About Colleen

Let the beauty we love be what we do.
-Jalal Al-din Rumi

Colleen Russell considers herself a midwife to the soul.  She is an expert in guiding individuals through life transitions.  She has a Masters degree in Transpersonal Psychology and is trained and certified as a facilitator in Self-Esteem, Neuro Linguistics, Grief Counseling, Dream & Creativity Coaching, SoulCollage®, Storytelling, and the Creative and Expressive Arts.

She is currently in her third year of Body, Soul, Rhythm training, with Jungian Analyst and noted author, Marion Woodman. In the Fall of 2009, she will be published in an anthology entitled Overcomers, Inc. Stories of Hope, Inspiration, and Courage.

She has had a lifetime of experience in deep transitions. At eighteen, she became a single mother. She put herself through college and learned to work her way up from poverty to abundance. She married at age thirty, and became a widow at age thirty-five. Her journey through grief led her on a spiritual journey where she discovered her true self and her lifetime passion of helping others to move from adversity into their full potential.

In 1998, she and her second husband designed and directed a Transition and Leadership school for young adults.  They helped hundreds of families from all over the U.S. and Europe transition their young people into self-reliant adulthood.  In 2004, they created Soulore, which assists individuals and families through soulful life transitions using nature and creativity.

Colleen’s personal special passion is empowering women.  Quest4Wholeness.com is her latest creation, which offers support to women seeking to live balanced, creative, and meaningful lives.  Her coaching, workshops, and classes help women to discover their authentic selves through story, art, movement, and community.  She is available for speaking engagements. For more information, please contact her at (208)255-2290.