Resources/Partners
Written by maryfrances
Friday, 28 January 2011 05:54
Speakers and Facilitators for 2013 WEW Programs
Susie Kincade, co-founder Women’s Empowerment Workshop, co-facilitator for all 2013 retreats
As an aspiring Olympic athlete, Susie was the first woman ever to compete on a men’s NCAA collegiate athletic team, diving for UCLA’s swimming/diving team. She became an advocate for women in sports and an avid outdoor adventurer who understood innately the power of her connection to the natural world. In Vail since 1981, Susie has had a broad Marketing career in corporate, private and non-profit realms. She is a graduate of Path of the Ceremonial Arts and an Awakening the Dreamer facilitator, as well as a TEXVailWomen speaker. Susie co-founded Women’s Empowerment Workshop in 2011, and has developed nature adventure retreats for women and girls of all ages. The mother of four daughters, she is dedicated to helping girls and women in every transition in life discover and deepen their journey. Using nature as both the metaphor and the medium, Susie has created exceptional and highly transformational retreats that are always held close to nature. As a trained ceremonialist, Susie performs ceremonies for any life transition and is a spiritual and life coach.
She balances her industrious work life by hiking in wilderness, rafting wild rivers (she’s rowed her own boat down the Grand Canyon four times), growing a voluminous organic garden and cultivating fantastic adventures in the garden of her life.
Narda Reigel, Heart2Heart and Chrysalis Circle co-facilitator
Life Skills Teacher & Spiritual Mentor
Addictions Counselor & Intervention Counselor
‘What is the purpose of Life?’ ‘What is the purpose of MY life?
These are the questions that accompany our inner self as we journey through the adventure of human existence.
Narda’s passion is to accompany others as they learn, grow, and experience all life has to offer.
‘The adventure of life does not come with an instruction manual – we figure it out on the fly!’
Immersed in teaching Life Skills in a local middle school, addiction education and therapy, trauma and crisis advocacy, mentoring, spiritual direction, and asking questions with the goal of seeking deeper meaning; Narda fills her time with rich interactions and people from all ages and stages of life.
Narda lives the joy and fulfillment of a rich marriage and two beautiful daughters grown and nurtured in the beautiful Vail Valley.
Joan C. King, Ph.D: Awaken in Nature co-facilitator
Renowned Neuroscientist, Author, Visionary, Coach, Cellular Wisdom 
WATCH – Awaken Your Brilliance webinar archive featuring Joan King
LISTEN! Joan King’s weekly “Jolt of Joan” podcasts
Dr. Joan King was a Dominican sister for 10 years before changing her direction and becoming a professor and eventually department Chair at Tufts University School of Medicine. Today she weaves spirituality and science as a neuroscientist, visionary, author, life coach and international speaker.
Dr. King reveals how fundamental truths for living an authentic, fulfilling life are coded in the elegantly complex dance of chemical and energetic interactions within and between our cells. She calls it Cellular Wisdom and teaches it as a template for an authentic code of living and self-discovery that all of humanity seeks on some level.
Her prescription for centered, fulfilled living is spelled out in her Cellular Wisdom series of books which provide a mirror to view the resources of the essential self and the vast energies available as a result. This helps people understand that their stumbling and bumbling behaviors are not all that they are, adds King. Establishing a strong connection with the essential self is the foundation for transformative change.
Professional and personal coach, consultant, and workshop leader with twenty-five years as an educator, scientist, and administrator in universities and academic-based organizations, Dr. King is credentialed by the International Coach Federation.
Melisa Pearce, founder Gestalt Equine Coaching Method and Touched by a Horse: Awaken in Nature co-facilitator
As a lifelong horsewoman and psychotherapist, Melisa began developing her Equine Gestalt Coaching Method™ in 1989. She discovered people became more grounded, centered, confident and secure when working with horses using her methods. Melisa’s integrative approach of horse interaction combined with positive coaching and Gestalt guidance assists clients in examining their life and choices made with a focus on designing a positive future.
Melisa established Touched by a Horse® Inc. in 2001 through which she offers coaching for individuals, groups and business owners. Melisa has expanded her message through unique products including the inspirational deck Whispers from a Horse’s Heart, guided imagery CD’s and her books Horse as Teacher and Eponalisa.
Melisa has developed a powerful and unique message about the clairesentience of horses, honoring their vibrational field, the spiritual connection between horses and humans as well as the importance of human and horse chakra connections. She was chosen as one of the top 50 horsewomen in the US for her seminal work.
Josie Fenton, Wilderness Therapist, Lodestone Way: Awaken in Nature co-facilitator
In 2004, Josie Fenton created an innovative nature-based approach to coaching and began her private practice in Europe. Her clientele has included team leaders at the European Commission, business managers, mental health workers, and NGO employees.
