The 40th Annual
SSF-IIIHS Int’l Conference

Speakers Directory

C1 = Conference 1  •  CW = College Week  •  C2 = Conference 2  •  Sx = Session x
LL = Lunch & Learn

Elissa Al-Chokhachy

ELISSA AL-CHOKHACHY, MA, RN, FT

Hospice nurse, thanatologist, health care counsellor, author of four books to help with loss and grief, including Miraculous Moments: True Stories Affirming That Life Goes On and Our Children Live On: Miraculous Moments for the Bereaved

www.miraculousmoments.com

CW-S8b

Dr. Robert W. Alcorn

ROBERT W. ALCORN, MD

Ohio psychiatrist; author of Healing Stories; Medical Director of Alternative Paths, Inc., a community mental health centre; incorporates hands-on subtle energy treatments and shamanic interventions, including soul retrieval, divination, and removal of intruding earthbound spirits and other entities

www.dralcorn.us

CW-S10a

Dr. Eben Alexander

EBEN ALEXANDER III, MD

Author of Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Afterlife, documenting his 2008 near-death-experience, and the insights it fostered; Chairman of Eternea, a non-profit organization furthering the awareness of eternal existence

www.ebenalexander.com

CW-S6b; CW-S7a

Shams Al Habib

SHAMS AL HABIB

Contemporary practitioner of traditional healing arts; Cairo native; blends Sufi principles with Pranic Energy Healing, Rokia, Reiki, and Feng Shui in what she calls “Baraka”; accomplished musician in the field of classical Middle-Eastern spiritual music

www.barakahealing.com

C1-S3 (Prelude); CW-S8 (Prelude); CW-S9 (Prelude); CW-S12d; CW-S14d (Prelude)

Dr. P.M.H. Atwater

P.M.H. ATWATER, LHD, PhD (Hon.)

An original NDE researcher & author of ten books, including Near-Death Experiences: The Rest of the Story and Children of the Fifth World: A Guide to the Coming Changes in Human Consciousness

www.pmhatwater.com

C1-S6; CW-S1a

Judy Bachrach

JUDY BACHRACH

Investigative journalist; contributing editor at Vanity Fair; professor of journalism at John Cabot University in Rome, Italy; author of Glimpsing Heaven: The Stories and Science of Life After Death

www.judybachrach.com

C1-S3; CW-S5b

Sri Dr. Madan Bali

SRI MADAN BALI, PhD

Master teacher and scholar in the Vedanta tradition of India; expert in the therapeutic applications of yoga in healing; pioneer in scientific research on yoga as a therapy

www.yogabliss.ca

C1-S2 (Prelude); CW-S5d; CW-S7 (LL)

David Barcos

DAVID BARCOS

Spanish NLP therapist and musician with more than 20 years experience working with individuals as well as with renowned international corporations

davidbarcos.com

C2-S4a

Dr. Fadel Behman

FADEL BEHMAN, PhD, MSc

Insightful retired medical researcher in oncology, working in consciousness studies, psychic research, and holistic Cranio-Sacral technique for energetic wellness

www.4energies.org

CW-S14; C2-S7

Roland Bérard

ROLAND BÉRARD

Reiki master teacher; graduate of the Barbara Brennan School of Healing basic and advanced training; certified Hakomi therapist/trainer; Core Energetics practitioner; holds an advanced certificate in EFT

www.rolandberard.com

CW-S12c

Dr. Sonal Bhatt (Ayurveda)

SONAL BHATT, MD (Ayurveda)

