operable facility, one which can provide a safe house for future storms and offer full medical services to Grand Bahama’s pet population.
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
What: Virtual meeting via Zoom with Guest Speaker Singer Rankin, founder of World Women Work, a non-profit fundraising initiative dedicated to promoting conservation and awareness for endangered species around the world.
When: Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Time: 11:45 am Zoom Get-Together followed by Guest Speaker at noon.
Cost $10
RSVP: jodyville@yahoo.com
World Women Work was founded in 1998 by Singer Rankin. The idea for World Women Work was born at 15,000 feet on Kanchenjunga, the world’s third highest mountain, on an official World Wildlife Fund trek.
Singer Rankin grew up on a horse in West Virginia. Her love of wild places and the animals that inhabit them has led her on a journey to many of the most endangered and magnificent places around the world. As President of the Pittsburgh Zoological Society and a Board member of the World Wildlife Fund she became passionate about educating girls, supporting women and the conservation of endangered species.
Tuesday September 29, 2020
What: Virtual meeting via Zoom with Guest Speaker Dr. Jennifer Steketee, Executive Director of the Santa Fe Animal Shelter
Jennifer’s Talk: The Santa Fe Animal Shelter in the time of COVID-19
When: Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Time: 11:45 am Zoom Get-Together followed by Guest Speaker at 12:15 pm
Cost $10
RSVP: jodyville@yahoo.com
Dr. Jennifer Steketee graduated from the Oregon State College of Veterinary Medicine in 1997 and immediately moved to New Mexico to begin work as a veterinarian. After spending over a decade in a mix of shelter medicine and private practice, she joined the Santa Fe Animal Shelter in 2009. She later earned an additional Graduate Certificate from the University of Florida’s Shelter Medicine Program in 2013. First as Medical Director and now as Executive Director, Dr. Steketee continues to face the challenges of animal overpopulation, neglect, and abuse in northern New Mexico on a daily basisWednesday, August 26, 2020
Dr. Elliott’s Talk: “Medicine and Miracles in the High Desert: My Life with the Navajo People.”
Her Book: Medicine and Miracles in the High Desert: My Life with the Navajo People. Copies are available at our local bookstore Op-Cit in the Devargas Mall.
When: Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Time: Lunch Pick-Up between 11:00 – noon
Zoom Get-Together at 12:15 pm followed by Guest Speaker at 12:30 pm
Where: Lunch Pick-Up at Cowgirl Restaurant, 319 S. Guadalupe St.
Cost Option A: $25 (via Paypal, Venmo or check in advance) for the lunch and meeting
OR
Option B: $10 if you don’t want the Cowgirl lunch and just want to join the meeting
RSVP (once you’ve RSVPed we’ll follow up with you to confirm if you are signing up for lunch/speaker combo or speaker only)
Erica Elliott is a medical doctor with a busy private practice in Santa Fe, New Mexico. A true adventurer, she has lived and worked around the world. She served as a school teacher at a boarding school on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona. While in the Peace Corps, she developed bilingual teaching material for Quechua-speaking indigenous people in the Andes Mountains of Ecuador.
In 1976, she was one of the first women to reach the summit of Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the western hemisphere. She taught rock climbing and mountaineering for Outward Bound and, after her first year of medical school, she led an all-women’s expedition to the top of Denali, 20,000ft, in Alaska.
In 1993, Erica helped found The Commons, a cohousing community in Santa Fe where she raised her son and continues to live. She gave a TEDx talk about her experience living in cohousing. Referred to affectionately as “the Health Detective,” she treats patients from across the country who have mysterious and difficult-to-diagnose illnesses. Erica is a frequent radio guest and has given workshops at various venues, including Esalen and Omega Institute.
We invite you to read Dr. Elliott’s book, Medicine and Miracles in the High Desert: My Life with the Navajo People and come with questions after her talk.
(CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19) Wednesday, March 25, 2020: Marsie Silvestro, CEO (Chief Empowerment Officer) of InspHERational Consulting. Her talk: “The Changing Power of Your Voice!”
Marsie Silvestro, is an internationally known author, composer, artist, motivational speaker, consultant and counselor.
She is recognized locally and nationally for her Leadership positions in non-profits, business and politics. She has shared the stage and worked with such notable feminist as Gloria Steinem, Bella Abzug, Geraldine Ferraro, Shirley Chisholm, and Holly Near.
