Maria Hernandez, Lama Karma Chötso

WOMEN UNBOUND

Navigating Transitions Gracefully

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Through writing and conversation, Women Unbound explores life beyond the usual boundaries of age, career, belief system, or background. Five women, unknown to one another in the beginning, forged lasting relationships over two years and chose to share their individual stories through this book. The contributors - Lama Karma Chotso, Jennifer DiMarco, Maria Hernandez, Sarah Lewis, and Catherine Seo, PhD - show that with courage and kindness, communication and caring, our lives can be lived in a more genuine and loving way - together. "In this extraordinary collection, women from vastly different walks of life open their hearts and share the moments that changed them forever. Each essay is a window into transformation-through illness, relocation, career upheaval, and personal reinvention. These pages remind us that when women speak vulnerably and listen deeply, something remarkable happens." Rosemary Ravinal - TEDx Speaker, Author, Communications Coach "I kept saying Yes! and Yes! while reading these personal essays by four women confronting the challenges of dramatic change. The theme of difficulties precipitating opportunities for emotional, physical, spiritual growth reveals the connective tissue of their different experiences and deeply resonates with my own journey to discover what it means to live an authentic life." Jane Ellen Glasser - Award-winning Poet JEG: Selected Poems www.women-unbound.com

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Balboa Press
• Seitenzahl: 102
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 208g
• ISBN-13: 9798765264911
• Artikelnr.: 75344478

Autorenporträt

Achim Nowak is the author of 4 books on Personal Excellence, an executive coach to CEOs around the world, and host of the MY FOURTH ACT podcast. He holds 1-1 Business Think Tanks, "The Lisbon Sessions," for other entrepreneurs in the personal growth field. Achim's past includes a substantial career as a professional theatre director, training mediators in New York City public schools, and facilitating dialogues between Israeli, Palestinian, Egyptian and Jordanian teenagers for Seeds of Peace. Achim's entire adult life has been informed by an interest in esoteric spirituality. His writing has been awarded a PEN Syndicated Fiction Award. Additionally, Achim is a 2024 MacDowell Fellow, a 2024 Ucross Fellow, and a 2024 DeWitt Wallace/Readers Digest Fellow for his writing Achim is German. He spent most of his adult life in the United States. He now resides in Setubal/Portugal. Catherine Seo, PhD, is an educator, filmmaker, and passionate advocate for those living with lipedema and related chronic conditions. She is the founder of Lipedema Simplified and the Lipedema Project, initiatives that blend cutting-edge research with heartfelt community support. With a background in media, psychology, and education, Catherine brings a unique lens to her work-one that centers empowerment, compassion, and the healing power of connection. Her journey, both personal and professional, is a testament to resilience and the transformative potential of shared stories. Through her work, Catherine continues to create spaces where individuals feel seen, supported, and inspired to reclaim their health and their voice. Maria Hernandez is an accomplished technology executive and innovation thought leader. With a diverse career spanning corporate giants, startups, and her own consulting firm, Maria has consistently championed forward-thinking technology solutions. She served as Chief Innovation Officer for IBM Latin America and has brought her visionary and innovation expertise to organizations across multiple industries. She is deeply committed to developing and advancing women leaders co-founding a non-profit for Latinas in corporate America and establishing a women-in-tech community at a healthcare startup. She mentors women in leadership programs, has served on several advisor boards, and been a frequent speaker at conferences. Maria was born in Cuba and immigrated to the United States at a young age. She grew up in New York and now lives in South Florida. Lama Karma Chötso began to study and practice the Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism in March 1982 after meeting Kalu Rinpoche in New York City. Four years later he ordained her as a novice nun; Lama Karma Chötso then entered the three-year, three-month secluded meditation retreat at the monastery in upstate New York. She completed the retreat in 1990 after which she traveled on pilgrimage numerous times in India, Nepal and Tibet. Having relocated to South Florida in 1996, Lama Karma Chötso founded the first Dharma center of the Kagyu Lineage in the state. Seven years later she purchased a property in Miami where the center was relocated. There, the sangha built four 12-foot Tibetan stupas that were consecrated in December 2012. Lama Karma Chötso has lectured and taught in venues such as Sunshine Cathedral, St. Thomas University, Barry University, Florida International University, Wonderwell Retreat (NH), Nalanda West, and overseas in Peru and the Bahamas. She was a member of the Board of Directors of Interfaith Council of Greater Hollywood, serving as President for one year; volunteered as a Professional Volunteer Chaplain for Hospice Care of Broward County; and taught meditation and Tai Qi to the inmates at Broward Correctional Facility. In Peru, where she visits annually, the sangha has built a fifty-foot stupa in an area east of the Andes called 'la selva' or jungle. Lama Karma Chötso's book of poetry, Dances of Dreams, was published in 2007. After retiring from teaching in the U.S. in 2023, Lama Karma Chötso relocated to Kent, Washington where she lives near her family with her dog, Sengay, and two cats, Travieso and Nefertiti. Jennifer DiMarco is a leader in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry with over thirty years of experience. She began her career as a bench chemist, obtained an MBA as she moved into sales and marketing and, over the last twenty years, focused on the quality and compliance disciplines within the industry where she earned a second Master's degree in Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs. Her experience spans ten top pharma companies, startup biotech companies and starting her own consulting business. Being of service to others is Jen's passion. She's built houses and playgrounds, feed the hungry, raised money and was a founding member of the Philadelphia chapter of Survivors of Suicide. Regardless of the situation, be it as a mentor in business or the various volunteerism activities throughout her life for the social causes in which she believes, her personal mantra is "Leave it better than I found it." Jen loves to travel, experiencing all that life has to offer and strives to master the art of learning from missteps. She is originally from the suburbs of Philadelphia and spent a decade living and working in Boston. She and her husband Michael traded in city life for the Spanish moss draped trees on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Sarah Lewis: As the cover artist of the book, creativity has always been at the forefront in Sarah's interests. Painting, crafting, and sewing help keep her centered but her favorite project was creating Cards Against Urbanity with a close friend. The "cardsplanations" (definitions and instructions) have been used by colleges as an urban design teaching tool. Sarah was born in Great Britain and moved to the U.S. with her family when she was thirteen. She received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Tennessee. Sarah moved to Washington D.C. in 1988 to live the city lifestyle and work as an urban designer in the private sector for over twenty-five years. She moved to New England in 2015 and now has a second career as a public sector planner in the Boston area. She and John are happily married, living the country life in the Quiet Corner of Connecticut, and constantly talking about retiring to the coast of Maine.