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Meet Our FacilitatorsPresented here are our nationally certified facilitators' descriptions of themselves. They are listed in alphabetical order location and emails are noted for each. Their experience and backgrounds differ...their talents and commitments are of the highest quality. Find a certified facilitator near you by selecting your State, below: Massachusetts |
Resources Judy Fisher I have been a writer and teacher for more than twenty years,
along with being a wife and mother to three children. Formerly a
technical writer for IBM, eBay and other high tech companies, I began
legacy writing after attending one of Rachael Freed’s workshops on
writing a spiritual ethical will in 2005. I was able to apply my
love of writing to help me heal after my parents’ deaths because it
provided me with a meaningful way to write about and pass on their
legacy as well as my own to my children and future grandchildren.
“From generation to generation” is part of my Jewish heritage but I
believe has meaning and purpose for everyone. I have expanded my
legacy work in different areas, including education by educating
teachers about how to bring legacy writing into the classroom for our
children, and foundations by working with Jewish women to join their
philanthropy with their values. Having lived through the wildfires in the San Diego area in
2003 and then again in 2007, my family and I evacuated from our home
but fortunately, we did not lose our property. I was struck by
the impermanence of things—hearing about boxes of family heirlooms,
pictures, videos, photo albums—all ashes or water damaged due to the
fires and their aftermath. So, the idea to convert these objects
into a digital format and save them along with writings, such as
spiritual-ethical wills, legacy letters, family stories that imbue them
with value, gave birth to my new company, eLegacy LLC and its website,
www.elegacy.us.com This website will provide online resources,
coaching, storage, access and retrieval—safe, secure and easy to
use. I have worked in the high-tech world for the last twenty
years, writing and designing documentation and user-interfaces for
hardware and software, specializing in the area of usability
evaluation. My goal has always been to design products, websites
and documentation that are easy to use to help people accomplish their
work. I am applying these principles to designing the eLegacy
website. Merging my technical skills with my passion for writing
and legacy is enabling me to coach people to write their
spiritual-ethical wills and their family stories to pass on their
values and wisdom and to provide a way to safely store them for future
generations. I am honored to be part of this life-affirming work.
Edna C. Groves Link
to read how the
Naperville Sun described Edna's legacy work. Link to read about Edna's
love of words, a legacy from her father. I love the act of writing. I believe in writing as an instrument of self-exploration, understanding and ultimately, healing. I come to Legacy-writing from many facets of myself: I'm a former psychotherapist with twenty-two years of privileged connection to people's stories. I worked with individuals, couples and groups, using the writing process as one means of self-discovery. I am grateful to be able to offer a safe yet stimulating climate in which people can learn, understand, forgive as necessary, and grow...and even laugh now and then. Since 1975 I've also been an ongoing workshop leader and facilitator, a teacher, a speaker, a life-long seeker, a published writer, and an occasional Wise Woman. I'm becoming cognizant about the challenges of growing older in body as my spirit grows wiser. I'm a wife, mother, and grandmother. I live the same questions that I invite others to explore. I believe that the wisdom of seasoned people is a treasure, and that Legacy Writing connects us to that wisdom. I've known sadness, and have come to know joy. In addition to my Master's degree in Counseling Psychology,
I'm a
Certified Sage-ing Leader (from the former Spiritual Eldering
Institute). I'm a member of the Heartland Grandmothers' Council, and
have taken PeerSpirit Circle training with Christina Baldwin. I'm
honored to offer myself in the service of
writing our legacies. Gracia
Hegener There are some words that describe our lives that connect to
legacy expression: Transformation, fertile ground, tilling soil,
and new life. As a graduate of Gustavus Adolphus College, I have worked as a
public health nurse in inner-city Minneapolis and rural MN. These
words accompanied me as I walked every day with women searching for
their voices to be heard. Our family of three daughters, grandchildren and husband
challenge each other to define and refine our legacies to give this
abundant life meaning. Partner in the company, LegacyWish, I have developed a CD
to store medical, financial, legal, practical, spiritual, and legacy
story information needed by family upon the death or serious illness of
a loved one. Finding and uplifting my own voice in this process of maturing as a woman has been a blessing. It is an honor to be a part of the sacred space that nurtures the voice of all people. Cammy Iverson I believe that each woman has an extraordinary story to tell,
and it
is my hope and mission to provide a quiet, nurturing place for women to
come together to write, explore, and unearth their own stories, in
their own words, for their own benefit and for the benefit of future
generations. The legacy story of my great-great grandmother who in 1883
became a
physician at the age of 42 has served as inspiration to the women in
our family for generations. Faced with cultural and societal
obstacles, she pursued and achieved her dream of helping those in need
through her medical practice which she continued until the age of
ninety. Hers is a legacy story with far-reaching and
awe-inspiring
elements, an extraordinary account of courage. Women in our
family
have taken solace in her history for years and have discovered, through
her legacy, that the impossible just may be possible. Originally trained as a registered nurse, I have lived in many
different places throughout the United States and Europe, and no matter
