RESUME: VALERIE ALBRECHT M: 0406052339 E: valerieyoga@optusnet.com.au www.theoceansofenergy.com OCCUPATION: Author, Biographer Indigenous Peoples, Natural Therapies Educator, Holistic Speech Pathologist CPSP, MSPA. Educational Qualifications: Bachelor Speech Therapy University of Qld 1977 Fine Arts Diploma East Sydney Technical College 1982 Master of Arts Writing University Western Sydney subject work completed thesis in progress Diploma Yoga Teaching Sydney 2002 Diploma Massage Therapy Sydney 2003 Certificate Hypno-Therapy U.S. 2008 PUBLICATIONS: FREE EXPRESSION: October 1995 Newsletter for writers. Prose piece “Under A Blue Sky” POETRIX: May 1996 Western Women Writers Poem “Encore” RAZOR: November 1996 Magazine Shape Shifter Publications Poem “Sexy Words” LINQ Volume 23 No 2 1996 English Dept. James Cook University of north Qld. Publications Prose “Twenty Past Six” THE PERFECT DIARY: 1997 Big Stick Productions Poem “Sexy Words” FEMINIST & EXPERIMENTAL WRITERS: National Literary Awards Prose Land Scapes Body Scapes Poem “A Passionata” 1999 Commended in the FAW INTERNATIONAL WOMENS YEAR: 1999 Poem in Australian Women Writers’ Travelling Exhibition to China WRITERS OF THE ALGARVE ANTHOLOGY: 2008 Excerpt from my book “Search for Mother” “SEARCH FOR MOTHER” 2010 publisher Inkwell Publications Arizona US Non Fiction. Prose, poetry, personal essays and interviews 1 “MOTHER JOURNALING” 2015 publisher Balboa Press div. Hay House. Companion workbook to Honoured Birth accredited course with Australian College Midwifery. “THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY” publ. Austin McCauley U.K. 2015 Biography Navajo Medicine Man READINGS & BOOK TOURS: GLEEBOOKS: 1998 Event: “Sex on Sundays” DARLINGHURST CAFÉ: 1999 Feminist & Experimental Writers Poetry Performance VARUNA WRITERS CENTRE: Blue Mountains 2001 Celebrating 10 Years of Life Stories with Patti Miller ALFACULTURA SOCIETY OF AUTHORS ALGARVE PORTUGAL: 2008 Reading and radio reading from “Search for Mother” RIVERSIDE BOOKS MACLEAN: May 2010: Australian Launch LISMORE WORLD FAIR TRADE EVENT: May 2010 Signing COLLINS BOOKS GRAFTON: May 2010 SYDNEY MIND BODY SPIRIT EXPO: May 2010 NEW YORK BOOK EXPO: May 2010 DALTONS BOOKS CANBERRA: June 2010 BOOKWORMS & PAPERMITES BOOKSTORE BANGALOW NSW July 10 YAMBA BOOKSTORE: October 2010 Signing EAST WEST BOOKSTORE SEATTLE: Feb 2011 Reading & Signing BELLINGEN LIBRARY: Oct 2011 Reading & Signing US Book tour “Search for Mother”: Feb-April 2010 Scottsdale AZ Reading & Signing Phoenix AZ Signing Sedona Signing Jerome AZ Signing Phoenix City Police Event Angels on Patrol Signing Houston Texas Bookstore reading & Signing California Village Books Mt Shasta reading & signing Portland Oregon National Librarians Conference Signing Medford Oregon Public Library: Reading & Signing University of Washington Seattle Signing Oregon Books by the Bay Bookshop Reading & Signing Phoenix AZ South West healing Place Reading & Signing 2 US Book Tour “Search for Mother”: February 2011 Seattle Book Summit University of Washington “Lifelines Journaling” University of Seattle School of Theology & Ministry Search for Meaning Conference Speaker East West Bookstore Seattle Reading & Signing National College Naturopathic Medicine Portland Oregon: Feb Search for Mother Workshop Portland Birthing Way Lecture Seattle Women’s Business Exchange Freelancers: “Search for Mother” US Book Tour “Search for Mother”: November 2011 Washington University Faculty of Nursing Lecture: “Search for Mother” Bastyr University Seattle: “Search for Mother” TEACHING SPEAKING CONFERENCES WORKSHOPS: www.theoceansofenergy.com newspaper & media for associated press See 2010: PHOENIZ AZ: MARCH 2010 “Writing through the Body” Workshop: for women who have experienced physical & sexual abuse ASHLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY: March 2010 “Search for Mother” Workshop UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FACULTY OF NURSING: April 2010 Spirituality & Healing Lecture PHOENIX SOUTH WEST INSTITUTE OF HEALING ARTS: April 2010 “Paths to Wholeness” Lecture YAMBA LITERATURE ARTS MUSIC FESTIVAL: August 2010 Workshop “From A Dream to A Book” YAMBA U3A: October 2010 Guest Poet GRAFTON JACARANDA FESTIVAL: November 2010 Speaker “Mothers” BANGALOW WOMEN IN BUSINESS BREAKFAST: November 2010 Speaker “Believing” December 2010: HONOURED BIRTH YOGA BIRTHING COURSE ACCREDITED BY AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF MIDWIVES 2011: UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN PHOENIX: January 2011 Bio-Ethics & Humanities Dept. Speaker: “Search for Mother & Traditional Medicine 3 UNIVERSITY OF SEATTLE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY & MINISTRY: February 2011 Search for Meaning Conference Speaker NATIONAL COLLEGE NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE PORTLAND OR: Feb 2011 Search for Mother Workshop PORTLAND BIRTHINGWAY LECTURE: February 2011 May 2011: AUSTRALIAN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE SOCIETY CONFERENCE: Presenter & Forum Panel Member title: Oneness in Health Care and Yoga Birthing GRAFTON COLLEGE ADULT EDUCATION: June 2011 “From A Dream to A Book” 8 week course LISMORE COLLEGE ADULT EDUCATION: June 2011 “From A Dream to A Book” Workshop 1 day COFFS COAST COLLEGE ADULT EDUCATION: Aug 2011 “From A Dream to A Book” 8 weeks course WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF NURSING LECTURE: November 2011 “SEARCH FOR MOTHER” BASTYR UNIVERSITY SEATTLE: November 2011 “SEARCH FOR MOTHER” Lecture 2012: BELLINGEN READERS Performance “Trees” & WRITERS FESTIVAL: March 2012 Poetry WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING ONLINE LECTURER FACILITATOR: Macleay Valley “From A Dream to A Book” Fortnightly Writers Group FACILITATOR: Coffs Coast “From A Dream to A Book” Fortnightly Writers Group Editing & Mentoring for local writers & writing projects Teaching, Organizing Administering “From Dreams to Books” Writers Group North Coast NSW Private Practice: Yoga teaching, Massage Practitioner, Speech Pathologist. Dorrigo Coffs Harbour Armidale Judge for Macleay Valley Community Writers Award “Every Cloud has a Silver Lining” 2013: WRITER IN RESIDENCE: Boise Idaho Jan –March 2013; El Morro New Mexico March – May 2013 including presentation of “From A Dream to A Book” Workshop 4 Chinle Arizona & Boise Idaho Jan-March completed biography of a Navajo Medicine Man “The Story Behind the Story”. Rough Rock Demonstration School Arizona: March 2013 Australian Indigenous Cultural Awareness Presentations & Writing Workshops. WRITING & RESEARCH: for project “One Voice Medicine: A Collection of Conversations North American, Central American and Australian Aboriginal Healers”. Broken Hill NSW- Barkanji Tribe, Pilbara Western Australia -Martu Tribe, Dakota US Lakota, Dakota, Sioux tribes, Guatemala Mayan Healers. 2014: “One Voice Medicine” ongoing research and writing Roma Western QLD & Brisbane QLD & Geraldton WA 2015: “Change It Up” Songwriters Syndicate Performance Opening Ceremony Reconciliation Week Geraldton QPT Theatre. “One Voice Medicine” ongoing research and writing Geraldton WA “From A Dream to A Book” Workshop Geraldton Regional Library Aug 27 & 28 “One Voice Medicine” Pitch Presentation Goodness Festival Geraldton Aug 20th “From A Dream to A Book” Workshop Geraldton City Hive Pollinators 5th Sept. MEDIA: Ashland Oregon: March 2010 Jefferson Public Radio “Search for Mother” CBN Oregon: Television Interview “Search for Mother” Grafton 2GF “A Country Mile” Programme May 2010 “Search for Mother” Maclean Village Radio “Search for Mother” May 2010 Sydney Radio Out There Programme July 2010 Byron Bay Radio July 2010 “Search for Mother” Bellingen Community Radio October 2011 “Search for Mother” ABC Radio Broken Hill July 2013 5