About the Contributing Authors... For a list of articles by each author, see the Index of Articles by Author.

Aburdene, Patricia
Patricia Aburdene is a world-renowned speaker, author, and architect of corporate transformation. Having won recognition as coauthor of the Megatrends books, Patricia embarked on new studies integrating business research and spirituality. She now inspires audiences with a concrete blueprint of how values, consciousness, and leadership will heal today’s economic crisis. Collectively, her books have sold more than 14 million copies worldwide. Her newest book Megatrends 2010: The Rise of Conscious Capitalism was published in September 2005, and is excerpted on our website. Patricia Aburdene's website is http://www.patriciaaburdene.com/

Agry, Bradford
Bradford Agry is a partner with CareerTeam Partners, a New York career management consulting firm which helps individuals proactively manage their careers. His firm’s website is www.careerteampartners.com . Contact him at BfordA@aol.com or 212-501-8045.

Allen, Stephanie West
Stephanie West Allen, JD, practiced law in California for several years, and has been a speaker and trainer since 1981. She is the author many articles on workplace issues for such publications as Lawyer Hiring and Training Report, Colorado Nurse, National Law Journal, and Denver Business Journal.  Stephanie coaches people in using the two Merry Maxims, WYTUG (What You Think Upon Grows) and LULU (Loosen Up, Lighten Up), to achieve health, wealth, creativity, and harmonized relationships. Read excerpts from her new book 24/7 This! The Merry Method to Accelerate Success at http://www.allen-nichols.com/success.cfm. Contact her at Stephanie@allen-nichols.com.

Barrett, Richard
Richard Barrett is a Fellow of the World Business Academy and the former Values Coordinator at the World Bank. An inspirational keynote speaker and workshop leader, he has inspired audiences of business leaders and community groups in more than fifteen countries on four continents. Richard has created an international consultancy practice and a global network of business consultants trained in carrying out cultural assessments and implementing cultural transformation using his Corporate Transformation Tools®. The scope of this work and details on the Corporate Transformation Tools® can be found at www.corptools.com, and in his book Liberating the Corporate Soul.  For more information contact Richard Barrett.

Bissonnette, Barbara A.
Barbara Bissonnette helps business people function more effectively by leveraging their natural strengths and eliminating self-defeating behavior patterns. A certified coach and Principal of Forward Motion Coaching (www.ForwardMotion.info), she is the author of The Personality of Business: Manage Your Style for Greater Success which is available at no charge through her Web site. She uses EnnaView coaching, which is based on the Enneagram, to help people capitalize on their inherent strengths and resolve the sub-conscious assumptions that keep them stuck. Prior to coaching, she spent more than 20 years in business, most recently as Vice President of Marketing & Sales for a privately held information services firm. For more details, visit www.ForwardMotion.info or call Barbara at 508/966-2165

Clarkson, Matt
Matt Clarkson has created a no cost e-course teaching simple meditation exercises for busy people. Each "Daily Meditation" is an exercise, inspirational message or tip to help you calm the mind and reduce stress. If your health is important to you, go here now:  http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/adtrack.asp?AdID=99259

Collins, Ted
Ted Collins is an attorney, corporate coach, and professional keynote speaker offering seminars and workshops on corporate values and strategies, goal achieving, change, and prosperity consciousness.  He may be reached via email at health_unlimited@hotmail.com, toll-free at 877-355-7439, or through his website at www.reachingthegoal.com.