Ayurvedic physician (graduate of India’s Jamnagar Ayurvedic University); registered nutritional consultant from CSNN, Toronto; Ayurvedic consultant and Panchkarma specialist

www.ayurvedafortotalhealth.com

C2-S6a

Dr. Zacciah Blackburn

ZACCIAH BLACKBURN, PhD

Gifted intuitive, teacher, sacred sound channel, and master sound healer; director of the Center of Light Institute of Sound Healing and Shamanic Studies; co-founder/director, World Sound Healing Network, and the All One Now Network; trained in classical healing and shamanic traditions

thecenteroflight.netwww.sunreed.com

C2-S2a; C2-S4d

Dawn Bramadat

DAWN BRAMADAT

Practices Noetic Bodywork, a combination of the Medicine Wheel tradition of Turtle Island and the 5 Element Cycle of oriental medicine; Dawn and her family are guardians of Heartroot Farm, a retreat centre in the Appalachians of Quebec

www.heartroot.comwww.dawnbramadat.wordpress.com

C2-S3c

Dr. Raquel Cachafeiro Gil

RAQUEL CACHAFEIRO GIL, PhD

Spanish plant-morphology expert with a diploma in organic gardening from Emerson College; author of The Apple Tree Spirit and The Christmas Pixie, along with many other works in Spanish

raquelcachafeiro.com

CW-S11d

Rabbi Dr. David Cadoch

RABBI DAVID CADOCH, PhD

Spiritual leader of the Beth HaRambam Synagogue and Donald Berman Maimonides Geriatric Hospital; originally from Rabat, Morocco; presently completing a professional certification in Clinical Pastoral Education

 

CW-S8a

Dr. Susan Campbell-Fournel

SUSAN CAMPBELL-FOURNEL, PhD, MEd

Educational psychologist; certified L.E.A.N. health educator and coach with 30+ years’ experience working with individuals and families; the focus of her research and work is the link between nutrition, health, and behaviour

www.eastwestqi.com

CW-S1 (LL); CW-S4 (LL); CW-S5d; CW-S10 (LL);
CW-S13 (LL)

Dr. Effie Chow

EFFIE CHOW, PhD

World-renowned Qigong Grandmaster energy healer, acupuncturist, author, international speaker, humanitarian, futurist, and visionary; East West Academy of Healing Arts founder; appointed by President Clinton to the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy

www.eastwestqi.com

C1-S6; CW-S3c; CW-S4c

Dr. Anthony Cicoria

ANTHONY CICORIA, MD

Orthopaedics specialist at Chenango Memorial Hospital, Norwich, NY, who developed a sudden musical interest and aptitude after being struck by lightning; composing and playing piano are now intrinsic parts of his life

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Cicoria

C1-S1

Bishop Dr. Kevin Daniels

BISHOP KEVIN DANIELS, DMin, EdD

Pastor of St. Martin Church of Christ, Baltimore, MD; Social Work professor at Morgan State University; focusses on “Moving from Healing to Wholeness”

www.stmartinscoc.org

C2-S1b

Rev. Tom Doiron

REV. TOM DOIRON

Ordained spiritual minister and intuitive development teacher; longtime SSF member; intuitive from childhood, and now a working psychic/medium with an international following

 

CW-S10c

Helen Folsom

HELEN FOLSOM, MA, CHT

Master of Music; spent 28 years as a telecom-industry computer programmer and project manager; worked as a Production Editor for CeciBooks; author of three children’s books under the name Amanda Lorenzo, including Runt Farm, a Moonbeam gold-medal winner; certified hypnotherapist

 

C1-S2; CW-S5a

Rev. Irène Gareau

REV. IRÈNE GAREAU

Internationally-known medium (Modern Spiritualist tradition) & spiritual healer; specializes in the art of providing evidence of life after death; now a qualified “médium-visagiste”

