CroneWorks Practical Spirituality Series:

Wild Woman Finds Home! About CroneWorks and our Presenters

CroneWorks, founded by Deb Bowen, is a collaboration of people who promote peace and spiritual understanding around the world.  CroneWorks Practical Spirituality Series was initiated in 2006 when Deb and Rev. Etta Breit hosted the First Annual Women's Retreat with Creating Peace as its theme.  In spring 2007 the series hosted an Altars and Rituals Workshop.  In fall 2007 the theme for the second Annual Women's Retreat was Finding Courage.  In April 2008 we hosted a Croning Ceremony for wise women (Crone is the Celtic word for "wise").

Deb Bowen, MSW, LCSW creates spiritual programs, leads travelers to sacred places, and is a psychotherapist, university lecturer, and writer.  She believes that honoring the divine within us all brings common ground.  She is a licensed clinical social worker and interfaith minister.

Susan Bollinger, RN is a registered nurse who currently works in a private medical practice in Wilmington, NC.  She also is invited to speak all over the country at family retreats for patients diagnosed with Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency Disorder.  Two of her passions are education and empowerment of patients to make their own decisions regarding their health care.  This passion grows from Susan's belief that we all have the responsibility and power to take control of our lives.  A spiritual explorer, Susan, has spent many years discovering and refining her own beliefs.  She has found that if growth is to continue the process never ends.

Raven Chitalo, BSW is a basket weaver, jewelry maker, and lover of crafty-things.  She has just returned from 3 1/2 years in the Peace Corps in Zambia, where she was a community health worker, teaching about HIV prevention.  She is a newlywed who is very excited about life's adventures and enjoying the gifts of communion with Wise Women, rituals, and discovering the Divine.

Sherry Lovett, BA holds a BA in Education and, after teaching public school for ten years, now homeschools her daughter and leads a homeschool co-op.  She is also a professional storyteller working for schools, libraries, and private organizations.  Sherry has always been a spiritual seeker and continues to grow and learn.  Her most recent discovery is the power of the Divine Feminine, which has given her strength and courage to seek new dreams and live a life of abundance.

Nancy Ramsaur, RN, CHTP is a retired Cape Fear Community College nursing instructor.  She has spent years in adult education, teaching childbirth and dula courses and energy work.  She received certification as a Home Birth Attendant in 1976 and as a Certified Dula in 1996.  She has been a Certified Touch Practitioner through Healing Touch International since 1997.  She has been a Stone Carrier of the Apache White Shell Woman Healing Circle since 2002.  Nancy lives in Wilmington, where she has reared five children and has six grandchildren.

Thank You To... (more to come)
NASW-NC
Beth White - AboutTimeOnline.com
Dock Street Printing
Kathleen Jewell - Pomegranate Books
Diane Young - Visions and Dreams of NC, Inc.
Linda Hudspeth - Moon River Glass

Francisca Dekker created our beautiful "Wild Woman with Wings" logo.  Please visit her work at www.redtulipgallery.com