Personal Information: Sarah Edwards is the Director of the Post-Corporate Career Institute where she coaches, teaches and writes about how to create more fulfilling and sustainable ways to live and work through the healing power of Nature. A leading advocate for more balanced and fulfilling lifestyles for the past 20 years, Sarah has been featured on national radio and television shows like the Today Show and Oprah. With husband Paul, she as co-hosted her own national radio show and The Working from Home Show on Home and Garden Television. Together they have helped tens of thousands of people find work that sustains and supports them in living the more meaningful lives they seek while also contributing to the health of their community and the natural world. Sarah and Paul have authored 16 books including Changing Directions without Losing Your Way, The Practical Dreamer's Handbook, Finding Your Perfect Work and Working from Home. Sarah recently published her first novel Sitting with the Enemy, an ecopsychological tale about the need and difficulties involved in escaping our overly complicated, materialistic cultural norms and returning to the sense of community and connectedness so many yearn for. It has been hailed as a foundational experience for those wanting to reconnect with community, nature, and the ecopsychology movement. Sarah has a PhD in ecopsychology and career counseling and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She is currently a faculty member of the graduate department in applied ecopsychology for the Institute of Global Education, a special NGO consultant to UNESCO, and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Organic Psychology. Through the Post-Corporate Career Institute, Sarah offers continuing education programs (CEU's) for helping professionals in how to assist clients and patients in living more naturally. In Pine Mountain Club, CA, the small mountain village where she lives, Sarah has been instrumental in launching a Let's Live Local movement, creating a mediation program for resolving community conflict through collaboration and communication and in bringing about the first community Energy Faire showcasing options for living more sustainably. |
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