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-5KURPt_nM

CW-S3c; CW-S3 (Postlude); CW-S12b

Dr. Amit Goswami

AMIT GOSWAMI, PhD

Theoretical quantum physicist and “Science Within Consciousness” pioneer; author of The Self-Aware Universe as well as Quantum Creativity: Think Quantum, Be Creative; subject of the award-winning documentary, The Quantum Activist

www.amitgoswami.org

C1-S4; CW-S3a

Paula Guia

PAULA GUIA

Gifted Spanish-Canadian medium, clairvoyant, Tarot reader, and teacher; studied in Mexico, the UK, as well as Montreal (at the SSF-IIIHS); dedicated to helping others embrace their divine gifts of communication with the spirit world

paulaguia.zyro.com

CW-S6 (Postlude); CW-S8d; CW-S13 (Prelude); C2-S1 (Postlude)

Fujiaolian Shadia Habib

FUJIAOLIAN SHADIA HABIB

Certified Traditional Martial & Internal Arts & Energy Medicine instructor; certified Chinese Naturopath; certified in Tui Na Chinese Medical Massage; Craniosacral Therapy instructor; homeopath; and Reiki Master

www.sshsatori.com

C1-S5; CW-S13a

Dr. Francis Han

FRANCIS HAN, PhD

Scholar in comparative religion; of Buddhist, Confucist, and Catholic Christian origins; his grandfather was a Korean Buddhist priest and folk doctor

 

C2-S6

Shaykh Abdul Haqq

SHAYKH ABDUL HAQQ

Naqshbandi-Sufi leader and scholar; strives to lessen the gap between the “authentic self” and our actual thoughts/actions, and to harmonize outer life with inner highest aspirations

 

CW-S8a

Dr. Joyce Hawkes

JOYCE WHITELEY HAWKES, PhD

Biophysicist; author of Cell-Level Healing: The Bridge from Soul to Cell; engaged in research on the consciousness/body interface, and a practical means of connecting the two for health and vitality

www.celllevelhealing.com

C1-S2; CW-S3c; CW-S5a

Dr. R. Craig Hogan

R. CRAIG HOGAN, PhD

Author of Your Eternal Self; co-author of Induced After-Death Communication: A New Therapy for Healing Grief and Trauma and Guided Afterlife Connections: They Come to Change Lives; editor of Afterlife Communication: 16 Proven Methods, 85 True Accounts and New Developments in Afterlife Communication

www.youreternalself.com

C1-S4; CW-S2b

Doreya Karim

DOREYA KARIM

Certified Building Biology Practitioner, BioGeometry instructor; degrees in both Psychology and Graphic Design; awarded a certificate of merit from the Swiss government for her participation in the Electrosmog balancing solution in Hemberg and Hirschberg; general manager, BioGeometry Canada

www.biogeometry.com

C1-S5

Rev. Dr. Barry King

REV. BARRY KING, PhD

Co-founder, president, and senior minister of the PEI Interfaith Ministry; spiritual counsellor, spiritual medium, spiritual healer, and spiritual director; Reiki Master; registered naturotherapist

www.revbarryking.ca

C1-S2 (Postlude); C2-S5a

Dr. Uma Krishnamurthy

UMA KRISHNAMURTHY, MD

Psychiatrist (India); researcher in healing, yoga psychology, and transformation of emotions; trained in classical Indian dance (Bharatiya Vidya/Bharatanatyam)

 

CW-S6a

Frances Kucharsky

FRANCES KUCHARSKY, MA

Holistic, eclectic, and pragmatic psychotherapist trained in spiritual healing, body/mind modalities, Adlerian Therapy, and Energy Psychology, amongst others; recently completed training with Rochelle Wright, the creator of Guided Afterlife Connections

griefhealingmontreal.com

CW-S7c

Rev. Mikel Lizarralde

REV. MIKEL LIZARRALDE

Esteemed Spanish medium, clairvoyant, and tarot reader; trained at SSF-IIIHS, and British Spiritualists National Union; founder of IZARPE; coordinator of ADOSTU, a non-profit organization that helps bring peace to parents who have lost a child

www.mikellizarralde.eswww.izarpe.org

CW-S7 (Prelude); CW-S12 (Postlude); CW-S13c;
C2-S1 (Postlude)