Cortright, Susie Michelle
Susie Michelle Cortright is the author of "More Energy for Moms" and the publisher of Momscape.com--a website devoted to helping moms enjoy motherhood. Visit her at http://www.momscape.com. And click here to learn how you can join her exclusive community, devoted to personal growth for moms: http://www.momscape.com/energy

Delgado, Linda
Linda D. Delgado is a graduate of the University of Phoenix and a retired Sergeant from the Arizona Department of Public Safety. She is the recipient of the 2005 AMWA Literary Award for her book series, Islamic Rose Books. Linda is a publisher and the founder of a professional writers' organization, Islamic Writers Alliance. Visit  www.widad-lld.com  and www.MuslimWritersPublishing.com

Dunn, Susan ©
Susan Dunn, MA, Clinical Psychology, The EQ CoachT, http://www.susandunn.cc. Coaching, distance learning and ebooks around emotional intelligence for career, relationships, resilience (the skill for this decade), wellness, and personal and professional development. Training for managers and coaches to teach EQ - http://www.eqcoach.net. Mailto:sdunn@susandunn.cc for FREE eZines.  For free daily tips on how to develop your EQ, send blank email to EQ4U-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.

Eckert, Susan, MA, CCM, CPRW
Susan Eckert is a consultant, trainer and professional coach. Her website, http://www.advancecareerdevelopment.com  offers a free subscription to a monthly career management newsletter, e-books, articles and tips. An upcoming resource center will also feature e-courses. Visit her website or contact her at 800-824-6611 for more information about how ACPD can help you/your organization be more effective.

Finley, Guy
Guy Finley is Founder and Director of the Life of Learning Foundation, devoted to helping people realize their True Relationship with Life. His works have sold over a million copies worldwide and have been translated into twelve languages. His  program “Wisdom’s Way with Guy Finley” airs Sundays worldwide on Wisdom Television. For more information about Guy Finley and Life of Learning call (541) 476-1200 or visit http://www.guyfinley.com, and sign up to receive a free, weekly Key Lesson.

Fulton, Tim
Tim Fulton is a nationally recognized small business consultant and advocate. He has been involved in the field of Entrepreneurship for the past twenty years as a successful business owner, a small business counselor, and a university professor. He can be contacted at timfulton@hotmail.com .

Gatto, Patricia
Patricia Gatto and John De Angelis are the authors of MILTON'S DILEMMA, the tale of a lonely boy's magical journey to friendship and self-acceptance. As advocates for literacy and children's rights, the authors speak at schools and community events to foster awareness and provide children with a safe and healthy learning environment. For more information, please visit Joyful Productions at http://www.joyfulproductions.com

Goodier, Steve
Steve Goodier, Publisher@LifeSupportSystem, is a professional speaker, consultant and author of numerous books. He has become a global voice of inspiration.

Goodwin, Cathy
Cathy Goodwin, Ph.D. Author, Career Consultant, Speaker, can be reached at cathy@movinglady.com or 505-534-4294. Visit her website "When Career Freedom Means Business" at http://www.movinglady.com. For her Ezine: mailto:subscribe@movinglady.com.

Green, Daryl and Estraletta
Daryl and Estraletta Green, Performance Management & Logistics Associates (PMLA) owners, have presented workshops across the country and provide advice on making good decisions in life. For more information, visit them at http://www.darylandestraletta.com

Greider, William
Bill Greider, a prominent political journalist and author who is national affairs correspondent for The Nation, has been a reporter for more than 35 years. For 17 years he was the National Affairs Editor at Rolling Stone magazine. He is a former assistant managing editor at the Washington Post, where he worked for 15 years as a national correspondent, editor and columnist.  He also served as a correspondent for six Frontline documentaries on PBS. Author of the national bestsellers One World, Ready or Not, Secrets of the Temple and Who Will Tell The People, he persistently challenges mainstream thinking on economics.  His recent book The Soul of Capitalism: Opening Paths to A Moral Economy addresses the systemic mysteries and destructive aspects of American capitalism and explains demonstrates how people can achieve decisive influence to reform the system's structure and operating values. Visit his website at http://www.williamgreider.com/ 

