|
Listen to the call below:
Topic: Creating Safe Space For Conversation
Date: Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm EDT
Hosted by: Abby Straus. M.Div.
With Special Guest: Philip Hellmich
Abby Straus is a coach, facilitator, author and inspirateur. She has spent the last 30 years studying the way people relate to each other and to the world around them, and is passionate about sharing what’s she’s learned. She holds degrees in anthropology and divinity, is an ordained interfaith minister, and has an extensive background in consciousness studies, meditation and counseling.
Abby served as VP/Programs & Services for the International Center for Spirit at Work. She is the president of A. Straus & Associates, Inc., which offers the Becoming Brilliant! series of transformational programs and leadership coaching for individuals and organizations. Abby is a master networker; she loves nothing more than connecting people with each other and with great ideas. She is honored to moderate this conversation. (www.becomingbrilliant.net)
Philip Hellmich is a speaker, trainer, author and fundraiser. Previous to his position as Director of Individual Giving at Search for Common Ground (www.sfcg.org <http://www.sfcg.org> ), he worked extensively with SFCG on programs in Africa and served with the Peace Corps in Sierra Leone (’85-’89). He combines over 18 years of international development and peace building experience with nearly 20 years of meditation practice.
His area of expertise is the intersection between spirituality, consciousness and conflict transformation. Philip’s writing has been published in The Washington Post, The Power of Media: A Handbook for Peacebuilders, Chamalu: Shamanic Way of the Heart (translated), Chicken Soup for the Soul series and several magazines and Peace Corps publications. He has been featured in the documentary films Hello Love (2009) and Search for Common Mound (2009).
This series is exclusively produced for the Coaching Commons by Katherine Gotshall English.
As always, please post your thoughts/questions below.
Tweet This
Email to a friend
There is 1 Response so far...
Abby is who I want to be when I grow-up…wink!
These calls have been a delight and truly caused me to reflect on matters that may not always be so obvious when in relationship with others.
Thank you to both Abby and Katherine for creating the series.