Marsie has received numerous National and State Awards for her Human Rights, Domestic Violence and Social Justice Work. Her career includes tenure as an Executive Director of several non-profits agencies and also as a counselor, consultant and inter-denominational minister,She has facilitated multiple workshops and retreats across the country, integrating appreciative inquiry leadership with creative arts and writing as a genre for the personal, political and spiritual empowerment of women.
Marsie has published three poetry books: “Feast of Sisterly Trance Formation,” “Grief Walks Through Me Like A Rake” and “The Sky Is My Ocean.” She has also produced 4 CD’s of original music “Circling Free” “Crossing the Lines” “On the Other Side” and “In Avalon” and her music has been sung in almost every country in the world. She holds a BA in Fine Arts and Religious Studies, and an M. Ed in Counseling.In 2015, Marsie was named Santa Fe’s Business Woman of the Year by the Santa Fe Professional Business Women’s Association and in 2018 became the President of that organization.
Marsie presently is the CEO (Chief Empowerment Officer) of InspHERational Consulting helping women and men find their voice within themselves, their relationships and their businesses. She also serves on the Board of the Santa Fe Community Foundation’s Envision Fund and the Advisory Board of Healing Voices and Reel Fathers.
Wednesday, February 26, 2020: Wendy Jordan, Reiki Master Teacher. Her talk: “Reiki for Relaxation & Healing”
In her search for a way to combat the stress of working in the corporate world, Wendy Jordan discovered the ancient healing art of Reiki (Ray-Kee). She learned that meditation, understanding the human energy field and working with Universal Life Source Energy not only relieves stress, but heals emotional and physical symptoms and opens the door to greater spirituality.
Today Wendy is a Reiki Master Teacher with a private practice in the mountains of Santa Fe where she does healing treatments in nature and teaches Reiki classes. Her work also includes trauma release, shamanic and Native American techniques and hospice.
In 2014 she published “Embracing the End-of-Life Journey” a memoir of doing Reiki Journeying with friends, family and clients as they approached their death.
Wednesday, January 22, 2020: Ranny Levy, Founder of Kids First!, a coalition for quality children’s media. Her talk: “Smart kids smart smart consumers” – Engaging your kids or grandkids in a discussion about films, TV, digital media.
The invasive impact of violent and biased media on children became the impetus, in 1991, for Ranny Levy to create KIDS FIRST! / Coalition for Quality Children’s Media, dedicated to promoting and nurturing quality children’s media as a vehicle for social change. A former educator, Levy created an award-winning PBS, produced an ACE-nominated television show and managed an independent film production and distribution company in the mid 80s. In 1991, Levy co-founded the Coalition for Quality Children’s Media and its popular KIDS FIRST! program. Levy developed the KIDS FIRST! Film Critics initiative, a program that engages young people (ages 8-20) as entertainment reporters. These kids attend press screenings, red carpets, press junkets, site visits and similar. They review all the latest films rated PG-13 younger and interview talent on and off the red carpet. Their reviews are both on camera and written. KIDS FIRST! has a robust YouTube Channel with more than 2000 video-taped film reviews on it and more than 50,000 visitors weekly. KIDS FIRST! Film Critics reviews reach more than 7 million people each month through the KIDS FIRST! website, social media, YouTube Channel and radio show as well as in blogs on Huffington Post, GRAND Magazine, Working Mother Magazine, Kidzworld.com, Kidsville News and 50 additional online and print publications. KIDS FIRST! also produces a weekly radio show and a traveling children’s film festival.
Levy has written three books, “The New York Times / KIDS FIRST Guide to The Best Children’s Videos,” “A Parent’s Guide to the Best Children’s Videos, DVDs and CD-ROMs” and “The Field Guide for Young Women: Finding Your Life Partner.” She has lived in New Mexico since 1982, in Santa Fe since 1986 and is committed to making social change through educating young people, using media awareness as a launch point, but extending to health, wellness, environment, and political awareness. Ranny is also an active board member of Empower New Mexico, which produces the Ageless Living program, including a TV series on PBS launching in January. And, invites you to the launch party Jan 16 at the Convention Center. https://www.newmexicopbs.org/ageless-living-event/
Wednesday, October 23, 2019: Kitty Ault KAStyle – Style Consulting for the way you Live! Her talk: Simplifying! Steps to a better, more sustainable look and personal style.
