Dr. Ava Pommerenk holds a PhD in clinical, transpersonal psychology from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. She is a former psychologist turned digital nomad, depth coach. She is currently living in Mexico.

Dr. Pommerenk is the founder of a method and philosophy for coaching called Soulful Authenticity. She is a writer and an international speaker sharing unique perspectives on codependency, empaths, narcissism, betrayal, trauma, and cultural and societal influences on mental health. 

She also meets with clients from all around the world for immersive retreats and workshops, as well as one-on-one, via Zoom. Her coaching services focus on trauma recovery, emotion regulation, boundary setting, and healing codependency, in her clients' pursuit of goal attainment and greater happiness. 

Christie Rosen’s mission is to empower highly sensitive people so they can live healthy, fulfilling lives and share their sensitive gifts with the world.

Christie has an online yoga studio where she provides accessible, heart-centered classes that help you release stress, stretch and strengthen your body, and embrace your sensitivity. She also provides wellness coaching and online courses for highly sensitive people.

She is known for her gentle encouragement, healing presence and for providing a supportive environment to help highly sensitive people prioritize their wellness.

Dottie holds powerful space for you to be seen in all that you are; both light and dark, truth and shame, struggle and triumph. She wants you to connect to your highest self and to find, connect with, and live with spirit. She helps you find your unique spiritual flame that will show you the way to your authentic being.

Through coaching, Reiki, the Akashic Records, and Shamanic practices, Dottie will guide you to accept, embrace, and find genuine joy in your life.

Jess Thenhaus is an ANFT certified Forest and Nature Therapy Guide, an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach and the founder of Urban Forest Therapy.

Jess is on a mission to help busy people in urban environments reduce stress and recover peace in the present moments by cultivating a mindful connection with the nature in their own backyard and local green spaces.

Through her private coaching practice, Jess provides nature-based wellness programs that are designed to help you connect with your physical and emotional body so you can tune in to the present moment with peace and joy instead of numbing out with food, social media, work, or other unhealthy addictions.

Jess offers public and private guided Forest and Nature Therapy Walks & Workshops, Corporate Nature Therapy & Wellness Packages and 1:1 nature-based Holistic Health

Coaching.

What is Forest Therapy?

Forest Therapy is a practice that supports health and wellness through guided immersion in forests and other environments to promote the well-being of both people and the land. It is inspired by Shinrin-yoku, the Japanese practice of “Forest Bathing.” In Forest Bathing, people spend time in forested areas to enhance health, wellness, and happiness.

In Forest Therapy, people are guided through a clearly defined sequence of invitations to slow down, allow the senses to open, and experience the environment to deepen the reciprocal relationship between participants and the forest. This supports the wholeness and well-being of both. These Slow Walks in the Forest are typically one half - 1 mile long and fit for all ages and physical conditions.

Invitations are open-ended. There is no expectation for what participants should experience or receive. Rather, participants spend time in silence, listening and feeling with a quiet and accepting presence. They become reconnected with their senses and their innate creative potential is tapped, which allows the imagination to awaken.

Why Forest Therapy

Forest Therapy promotes:

• The improvement of human health. People are more stressed, anxious, and depressed and have more chronic health conditions. Forest Therapy provides a pathway for people to remember how to immerse themselves in nature to rest from all that consumes them in their daily lives.
• A greater sense of connectedness. Jacques Cousteau once said, “People protect what they love.” A heartfelt, embodied relationship with nature naturally leads to a love of nature and recognition that we are nature.
• A greater sense of compassion. Somatic work with the Earth and our bodies provides participants the opportunity to remember the nature of relationship and the way we are all connected. The sense of connectedness leads toward compassion and away from apathy, greed, and selfishness. This deeper compassion supports the kind of relational values that will support new solutions for the health of people and the planet.

Kate Tolson is a transformational hypnotherapist and evolved perspective coach.

Kate takes a whole-mind approach to your issue or problem, working with the unconscious, subconscious, conscious and superconscious for a complete and permanent transformation - turning your struggle into a gift of wisdom and growth.

Kate works online and operates a global time-zone diary, so that you can transform from the comfort of your own home, no matter where that is.

Katherine Fabrizio is the founder of Daughters Rising, psychotherapist, and author of The Good Daughter Syndrome.

Leslie Petruk, LCMHC-S, NCC, BCC  is a licensed clinical mental health therapist, IFS (internal family systems) trainer, board certified coach and parenting specialist. She has worked with children, couples, and families to help them lead more connected and compassionate lives since 1996. 

Over the years of working with children and their families, Leslie has developed a specialty for supporting working mothers to live their lives with intention and in alignment with their purpose.  She offers coaching programs on the themes of work/life balance, parenting, finding your life purpose, and living with intention. She is also the creator of IN-Sight Parenting.

You can learn more about Leslie on her website:  TheStoneCenterNC.com

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Leslie was a contributing writer for Little Ones Magazine for 8 years and has been interviewed for articles in publications such as Ode Magazine, the Huffington Post, SheKnows.com, Charlotte Parent and many others. 

Lindsay C. Gibson, Psy.D. holds both a Masters and Doctoral Degree in clinical psychology. She has been a psychotherapist for over thirty years, working in diverse settings, such as the Juvenile Court system, community mental health, psychiatric hospitals, group practice, and solo practice.

During her career in psychological testing, doing literally thousands of evaluations of children and adults, Dr. Gibson was uniquely in demand for her ability to understand people from a developmental perspective. Dr. Gibson is also a gifted teacher and public speaker and has offered training on multiple topics to other mental health professionals throughout her career.

She has served as an Adjunct Assistant Professor for the Virginia Consortium Program for Clinical Psychology, leading doctoral student workshops and independent study classes.

Dr. Gibson is the author of four books: Who You Were Meant to Be, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, Recovering from Emotionally Immature Parent, and Self-Care for Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents. Since its publication in 2015, her second book has been a repeated Amazon #1 bestseller in several categories and has been translated into seventeen languages.

She has also writes a monthly column on Well-Being for Tidewater Family magazine (www.tidewaterfamily.com). Dr. Gibson lives and works in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Shuana Woodward is a Holistic Habit Coach, guiding clients on a journey of Self Discovery, diving into habits of self neglect, and co-creating a gentle path forward, with intentional holistic self care.

She believes that daily habits, practiced with self-love and grace, can have a ripple effect powerful enough to heal the world.

Hi I’m Juliane Taylor Shore, LMFT, LPC, SEP (but that’s way too long, so people call me Jules).

I use my knowledge of the brain and the implicit mind to go decisively to the root of the issue with gentleness and depth. I want to help you find the love and connection and grace you have always longed for. 

I am on a journey to help myself and others have good boundaries.

Having good boundaries helps us develop deep and resilient relationships with ourselves, with people we love, and with reality. I became a therapist because I stumbled into a therapist's office when I was in a hard space, fought with him for several months over whether or not feelings are important (I argued they were not), and found myself at the other end transformed.