Awakening Business Solutions was birthed after I returned to USA from New Zealand in 2005.

During the twelve years I lived in New Zealand, I started a publishing company, self-published two books and ran a counseling practice. I lived in an intentional community, helped organize week long women's events and began facilitating team building and leadership training seminars for businesses. I began creating processes and programs to help people overcome obstacles to success.

I graduated from college with a BFA and ran a pottery business for seven years. It included manufacturing, retail and wholesale.

A few years later I helped my husband open a bicycle shop, and from him, I learned how to be a manager, buyer, marketer and money manager all in one.

I received my masters degree in counseling in 1984 and became a family therapist. While in New Zealand I began to work in the field  of professional development working with organizations, non-profits, and corporations, translating all I learned from working with families into the business model.  I also started a small publishing company and an art print business.

I began my present venture with the aim to help other small business owners with tools, strategies and processes to gain a clearer focus on how, what and where to focus in order to grow a prosperous business.

My newest venture is Awake Business Press. My first book, "Clear Your Focus, Grow Your Business" was published in April 2010.

I feel blessed that I have found my own passion and I love what I do. I want to help other's to do the same.

 

I now live in Portland, Oregon with my husband, Wayne and my little dog, Poppet.

Our mission is to empower you to develop a clear focused business, and as a result, fulfill your own promise of financial  success and purpose. We help you to strengthen your small business, so you can then in turn make a difference in your community.