For Kitty Ault, fashion has never been about the most expensive thing you can own but more about a practical approach to being stylish and creative. She has always loved dressing up since she was a child. Her mother modeled and was often able to include her children in photo shoots. Kitty’s family was, however, conscious and always wore hand me downs, recycled clothing and found/repaired things!
After finishing her degree in Art History/ Fine Arts, Kitty went to New York and worked in public relations, design, marketing, event management and fashion for innovative companies such as Perrier, L’Oreal, Cacharel, The Hearst Corporation and several financial institutions. Then she ventured into the world of modeling, magazine location/styling and photo shoots.
In 2005 she and her family moved to Santa Fe, NM and Kitty returned to the fashion business in the areas of wholesale, retail and resale. Dressing and advising people, putting outfits together to present their style is her passion.
Wednesday, September 18, 2019: Michele “Mish” Schneider, Director of Trading Education at MarketGauge.com, & author of Plant Your Money Tree: A Guide to Growing Your Wealth. Her talk: How a Special Education Teacher Went From Main Street to Wall Street.
A former special education teacher, Michele “Mish” Schneider was one of the first female floor traders on Wall Street. Today she serves as Director of Trading Education at MarketGauge.com, a 20 year industry-leading financial publishing company. With Plant Your Money Tree: A Guide to Growing Your Wealth, Mish combines her love of teaching with her world-class expertise in finance and investing.
The book is #1 on Amazon as a new release in retirement planning and a #1 bestseller.
Wednesday, August 21, 2019: Pat Wetzel creator of the award-winning travel blog www.CancerRoadTrip.com Her talk: CancerRoadTrip: An innovative approach to healing
Pat Wetzel is the creative energy behind CancerRoadTrip, a unique and award winning on line media project that focuses on post cancer treatment. Each quarter, leaders in mind/body medicine and 7 people impacted by cancer get together in one amazing location. The interactions are filmed for education and inspiration, creating a global docuseries on health and healing. Forty percent of us will have a cancer diagnosis and the rest of us are impacted through our family, friends and community. This is a project that touches everyone.
Wednesday, July 10, 2019: Valerie Plame, former career covert CIA operations officer “outed” by the Bush Administration, international speaker, author & advocate for the elimination of nuclear weapons, candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in New Mexico’s 3rd Congressional District in the upcoming 2020 election. Her talk: “My life as a Spy, my betrayal by the White House.”
Valerie Plame, former career covert CIA operations officer, international speaker, author & advocate for the elimination of nuclear weapons, candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in New Mexico’s 3rd Congressional District in the upcoming 2020 election.
Serving as a covert operations officer for the CIA, Valerie Plame kept her occupation and identity a secret, even from her closest family and friends. All that changed in 2003 when a conservative columnist, at the direction of senior White House officials, leaked her true identity. It was payback for her then husband, Ambassador Joseph Wilson, questioning the administration’s primary rationale for the Iraq war. It ended her covert career and set off a political scandal that rocked the Bush/Cheney White House.
These days, this mother of twin teens is a best-selling author, public speaker, consultant, and advocate for the elimination of nuclear weapons. She just announced that she is running in the 2020 election for the U.S. House of Representatives in New Mexico’s 3rd Congressional District.
Wednesday, June 19, 2019: Connie Knudson, Feng Shui Specialist, Coach & Author of the best-selling book The Feng Shui of Personal Transformation
Connie Knudson became involved with Feng Shui after a life-transforming experience. In Albuquerque, she has found the healing environment that she needed, and has created a thriving business where she is coaching and mentoring women in the art and science of Feng Shui. She says, “Today, my life flows, and I am truly grateful for the energy of Feng Shui, and especially the guidance of my Mentor and Teacher, Feng Shui Master, Marie Diamond.” You can read more about Connie’s story in her book, The Feng Shui of Personal Transformation. www.connieknudson.com
Wednesday, May 22, 2019: Rev. Dr. Leona Stucky, a Professional Psychotherapist, Author & AAPC Diplomate – My Journey from Writing a Memoir to Helping Create a National Day of Action
A psychotherapist for more than 30 years, UU community minister, post-graduate teacher, clinical supervisor and AAPC Diplomate, Rev. Dr. Leona Stucky recently became an author by turning the mirror inward to reveal her own personal story in a gripping and morally unflinching memoir, which has received acclaim from MS Magazine and won other awards. In her professional life as well as her memoir, The Fog of Faith: Surviving My Impotent God, Leona plumbed the depths of faith and justice contradictions, speaking what we seldom say out loud. In her life and writing she provokes new discussions with heart-wrenching, vital stories. Her own journey includes trauma and terror, and a resilient drive that brought her into the professional world where she has made numerous contributions.