Guillory, William A., PhD.
Born in the housing projects of New Orleans, Dr. Guillory went on to earn a doctorate degree in physical chemistry and publish over 100 articles on the topic. He served as Professor of Chemistry at Howard University in Washington DC, Drexel University in Philadelphia, and the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, where he became chairman of the department. In 1985 he left that field to found the Innovations International consulting firm and The Center for Creativity and Inquiry. He is the author of several books, including The Living Organization–Spirituality in the Workplace, which reveals how to access and more fully utilize such key elements of spirituality as wisdom, service, creativity, and passion to ensure your long term success and provides practical solutions for creating the "balanced integration" of work-life activities. His most recent book, Animal Kingdom: A Diversity Fable, is a sobering story about breaking the cycle of confrontation, retaliation, and revenge where four animal groups learn there is no solution without their coming together for the good of them all. His blog is http://www.where-to-now.com/ .

Ham, Nina, CPCC, LCSW
Nina Ham, CPCC, LCSW, principal of Success from the Inside Out, is a certified coach and a licensed psychotherapist. Her 6-week Career Quest program helps people gain the insights and tools to create work that’s right for them. Visit her website: www.SuccessfromtheInsideOut.com for details or to sign up for her free monthly e-zine; or email her at Nina@SuccessfromtheInsideOut.com. 

Haw, Chris
Chris Haw lives in an intentional community in Camden, New Jersey. He is a teacher at Sacred Heart Elementary School in Camden. You can reach him at chris@camdenhouse.org

Haynes, Charles C.
Charles C. Haynes is senior scholar at the First Amendment Center. He directs the center's First Amendment educational program in schools and addresses issues concerning religious liberty in American public life. He is the author of Religion in American History: What to Teach and How, winner of a 1990 Educational Press Award, and Finding Common Ground: A First Amendment Guide to Religion and Public Education. He is co-author of Religion in American Public Life: Living With Our Deepest Differences and Taking Religion Seriously Across the Curriculum. His weekly column on religious liberty appears in newspapers nationwide. Haynes holds a master's degree in religion and education from Harvard Divinity School and a doctorate in theological studies from Emory University.

Herman, Roger, and Gioia, Joyce
The Herman Group, Strategic Business Futurists. (800) 227-3566 or http://www.herman.net. Herman Trend Alerts are written by Roger Herman and Joyce Gioia, strategic business futurists, Certified Management Consultants, authors, and professional speakers. Comments are welcome; many are posted on the www.herman.net website. Archived Herman Trend Alerts can be viewed at http://www.hermangroup.com/archive.html.

Hitchens, Carl
Carl Hitchens is a Marine Vietnam veteran. He served with the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st  Marine Division in Vietnam 1968 - 1969.  His personal experience of war and social unrest has sharpened his awareness of what he feels are the underlying causes of successive generations entering a world that is violent and dangerous – a world that teaches by example and indoctrination the inevitability of war, and becomes its own self-fulfilling prophet.

Houghtaling, Alice
Alice Houghtaling is a member of the Society of Friends (Quaker), a trained labyrinth facilitator, a graduate of the Guild for Spiritual Guidance, and a graduate of Shalem Institute's Contemplative Group Leadership Program. She works full time as Office Manager and Manager of Accounts Payable for a local lumberyard in her community. She also leads contemplative prayer groups and contemplative retreats with various Protestant denominations and with a local Catholic retreat center.

Jarow, Rick
Rick Jarow, Ph.D., is a practicing alternative career counselor, and author of "Creating the Work You Love -- Courage, Commitment, and Career" (1995 Inner Traditions). Rick's seminars on Career & Soul have been given at Columbia University's Career Development seminar, Interface in Boston, the New York Open Center in New York City, Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, The Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York, and internationally in Canada, Italy, Germany, and Eastern Europe. For more information on Rick's seminars and tapes, please visit http://www.anticareer.com or e-mail soul@anticareer.com.

