Day: August 2, 2022

Christine Gautreaux

Christine will be speaking on Finding the Stillpoint for Self-Care & Community Care.

Christine is dedicated to the pursuit of play, joy, art & social justice. Christine’s superpowers include connecting people, helping folks manifest their dreams, standing up against injustice and using art to make a difference in the world.

Christine Gautreaux, MSW holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Social Work and is a professional speaker, coach & author and entrepreneur. She is also a certified sound healer and InterPlay Leader.

As the co-author of Stillpoint: A Caregivers Playbook to find ease and to take a deep breath and reclaim joy and the upcoming book Women Connected in Wisdom stories and resources rooted in the 8 dimensions of wellness. Christine believes in the power of body wisdom, InterPlay and somatic play to help heal trauma. Christine coaches professional caregivers, activists and artists to maintain balance and self-care during these intense times we find ourselves living. She has facilitated hundreds of folks in mastermind groups over the past 10 years

Christine is also the co-host of the Women Connected in Wisdom Podcast (ranked in the top 10% of the world) and the co-founder of the Women Connected in Wisdom Community.

You can schedule a chat with Christine at her website: https://www.christinegautreaux.com
And you’re invited to join her at an event: https://www.linktr.ee/christinegautreauxmsw

Join the Women Connected in Wisdom Community here: https://www.womenconnectedinwisdom.com

Listen to the Women Connected in Wisdom Podcast here:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/women-connected-in-wisdom-podcast/id1556786980

Christine is dedicated to the pursuit of play, joy, art & social justice. Christine’s superpowers include connecting people, helping folks manifest their dreams, standing up against injustice and using art to make a difference in the world. Christine Gautreaux, MSW holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Social Work and is a professional speaker, coach & author and entrepreneur. She is also a certified sound healer and InterPlay Leader. As the co-author of Stillpoint: A Caregivers Playbook to find ease and to take a deep breath and reclaim joy and the upcoming book Women Connected in Wisdom stories and resources rooted in the 8 dimensions of wellness. Christine believes in the power of body wisdom, InterPlay and somatic play to help heal trauma. Christine coaches professional caregivers, activists and artists to maintain balance and self-care during these intense times we find ourselves living. She has facilitated hundreds of folks in mastermind groups over the past 10 years Christine is also the co-host of the Women Connected in Wisdom Podcast (ranked in the top 10% of the world) and the co-founder of the Women Connected in Wisdom Community.

Dr. Stefan Zavalin

Dr. Stefan Zavalin – Motion Mentor, Author, Speaker will be speaking on the topic “Stop Sitting on Your Brain” www.stefanzavalin.com

Dr. Stefan Zavalin is a movement mentor driven to change desk work culture. Despite losing his vision in graduate school, he started a company called Love to Move, where he mentors organizations on adapting company culture to improve productivity and health.

The dream: evolve the current work model so people no longer have to choose between work and health. Stefan aims to make virtual services accessible to all to help this cultural shift.

Since starting on his mission, Stefan has written a book called Sit Less and given a TEDx Talk on the same subject. In his free time, he likes to write songs on piano and guitar, critique a good cup of coffee, and play board games with his wife and friends.

Sheila K. Collins

Sheila will be presenting on: The Art of Grieving: How Art and Art-Making Helps Us Live Our Best Lives Now

Dr. Sheila K. Collins, PhD believes that in facing life’s toughest challenges we mature into our authentic selves. Through writing, teaching, speaking, and improvisational artist performances she offers thought-provoking insights, embodied practices, and art-based tools to help people deal with what life presents them.

Her book, Warrior Mother: Fierce Love, Unbearable Loss, and the Rituals That Heal describes her journeys with two of her three adult children and her best friend through their life-threatening illnesses and deaths, and the rituals that helped her family to heal.

Using her background as a dancer, social work professor, therapist, and improvisational performance artist, Dr. Collins demonstrates in her online and in-person presentations how art-based tools have helped her and can help others live joyful embodied lives.

Her engaging, often humorous 2016 TEDx talk, When Death Threatens, demonstrates the challenge of being a caregiver to a loved one dealing with a death-defying illness and the gifts present in such circumstances.

Her book Stillpoint: A Self-Care Playbook for Caregivers to Find Ease, Time to Breathe, and Reclaim Joy, revised with co-author Christine Gautreaux, has for over two years guided a weekly online class taught by the authors and attended by professional and family caregivers from around the world.

Dr. Collins’ upcoming book is titled The Art of Grieving.

Her blog Dancing with Everything is available on her website http:/www.sheilakcollins.com.