Mary Goyer, MS  is an executive consultant, holistic counselor & trainer specializing in the intersection of leadership development, trauma healing, and communication in the workplace. She draws upon her traditional training in Marriage & Family Therapy (MFT), her background as an instructional specialist, and her expertise in mindfulness & somatic healing techniques to help professionals in struggling teams tap into their creative, collaborative potential, so they can make a bigger impact.

 Mary spent the first leg of her career as an educator, counselor, and consultant working with vulnerable “tweens” and teens in traditional school settings. She supported students directly for years, and continues to offer her work providing trauma-informed professional development for educators. Mary’s passion for cultivating community through interpersonal skills trainings is part of her holistic approach, supporting the sustainability and resiliency of educators, and the academic success of youth. She has recently started designing corporate/school partnership projects, which aim to resource more schools with social-emotional programming to benefit entire communities.

 Mary’s current organizational work is characterized by her warm, interdisciplinary approach for business leaders wanting to make a difference. She combines her teaching, coaching, and counseling backgrounds to implement step-by-step culture change strategies in organizations wishing to scale consciously. She helps them cultivate the relationship skills that support collaboration, innovation and a healthy culture – so they can be the change-makers they’re meant to be.

Jean Morrison, MA Co-Founder with Christine King in 2005 of Galloping Giraffe Enterprises and GROKtheWORLD.com

Since her education in Psychology, counseling and wholistic health, Jean has been providing trainings, consultation, and mediation for diverse groups and organizations; as well as counseling, mediation, and communication coaching for individuals, family members, and couples. She's a certified trainer with the international Center for Nonviolent Communication (NVC) since 1989, a founding member of NVC Santa Cruz since 2004, and Co-Founder/creator of GROKtheWORLD.com (http://groktheworld.com/) - communication products "to get to the heart of what matters most.”
Her focus and philosophy in her interpersonal counseling and facilitated dialogue work is based on these universal values ~~
• to be heard, seen, and valued; a sense of belonging
• to learn to give and receive understanding, acceptance and empathy
• to trust that we can speak our honesty about ourselves in a way that minimizes the reactive and defensive patterns in our listeners
• to be able to diffuse and transform our patterns that lead to dis-connection and disruption
• to create environments and relationships where our needs are mutually satisfied

She enjoys spending quality time with friends and family, creating artful stuff, and being in nature as much as possible. Living alongside the Pacific Ocean with biking and hiking trails right out her door is a bonus to her healthy lifestyle.