Wednesday, April 24, 2019: Deborah Boldt – Co-Founding Executive Director, REEL FATHERS
Deborah is an award-winning filmmaker with a passionate interest in film as an educational catalyst. Her films have been shown theatrically and have been broadcast nationally on PBS. They have served as the basis for corporate and educational seminars, and have received numerous awards, including an Academy Award Certificate of Special Merit. Deborah is an Aspen Institute Scholar and Lecturer, the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Regional Fellowship, a former board member of New York Women in Film and Television, and a graduate of Leadership Santa Fe.
A resident of Santa Fe since 2000, Deborah brings her filmmaking background to
REEL FATHERS and its innovative approach using story told through film, video and poetry to engage fathers, youth and families in building stronger, more vital relationships.
Wednesday, March 27, 2019: Katherine Palafox, Owner of Katie Bird’s Kitchen & Concierge at Market Street.
“My talk will be on the challenges of being a single mother of two, working full time and pursing my dream of Katie Bird’s Kitchen. The absolute necessity to not loose yourself in the daily distractions of life. Conquering the fears and doubts that always pop up when least expected. Where I am now and how thankful I am to be here.”
Katherine is the owner of Katie Bird’s Kitchen and the Concierge at Market Street here in Santa Fe. She will have her chile de arbol, all four flavors, and her aprons available to purchase.
Wednesday, February 27, 2019: Abby Bordner is a speaker and consultant regarding the brain science of early childhood, child development, education, parenting skills and family wellness.
Abby has worked for United Way of Santa Fe County developing programs for early childhood support, education, and care for the past 10 years. She’ll be talking about Why Early Childhood Education Matters to Everyone
Come learn how high quality early education opportunities build our economy, better health outcomes and increased success in education for the families that participate. There are many benefits for the entire community when our children succeed in school and life!
January 23, 2019: Dr. Susan Oupadia, Retired Clinical Pathologist on a Journey of Life talking about From Pathology to Peace Corps – A Journey Into and Out of Retirement
Susan Oupadia is a physician who left her practice several years ago to explore what she likes to think of as “re-wirement” rather than retirement. After 25 years as a dedicated hospital-based pathologist she joined the Peace Corps where she gained first-hand knowledge of the old slogan “The Toughest Job You’ll Ever Love”.
Wed. Oct. 10, 2018: Debra Ehrhardt, Playwright & Actor talking about “From the Jamaican Page to the Hollywood Stage”
Debra Ehrhardt (Writer/Performer) At the tender age of seven, Kingston, Jamaica native, Debra Ehrhardt, knew her dream was to come to America and by 18 her dream was realized. After a brief sojourn in Miami, she headed north to New York where she studied acting with Katherine Kerr from the Playwrights Horizons and Suzanne Esper at the William Esper Studios in New York City. After moving to Los Angeles she began writing her own plays based on her life experiences in Jamaica and has been working ever since.
Wed. Sept. 12, 2018: Kelly Wendorf, EQUUS: Horse Wisdom – 5 Million Years of Feminine Leadership for Today’s World
Daughter of an archeologist, Kelly’s early experiences were vitally shaped by the natural and ancient world around her where she learned a way of listening to the subtle elements within people, nature and moments. Her diverse and unconventional background fuels her curiosity of transformation, society and systems. She travelled and lived around the world, studying with various teachers and Indigenous leaders. Kelly uses these experiences to inform her work as a facilitator, coach, and entrepreneur. She is the founding CEO of EQUUS <http://www.EquusSantaFe.com>, a transformative leadership development organization based in Santa Fe, New Mexico that serves life-learners, leaders and their organizations all around the world.
Wed. Aug. 15, 2018: Dr. Robyn Benson
“My purpose is to help you live vibrantly, to age well, to live pain-free, and help you solve your most pressing health issues. I specialize in regenerative medicine, natural aesthetics, women’s health, preventative and family medicine, and offer cutting edge health technologies. In addition, I offer nutritive IV injection therapies and several other services woven together with Traditional Chinese Medicine to enhance your detoxification, longevity and personal sustainability.” – Dr. Robyn Benson
Robyn is a heart-centered visionary and inspirational catalyst devoted to changing the face of health care. Her mission is fueled by the wisdom and insights gained on her transformational twenty-five year journey as a doctor of Oriental medicine and her travels to 70 countries to learn from indigenous people.
