Nicole Pazdan is a Graduate of Cal Poly University, majoring in Business. She has lived on the Central Coast of California for 22 yrs and has dedicated those years to the rewarding experience of working with Seniors. Nicole, a Certified Senior Advisor, is the founder of Elder Placement Professionals and is committed to providing ethical services to seniors in San Luis Obispo County. Nicole has co-chaired the Elder Abuse Prevention Council for the past 9 years. She is currently active in the Alzheimer’s Association, Rotary, SLO Legal Assistance Foundation, The Monday Club, and she is also on the board for Senior Volunteer Services.

Website: www.elderplacementprofessionals.com

Arleen Tydall: Crossing the Bridge Between Pharmacy & Conscious Parenting

For over 25 years, Arleen has served as a trauma-informed clinical HIV pharmacist, caring for and educating thousands of patients from marginalized, cross-cultural communities facing discrimination, poverty, homelessness, addiction, and mental health challenges. Her work included sharing care with Dr. Gabor Maté’s patients in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, where he developed his Compassionate Inquiry principles, and collaborating with a diverse team of nurses, outreach and social workers, and harm reduction experts like Dr. Mark Tyndall. She began to sense a disconnect within herself, striving for perfection at work while struggling as a mother at home. Her self-study of Conscious Parenting evolved into a passion to help mothers heal generational patterns and build connection in their families. Leaving her pharmacy career to train with Dr. Shefali, Oprah’s favourite parenting expert, she now advocates for children as our greatest teachers.

During a two-year spiritual awakening in Bali, her mother’s birthplace, she ignited a new Conscious Parenting movement at The Green School and trained in Somatic Alignment to strengthen her mind-body-spirit connection.

Today, as a co-author of the #1 international bestseller The Perfectly Imperfect Family, a featured presenter at the Happily Family Online Conference with over 118,000 attendees, and a global speaker, she guides parents on a journey of self-discovery and transformation.

Now based in North Vancouver, surrounded by nature, she's building a local and global community through vulnerable storytelling and practical tools, helping mothers see their children as awakeners and create compassionate, emotionally connected families.

Order her book: "The Perfectly Imperfect Family" at her website: www.arleentyndall.com

Acclaimed author Laurie Woodward says, “I want people to see their wonder. That magical part, when nurtured, births amazing things. Films. Paintings. Stories. Song.” Laurie does just that through her books, screenplays, blogs, and work as an educator. Her published novels include the coming-of-age Finding Joy and The Pharaoh's Cry, Portal Rift, Kidnaped Smile, Persistence of Memory, and Dragon Sky from the fantasy series The Artania Chronicles. Other published works include the middle-grade Forest Secrets and multiple short stories and poems. Every book contains a message of hope, showing the reader that when one is faithful to oneself, bullies can be defeated in both objective and fantasy worlds. Her work has won awards from L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future Contest and was featured in the critically acclaimed A Hudson View Poetry Digest. Woodward co-wrote Dean and JoJo: The Dolphin Legacy, the memoir about dolphin naturalist Dean Bernal, featured in the IMAX film Dolphins, Robin Williams’ In the Wild, and Animal Planet. She was a collaborator on the popular anti-bullying DVD Resolutions and, for thirteen years, worked as a bilingual elementary school teacher in Santa Maria, earning numerous grants and awards for her work as a peace consultant. Bullied as a child, Laurie continues to inspire creating peace through art. More about her work can be found through her publisher, Next Chapter Publisher. If you have read her books, please leave a review!

https://nextchapter.pub/authors/laurie-woodward-childrens-fiction-author.