Mentors: deepening the practice

To further develop what I learned and practiced in the workplace I decided, in 2004, to study communication strategies in a more diverse set of environments. This started with a month of intensive training centered on essential principles of human interaction with master martial artist and philosopher Peter Ralston.

I then attended a residential introduction to Scotland's Findhorn Community, a forty-year-long experiment in community building, where I encountered alternative approaches to consensus building and meeting facilitation.

In order to expand my understanding of conflict resolution, I began to study mediation with John Kinyon. I was encouraged by his example to attend many workshops with international peacemaker Marshall Rosenberg, Ph.D., whose work continues to inform and improve my own. I am honored that John Kinyon and I have now developed our relationship to include co-facilitation and collaboration.