Marilyn Schlitz, PhD is a writer, laboratory and clinical scientist, social anthropologist, and acclaimed public speaker. She is President Emeritus of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, where she has worked for 20 years. She is also a Senior Scientist at the California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute. She has been conducting research on consciousness for more than 30 years and has recently wrote and produced the documentary film, Death Makes Life Possible. She completed her training in psychology, behavioral and social science, and philosophy at Stanford University, University of Texas, San Antonio and Wayne State University, Detroit. She received her PhD in anthropology at the University of Texas, Austin. She has been featured in various writings, interviews, and videos. As well, she has authored and co-authored numerous books, such as Living Deeply: The Art of Science of Transformation and Consciousness and Healing: Integral Approaches to Mind-Body Medicine.

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Cassandra Vieten is a licensed clinical psychologist, Executive Director of the John W. Brick Foundation, Director of Research at the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination at the University of California, San Diego, and a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, where she served as President from 2013-2019. Her research has focused on spirituality and health, transformative experiences and practices, the development of mindfulness-based interventions for emotional well-being, and development of media technologies to inspire awe. She received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies, and completed her research training in behavioral genetics at UC San Francisco. She is author of Mindful Motherhood: Practical Tools for Staying Sane During Pregnancy and Your Child’s First Year, and coauthor of Living Deeply: The Art and Science of Transformation in Everyday Life, and Spiritual Competencies in Clinical Practice: Guidelines for Psychologists and Mental Health Professionals. She has published numerous articles in scientific journals, and is a Psychology Today blogger. Her current research focuses on integrative approaches to mental health, meditation and miindfulness, extraordinary experiences, worldview transformation, virtual reality approaches to inducing awe, and spirituality and mental health. She’s a mom and loves singing, soccer, nature, and travel.

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NEWS -- 2021 two more Editions FRENCH + SPANISH !

QUAND LES RÊVES DEVIENNENT RÉALITÉ -

3ème Édition Française

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DONDE LOS SUEÑOS SE REALIZAN -

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©2021, por Linda Lee Ratto, Ed.M.

Traducción al español por Sandra Gilbes Rosa

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Linda Lee Ratto, B.S., Ed.M. is an award-winning, multi-book author, former classroom teacher, private school principal, and nonprofit Executive Director, and has opened schools and part-time learning programs in Canada, South Africa and across the USA and Europe. She is pictured here with her two grand-angels. See other photos here, especially the group photo which was taken in Arezzo, Italy, in an Italian/English class. Linda taught children how to make their dreams come true. Linda's book, CD and teacher's guide entitled, WHERE DREAMS COME TRUE, are translated in Azeri (Turkish-Russian) and are required reading in every fourth grade class across the post-soviet, Middle Eastern country, the Republic of Azerbaijan; 200,000 copies sold and donated to date. Linda and her books were instrumental in establishing a new governmental Ministry of Education/Department of Inclusion to allow youth with Disabilities access to education throughout the Republic of Azerbaijan. She work with the USA Ambassador, Reno Harnish and his wife Leslie Harnish, who served for several years as the Director of Children/Youth education for the NGO WORLD VISION. Linda was funded additionally in partnership with UNICEF and Coca-Cola for two leadership teaching tours across Azerbaijan from Russia to Iran to Turkish borders. Her books are translated into Spanish, and French editions. Polish and Italian editions are in process.

2000-2010. Linda worked alongside NYTimes best selling author Neale Donald Walsch as his Education Director on SNS, Inc. Board of Directors, Ms. Ratto lead a curriculum team of fourteen who co-authored fourteen guidebooks to accompany Mr. Walsch's texts (11 in English and 3 in French).

Linda offers customized business team training, webinars and leads training and seminars on her fifteen books for youth and adults. Her books span a variety of life-skills and wellness topics in non-fiction and novels for all ages. She serves humanity as a full time consultant, leadership trainer, speaker and advocate for families, schools, rehab and medical centers and universities. Most recently, Linda was a managing partner in Civil Services, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, specializing in nonviolent communication and restorative justice management consulting for leaders in systems across the globe. Her webinar clips may be viewed under her name on Utube and her homepage: www.LindaLeeRatto.com

Linda thrives on both one-on-one and group time counseling. Via private sessions, radio, TV, college and medical guest professorships Linda is available for custom speaking engagements, online webinars and podcasts. She specializes in how to cope and live well with and through change. From business teams to youth and their parents/caregivers/teachers, Linda assists groups in building better teams while they are experiencing major shifts in their business environs.

With a Masters in Education, Linda is a state certified Trainer of Trainers and can accredit customized courses to meet your professional accreditation and staff development licensure needs. Linda is working with a certified French Chopra Instructor, Anne-Marie Barbier, to bring Deepak Chopra's workshop to business leader teams: "Seven Laws of Success in the WorkPlace."

From guest professorships at Syracuse University to Northwestern U's Medical College, from UCLA/Shiner's Children's and Emory Children's Medical Centers to team leaderships throughout Canada, Europe, South Africa, and the Middle East, Linda enjoys mapping-out the best leadership programs based on your business, education or medical center's requirements or needs.

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For more see YouTube Video Clip Linda reads to students + Meets International School Staff via Training Workshop: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WlQDGjh8yw

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Ms. Ratto's is available for an Author's Day at your school, medical or community center. Do please contact her for a scheduled date via her website: www.LindaLeeRatto.com