July 18, 2018: Roxanna Shapouri talking about, “7 Fundamentals You Need for Investing Success.”
Roxanna can partner with you to understand your goals, create a personalized plan, and provide investing guidance. You’ll understand where your money is invested and why, how your investments are performing, and how much it’s costing you. Plus you’ll have access to Schwab’s portfolio management expertise, insights, and specialists. It’s a modern approach to wealth management—so you can take ownership of your financial life
June 20, 2018 – Margo Covington, a Lymphatic Decongestive Therapist, “Self-Empowerment thru the Lens of Lymph”
In her widely eclectic careers in Santa Fe and beyond, you may know Margo Covington as a business consultant, zero waste economic development maven, restaurant cook and manager, rock and roll singer, environmental sound recordist and record company entrepreneur with her then husband, entrepreneurship and green-business trainer or strategic planning facilitator. Following the river of her life brought her, through cancer, to an increasingly interesting and busy career as a Lymphatic Decongestive Therapist. She has developed her Body Cleanse Lymph Release understanding over 13 years of this work, which she will share
May 23, 2018 – Dede Feldman, speaker, trainer, consultant & author of Another Way Forward: Grassroots Solutions from New Mexico.
After 16 years as a State Senator in the New Mexico Legislature, Dede Feldman returned to restart her consulting business and share some of the lessons about working for change that she learned in public office.
March 28, 2018 – Julie Rivers, Attorney: Everything but the Trust and Will: All about the Importance of the Powers of Attorney.
Julie Rivers, who is licensed to practice in New Mexico and Oklahoma, concentrates her practice in family law, estate planning (wills, trusts and estates), and litigation concerning family law, fiduciary litigation and guardianships and conservatorships. Ms. Rivers also is well experienced as a
litigator and mediator. She has practiced law for over 25 years.
She is a Martindale-Hubbell “AV” Peer Review Rated lawyer and has received awards for her speaking and writing throughout her career. As a speaker, Ms. Rivers has presented at an international level, ranging from Cardiff, Wales, to New York, Washington, DC, Denver, Orlando and San Francisco, and, of course, in New Mexico and Oklahoma.
February 21, 2018
Tania Vasallo, Brand & Image Strategist, “Top 3 Mistakes Even Savvy Entrepreneurs Make that Keep Them Invisible to Their Ideal Clients.Mistake #1: Thinking branding isn’t important
Mistake #2: Not bringing your WHOLE SELF to the party!
Mistake #3: Believing you can see yourself clearly
Do you have a deep desire to serve but are not quite sure how to communicate it to the world? Are you being perceived by others like you’d like to? Would you love to easily attract your ideal clients and make more money just by being YOU?
January 24, 2018
Heloise is a bestselling author, speaker, and writer’s consultant. She specializes in guiding writers & creatives to finish their books & projects, write more freely, and adopt the mindset that keeps them creating. She draws from two decades as a writer and coach, deep intuition, and a host of supportive holistic tools.October 25, 2017
Yolanda Arrey & Ruth Dennis from Sierra Vista Alzheimer’s Community, “Caregiver Realism, Dementia Survival Skills and Knowing When to Get Help”
Our goal is to introduce the disease process of Alzheimer’s with an emphasis on positive, life affirming and realistic interventions that we have developed over almost 2 decades of providing innovative dementia care in New Mexico. We will also discuss the myths, misinformation and unrealistic expectations that create caregiver burnout and cause both elders and families to be unsafe. We will discuss the need for healthy boundaries for both caregiver and elder. We will discuss how to be realistic about the disease without becoming cynical or giving up.
We will dispel the idea that dementia is only about tragedy and loss. We will explore how to connect with someone facing dementia and not lose oneself in the process. We will discuss safety, how to avoid a crisis and how to accept help in all forms including placement.
