Author Directory

Emily L. Butler is a New York City Creativity Coach and Holistic Health Educator who empowers and inspires others to heal their bodies and reignite their passionate motivation. Known for her compassion, humor and down-to-earth practicality, Emily teaches with the enthusiastic conviction that only comes from real, lived experiences in self-healing. Healing herself from debilitating illness and pain marked a turning point in Emily's life years ago that spurred her on to teaching others about their in-born power to transform their health. She delights in spreading this message of empowerment and hope through writing, speaking, workshops and personal coaching in NY, NY. To learn more, go to http://www.ascendanceholistichealing.com Read articles by Emily Butler here.

Valerie C. Clark studies how brightly colored amphibians obtain and use chemicals to defend themselves against would-be predators. She travels all over the world and camps for months at a time to study these critters. Val has appeared in National Geographic Magazine, Wild Chronicles, NG TV Dangerous Encounters, NG Weekend, several NG News pieces, and contributes posts to National Geographic Blog WILD. Her research and forest expeditions to study toxins in frog secretions has been covered in New York Times, on NPR shows, and much more, as seen at her Frog Chemistry website. Valerie’s amazing photographs of frogs and other reptiles and amphibians are now available on products from t-shirts and caps to baby clothes and clocks. US buyers can explore Valerie’s products here, UK buyers can explore Valerie’s products here. Read articles by Valerie C Clark here.  

Michael Faraday: Organic farmer/prospector; conservator of Sticks & Stones Museum; overseer of Kids Orchard & Lapidary; National Wildlife Foundation Wildlife Habitat; WWOOFusa.org affiliation…and then I drum and play the flute… Join Michael on Facebook at Kids Orchard and Lapidary. Read articles by Michael Faraday here.

Mr. Anthony P. Johnson, PhD candidate, is the Founder & CEO of Dream Field Academy, a 501 (C) (3) mentoring and non-traditional sports (Fencing, golf, rugby) program. Mr. Johnson is also the Founder of the “Summit” Coalition, (2007) which is guided by the principle to build creative and trusting relationships with residents, community based and faith based organizations, school officials, public servants and families to provide quality programs to impoverished communities. Follow Mr. Johnson’s blog by clicking here. Read articles by Anthony P. Johnson here.

Dr Sunitha Krishnan is a rare breed of individual who has committed her life as a founder and fulltime volunteer in Prajwala. A mental health professional, she has done extensive research and is essentially a field practitioner. She has been instrumental in rescuing hundreds of children from severely abusive conditions and restoring childhood to them. Dr. Sunitha Krishnan is making it possible for India’s government and citizens organizations to manage jointly a range of protective and rehabilitative services for children who have been trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation. For her efforts in the anti-trafficking she has been awarded Stree Shakthi Puraskar (national award), Perdita Huston Human Rights Award and the World Of Children Award. As of 2007, Prajwala operated 17 schools in Hyderabad as part of Krishnan’s strategy to remove women from brothels by first giving their children educational and vocational opportunities outside of the red-light districts. In addition to her local work, she also has tried to increase pressure on foreign governments who, she says, fail to adequately enforce laws against sex-trafficking and sexual predation. Read articles by Sunitha Krishnan here.

Painter, poet, and writer Gale Madyun received her Master of Public Administration from City University, Renton, Washington, a B.A. in Geology from University of Montana, Missoula, and a B.A. in Social Work from California State University at Los Angeles. She has been a member of the Los Angeles Unified School District Commission on Sex Equity, the KCET ( Channel 28) Community Advisor Board in Los Angeles, CA, and was a member of the 1998 Interim Board of Directors for Black Expressions. She has received scholarships from the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont and Point Way Inn for Artists on Martha’s Vineyard. Her articles have appeared in Essence Magazine, The LA Times, and numerous anthologies. She currently lives, paints and writes in Los Angeles, California, and is working on her first novel. You can browser her art gallery and her written work at her website. Read articles by Gale Madyun here.

Donna Morask has crafted a life of care and commitment to people with complex needs, devoting energy to enhancing the quality of all facets of their lives. She has worked in various areas of the fields of rehabilitation, mental health, developmental disabilities, adaptive employment, with the states of New York, Colorado, California, Arizona, Illinois among those benefiting from the work she has accomplish in her areas of expertise. Donna currently manages Community Support Services forNorthPointe Resources in Zion,Illinois. While there she has helped hundreds of disabled adults recover and build personal resiliency as well as providing individual, network and healthy family relationship development. At NorthPointe Resources, Donna helps disabled adults identify, realize and achieve their dreams. Read articles by Donna Morask here.

Adam tries to take thorough reflection and hearty laughter in equal measure. He has taken courses in philosophy, literature, linguistics, history, psychology, sociology, philosophy of mathematics, history of science, and world religions and has a diverse range of interests. Besides writing, he enjoys producing electronic music, which can be heard for free here, cooking, reading extensively, and sharing the company and conversation of friends. Having undertaken Arts studies in philosophy and literature, Adam is working on a B.Ed in Secondary Education at McGill University.  Subscribe to Adam’s blog here. Adam hails from a rich spiritual history. While he was raised a devout Catholic and taught Bible camp in his youth, in high school he began to think critically about the roots of Christian theology and came to disagree with the doctrine of the Trinity. Thereafter, he studied Islam extensively and finally decided to convert. He practiced the tradition devoutly for 2.5 years, praying in the Mosque, fasting Ramadan, praying over 5 times a day, doing all of the requisite ritual washings. After his mystical experience led him to sing with whirling Sufis in a Sufi Mosque, the call for direct experience led him on a new journey. He prayed alongside Jews in a Reformed synagogue. He participated in magical rituals with Wiccans and magicians of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. He studied Zen meditation from the abbess of a Zen center and studied Hinduism and bhakti, jnana, and karma yoga with two Hindu Gurus. After this winding journey, Adam “put it all down,” meditated, and decided to engage with reality directly without mediation from religious beliefs. He continued the practice of self-inquiry he learned from Ramana Maharshi and Nisargadatta Maharaj and deepened with the British philosopher Douglas Harding. Taking up the formless meditation of Soto Zen, he learned to just sit, just abide as reality. Then insights came on their own and somehow he came into the deep experience of nonduality coupled with distinctness in which he now abides. Read articles by Adam J. Pearson here.

