1. VALERIE ALBRECHT M: 0406052339
E: valerieyoga@optusnet.com.au
www.theoceansofenergy.com
ABN: 12438306361
OCCUPATION: Author, Biographer Story Healing, Western Eastern Health Practitioner
& Educator, Holistic Speech Pathologist.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor Speech Therapy University of Qld 1977
Fine Arts Diploma East Sydney Technical College 1982
Master of Arts Writing University Western Sydney subject work completing
Diploma Yoga Teaching Sydney 2002 Diploma Massage Therapy Sydney 2003
Certificate Hypno-Therapy U.S. 2008
PUBLICATIONS:
FREE EXPRESSION: October 1995 Prose piece “Under A Blue Sky”
POETRIX: May 1996 Western Women Writers Poem “Encore”
RAZOR: November 1996 Magazine Shape Shifter Publications Poem “Sexy Words”
LINQ Volume 23 No 2 1996 James Cook University Qld. Prose “Twenty Past Six”
THE PERFECT DIARY: 1997 Big Stick Productions Poem “Sexy Words”
FEMINIST & EXPERIMENTAL WRITERS: 1999 Commended in the FAW National Literary Awards
Prose Land Scapes Body Scapes Poem “A Passionata”
INTERNATIONAL WOMENS YEAR: 1999 Poem in Australian Women Writers’ Travelling Exhibition to
China
WRITERS OF THE ALGARVE ANTHOLOGY: 2008 Excerpt “Search for Mother”
“SEARCH FOR MOTHER” 2010 publisher Inkwell Publications Arizona US Book
“MOTHER JOURNALING” 2015 publisher Balboa Press div. Hay House. Companion Book & Text for
Honoured Birth my accredited Course with Australian College Midwifery
THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY” publ. Austin McCauley U.K. 2016 Biography Navajo Medicine Man
ABC OPEN WRITER 2016:
https://open.abc.net.au/explore/143381
https://open.abc.net.au/explore/143380
https://open.abc.net.au/explore/143379
https://open.abc.net.au/explore/143377
READINGS & BOOK TOURS:
GLEEBOOKS: 1998 Event
DARLINGHURST CAFÉ: 1999 Feminist & Experimental Writers Poetry Performance
VARUNA WRITERS CENTRE: Blue Mountains 2001 Celebrating 10 Years of Life Stories
ALFACULTURA SOCIETY AUTHORS PORTUGAL: 2008 Reading &radio “Search for Mother”
RIVERSIDE BOOKS MACLEAN: May 2010: Australian Launch
LISMORE WORLD FAIR TRADE EVENT: May 2010 Signing
COLLINS BOOKS GRAFTON: May 2010
SYDNEY MIND BODY SPIRIT EXPO: May 2010
NEW YORK BOOK EXPO: May 2010
DALTONS BOOKS CANBERRA: June 2010
BOOKWORMS & PAPERMITES BOOKSTORE BANGALOW NSW July 10
YAMBA BOOKSTORE: October 2010 Signing
EAST WEST BOOKSTORE SEATTLE: Feb 2011 Reading & Signing
BELLINGEN LIBRARY: Oct 2011 Reading & Signing
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2. US Book tour “Search for Mother”: Feb-April 2010
Scottsdale AZ Reading & Signing
Phoenix AZ Signing
Sedona Signing
Jerome AZ Signing
Phoenix City Police Event Angels on Patrol Signing
Houston Texas Bookstore reading & Signing
California Village Books Mt Shasta reading & signing
Portland Oregon National Librarians Conference Signing
Medford Oregon Public Library: Reading & Signing
University of Washington Seattle Signing
Oregon Books by the Bay Bookshop Reading & Signing
Phoenix AZ South West healing Place Reading & Signing
US Book Tour “Search for Mother”: February 2011
Seattle Book Summit
University of Washington “Lifelines Journaling”
University of Seattle School of Theology & Ministry Search for Meaning Conference Speaker
East West Bookstore Seattle Reading & Signing
National College Naturopathic Medicine Portland Oregon: Feb Search for Mother Workshop
Portland Birthing Way Lecture
Seattle Women’s Business Exchange Freelancers: “Search for Mother”
US Book Tour “Search for Mother”: November 2011
Washington University Faculty of Nursing Lecture: “Search for Mother”
Bastyr University Seattle: “Search for Mother”
TEACHING SPEAKING CONFERENCES WORKSHOPS: See www.theoceansofenergy.com
2010:
PHOENIZ AZ: “Writing through the Body” Workshop: for women who have experienced physical &
sexual abuse
ASHLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY: “Search for Mother” Workshop
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FACULTY OF NURSING: Spirituality & Healing Lecture
PHOENIX SOUTH WEST INSTITUTE OF HEALING ARTS: “Paths to Wholeness” Lecture
YAMBA LITERATURE ARTS MUSIC FESTIVAL: Workshop “From A Dream to A Book”
YAMBA U3A: Guest Poet
GRAFTON JACARANDA FESTIVAL: Speaker “Mothers”
BANGALOW WOMEN IN BUSINESS BREAKFAST: Speaker
2011:
UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN PHOENIX: Bio-Ethics & Humanities Dept. Speaker: “Search for Mother &
Traditional Medicine
UNIVERSITY OF SEATTLE THEOLOGY & MINISTRY: Search for Meaning Conference Speaker
NATIONAL COLLEGE NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE PORTLAND OR: Search for Mother Workshop
PORTLAND BIRTHINGWAY LECTURE
AUSTRALIAN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE SOCIETY CONFERENCE: Presenter & Forum Panel Member
title: Oneness in Health Care
GRAFTON COLLEGE ADULT EDUCATION: “From A Dream to A Book” 8 week course
LISMORE COLLEGE ADULT EDUCATION: “From A Dream to A Book” Workshop 1 day
COFFS COAST COLLEGE ADULT EDUCATION: Aug 2011 “From A Dream to A Book” 8 weeks course
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF NURSING LECTURE: “SEARCH FOR MOTHER”
BASTYR UNIVERSITY SEATTLE: “SEARCH FOR MOTHER” Lecture
2012:
BELLINGEN READERS & WRITERS FESTIVAL: March 2012 Poetry Performance “Trees”
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING ONLINE LECTURER
FACILITATOR: Macleay Valley “From A Dream to A Book” Fortnightly Writers Group
FACILITATOR: Coffs Coast “From A Dream to A Book” Fortnightly Writers Group
Judge for Macleay Valley Community Writers Award “Every Cloud has a Silver Lining”
2013:
WRITER IN RESIDENCE: Boise Idaho Jan –March 2013; El Morro New Mexico March – May 2013
including presentation of “From A Dream to A Book” Workshop
Chinle Arizona & Boise Idaho Jan-March completed biography of a Navajo Medicine Man “The Story
Behind the Story”.
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3. Rough Rock Demonstration School Arizona: March 2013 Australian Indigenous Cultural Awareness
Presentations & Writing Workshops.
WRITING & RESEARCH: for project “One Voice Medicine: A Collection of Conversations North
American, Central American and Australian Aboriginal Healers”.
Broken Hill NSW- Barkanji Tribe, Pilbara Western Australia -Martu Tribe, Dakota US Lakota, Dakota,
Sioux tribes, Guatemala Mayan Healers.
2014:
“One Voice Medicine” ongoing research and writing Roma Western QLD,Brisbane QLD & Geraldton WA
2015:
“Change It Up” Songwriters Syndicate Performance Opening Ceremony Reconciliation Week Geraldton
QPT Theatre.
“One Voice Medicine” ongoing research and writing Geraldton WA
“From A Dream to A Book” Workshop Geraldton Regional Library Aug 27 & 28
“One Voice Medicine” Pitch Presentation Goodness Festival Geraldton Aug 20th
“From A Dream to A Book” Workshop Geraldton City Hive Pollinators 5th
Sept.
2016:
“From a Dream to a Book” workshop Karratha Library March
Current: “Story Healing” with ACT Palliative Care.
Current: “Story Healing” with Pines Aged Care Facility
MEDIA:
Ashland Oregon: March 2010 Jefferson Public Radio “Search for Mother”
CBN Oregon: Television Interview “Search for Mother”
Grafton 2GF “A Country Mile” Programme May 2010 “Search for Mother”
Maclean Village Radio “Search for Mother” May 2010
Sydney Radio Out There Programme July 2010
Byron Bay Radio July 2010 “Search for Mother”
Bellingen Community Radio October 2011 “Search for Mother”
ABC Radio Broken Hill July 2013
Pilbara News Karratha May 2016 “From A Dream to A Book”
ABC Radio Karratha 2016 “Search for Mother”, “One Voice Medicine”, “From A Dream to A Book”.
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