Universal Circle of Women About Us Page

About Us

Tina Thrussell Founder, Universal Circle of Women Tina Thrussell has been inspiring people to live with more purpose, passion, love and joy for the last six years as a guest speaker and learning facilitator at a broad range of events. Through Best U Can B Inc., the company she co-founded with her husband of nearly 25 years, L. Neil Thrussell, she gets to live the life of her dreams, working as a workshop developer and facilitator, a writer, a personal coach, a Nia teacher, a Passion Test facilitator and her personal favorite - a retreat experience host/facilitator. Tina has a reputation for being loving, gentle, and compassionate. She has a great love of nature and travelling (especially to India!) and brings her down-to-earth and honest attitude to everything she does. She has been on a spiritual journey for several years now and combines her spirituality with contagious enthusiasm and uplifting energy, to make all her presentations a unique growth experience. Tina was gifted with the vision for the Universal Circle of Women in July of 2009. She feels it was truly a gift from spirit, for she received a complete vision of the organization’s purpose and structure in less than an hour.
	It brings her immense pleasure to bring this vision to life andreality. She welcomes your feedback and questions about this new organization-in-development, the Universal Circle of Women. Please feel free to write to her at tina@universalcircleofwomen.com. For more information about Tina and her other programs visit www.bestucanb.ca and www.passiontest.ca.

Celeste A. Peters Website Designer and Advisory Group Member, Universal Circle of Women Celeste Peters took 52 years to discover what she really wanted to do when she grew up — design websites! Now, years later, she is running her very own website and graphic design company, Elegant Edge Website Design. Before that she wrote for and edited magazines and newspapers, did copywriting for large ad agencies, translated ancient Babylonian texts for publication, developed and taught courses in the History of the Ancient Near East and the History of Ancient Science at the University of Calgary, authored several books, directed the Calgary Multicultural Centre, managed WP Puppet Theater and served on the Board of Directors of several national and local not-for-profit organizations. Celeste is also a certified Conscious Relationship and Mind-Body Vibrance Coach. At least she's been thorough in her search for the perfect career!
	Today, fulfilled by following her passion and enjoying every moment of an ongoing spiritual quest, Celeste wishes to share with other women her love of life and any wisdom she has managed to accummulate over the years. Please feel free to write to her at celeste@universalcircleofwomen.com.

Susan Letourneau Advisory Group Member, Universal Circle of Women I spent the first 35 years of my life in the trenches, dealing with depression, marriage, divorce, births, deaths, suicides, single parenthood and some ill-fated years as the world’s worst accountant. Working through all of that with the help of my inner guidance resulted in my discovering my gift in life, which is the ability to assist others in connecting with their own inner guidance: to learn to work with, trust and rely on it. Since 1986, I have been using intuition, hypnosis and visualization to help women work through issues, traumas and obstacles in their lives so they can move forward with relief and inspiration. In recent years I have specialized in assisting women to find, articulate and live their higher purpose. This focus dovetails nicely with the emerging tidal wave of feminine energy which is poised to change the world in dramatic ways. By getting a grip on their bigger picture and defining their purpose in life, women can see where they fit into this incredibly exciting tidal wave. I share my insights through writing, private sessions and courses in
	uncovering life purpose and dream interpretation. For 13 years I kept my finger on the pulse of the rising tide of consciousness through facilitating a weekly breakfast meeting in Calgary. Synergy Breakfast featured speakers from around the world, reflecting the cutting edge in holistic health, metaphysics, spirituality and personal growth. It was not only enlightening, but it formed a community which was, for many years, a hub of holism in Calgary. It is now time for us to create community globally for which I believe the Universal Circle of Women can form a hub. I anticipate with excitement what we can accomplish in the world by coming together! You can find out more about me and my work at www.intentionalhealth.ca or you can email me at susan@intentionalhealth.ca

Patricia Morgan Advisory Group Member, Universal Circle of Women Patricia Morgan is an author and expert in helping strengthen personal resilience, particularly in women. She credits her own deepening to her poor rural beginnings and to her adopted daughter, Kelly. After years of family turmoil Patricia, with Kelly’s input, wrote *Love Her As She Is: Lessons from a Daughter Stolen by Addictions, which was featured on national media, including radio and television. Patricia has also authored dozens of articles and seven other books including From Woe to WOW: How Resilient Women Succeed at Work, She Said: A Tapestry of Women’s Quotes, Alberta Women Said: Wise Words by Wondrous Western Women, The Light Hearted Approach: 87 Ways to be an Upbeat Parent* and *Frantic Free: 167 Ways to Calm Down and Lighten Up*. With a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology Patricia’s keynotes and workshops offer practical how-to’s that decrease stress and miscommunication while increasing vitality and life satisfaction. She is
	described as fun, insightful and uplifting. Patricia, confidently affirms, “You’re stronger than you think. Patricia is pleased to be mother to three and grandmother to five. She was honored by Global TV and the Calgary YWCA as a Woman of Vision and believes in the empowering intention of the Universal Circle of Women. Learn more about Patricia and her work at: www.solutionsforresilience.com.

Our Hidden Treasures, Anonymous Members of the Universal Circle of Women Advisory Group There is a group of women who have been contributing their time, ideas, intuition, support and guidance to the Universal Circle of Women since its early stages of inception. They come from many walks of life and hold many different roles (from stay-at-home mom to shaman to personal coach to business professional) but they are similar in more ways than they are different. Each of these women holds great wisdom and a deep desire to have our society step into the nurturing feminine energy. They all have big, beautiful, loving hearts. They listen to Tina talk about her vision and put forth ideas to ensure we bring the vision to life in the best ways possible. They read countless emails and forms to monitor our progress and add their suggestions for improvement. They watch many DVDs and listen to many CDs, looking for inconsistencies, errors and ways to improve the material being presented in these audio/visual formats.
	Tina lovingly refers to these beautiful souls as the Advisory Group, and although some of them choose to remain faceless and nameless to the general public, they are appreciated as an integral part of the team that is bringing the Universal Circle of Women to life as a healthy, growing, vibrant community.

Our Supporters Both Celeste and Tina feel blessed to have life partners that are extremely supportive of their passion to share the Universal Circle of Women with the world. Without their encouragement, their understanding of the value of this work, their incredible technical support and photographic talents, this journey would be much more challenging.
Although this is an organization of women supporting women, we acknowledge and appreciate the men	who stand beside us, more supportive of the process and program than we could have ever asked them to be.

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