Kranc, Moshe
Moshe Kranc has worked in high-tech for over 25 years, with 15 years in management positions in both the United States and Israel. He holds 5 patents in areas related to pay television and computer security, lectures at the Jerusalem College of Technology, and has published numerous technical articles. Storytelling is part of Moshe’s heritage – family tradition has it that he is descended from Rabbi Jacob Kranc, the Magid of Dubno, an 18^th century itinerant preacher known as “the Jewish Aesop.” The Hasidic Masters' Guide to Management will be published by Devora Publishing in September 2004. For more, see http://www.hasidicmanagement.com

Ludeman, Kate and Erlandson, Eddie Erlandson
Kate Ludeman founded Worth Ethic Corporation in 1988. Her BS in engineering and PhD in psychology give her a unique approach when working with analytical, data-oriented executives. Former surgeon Eddie Erlandson draws on his knowledge of the physiological aspects of change to help thousands of people address issues in their work and personal lives. Kate Ludeman and Eddie Erlandson are married. They consult both individually and together, and live and work near Santa Barbara, California.

Maher, Barry
Barry Maher speaks, consults and writes on increasing productivity AND job satisfaction, as well as motivation, management and sales. Check out Barry Maher's great new book, No Lie: Truth Is the Ultimate Sales Tool at http://barrymaher.com/books.htm.  His book, Filling the Glass: The Skeptic's Guide to Positive Thinking in Business was cited by Today's Librarian magazine as "[One of] The Seven Essential Popular Business Books." Sign up for his free newsletter at www.barrymaher.com.

Marsala, Maria
Maria Marsala is an internationally known coach, author, and speaker. A former Wall Street trader and manager, she is the author of the ebook "Thinking of Starting a Business... Let's Talk About What's Next." Subscribe to her free ezine "S.I.M.P.L.E. Business Solutions Ezine" at http://www.coachmaria.com/

McLoughlin, Mike
Mike McLoughlin lives in Kelowna, BC, Canada. He is the founder of Youth With A Mission, Marketplace Mission, a ministry of YWAM (BC) Society Inc. He also looks after the business side of my wife's medical clinic. For the latest information on his journey of faith at work, visit his blog at http://blog.mike.mcloughlin.com/blog. For more about Mike, see http://blog.mike.mcloughlin.com/blog/_WebPages/MyProfile.html

Michaels, Ragini Elizabeth
Ragini Elizabeth Michaels is an Author, Therapist, and Trainer of Communication and Modeling Skills, specializing in Behavioral Change.  She has gained international recognition for her work and her reputation as a superb teacher, presenter, and the pioneering originator of Facticity® and Paradox Management.  She runs the Facticity® Wisdom School in Seattle, Washington and offers trainings and workshops in Paradox Management.  Write her at Ragini@facticity.com or visit her website at http://www.facticity.com

Miller, William C.
William C. Miller is Co-Founder of the Global Dharma Center. Its mission is to inspire and empower people from all walks of life to nurture a conscious relationship with the Source and essential nature of creation, so that every aspect of life, including work, is lived according to our inherent, spiritual nature. Learn more at http://www.globaldharma.org/index.html

Nero, Phil
Phil Nero is Communications Director for the Wisconsin Province of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and editor of Jesuit Journey. Previously, he was a metro reporter for the Milwaukee Journal for seven years after working on a number of newspapers in New York State.

Papegaaij, Bard and Michal
Bard & Michal Papegaaij are founders of the Australian-based Transgrowth International, a company creating added value by bringing spirit and inspiration into the corporate world and into people’s lives in general. Offering seminars and training programs as a vehicle for that purpose, they coach and promote leadership & empowerment; communication, cooperation & intra- and inter-relational skills; personal & cultural alignment; creativity, innovation and putting the “fun” back into “functional”. Bard & Michal embody and provide a unique blend of knowledge and experience ranging from the business world to different sciences, from spiritual practices and transformation to human potential development. They use these to teach, train and coach individuals, groups and organisations in re-aligning with their deepest inspirations, motivations and capabilities, and in conducting their lives and work accordingly, effecting profound changes with lasting results. Visit them at http://jupiter.dnsprotect.com/~transgro/index.html or contact them at info@transgrowth.com, or by telephone: +61 (0) 7 4157 3397.