Josie obtained her Masters in Wilderness Therapy at Naropa University. She holds an MS in Mathematics and Astronomy from University College London. She also holds the following certifications: Boas Professional Certified Coach – accredited by the International Coach Federation; Advanced Training in Facilitation Skills; Foundation and Practitioner Skills Certification in the Art of Neuro-Linguistic Programming; Adventure and Retreat Coaching; and Wilderness First Responder. Learn more about her work at www.lodestoneway.com
Josie believes that a deep connection with the natural world is inherently restorative for the human psyche. She is passionate about enabling change through helping her clients to engage with both inner and outer nature.
PAST SPEAKERS AND FACILITATORS
Ellen Miller – Everest Pioneer and 2012 Keynote Speaker for Awaken in Nature Retreat
The only American woman to climb Mt. Everest from both Nepal and Tibet will be the keynote speaker at the Second Annual Women’s Empowerment Workshop in Vail, Colorado, September 13-16. Ellen Miller joins an illustrious group of facilitators, authors, and life coaches who will lead women to discover the power of nature and themselves in this four-day nature adventure retreat.
Miller is one of America’s leading female alpinists, having climbed four 8,000-meter peaks in Nepal and Tibet. She is only one of five women worldwide who has ascended Everest from Nepal and Tibet. She guides treks and climbs in the Himalayas and coaches the U.S. Women’s Mountain Running Team. Miller lives and works in Vail as a fitness coach for people of all ability levels.
“I’m excited to be speaking to the Women’s Empowerment Workshop group in Vail this year. We all need encouragement and inspiration to reach our highest potential,” offered Miller. “I love the nature-based life coaching that the women will receive and am excited to hear about some of the ‘aha’ moments they experience while hiking, rock climbing, rafting, and learning from healing horses.”
Shannon Galpin – Keynote Speaker, 2011
Founder of Mountain2Mountain
Waking Lions short film will be shown – Watch Trailer
Shannon Galpin founded Mountain2Mountain in November 2006 to support fundraising for NGO’s working in mountainous regions of Pakistan and Nepal. Then, after having her own daughter, she realized she couldn’t live in a world where women and girls are denied opportunities, treated as commodities and live most of their lives in fear. She now focuses on remote war-torn regions where women’s oppression is the worst.
Lila Sophia Tresemer – Facilitator 
Co-Founder, Path of the Ceremonial Arts
Author, “One-Two-ONE”
Watch – Women’s Inner Wisdom webinar archive featuring Lila Tresemer
Lila Tresemer has facilitated Women’s Circles for over thirty years, and has dedicated her life to the Remembrance of the Divine Feminine. As Co- Founder of the Path of the Ceremonial Arts at the StarHouse in Boulder, Colorado and author of “One-Two-ONE”, a guidebook to Conscious Relationship, she is devoted to inspiring true Partnership between men and women, and humans and the earth.
Currently living between Boulder, Colorado and Tasmania, Australia, Lila is delighted to be a part of Women’s Empowerment Workshop, facilitating the Women’s Inner Wisdom seminar.
Tanya Miller, yogini, photographer, founder of Trailwise Guides 
For Vail native, Tanya Miller, the mountains have inspired a lifetime of appreciation for wilderness, a sense of place, and outdoor recreation. The owner of Trailwise Guides, Inc.based in Vail, Tanya integrates her guiding expertise in natural history, risk management, “Leave No Trace” ethics, and group facilitation with her background in energy medicine therapy, certification in yoga instruction, and business knowledge to provide programs that foster connection to ourselves, our soul, and the natural world. Bringing concepts in wellness and the nature/ human relationship to the forefront of her work, Tanya has enhanced her expertise by becoming a student of eco-psychology, deep ecology, systems theory, grief and addiction recovery, and integrative medicine. Tanya is currently expanding Trailwise Guides towards a broader vision with a mission to empower people through personal development workshops and interactive experiences with the natural world.
Danielle Howard, Certified Financial Planner and kayker 
What can the river teach us about our relationship with money? Join Danielle Howard, Certified Financial Planner professional™, and Financial Life Planner, to discover the answer! Danielle owns Howard Financial Resources in Basalt, CO, is an Investment Advisor Representative with Lighthouse Financial, LLC and Cambridge Investment Research Inc., is her broker/dealer. She is also a river enthusiast who will offer her insights into our relationship with money as we travel down the river.
Danielle’s mission is to “educate, motivate and inspire those placed on her path to reach the full God given potential”. She does this in her business by assisting women in transition to create healthy financial lives. She helps you understand the meaning of money in your life and facilitates opportunities to create a more fulfilling journey by connecting your core values with your resources of time, talent and treasure. By challenging current negative mindsets about money and laying the groundwork for new, thought provoking ideas; her hope is to help women embrace true financial freedom.
Danielle lives and works in the Roaring Fork Valley. She is the mother of two daughters and has two bonus children. Her husband Mark teaches at Basalt High School. She speaks and teaches locally on a variety of financial topics and writes for local publications. She loves the valley she lives in, taking full advantage of a variety of outdoor activities including winter skiing and summer kayaking. She has an epicurean bent and enjoys entertaining friends and family at their home in Glenwood.