Dr. Constant Madon

CONSTANT A. MADON, PhD

Retired professor, broker, and government bond trader, now focussing his talents on energy work and the body-mind-spirit connection that brings together the physical and spiritual worlds in a whole, seamless process; co-author of Magical Encounters

 

C2-S5b

Barbara Mainguy

BARBARA MAINGUY, MFA, MA

Creative arts psychotherapist and student of Native American spirituality, with a background in art, philosophy, and psychology; creative arts and education director for the Coyote Institute; co-author of the newly released Remapping Your Mind: The Neuroscience of Self-Transformation through Story

 

C2-S2b; C2-S6b

Dr. Emily Markides

EMILY MARKIDES, PhD

Sociologist committed to issues of personal, social, and global change, spirituality, peace, and ecological sustainability; founder of the International EcoPeace Village in her native Cyprus; professor at the U. of Maine, in Orono, ME; founder of ESTIA, The International EcoPeace Community

estiamaine.org

CW-S11a

Dr. Kyriacos Markides

KYRIACOS MARKIDES, PhD

Sociology professor, U. of Maine, in Orono, ME; prolific and popular author of nine books, many of which explore Christian mystics, spiritual guides, and elders of Eastern Christianity; his latest book is Inner River: A Pilgrimage to the Heart of Christian Spirituality

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyriacos_C._Markides

CW-S12a

Anadi Martel

ANADI MARTEL

Physicist; president of the International Light Association, a collective of professionals involved in the therapeutic applications of light; his Spatial Sound Processors have been used by organizations as diverse as NASA and IMAX; he holds patents in the field of Light Modulation and in LED-based design

www.international-light-association.org

C1-S3; CW-S13b

Brooke Medicine Eagle

BROOKE MEDICINE EAGLE

Native Earthkeeper, Earth wisdom teacher, visionary, sacred ecologist, songwriter, harmonist, recording artist, and catalyst for wholeness; author of Buffalo Woman Comes Singing, among others

www.medicineeagle.com

C2-S1 (Prelude); C2-S1a; C2-S3a

Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona

LEWIS MEHL-MADRONA, MD, PhD

Family physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, and student of Native American spirituality; author of Coyote Medicine; Coyote Healing; Coyote Wisdom, and Narrative Medicine: The Use of History and Story in the Healing Process; co-author of Remapping Your Mind: The Neuroscience of Self-Transformation through Story

 

C2-S2b; C2-S6b

Dr. Raymond Moody

RAYMOND MOODY, MD, PhD

Celebrated psychiatrist; scholar in classical antiquities; author of Life After Life, and many others in the field of Near-Death-Experiences; distinguished Senior Fellow of the IIIHS

www.lifeafterlife.com

C1-S3; CW-S3c; CW-S5c

Dr. Adhi Moonien Two-Owls

ADHI MOONIEN TWO-OWLS, PhD

Family physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, and student of Native American spirituality; author of Coyote Medicine; Coyote Healing; Coyote Wisdom, and Narrative Medicine: The Use of History and Story in the Healing Process; co-author of Remapping Your Mind: The Neuroscience of Self-Transformation through Story

thenewglobalshaman.com

C2-S3d; C2-S5c

Dr. Judith K. Moore

JUDITH K. MOORE, PhD

Multi-dimensional conscious trance medium and spiritual teacher; oracle for the Records of Creation; author of A New Formula for Creation; Crop Circles Revealed; and others; travels globally to open the heart bridge and activate the living hologram of the New Earth

www.recordsofcreation.com

CW-S10d; C2-S4c

Dr. Sean David Morton

SEAN DAVID MORTON, PhD

TV & film investigative reporter and “UFO contactee researcher”; once an advisor to a Star Trek production; dubbed “America’s Prophet” for his accurate predictions of world events; author of Sands of Time