Ro Firestone, fine artist, is creator of TheEmptyWomb.com, a movement to speak truth around the silent conversation of women’s infertility. Betsy Chasse, Director/Writer of the internationally bestselling film, What the Bleep Do We Know, created a documentary about infertility based on Firestone’s story and work. Currently writing a book with the elected Chair of American Society of Neuropsychiatry, Dave Durham MD, Firestone speaks messages of creativity and empowerment to Fortune 100 companies, Young Presidents Organization, and spiritual communities. She has been featured in the New York Times, Parade Magazine, Huffington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, etc., and graced the cover of Santa Fe Now Magazine. Firestone owns SantaFeArtClasses.com,
Michelle Michelotti-Martinez, is a native New Mexican. She is founder and creator ofWednesday, July 19
Lynn Dimet, Circulatory Specialist “Promoting Healthy Circulation”
Lynn Dimet has been interested in various modalities of health and wellness since 1983 when she moved to Santa Fe to study Massage Therapy. With a background in Fitness Instruction and Health Management, she taught aerobics and strength training for many years. Most recently Lynn was introduced to the BEMER, an FDA registered medical device, which enhances general blood flow and enables the body to begin to heal itself. She will be speaking about the importance of good circulation to keep our bodies adequately nourished so they can function properly and happily. You will also get an opportunity to try an 8 minute session.
For further info, please check out this brief video and the website: https://youtu.be/0h6_N_HLkgo
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 – Sharon Jeffers, metaphysician, fourth generation clairvoyant, and psychic medium, “Our Origin and Our Destiny – It’s All in the Cards”
Sharon Jeffers is an award-winning author, life advisor, and international teacher. She has been working as a metaphysician for over thirty years. Ms. Jeffers works with individuals to help them understand their true expression, right timing and life direction through her Life Path Readings, which are based on an ancient scientific system of timekeeping. Ms. Jeffers is also a fourth generation clairvoyant, and psychic medium. Her soon to be published, Beyond the Body ~ Stories from the Other Side is an account of the many incredible encounters her clients have been able to experience with their love ones.
The last time we checked in with designer Hillary Randolph, she had just debuted walk in GRACE, her new line of candy-colored dog collars and leads that look amazing and do good, too. GRACE donates ten percent of proceeds from the line to Heart & Soul animal sanctuary in Glorieta, which also benefits from sales of her best-selling leather-and-bead bangles, designed by Hillary’s daughter, Coco.
In fact, philanthropy is a vital part of GRACE’s business model, founded on the idea that a successful business should profit and have impact. “We believe that being part of a compassionate and thriving community means supporting deserving nonprofits and charities, both here in Santa Fe and across the nation,” Hillary says.
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Janie Chodosh, Author talking about her writing life and new book Wild Lives: Leading Conservations on the Animals and Planet They Love.
As an undergraduate at the University of Michigan, Janie majored in “all things interesting,” a list which included courses in biology, ecology, natural resources management, creative writing, and poetry. After college she moved to Yosemite National Park where she worked as a naturalist and educator and learned to rock climb, back country ski, and entertain herself with nothing more than a field guide, a trail, and a pair of binoculars. Later, as a graduate student in the University of Montana’s environmental studies program, the list of “all things interesting” expanded to include Spanish and environmental education. For her thesis, Janie traveled to a rural community on the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico to develop an environmental education program focusing on neo-tropical migratory songbirds (a fancy title for birds that breed in the north and winter south of the border). At age thirty, she moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico to work as the education director for the state Audubon Society and later as a teacher.
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Catherine Fridey, Film Producer/Director, talking about her latest project, Seagull, a short film she wrote, co-produced, and stars in.
Catherine Fridey is a renaissance artist in the film industry: an actor, producer, and award-winning screenwriter. Born in France, she was raised outside of Chicago. Catherine starting taking acting classes a few years after doing background work in film and television. She has been cast in speaking roles for independent films shot in New Mexico, as well as voiceover roles. Her feature and short screenplays have placed in several competitions, and she is developing an animated television series called, “Time Travel Team” along with features and shorts. Although she is not a native Spanish speaker, she was a finalist in Telemundo’s Spanish television writer’s program. Her latest project is “Seagull,” a short film she wrote, co-produced, and stars in. She received a scholarship for the editing portion of this project from New Mexico Women in Film, and will discuss the producing Seagull, which was acted, written, produced, and edited by women. She will also discuss her other projects and the thriving film industry in New Mexico.
Check out the website for film festival news and events related to the film: www.seagullthefilm.com
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Kristin Kurtz, Longevity & Wellness Consultant talking about “Resetting Your Biological Clock: The Latest Science to Slow Down the Aging Process”
Kristin Kurtz is a wellness and longevity consultant based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is passionate about creating personalized programs for her clients that effectively help them to lower stress, lose stubborn weight (fat), increase their energy and vitality and to slow down the aging process. Kristin is a licensed HeartMath coach and trainer and has been working with HeartMath for over 16 years. She is also a member of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine and her practice includes the latest science based approaches nutrition, supplements, exercise and mind body healing. Kristin deeply engages with each of her clients in order to design a program that meets their unique circumstances and goals for improving their vitality and living optimally.