Perry, M. LaVora
In 1995 author M. LaVora Perry became American Greetings'® first African-American greeting card writer. Since then, her words have appeared on gift items worldwide. She currently writes a column for "Friends for Peace"-- the children's section of the United States' leading Buddhist weekly, "The World Tribune." Visit her website http://www.fortunechildbooks.com to read additional commentaries and excerpts and reviews of her highly-praised illustrated children's book, Taneesha's Treasures of the Heart, which she wrote while remembering the time she and her classmate were bullied in elementary school. Today she tries to be courageous and caring like Taneesha.   Email: lavora@fortunechildbooks.com

Pio, Edwina
Edwina Pio, Ph.D, blends the intricacies if Management, Psychology and Spirituality in her teaching, writing and consultancy work on Organizational and Personal Transformation. She travels to Europe, India, the U.S.A. and New Zealand, where she enjoys leading people to the threshold of their minds. Currently she lives in New Zealand, where she teaches Management at the Auckland University of Technology.

Platt, Bill
Bill Platt owns The Phantom Writers. Do you need free content for your website or ezine? Our archives deliver more than 500 free-reprint articles available for your use. See http://content.thePhantomWriters.com . Do you write your own articles? Let us distribute them for you to our network of 6000+ publishers & webmasters http://thePhantomWriters.com/distribution

Proudlove, Teresa
Teresa Proudlove has been inspiring, supporting, and guiding over 3000 people upon their career and lifework paths for over twelve years - with compassion and heart. Teresa’s workshops offer a deeper understanding and respect for ourselves, for others, and for our career and lifework journey. Prior to that, this entrepreneurial woman owned, and successfully operated, two women's retail boutiques for ten years. For over twelve years, Teresa was a well-read newspaper columnist. Teresa invites you to visit her site yourlifework.com… "A spiritual, compassionate approach offering support, insight and inspiration upon your career, life and work path."

Rao, Vishal P.
Vishal P. Rao is the owner of http://www.home-based-business-opportunities.com, one of the Internet's leading websites dedicated to starting, managing and marketing a home-based business.

Rawls, Michael 
Michael Rawls is an electrical design engineer, a Freemason, father/stepdad of 8 and grandfather of 16 wonderful kids. His wife was his date to the Jr. Prom. Friday's Inspiration, which began as an email message to 8 individuals in his office in 1998, is a non-denominational "e-zine" with a different inspirational article published each week, appropriate for all, with a broad variety of practical and inspiring topics, based on common sense and sound philosophy. Please take a moment and visit Friday's Inspiration, and see if it is right for you! http://www.N-Spire.com

Rowley, Claudette, MSW, CPPC
Claudette Rowley, coach and author, helps professionals identify and pursue their true purpose and calling in life. Claudette is the co-author of the book A Guide to Getting It: A Clear, Compelling Vision, and produces the monthly ezine Insights for the Savvy. She is also a qualified Myers-Briggs Type Indicator facilitator. Contact her today for a complimentary consultation at 781-676-5633 or claudette@metavoice.org.  Sign up for her free newsletter "Insights for the Savvy" at http://www.metavoice.org.