www.strangeuniverseradio.com

C2-S1c; C2-S3b

Dr. Mathole Motshekga

MATHOLE MOTSHEKGA, LLD

South African politician, lawyer, and lecturer; specialist in African governance (local and traditional), philosophy, culture, religion, and human rights; attorney of the Supreme Court of South Africa; founder of the Kara Heritage Institute

www.whoswhosa.co.za/mathole-motshekga-3291

CW-S2a; CW-S4b

Aurora Murillo Gonzalez

AURORA MURILLO GONZALEZ

Spanish psychologist and psychotherapist; practitioner/instructor of ThetaHealing® Basic DNA, Advanced DNA, and Manifesting and Abundance seminars; Homeospagyria specialist (Heliosar Spagyrica) and expert in vocational guidance; Reiki Master

 

C2-S2c

Dr. Hal Myers

HAL MYERS, PhD

Co-founder and president of Thought Technology Ltd; conceptualized and designed all Thought Technology products; his doctorate and post-doctoral research involved using biofeedback to control pain in general, and then specifically for Angina Pectoris

www.thoughttechnology.com

CW-S9c

Karen Newell

KAREN NEWELL

Co-founder of Sacred Acoustics™, specializing in revolutionary brain entrainment audio meditations; researches many forms of acoustic enhancement for attaining altered states of awareness

www.sacredacoustics.com

CW-S7a

Mayte Padrón

MAYTE PADRÓN

Spanish mystic, teacher, and spiritual healer; professional astrologer; specializes in angelic communication and consciousness studies

www.laluciernagamayte.com

CW-S10b

Paul Perry

PAUL PERRY

Co-author of four New York Times best-sellers: Evidence of the Afterlife; Closer to the Light; Transformed by the Light; and Saved by the Light; documentary filmmaker whose films include Jesus: The Lost Years; Jesus in Egypt; Afterlife; Dali’s Greatest Secret, and more; Paul was recently Knighted in Portugal for his work

www.paulperryproductions.com

C1-S6; CW-S3c; CW-S6c

Dr. Michael Pyfrom

MICHAEL PYFROM, DC, RYT

Bahamian chiropractor and certified Yoga instructor; integrates the ancient wisdom of healing with the modern science of chiropractic; his mission is to bring more simplicity and less distortion into people’s lives so they are better able to tune into their own divinity

www.bahamasfamilychiropractic.com

CW-S13d

Dr. Lilly Rahmann

LILLY RAHMANN, PhD

Certified gemologist; Quantum Medicine specialist and Quantum Touch certified instructor; now makes her own line of Aïsh 100% natural beauty and healing products; expert on body detox techniques using natural minerals; author of Crystals Healing

www.lillyrahmann.comwww.lillycrystalhealing.com

C1-S2; CW-S1 (LL); CW-S2c; CW-S4 (LL); CW-S10 (LL);
CW-S11c; CW-S13 (LL);

Dr. Cairo Rocha

CAIRO P. ROCHA, PhD, OMD

Brazilian-born acupuncturist; doctor of Oriental Medicine; researches co-related natural healing therapies; author of Anger Goes Up, Fear Goes Down: Emotions and the Hidden Link

www.cairorocha.com

C1-S3; CW-S7b

Dr. Marilyn Rossner

MARILYN ROSSNER, EdD, PhD

SSF founder/president; IIIHS co-founder and executive vice president; retired professor of special care counselling; award-winning children’s behaviour therapist; yoga therapist trained by Swami Vishnu Devananda; world-renowned intuitive; interfaith minister; IIIHS Conference organizer

www.iiihs.org

C1-S4 (Option); CW-S3c; CW-S9 (Postlude); C2-S1 (Postlude)

