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
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“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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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