Friends and Colleagues of PeerSpirit
PeerSpirit is an eclectic company whose work is based on the expertise of its founders and our written offerings. In our commitment to excellence in the many places where our work is called for, we build teams from an informal consortium of skilled practitioners, facilitators, circle hosts, and writers who are best suited to an organization's needs. When you call us, we may call upon one or more of those listed below to create a PeerSpirit team, faculty, or hosting group.
These friends and colleagues are trusted partners with heartful expertise. We have provided website addresses for those who have them. If you'd like to contact anyone else listed here, please contact us and we will help you get connected! We have not provided individual email addresses, as we're mindful of their vulnerability to spamming.
- Consulting and Circle Facilitation
- Writing Teachers Who Hold Circle-Based Classes
- Earth Rituals/Quests
- International Facilitation
- Other Circle Organizations and Movements
- Co-Authors of PeerSpirit Booklets
- Other Collaborative Conversation Models
- PeerSpirit Favorite Hearths
Consulting and Circle Facilitation
Melissa Bailey-Kirk
Religious organizations
St. Louis, MO
Sharon Faulds
Healthcare specialty
Ontario, Canada
Anne Fitzgerald
Consulting
Waltham, MA
Craig Gilliam
Religious organizations
Shreveport, LA
www.resilientcongregations.com
Roger Harrison
Consulting
Whidbey Island, WA
Bev Haskins
Communication Process Support
Beamsville, Ontario
Canada
www.bevslakesideretreats.com/communication-process.html
Kathy Jourdain
Consulting
Shape Shift Strategies, Inc.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
www.shapeshiftstrategies.com
Jim Kellar
Consulting
Sioux Falls, SD
Sarah MacDougall
Education specialty
Taylors Falls, MN
Mary Ann Moore
Creative Community Building
Nanaimo, BC
www.maryannmoore.ca
Teresa Posakony
Art of Hosting
Seattle, WA
www.emergingwisdom.net
Kay Pranis
Restorative Justice
St. Paul, MN
www.restorativejustice.org
Dana Reynolds
Spiritual Direction/Religious Organizations
Carmel, CA
www.sacredlifearts.com
Linda Secord
Consulting
Seattle, WA
Martin Siesta
Financial planning/consulting
Maplewood, NJ
Sandy Smith
Consulting
Seattle, WA
www.sksmith.com
S. Gabriele Uhlein
Religious Communities/Religious Organizations
Wheaton, IL
James Wells
Personal & Group Consulting
Circle Ways
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
http://jameswells.wordpress.com/
Tenneson Woolf
Art of Hosting
Orem, UT
www.tennesonwoolf.com
S. Marge Zulaski
Religious Organizations
Wheaton, IL
Writing Teachers Who Hold Circle-Based Classes
Jeanne Guy
Austin, TX
www.jeanneguy.com
Mary Ann Moore
Nanaimo, British Columbia
www.maryannmoore.ca
WomanQuest
Pam Noble, Teri Wiggans,and Anne Harrington
Boone, NC
www.womanquest.net
Sheila Belanger and Anne Hayden
Wilderness Spirit Quests
Whidbey Island, WA
www.sheilabelanger.net
Timeless Earth Wisdom
FireHawk and Pele Rouge
Boulder Creek, CA
www.timelessearthwisdom.com
Anne Stine
Wilderness Rites, LLC
Ashland, OR
www.wildernessrites.com
International Facilitation/Hosting
Berkana Institute
Margaret J. Wheatley
Kufunda Village Learning Center
Axladitsa Learning Center
www.berkana.org
www.margaretwheatley.com
Chris Corrigan and Caitlin Frost
Bowen Island, British Columbia
Chris: www.chriscorrigan.com
Caitlin: www.caitlinfrost.ca
Thom Dennis
Phoenix Obsidian
Church Island, UK
www.facilitation.co.uk/company_thom.html
Matthias zur Bonsen
All in One Spirit
Germany
www.all-in-one-spirit.de/
Roq Gareau
Art of Hosting
Bowen Island, British Columbia
www.artofhosting.org
Bev Haskins
Communication Process Support
Beamsville, Ontario
Canada
www.bevslakesideretreats.com/communication-process.html
Marianne Knuth
Consultant/Community Building
Founder, Kufunda Village
Zimbabwe, Africa
www.kufundavillage.org
Toke Paludan Moeller and Monica Nissen,
InterChange Aps
Denmark
www.interchange.dk
Kerry Sandison
The Village Consulting
Cape Town, South Africa
Maria Skordialou and Sarah Whiteley
Axladitsa—Avatakia, Greece
www.axladitsa.org or www.artofhosting.org
James Wells
Personal & Group Consulting
Circle Ways
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
http://jameswells.wordpress.com/
Other Circle Organizations and Movements
Being Change - Weaving the Great Turning through Circles, Art & Story
Phebe Allen Gustafson
Ithaca, NY
http://www.beingchange.org
Calling the Circle Foundation
Sarah MacDougall, Board President
P.O. Box 1480
Freeland, WA 98249
http://www.callingthecircle.org
Circle Connections
Ann Smith, Rhonda Hull, and Carol Hansen Grey
Naples, Florida
www.circleconnections.com
Ehama Institute
Wind Eagle
Abiquiu, New Mexico
www.ehama.org
Ojai Foundation
Jack Zimmerman and Gigi Coyle, council process founders
Ojai, California
www.ojaifoundation.org
Co-Authors of PeerSpirit Booklets
To facilitate mainstream dispersal of the PeerSpirit Circle Methodology, PeerSpirit has published six small booklets. A Guide to PeerSpirit Circling is co-authored by Ann Linnea and Christina Baldwin. Each of the other five booklets are authored or co-authored by the following trusted colleagues:
Cheryl Conklin (with Ann Linnea)
Understanding Energetics in Circles and Groups
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Rev. Dr. Craig Gilliam (with Christina Baldwin)
PeerSpirit Circling in Congregational Life
Shreveport, LA
http://la-umc.org/ssl/center.php
Meredith Jordan (with Christina Baldwin)
Understanding Shadow and Projection in Circles and Groups
Biddeford, Maine
Pamela Austin Thompson (with Christina Baldwin)
PeerSpirit Circling for Nursing Leadership
Washington, D.C.
www.aone.org
Cynthia Trenshaw
A Harvest of Years—A PeerSpirit Guide for Proactive Aging Circles
Freeland, Washington
www.cynthiatrenshaw.com
Other Collaborative Conversation Models
World Café
www.theworldcafe.com
Open Space
www.openspaceworld.org
Conversation cafes
www.conversationcafe.org
Art of Hosting
www.artofhosting.org
PeerSpirit Favorite HearthsMarsh House, Whidbey Island
http://www.marshhouse.com
T'ai Li Lodge, British Columbia
http://www.taililodge.com