the location, I have found that women of all cultures and backgrounds
share the desire to be remembered and have their stories
preserved. In 2003, I earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spirituality
and
Holistic Studies at Vermont College where my focus was women’s
spirituality at midlife. There I engaged in independent study on
the
subject of generativity which intrigued me with the life-changing
opportunities legacy presents to all who intentionally seek to record
and share their life stories. Presbyterian Church in California and I have led women’s legacy groups at First Congregational Church in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Just as my great-great grandmother’s legacy has inspired women in our family, your unique story can leave a lasting legacy for generations to come. It deserves to be told. Diane
Nimmer
Mary
Tuchscherer
Mary has learned through experience that when women gather to share their lives, something magical happens. She provides a safe, creative, healing environment free of criticism and shame. Together women learn to value their struggles, celebrate their strengths, and comprehend their pain. They learn the value of the legacy inherent in the wisdom and richness of their lives. Mary is a transformative leader who inspires women through her insightful and gentle guidance. Her distinctive services are offered in the San Francisco Bay Area and throughout the country, including an annual retreat on the Big Island of Hawaii. Mary has a Master’s degree in Spirituality and Culture and is an Adjunct Faculty member at John F. Kennedy University in Pleasant Hill, CA. She is the founder of Voiceflame Writers. She is trained in the Amherst Writers and Artists methodology and is a nationally certified facilitator with Women’s Legacies. Carla Vogel As a storyteller, writer, educator, and community artist my work is deeply rooted in the transformative power of story. Inspired by my Eastern European Jewish roots I write and perform both original and traditional Jewish and multicultural stories. I am the storyteller-in-residence with Kairos Dance Theater, a
program
that nurtures intergenerational connections and affirms the role of
elders as bearers of culture using the arts to transmit their life
experiences. With Young Audiences and East Side Arts Council I work as
a professional teaching artist empowering young people in the Somali,
Hmong, Hispanic, Jewish, and African-American communities to respect
their unique cultures and find their creative voices. With Intermedia Arts I partner with the visual artist creator
of “Talking Suitcases” to
facilitate storytelling, art, and oral history
workshops for intergenerational groups exploring immigration
issues. I am honored to be bringing legacy to women. I
facilitate legacy
workshops and intergenerational programs, and work one-on-one
with
individuals to write their own spiritual-ethical wills. Marnie Williams Marnie is a certified facilitator with Women's Legacy Circles. Marnie also works as a facilitator in a professional development company in Boulder, Colorado, where her philosophy is that professional development should also be personal and spiritual development. Marnie is excited to bring her legacy experience into the corporate and non-profit world. Marnie is committed to bringing the legacy experience to women
of all
ages, diverse backgrounds, and all walks of life. She brings humor,
joy, wisdom, insight, and authenticity into her legacy work. She has a
degree in Theatre, is a certified Trigger Point
Myotherapist, and is an ordained minister in the New Order of
Glastonbury. Claire B. Willis Visit this link to read Claire’s 2008
legacy submission to Writing Works:
A Resource Handbook for Therapeutic
Writing Workshops A clinical social worker, I co-directed a post graduate
training program in group work for therapists at the Family Institute
of Cambridge for fifteen years. Still a faculty member there, I
currently teach a post graduate therapeutic writing program for
therapists helping them explore how to integrate writing into clinical
work with individuals, couples and groups. I have been interested in the therapeutic aspects of writing
all my professional life, especially helping women find their
unencumbered voices through various writing processes. I facilitate a
writing program at the Wellness Community, a national organization
offering free services for people living with and dying from cancer. A
yoga and meditation teacher, I have loved exploring the relationship
between one’s body/breath and one’s voice in workshops organized around
the theme of writing from the body. A mother of two grown women, I find legacy writing very
compelling, because I have very little remembered familial legacy. My
great grandmother, Olympia Brown, was one of the original suffragettes,
the only one who lived to vote in 1920. Perhaps her legacy to me is to
continue to work on behalf of freeing women’s voices. feminization of a historically patriarchal model, I immediately saw its potential for my work. I am interested in helping people create a legacy, most especially those at the threshold of life and death. I have used legacy writing extensively in the last year for myself as well as with people in my writing groups. It has helped address the fear so many of us have of being forgotten, whether we are living with a life threatening illness or just aware of our aging process. Gretchen B. Wright Gretchen, writer and artist, is mother to two teenaged children, step-mother to two adult children, and "Oma" to four lively young grandsons. Her legacy work expands women's writing experience to include a visual component enriching their celebration of foremothers and themselves. Personal experience in the area of Special Needs enables her to utilize Legacy work in assisting parents with life planning for thier dependent adult children. Gretchen was raised to value her family's genealogy and oral history, and was blessed with many rich stories from the past. As a parent herself through marriage and through adoption, she now appreciates a broader definition of "family", and relishes the beauty of our interconnected legacies. |
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