My degree is in education, and I am also a former hospice and bereavement volunteer, certified grief recovery specialist, healing practitioner, life fulfillment coach and spiritual event facilitator. I believe that life is a continuum that continues on after bodily death and that our conscious recognition of this as a species can help us rise to a new level of behavior and higher quality of living. It would change every aspect of our lives from the way we view death to the way we care for our children. I created Dragonfly Heart in order to raise awareness about something that happens to everyone, yet many feel uncomfortable discussing - dying, death and what comes after. How do you handle these issues when they touch your life in such a profound way that you are dismantled from what you know to be your way of life, your reality, and you are forever changed because of it? The books, retreats, programs and services we offer are tools that the company has designed to bring these subjects into the forefront of our lives...not so that we will live in fear of something unknown, but to integrate an organic, naturally-occurring event into an expanded view of life, eliminating fear and sorrow surrounding the transition we call death. I chose the name Dragonfly Heart after the 2002 hit movie Dragonfly, which stirred up feelings in me of truth and possibilities. Plus, I've always loved dragonflies, as they seem like winged messengers from other, mystical worlds.