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Writer, historian, and educator Rebecca Wellington teaches at the University of Puget Sound in the School of Education. She has taught high school social studies, as well as undergraduate courses and graduate level courses in education history and curriculum and instruction. Her higher-education teaching adventures have taken her to universities across Western Washington, including University of Washington and Seattle University. She holds a doctorate in Education History from the University of Washington, where she taught in the undergraduate program of the College of Education.


Rebecca's career in education started on the ocean, sailing around the world on a traditionally rigged tall ship. Through this two-year global circumnavigation Rebecca trained for a US Coast Guard captain's license and went on to work in non-profit outdoor education, teaching kids to sail on the Charles River in Boston and later on the Puget Sound of Washington State.


Rebecca's scholarly articles have been published in The History of Education Quarterly, The American Indian Quarterly and The Pacific Northwest Quarterly. Rebecca was driven to write a history of adoption in the United States from the perspective of an adoptee and to honor the memory of her older sister and truth of brave women everywhere.


Rebecca's proudest accomplishment is mothering her two daughters, Maria and Victoria. She and her husband and daughters live in Seattle, Washington on the traditional homelands of the Duwamish people.


Her historical memoir 'Who Is a Worthy Mother? An Intimate History of Adoption', will be published April 9, 2024. (https://www.rebeccawellington.com/projects/who-is-a-worthy-mother/)


Website: www.rebeccawellington.com


Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccawellington/


IG: _rebecca_wellington


X: https://twitter.com/BeccaWelling10


FB: Rebecca Wellington

Judith Orloff, MD is a psychiatrist, an empath, and author of the new book The Genius of Empathy (Foreword by the Dalai Lama), which offers powerful skills to tap into empathy as a daily healing practice in your life and relationships. She also wrote The Empath's Survival Guide and Thriving as an Empath. Dr. Orloff is a New York Times bestselling author and a UCLA clinical faculty member. She synthesizes the pearls of conventional medicine with cutting edge knowledge of intuition, energy, and spirituality. Dr. Orloff specializes in treating highly sensitive people in her private practice. She has been featured on The Today Show, CNN, Oprah Magazine, and the New York Times. Learn more about empaths and empathy at www.drjudithorloff.com 


Her new book The Genius of Empathy: Practical Skills to Heal Your Sensitive Self, Your Relationships and the World was released on April 9, 2024. (https://drjudithorloff.com/the-genius-of-empathy-description/)






Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJudithOrloff/ 






Twitter: https://twitter.com/JudithOrloffMD 






LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/judith-orloff-9a681a5/ 






Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/judith.orloff.md

Jodie King is a professional artist, educator, and entrepreneur on a mission to unleash your inner power, freedom, and joy! With 20 years of art experience and a playful, spiritual approach, Jodie connects with audiences from around the world. She is known for her high-demand innovative online art and business courses as well as national and international workshops. After suddenly arriving at the canvas almost two decades ago, Jodie King has set herself on a mission to help others discover the healing power of art as well as to educate and empower artists around the world to turn their passion into a thriving business.


Social Media: 


Instagram: @jodie_king_


TikTok: @jodie_king_ 


Facebook: Jodie King Art


Website: https://jodieking.com/

Colin Campbell is an Academy Award nominated writer and director for theater and film. He teaches theater and film at Chapman University and Cal Poly Pomona University. When his two beautiful and brilliant teenage children, Ruby and Hart, were killed by a drunk driver in 2019, Colin fell into a terrifying chasm of aching and hopelessness. He drew strength and inspiration from the mourning rituals of his wife's Jewish traditions and learned to lean into the pain of grief. His book, Finding the Words: Working Through Profound Loss With Hope and Purpose, was published by Penguin Random House in March 2023. His solo show, Grief: A One Man ShitShow, premiered at the Hollywood Fringe Festival in 2022 where it won a Best of Broadwater Award.


Social Media Handles: 


Instagram: @colincampbellwriter 


Website: www.colincampbellauthor.com


Book: Finding the Words: Working Through Profound Loss With Hope and Purpose (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/696849/finding-the-words-by-colin-campbell/)

Nya Abernathy is an emotional health educator and the founder of The Dignity Effect. She also writes at her publication Of Earth & Of Stars where readers welcome wonder with their feet on the ground and their eyes to the sky. She also offers emotional health and depth classes for actors.


Her new book Welcome, Wonder: A season of practices to curate an awe-filled life is available for preorder now.






IG: @thedignityeffect & @nyasabernathy


Youtube: @thedignityeffect1281 (https://www.youtube.com/@thedignityeffect)


LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nyasabernathy/

TRIGGER WARNING: This podcast discusses the topic of suicide.


If you or a loved one are contemplating suicide please call or text 9-8-8. For the Kids Helpline call 1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT. Indigenous Peoples call 1-855-242-3310.


N'alag̱a / Ḵ'áw kuuna (Avis O'Brien), a Haida/Kwakwa̱ka̱'wakw artist and Land Based Cultural Empowerment Facilitator, was born in Alert Bay, British Columbia. She belongs to the Kawaas Sdaast.aas Eagle Clan from the Village of K'yuusda in Haida Gwaii and the Gigəlǧəm n̓əm̓ina sa Liǧʷiłdax̌ʷ people of Cape Mudge, one of the 18 Tribes of the Kwakwaka'wakw.


Avis offers Community Land Based Healing Workshops that are rooted in Decolonization, Reconciliation, Indigenous Land Based Healing & Breath & Embodiment Practices.


Her work aims to highlight the intersectionality of Colonial genocide, Impacts of trauma, residential schools, and how we can utilize Ancestral forms of healing to regain a sense of balance and harmony in body, mind, and spirit.


Her work in Indigenous youth suicide prevention focuses on resisting the spirit of suicide within ourselves by utilizing land based culturally rooted healing practices. Drumming, singing, dancing, medicine harvesting, ceremony, weaving, breath & embodiment practices are utilized as self regulation tools, guiding folks down the path of neurdecolonization.


Her work within Non Indigenous communities has a focus on building Allyship and dismantling racist stereotypes against Indigenous folks.


Social Media: 


@nalagaconsulting 


@indigenoussuicideprevention