Speaker and E-mail

BIOs of Speakers

Basic Themes of Workshops

Carlson, Gary, Ph.D. cannmgary@aol.com

Gary is a retired research scientist and technical manager whose work is now focused on issues related to conscious aging.  He served on the National Board of the Spiritual Eldering Institute (SEI) of Boulder, CO, is co-leader of the Sage-ing Guild, a national professional organization of conscious aging teachers, and is a SEI-Certified Sage-ing Seminar Leader.  He is co-director of The Sage-ing Group of New Mexico and is a leader of the Conscious Aging Network of New Mexico; both are groups that focus on a positive vision of our elder years as an exciting and productive time of life.

Passions, Death and Dying and other Conscious Aging Topics Highly interactive programs to help participants explore the possibilities for satisfying and productive elder years; Growing whole, not old; developing a new paradigm of aging.

Etigson, Elizabeth, LPCC eldernatasha@yahoo.com

An experienced Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor who enjoys working individually and with couples and inter-generational problem solving with families and elders.  Also, work with Spiritual Eldering groups on the Gains and Losses of Change, Re-visioning Retirement and helping seniors record their life stories. 

Spiritual Eldering Workshops:  Re-visioning Retirement: Challenges of Change & Letting Go; Teachers, Mentors, Legacy; Celebrations & Rituals; Forgiveness A Gift to Ourselves; Dreams and How to Realize Them; Facing Our Mortality with Focus on Tasks of Aging: Do it Now, Letting Go and Legacy.

Girard, Phoebe, MHP sundialsf@earthlink.net

Phoebe has worked in providing services to elders in a variety of settings during her professional career including retirement centers, senior centers and hospice.  Holding a Master of Public Health degree, she has also received training in pastoral care.

Creating a space for midlife and older women, she offers an opportunity to reflect on the ups and downs of the later years.  Day long and weekend events preferred.  Group size limited to 20.

Kirkpatrick, Ann annek922@hotmail.com

An experienced Career counselor who has worked in several post-secondary educational institutions. She is a licensed counselor in the state of New Mexico, a certified Global Career Development Facilitator (GCDF), a registered GCDF Instructor, a trained Retirement Coach, and a NM licensed school counselor (K-12). She is a seasoned presenter, having presented at conferences on various themes, and has served in the role of trainer and instructor on many occasions.

15 Factors that Affect the Quality of Retirement

Defining your Retirement

Identify Activities that Match Interest & Values

Second Careers/Working in Retirement

Norem, Ardyth, Ph.D.

ardythnorem@yahoo.com

A licensed psychologist in private practice in New Mexico.  She has 25 years experience in both group and individual settings as a psychotherapist and in design and training in personal development programs.  Her training and experience have prepared her to enter into professional settings from a broad spectrum of perspective, skills and strategies.  In addition to the standard training in psychology, her activities span arenas of education, medical knowledge, energy psychology, aging, developmentally challenged, sexual abuse, substance abuse, rehabilitation, self discovery and spiritual access.

Be Set Free Fast

Better Than Ever

Focus on Health

Living From the Inside Out