Kevin Robison is a musician and writer living in Atlanta, GA. After receiving a Bachelor of Music degree in vocal performance from the University of North Alabama, and a Master of Arts degree in choral conducting from the University of Nevada, Kevin served as Resident Director of Music for the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, and on the faculties of Cal-Poly San Luis Obispo, Cal-Poly Pomona, and Cal-State Fullerton. For three years he served as assistant conductor of Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles, and artistic director of the South Coast Chorale in Long Beach. In 2007, he became the first full-time director of the Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus, a position that challenges and inspires him to write about the connection between music, self-empowerment, and social change. As a composer and arranger, Kevin has received commissions from some of the leading choruses in the nation, including the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, New York City Gay Men’s Chorus, Seattle Men’s Chorus, Turtle Creek Chorale, San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, and the Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus. Kevin’s arrangements have been sung on stage by Malcolm Gets, Jenifer Lewis, Lily Tomlin, Joanna Gleason, Susan Egan, and many others. He has also collaborated on productions with Del Shores (of Sordid Lives fame), Kate Clinton, and Miss Coco Peru. Much of his music for male voices has been performed and/or recorded by Gay Men´s Chorus of Los Angeles, including his tribute to the music of Kander and Ebb, which received an OutMusic Award nomination for best new CD in 2005. Read Kevin’s chorus blog or visit Kevin’s personal website. Read articles by Kevin Robison here.

I was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, grew up mostly in North Carolina and South Carolina, and make my present home in St. Charles, Missouri. I have lived in or visited nearly every state in the USA, and I have traveled extensively throughout the European continent. I am a mother of two daughters, a writer, an artist, an actor, and a lover of learning all manner of things. I teach English, Art, Theatre and Speech Communications, and I most enjoy observing the interconnectedness and great beauty of our amazing universe! It is my hope that I will help motivate others to follow their dreams and to love being who they truly are. My particular interests are in areas of the Arts, Music, Philosophy, Theosophy, Science, Buddhism, and world religions and cultures (more specifically myth, storytelling, art, masks, costumes, music and traditions of indigenous peoples, world travel, and the culinary arts.) Of course I also enjoy reading and exploring the the world of communication through the Internet. There are many causes I strongly support, but presently there are none more important to me than working to help end world slave trafficking and all forms of abuse of children, world hunger, and to help find solutions to environmental problems on our beautiful planet. As I see it, educating our children about the very real challenges facing our global community on these fronts will accomplish this best. Having said all of these things may give you some idea where I have been and where my interests lie, but if you would know me better converse with me, read what I write, observe my artistic expressions, and let’s do something together to make a difference. Read Adele Caulfield Schiller's articles here.

Brooke Leigh Sheldon is co-founder of The Moments Count Journal. She is an authority on the philosophy and psychology of leadership and life empowerment. She has been consistently recognized for her strategic intellect, negotiation skills, organizational revitalization, managerial guidance and humanitarian endeavors. Brooke has impacted the lives of people throughout the globe with her book and articles, radio show, entrepreneurship, therapeutic work, public speaking engagements, multimedia, and live events. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master of Sciences in Counseling and Therapy. As co-owner of the life enrichment organization Moments Count, Brooke commits daily to the truth of this concept in every interaction and endeavor she embarks upon. Visit Brooke’s website here. Read articles by Brooke Leigh Sheldon here.

John W. Strobel III, is retired from 35 years in Radio and Television News Journalism in the Los Angeles market. John served in news departments as Editorial Supervisor for KHJ-TV (Tony La Frano director), Assignment Editor for KTLA-TV (Clete Robert’s Reports), Morning Reporter for KMPC Radio (Hugh Brundage Editor), Field Reporter for KNX News Radio, News Director for KBBY/KBBQ, KGMS Radio, Sacramento and KAFY Radio, Bakersfield and ended his exciting journalism career as Assignment Editor for KADY-TV. John taught Journalism at Moorpark College, produced educational film strips for Walt Disney Educational Materials Company, and filmed and produced A Trip With a Princess documentary aboard the Princess Italia cruise ship, for Martin V. Smith Enterprises. John wrote a series of articles for Delta Connection, an airline magazine (Copies available on request) and has now turned his writing skills to creating novels. He has completed five novels. The first is a biographical story of his Grandfather who was Shanghied from the docks of San Francisco in 1892, taken aboard a Chinese sailing merchant ship and lived and worked with the Chinese people for four years. He learned to speak five different Manderin dialects and was instrumental in converting their ships to steam. John’s other novels range from fiction, The Joshua Tree Mine, to the Lost Painting to Winds of Horror. He is working with an editor now for publication. He also writes poetry and short stories. John is interested in publication of his novels and film adaptations of his stories. Contact John W Strobel III for more information. Read articles by John W Strobel III here.

Raised by two photographers, Alexandra Wallace has been near a camera from a young age. While she enjoys destination and travel photography, portraiture will always be her first love. Her education includes a stint at Brooks Institute of Photography and reading many interviews with Autumn DeWilde. Alexandra also enjoys dinosaurs, puns, and vanilla chai. Read articles by Alexandra Wallace here.