Dr. Norman Shealy

NORMAN SHEALY, MD, PhD

“Father of Holistic Medicine”; founder and CEO of the National Institute of Holistic Medicine; Professor Emeritus of Energy Medicine, Holos University Graduate Seminary; Tiwehkt, Native American Church of Nemenhah

normshealy.com

CW-S9a

Freddy Silva

FREDDY SILVA

Independent researcher of ancient systems of knowledge, alternative history, and earth mysteries; best-selling author of The Lost Art of Resurrection; The Divine Blueprint; First Templar Nation; and Secrets in the Fields: The Science and Mysticism of Crop Circles

www.invisibletemple.com

C1-S2

Dr. Stephen Sinatra

STEPHEN T. SINATRA, MD

Cardiologist; Ass’t Clinical Prof. of Medicine (U. of Connecticut); bioenergetic psychotherapist; nutrition/anti-aging specialist; integrates psychological-nutraceutical-electroceutical therapies; author (with Jonny Bowden) of The Great Cholesterol Myth

www.drsinatra.comwww.heartmdinstitute.com

CW-S3b; CW-S4a

Dr. Barbara Stone

BARBARA STONE, PhD

Psychotherapist; professor at Energy Medicine University; developer of Soul Detective® Protocols to help energy therapists resolve the spiritual aspects of their clients’ emotional problems; author of Invisible Roots: How Healing Past Life Trauma Can Liberate Your Present and Transforming Fear into Gold

www.souldetective.net

CW-S9b; CW-S10a

Dr. Mary Swaine

MARY SWAINE, PhD, ND, PMIAC

Naturopath; certified psychotherapist; colour and sound therapist; herbal therapist; massage therapist; hypnotherapist; reflexologist; creative therapist; intuitive radionician

www.energetiqueintuitive.com

C2-S4b

Dr. Elaine Valdov

ELAINE VALDOV, PhD

NYC psychotherapist; peace and human rights activist; president of Int’l Young Leaders Vision Summits, Yogis Beyond Borders, and Int’l Peace Ambassadors; former chair of the Executive Committee of Non Government Organizations Affiliated with the United Nations DPI, and the UN NGO University for Peace Committee

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_Valdov

CW-S1d

Sifu Julien Valiquette

SIFU JULIEN VALIQUETTE

Certified Traditional Martial & Internal Arts Master; certified Chinese Naturopath; certified in Tui Na Chinese Medical Massage; spiritual music composer, singer, and songwriter

www.montrealtaichi.com

C1-S5; CW-S13a

Craig Sim Webb

CRAIG SIM WEBB

Speaker/trainer on Applied Dreaming, practical psychology, conflict resolution, biofeedback, and optimal mind-body wellness; Exec. Dir., DREAMS Foundation; designed lucid-dreaming induction device and techniques at Stanford University’s renowned dream research facility in Stanford, CA

www.craigwebb.cawww.edutainer.ca

C1-S1 (Postlude); CW-S8c; CW-S11b; CW-S12 (Prelude)

Selina WhiteEagle Grant

SELINA WHITEEAGLE GRANT

Soul Healer; Ceremonial Bundle Keeper; EarthKeeper; supports remembrance of one’s Divine purpose and sacred gifts carried within; Eastern Woodlands Metis of the Wabanaki People — “The People of the Dawn,” from Nova Scotia, Canada

www.grandmothersmedicinelodge.com

C2-S6d

Venerable Dhyani Ywahoo

VENERABLE DHYANI YWAHOO

Chief of the Green Mountain Ani Yun Wiwa (Cherokee); founder/spiritual director of Sunray Meditation Society and Sunray Peace Village in Lincoln, VT; founder of the Vajra Dakini Nunnery, a contemplative residential community; trains peacemakers and designs effective methods of reconciliation

www.sunray.org

C1-S5; CW-S1B

Desda Zuckerman

DESDA ZUCKERMAN

Dynamic Californian healer, speaker, writer, and teacher; author of Your Sacred Anatomy; creator of CoreIndividuation™, a new paradigm for transformational change based on the subtle energies of the Human Structure

www.yoursacredanatomy.com

C1-S1; CW-S1C

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