Francesca Arnoldy is the developer and Program Director of the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine’s End-of-Life Doula Professional Certificate Program. She is author of Cultivating the Doula Heart: The Essentials of Compassionate Care and leads in-person workshops about doula approaches and end-of-life wishes. She founded Contemplative Doula as a resource to help people to prepare for birth, death and life with the doula heart.
Cora Welsh, CCLS, MA, is the Program Manager of Pediatric Palliative Care at Johns Hopkins. She provides psycho-social support to patients and families as well as follow-up bereavement care. She has degrees in Child Life, Literature and Pastoral Care; and special interest in adolescents and informed decision-making at all stages of development.
Emily Johnson, MSN, CRNP, is a certified pediatric nurse practitioner who provides palliative care in Johns Hopkins’ Pediatric ICU. With extensive experience in pediatric critical care nursing, she has cared for hundreds of dying children. In addition to advanced degrees in nursing, Emily holds certificates in Nurse Education and Pediatric Bioethics.
William Stickevers, has a broad scope of political, economic, psychological and metaphysical knowledge. He systematically explores possibilities about the future and how they can emerge from the present by weaving current secular trends, geopolitical factors and mundane astrological portents. A practicing professional astrologer for 30 years with an international practice, his global forecasts are backed by a deep study of economies, finance, politics, history, archetypal cosmology and modern astrological forecasting techniques.
Alexander D. Santiago, is trained as an astrologer in both the Western and Vedic systems. He serves as a channel of divine inspiration in assisting others to make informed choices about the cosmic dance of the cycles. He is also an astrological coach, entrepreneur, natural fragrance alchemist, an ordained minister of the Science of Light and wedding officiant. Every Monday night he is the house astrologer for Nameste’ books.
Jenny Lynch, is a renowned New York astrologer of more than 40 years. She has attained the highest level of achievement with the National Council of Geocosmic Research. She is also a certified astrocartographer. Jenny has been a columnist for Conde Nast. Her work appearing in Glamour, Allure and Easy Living UK magazines. She also hosted the weekly celebrity TV show “Star Power” in NYC.
Gary Christen, is a well-known practitioner of Uranian Astrology. He is the first person in modern times awarded a B.A. degree in Astrology (Livingston College, Rutgers University, 1974). Gary has maintained a practice while he edited and created many publications and tools to assist astrologers throughout the world. Gary has spent most of his career working towards moving the entire field of astrology into a commanding position in the new technological age. He is currently working on Nova Chartwheels (along with Ray White as programmer) based on his methods and technique as well as writing An Approach to Astrology.
Mitchell S. Lewis, has been a professional astrologer in New York City for more than two decades, specializing in financial astrology and medical chart interpretation. Throughout the 90’s he worked on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange and became well-known as an astrological trader and market analyst.
Julien Michael, is a numerologist who will give us a brief overview of the numbers for the year 2021.
Lee Horowitz, MA, is cofounder of the Hudson Valley Healing Arts Center, in Hyde Park, New York. She initially worked as a master’s level speech therapist and then went on to become a certified massage therapist and reiki practitioner. Lee has studied Mahamudra meditation from the Kagyu Tibetan lineage for more than 20 years and is also a master astrologer. She studied the ancient art and science of “Astrosynthesis” and uses a combination of astrology, meditation and inner child work to help heal deep emotional wounding. Her love and insight allow others to experience self-compassion while healing body, mind and spirit.