Santana, Sally
Sally Santana writes a religion column for The Sun, out of Bremerton, WA. Since January 2003 her column has been carried by Scripps Howard News Service, and can be read all over the country. Contact Sally at sally.santana@wavecable.com Visit her website at http://home.wavecable.com/~sally.santana/index.html 

Schrift, Sandra
Sandra Schrift is a career telecoach to emerging and experienced speakers who want to get to the next level in their profession. Visit her on the web at: http://www.schrift.com to learn more about her Speakers University teleclasses. And, be sure to sign up for her great newsletter - Monday Morning Mindfulness!" Phone: 619-688-9467 or email Sandra@schrift.com

Scott, Julie Jordan
Julie Jordan Scott is a Success Coach, Writer, Speaker, Radio Host and Mom Extraordinaire who inspires people worldwide to live more passionate lives through her personal and group coaching, teleclasses, seminars and free ezines so that they can make more money, more time, better health and improved relationships as they live with passion everyday. Subscribe to DailyPassionActivator now via email: mailto:DailyPassionActivator-subscribe@Yahoogroups.com  or via the web at http://www.5passions.com/subpage.html

Sichel, Mark
Mark Sichel is a psychotherapist, consultant, and speaker on a broad range of issues related to family, mental health, and interpersonal problems. He is the editor and principal author of the award winning self-help website, www.psybersquare.com. For a more detailed guide to overcoming the panic brought on by dysfunctional family experiences, read Mark Sichel's new book, Healing From Family Rifts: Ten Steps to Finding Peace After Being Cut Off From a Family. For more information about this book visit the author's website: www.marksichel.com

Silver, Mark
Heart of Business™ Helping People in Small Business Make Both A Healthy Profit and A Real Difference. How do we do that? Free workbook available online: http://www.heartofbusiness.com "My vision here at Heart of Business, whether you are self-employed, own your business, or bring an entrepreneurial heart to your job at work, is that your business become a profitable, sustainable, beacon of generosity in the fabric of your community." mark@heartofbusiness.com 4074 NE 7th Avenue, Portland, OR 97212 (503) 282-3037

Staudenmaier, John
Fr. John Staudenmaier lives and works on the campus of The University of Detroit Mercy, where he both teaches and is Professor of History and Acting Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. He also edits Technology and Culture, the an international quarterly journal of the Society for the History of Technology. His writings include articles about interpreting the evolving historiography of technology and raising questions about how people use technologies in their search for integrity and intimacy even as they are influenced by those same technologies. For example, Technology's Storytellers: Reweaving the Human Fabric (MIT Press 1985, under contract for 2nd edition); "The Politics and Ethics of Engineering"; "Relating to Technologies as Moral Adults"; "Denying the Holy Dark: The Enlightenment and the European Mystical Tradition"; "Rationality vs Contingency in the History of Technology." For more about Fr. Staudenmaier, see http://www.udmercy.edu/faculty_pages/staudenmaier_sj/.

Toupin, Edward B.
Edward B. Toupin, Ph.D., is an author, publisher, life-strategy coach, counselor, Reiki Master and technical writer living in Las Vegas, NV. Among other things, he authors books, articles, and screenplays on topics ranging from career success through life organization and fulfillment. Check out some of his recent print and electronic books as well as his articles covering various life-changing topics. E-mail Edward: etoupin@toupin.com  website: http://www.toupin.com  or  http://www.authorsden.com/edwardbtoupin

Visser, Wayne
Wayne Visser is the author of Beyond Reasonable Greed: Why Sustainable Business is a Much Better Idea (with Clem Sunter, Human & Rousseau Tafelberg, 2002) and South Africa: Reasons to Believe (with Guy Lundy, Aardvark Press, 2003). He was formerly Director of Sustainability Services at KPMG in South Africa, where he consulted to multinationals on their social, environmental and ethical policies and practices. He is currently pursuing doctoral studies at the International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility, Nottingham University Business School, UK, on the relationship between the fundamental human motivation to seek meaning in life and individuals' involvement in Corporate Social Responsibility. Contact: wayne@waynevisser.com, www.waynevisser.com

Wagner, Patricia
Patricia Wagner offers informative tips on living a more energetic lifestyle at http://www.a-to-z-wellness.com  and through her free "A to Z Health Tips" newsletter. She is also an artist and you can view her original paintings at http://www.artbywagner.com. Contact Patricia at wagner.art@verizon.net