Bio

Irene Watson, author of award winning The Sitting Swing: Finding Wisdom to Know the Difference (Ann Arbor, Michigan: Loving Healing Press,) was born and raised in a tiny hamlet of Reno in the northern area of the province of Alberta in Canada. It was a farming community, mostly settled by immigrants from Russia, Ukraine and Poland during the early 1900s. She received her Master's Degree in Psychology, with honors,  from Regis University, Denver. Irene and her husband, Robert,  live in Austin, Texas.

She is also author/editor of The Story That Must be Told: True Tales of Transformation, and, Authors Access: 30 Success Secrets for Authors and Publishers and is in the process of co-authoring another book, Rewriting Life Scripts: Transformational Recovery for Families as well as having a chapter in The ART of Grandparenting.

Irene is a facilitator of transformative retreats and workshops. She is also Aftercare Coach for Higher Power Productions 4-day programs facilitated by Liliane Desjardins.  Irene's background includes entrepreneurship as well as counselor with an Employee Assistance Program and a Psychosynthsis Therapist. She brings over 40 years of life changing experiences, facilitation and study into her hands-on programs.

As well, Irene is the Managing Editor of Reader Views, a book review and author publicity service. She mentors and coaches authors during private sessions from begining to end of manuscript writing.

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