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Jamie Douglass: The Santa Fe Neighbors Village
After a fifteen-year career in investment banking in Chicago, Jamie Douglass decided to follow her passion to pursue a degree in Ornamental Horticulture/Landscape design. Following graduation, she completed an extensive internship program at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Hired by Green Chicago, an outreach program serving impoverished neighborhoods in the inner city, Jamie traveled to high-rise project sites, state aid senior homes, horticulture therapy sites, schools and vacant lots where she managed 45 gardens. “In my investment career I worked with Chicago’s wealthiest citizens, but I felt the inner city gardeners were the richest.”
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Dr. Laura K. Marsh, an award-winning screenwriter & writer/producer. She will be talking about her latest project, “ACROSS THE AMAZONS”
Dr. Laura K. Marsh has worked all over the world in tropical rainforests studying everything from plants to monkeys to jaguars to people. She taught climate change education on behalf of the Department of Energy and Los Alamos National Lab in the Arctic (North Slope of Alaska), Papua New Guinea, the Republic of Nauru, Australia, and the US. She has worked and traveled in 30 countries. Dr. Marsh has published in professional journals on many aspects of science, conservation, and education, including two edited books called Primates in Fragments.
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Andi Sutherland, Energy Therapist
Andi Sutherland is an energy therapist in privatepractice in Santa Fe. She loves helping people healtheir stress and anxiety so that they can experiencemore joy in their lives. She specializes in the hardstories of life, especially grief, loss, abuse,trauma and prosperity issues. Her practice primarilyincludes EFT Tapping, Matrix Reimprinting and
Jin Shin Jyutsu. In this brief experiential presentation, Andi will teach you how to use EFT Tapping, a remarkable cutting-edge technology to help you reduce your stress and anxiety. You’ll leave with rudimentary knowledge of how you can use this powerful
tool on your own, at any time, to find relief. You can see more about her work at www.andisutherland.com
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Destiny Allison, Artist, Author & Businesswoman
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Nancy Gutherie Executive Director of Many Mothers talks about “Being the Village – Parenting the Children in our Community”
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Sarah Lovett, author
Collaborating with former CIA covert operative, Valerie Plame Wilson, Sarah co-authored a series of “Vanessa Pierson” spy novels for Penguin Books/Blue Rider Press. The series debut, BLOWBACK, successfully launched in 2013. The second book in the series, BURNED, launched in 2014, and has been optioned for film.
Lovett is the author of Dark Alchemy, Dantes’ Inferno, Dangerous Attachments, Acquired Motives, and A Desperate Silence as well as 25 nonfiction travel and science books written primarily for children.
When she’s not on deadline, Lovett works with writers as a coach, teacher and consultant. She has been a presenter at writing conferences in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
A native Californian, she lives in Santa Fe with her family.
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Kelly Egoff, Owner of Verde Food Company
Kelly is the mother of two young daughters.
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Adrienne Gottlieb, Life Insurance Specialist: “Changing the Course of Your Future and Your Family’s Future”
Adrienne is a retired lawyer and professor who loves to see her clients take responsibility and implement a plan to secure their future and the future of their loved ones. Adrienne has a Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri and a Master’s Degree in Theology from Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans. Adrienne practiced law for 30 plus years and taught at the college level for 10 years. She is a member of Who’s Who Among American Teachers. After retirement from the law, Adrienne decided to help families plan for their futures and began her life insurance business in 2012.
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Carin van Olst, Personal Trainer & Fitness Instructor: “Creating a Healthy and Strong Career You Love “
Born in Holland Carin van Olst moved to New York in 1986 and fell in love with working out and taking fitness classes. She decided to make a career out of something she was passionate about. Being strong and healthy and helping other people on the path of creating a fit and fabulous life is what she wanted to do. She began by working free lance at four different gyms in New York teaching over 20 classes a week.
In 1992 she moved to Santa Fe and continued her fitness career at the Santa Fe spa as an independent contractor teaching classes and personal training. In conjunction with fitness she became a massage therapist in 1994.
Carin’s passion for people, her positive attitude and strong, healthy lifestyle have helped her create a very successful career that she loves.
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