Junie SwadronJunie Swadron is an author, playwright, psychotherapist, speaker, workshop facilitator, corporate trainer, and professional writing coach. Junie moved from Toronto in 1998 to the West Coast of Canada where she was awarded a Clinical Membership with te Ontario Society of Psychotherapists - their highest achievement certificate. She has spent the last thirty years guiding thousands of students in writing and sharing their life stories through a deep and powerful process that completely transformed how they experienced their life journey. Junie sees the therapeutic process and the creative process as one. "It is about accessing a special place within us where serenity, love, courage, and truth reside. It is from this place that we begin to know our true spirit. It is from this place that we begin to heal."What makes Junie Swadron an extraordinary healer is that she knows "both sides of the couch". Junie was diagnosed with manic-depressive illness at age 19 and lived with its many challenges on and off throughout her life. Her personal experiences have taught her coping strategies for choosing health and wellness again and again. She likes to say, "My illness keeps me humble, grateful, and resourceful."Junie's first Signature Program, Re-Write Your Life: A Sacred Path to New Beginnings, is a companion to this book and has evolved over thirty years of teaching clients to transform pain, heartbreak, fear, and resentment from their past and live fully and freely today! How? By being willing to uncover the multitude of gifts and lessons that every story and situation they have ever lived has to offer. Writing is a major part of this transformational process. Junie's most recent Signature Program, Your Life Matters! The Author Mentorship Program assists writers to become authors, using a very unique approach. Instead of racing to the finish line, Junie incorporates both her skills as a psychotherapist and an author to empower her students by working with whatever emotions or triggers arise while writing their books. It becomes an integration of writing and healing culminating in a book her clients are deeply proud of. Junie's motto is: Your soul meets you on the page and something shifts. You strengthen. You begin to stand taller. Then one day, you notice that your voice on the page has become your voice in the world." Junie Swadron is the author of 3 best-selling books, an acclaimed playwright, psychotherapist, workshop facilitator, corporate trainer for mental health in the workplace & professional writing coach. Junie sees the therapeutic process and the creative process as one. "It is about accessing a special place within us where serenity, love, courage, and truth reside. It is from this place that we begin to know our true spirit. It is from this place we begin to heal."Junie lives with her husband, David Michael Halliwell, an acclaimed international oil painter and musician, in beautiful Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Read More Read Less