What a great tool for connecting with our clan members the Internet is! Here are some of the people whose good work is building sustainable, life honoring options for us all:
Healers, Elders, Sages and Shamans:
- Geo Cameron Trevarthen, www.celticshamanism.com, this is the website of my beloved anama chara or soul friend, one of the most wise and beautiful teachers I have ever known.
- Susun Weed, www.susunweed.com, Herbal Medicine and Spirit Healing the Wise Woman Way
- The Center for Self Inquiry, www.innerpeace-nomatterwhat.com, when we have the courage to walk The Uncommon Path to Inner Peace, then our challenging times won't break our hearts, they will burst them wide open instead. From this vantage point, we can see that there is a something so incredible, so awesome, splendid and sublime that nothing in life—no matter how painful—can diminish it. Visit our slideshow "Silent Victory: A Family's Journey through challenging times to inner peace and joy."
- Connie Ridgway, LCSW, LMT of Full Circle Creative Healing, takes an integrated approach to healing, encouraging our natural state of wholeness. Just as the sun changes the shape of the moon, our self-awareness may wax and wane. But behind the play of light and shadow, we are innately whole.
- Moonwise Wellness : Transformative Therapy for Women - Amy Topham (a.k.a. Lotus Moonwise) is a Licensed Massage Therapist, Reiki Master and Elemental Energy Alchemist. She has a healing presence that inspires and assists women to strengthen their connection to Self & Spirit. Her approach to healing is based on the Wise Woman Tradition and is intensely transformative while gentle and comfortable at the same time. She has a strong passion for inspiring and supporting others who are going through spiritual awakening and transformation.
- Moonwise Circle: Priestess Training in the Craft of the Wise - Amy Topham (a.k.a. Lotus Moonwise) offers Priestess training through a 5 Degree system corresponding to the 5 Elements of Air, Earth, Fire, Water, and Spirit. The curriculum is eclectic, incorporating elements from several faiths, including Wicca, Celtic Spirituality, Taoism, and New Age. Lotus is an inspiring teacher who experiences great joy in helping women create a spiritual practice that is personal, dynamic and ever evolving.
Coaches and Coaching:
Some of my buds - great coaches all:
- Lynne Morrell, www.LynneMorrell.com, life strategies coach and LEAP practioner. Lynne's bone deep strength, clarity of thought, and her knowing heart combined with her training make her an awesome coach. Take the leap with Lynne and soar to a new way of living.
- The Coaches Training Institute, www.thecoaches.com, my alma mater, this school trains coaches in the Co-Active coaching model.
- The Northern Colorado Coaches Alliance, www.nccoaches.org, is the organization of coaches from the northern front range of Colorado.
- The International Coach Federation, www.coachfederation.org, is the primary professional organization for coaches.
- Kim Loftis is a spiritual and life coach, dedicated to assisting her clients in discovering and cultivating their own unique and magical ways of being in the world. She is passionate about partnering with others to help them more easily reduce stress and anxiety, achieve peace, balance and harmony, and broaden and deepen their spirituality. At Kim's site you can learn more about her services, check out her inspiring line of products, subscribe to her Heartsong newsletter, and more.
Magazines, E-zines, Printed Materials:
- School of the Seasons, www.schooloftheseasons.com
- Sage Woman, www.sagewoman.com, a fine magazine, "Celebrating the Goddess in Every Woman."
- The Beltane Papers, A Journal of women's Mysteries, thebeltanepapers.net, "focused on Women's Mysteries and Goddess Spirituality," this beautifully powerful magazine connects, supports, challenges, stimulates, honors, teaches, and delights wise women on their paths.
Nice stuff:
- Sacred Source, www.sacredsource.com, offering an extensive collection of Goddess images.
- The Luna Press, www.thelunapress.com, produces a fantastic lunar calendar.
- Mariposa Plants, www.mariposaflowers.com, my favorite plant and flower shop. They can send gifts of the green ones around the world.
- Kate Cartwright, www.katecartwright.com, for Goddess stamps and art.
Blood Mysteries:
- Moon Time Moon Lodge web forum, www.moonlodge.proboards45.com, "is a safe place to explore your menstruation, to learn about the power your cycle holds, share your wisdom and support your sisters. There's info on charting your period, tips on alleviating period pains, Moon Time stories, info on workshops and courses, links to other websites and if you're interested- there are Moon Time Products (washable pads, moontime herb teas, massage oils etc) and of course there's general chit chat from members - so have a browse and feel free to start posting!"
- Red Web Foundation, www.redwebfoundation.org, "is a member-run, non-profit organization dedicated to supporting a positive societal view of girls' and women's bodies and menstrual cycles from first menstruation (called menarche) through menopause. Members of The Red Web Foundation form a network of women committed to promoting menstrual health in their personal and professional lives. These "menstrual health advocates" offer a diverse range of products, workshops, and educational materials and include artists, mental health professionals, businesswomen, moms, students, teachers, and health care providers. The Foundation is committed to including a diversity of cultural views and experiences of the menstrual life-cycle. We honour individual and cultural practices of the present day and the past which promote a healthy outlook for women and society. "
- Wild Genie, www.wildgenie.com, recover the power and wisdom of female embodied intelligence. This site helps women to unfold their inner calling, live with passion and authority in the world, and get menstrual healing through valuing their cyclical nature. Personal and professional coaching, counselling and support for menstrual and menopausal problems.
Organizations that are doing great work and need our support:
- The Rocky Mountain Raptor Program, www.rmrp.org, providing care for injured birds of prey and educating humans about those magnificent hawks, falcons, owls, and eagles.
- American Friends Service Committee, www.afsc.org, a loving organization dedicated to helping people in need around the world.
- The Rocky Mountain Institute, www.rmi.org, is an entrepreneurial nonprofit organization that fosters the efficient and restorative use of natural, human and other capital to make the world more secure, just, prosperous, and life sustaining.
- Honor the Earth, www.honorearth.com, is a national foundation and advocacy organization that supports front line Native environmental work. Our mission is to increase funding and public support for Native communities protecting the Earth we all share.
- The Earth Charter, www.EarthCharter.org, "The Earth Charter is a declaration of fundamental principles for building a just, sustainable, and peaceful global society in the 21st century. It seeks to inspire in all peoples a new sense of global interdependence and shared responsibility for the well-being of the human family and the larger living world."
- Joseph's House, www.josephshouse.org, "The mission of Joseph's House is to provide a home, nursing services, and community for formerly homeless men in metropolitan Washington DC who are terminally ill and in the last weeks or months of their illness. While our primary mission is to those with AIDS, as space is available we also welcome men with other terminal illnesses. Above all, Joseph's House offers a caring human presence for men who would otherwise face a lonely, isolated death."
Allies who helped me make this website so beautiful:
- Lori Gama White, web designer extra-ordinaire, www.dagamawebstudio.com, creative, talented, knowledgeable, wise, sensitive, dynamite web master who loves to support women in creating powerful, successful web sites.
- Linda Hoffman, www.comebacktothetable.com, Linda is a kitchen diva who also just happens to take fantastic photos. Her work is on my far visioning page.
- Charlotte Zink, www.zinkmetalart.com, creator of the luscious tree Goddess on my Daughters of the Earth Page and many more divine and delightful images.
- Jim Digby, www.jimdigby.com, "Purely Visual Experiences"
- Alix North,www.alixnorth.com, provided web site strategy planning, copywriting assistance, and design consultation for the latest version of this site.