She is a member of the Financial Planning Association, a Qualified Kingdom Advisor and is registered with FINRA . Howard Financial Resources, Lighthouse Financial and Cambridge are not affiliated. She and her team at Lighthouse actively manage assets for affluent households. She has served on the boards of several local non-profit organizations and is involved with Churches valley wide in financial stewardship ministry.
Holly Bahadur Bryson, MA – Facilitator 
Wilderness Psychotherapist, Kundalini Yoga Instructor
Holly Bahadur loves to explore the deep hunger we have for true, expansive self-expression, connectivity, belonging, and the flow state through her work as a Wilderness Psychotherapist, Kundalini Yoga Instructor , SoulSweat TM Dance facilitator and the Maori, Waitaha worldview passed through the women of her family.
Holly is a Lead Wilderness and Family Therapist for Healing Quest and SkiTherapyTM. She specializes in Individual and Family 5-21 day Rite of Passage, relationship work, PTSD, anxiety and anger through integrating canoeing, ski, backpacking and climbing therapy. She brought Transpersonal Psychology and her Somatic Approach into Prisons and Psychiatric Hospitals for the past two years, and currently runs a women’s yoga/ meditation group in County Jail. Holly works with The Women’s Wilderness Institute currently facilitating outdoor retreats for Women Combat Veterans state-wide. She brings with her a love of the outdoor world and a passion to bring the whole spectrum of life into the therapeutic process.
More about Holly at www.full-of-life.com
Darleen Miller - Facilitator
Author of Yes! It Really IS All About Me
Cofounder of Indigo Evolution (Transcendence Technique)
Holistic teacher, Master Energy Healer, Founder of 1 Heartbeat
Watch – Women’s Inner Wisdom webinar archive featuring Darleen Miller
Darleen has been a student and creator of life’s experiences. Her heart path has always been focused on guiding individuals and groups towards understanding and knowingness about the self.
Classes and workshops of interest are:
1. Deep Relaxation and Meditation
2. Energy Awareness
3. Tai Chi
4. Reiki
5. Reconnection
6. Fasting and Cleansing Technique
7. Sound and Vibrational Information
8. Ayurveda
Most recent: A focus group exploring the needs of caregivers. As a caregiver in many forms (wife, mother, daughter, and teacher), Darleen always allowed the needs of others to be more important than her own self nurturance. The reality of taking care of the self became apparent after the recent death of her husband.
Darleen has established a platform for caregivers through writing her book, Yes! It Really IS All About Me and creating classes that will emphasize the community of caregivers.
Twitter: @1heart_beat Facebook: 1 Heartbeat
Blog: http://1dobedobedo.wordpress.com/
RESOURCES
Women’s Empowerment Workshop Webinar Series Archives - Click on the links below to view our free archived webinars.
- Aug. 9, 2012 – Envision…Integrate…Become! – Featuring Dr. Joan King with Cellular Wisdom
- July 18, 2012 – Connecting to the Soul of Nature – Featuring Donna Visocky with Bella Spark Magazine
- June 20, 2012 – Connecting to Our Authentic Self Through Horses: A Women’s Empowerment Workshop Sampler – Featuring Melisa Pearce with Touched By a Horse
- Awaken Your Brilliance – Featuring Dr. Joan King with Cellular Wisdom
- Women’s Inner Wisdom – Featuring Lila Sophia Tresemer, Darleen Miller and Narda Reigel
Additional Resources
CLICK HERE – Watch Video – Melisa Pearce, Women’s Empowerment Workshop Facilitator
In this video, Melisa describes human and horse vibrational fields. She talks about using our intuition and body knowing to work with the issue of surrender. This is just one bit of the work she’ll be doing with Women’s Empowerment Workshop during the Healing with Horses session.
CLICK HERE – Learn more about workshop & Watch Our Video – Susie Kincade, Co-founder of Women’s Empowerment Workshop
Click on the links below to listen to these podcast.
- Women’s Empowerment Workshop – CLICK HERE to listen
- STOP and WONDER - CLICK HERE to listen
- To talk or not to talk? - CLICK HERE to listen
- Are you moving forward or running in place? - CLICK HERE to listen
- Honor Someone Today – CLICK HERE to listen
- Asking the question waiting to be asked? - CLICK HERE to listen
- The POWER of Gratitude – CLICK HERE to listen
- Warrior Mothers – CLICK HERE to listen
- Working Together – CLICK HERE to listen
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PARTNERS
Women’s Empowerment Workshop is proud to present this event in partnership with the Town of Vail. The workshop is being supported through www.vail.com and is part of the resort’s exciting menu of summer offerings.
Title, Presenting, Supporting, and Vendor partnership opportunities are available for this event. We embrace creative collaboration. If your business or service is interested in becoming part of Women’s Empowerment Workshop, please contact Susie Kincade at susie@womenempower.us or 970-328-5472.
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