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The Tao of Equus: A Woman's Journey of Healing and Transformation through the Way of the Horse
03/07/2007
Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Linda Kohanov, author of The Tao of Equus: A Woman's Journey of Healing and Transformation Through the Way of the Horse published by New World Library.
Linda Kohanov is an author, speaker, riding instructor, and horse trainer who specializes in Equine Experiential Learning and Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy. In 1997, she founded Epona Equestrian Services, a Tucson-based collective of riding instructors and counselors exploring the healing potential of working with horses. In addition to formal equine-facilitated psychotherapy sessions, Epona offers equine experiential learning programs in stress reduction, parenting skills, leadership techniques, consensus-building relationship models, mindfulness, intuition, creativity, sensory awareness, and women's empowerment.
Kohanov has fifteen years experience as a radio producer and announcer and has also worked as a music critic and print journalist, writing for such publications as CD Review, Down Beat, JAZZIZ, Jazz Times, Pulse! and New Age Journal. Her books include Riding Between The Worlds: Expanding Our Potential through the Way of the Horse and Spirit Horses.
She lives with her husband, composer and musician Steve Roach, and their horses outside Tucson, Arizona. Visit her website.
The Dog In The Picture
03/07/2007
Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Jane Brackman, co-author of The Dog in the Picture written by Jane Brackman and Barbara Brackman published by Sirius Press.
Jane Brackman specializes in the cultural history of canine domestication. The author of two books about pets in 19th century America, she consults with museums and her articles appear regularly in popular publications. She was a guide dog school administrator for several years and currently works as the Executive Officer for the California State Board of Guide Dogs for the Blind, a consumer affairs board that regulates guide dog schools in California. Brackman's interest in the dog as a social science topic is a result of a unique combination of experience in a variety of disciplines including education, special education, guide dog school management, canine biology and history. Visit her website.
Fowl Weather: How thirty-nine animals and one sock monkey took over my life
04/05/2007
Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Mr. Bob Tarte, author of Fowl Weather: How thirty-nine animals and one sock monkey took over my life published by Algonquin Books.
Bob Tarte is a freelance writer who has written for a number of publications, including The Beat magazine, the Boston Globe, The New York Times, the Whole Earth Review, and the Miami New Times. He lives in Lowell, Michigan, with his wife, Linda, and more animals than we can list here. Bob is also the author of Enslaved By Ducks. Visit his website.
Enslaved by Ducks: How one man went from head of the household to bottom of the pecking order
04/05/2007
Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Mr. Bob Tarte, author of Enslaved by Ducks: How one man went from head of the household to bottom of the pecking order published by Algonquin Books.
Bob Tarte is a freelance writer who has written for a number of publications, including The Beat magazine, the Boston Globe, The New York Times, the Whole Earth Review, and the Miami New Times. He lives in Lowell, Michigan, with his wife, Linda, and more animals than we can list here. Bob is also the author of Fowl Weather: How thirty-nine animals and one sock monkey took over my life. Visit his website.
From Baghdad, With Love: A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava
18/04/2007
Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Lieutenant Colonel Jay Kopelman, author of From Baghdad, With Love: A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava with Melinda Roth, published by Lyons Press.
Jay Kopelman is a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps, stationed at Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, CA in September 2004, as the Special Operations Forces Liaison Officer for the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (IMEF), Jay deployed to Iraq to train the Iraqi Special Forces. In October, he was assigned as the liaison officer to an Iraqi Army battalion, and in November they entered Fallujah to battle insurgents for control of the city. It was there that he met and adopted Lava, a five week old puppy abandoned during the during the invasion.
Following his return to the United States, based on his experiences in Iraq, Jay was asked to help train the Marines who would return to Iraq as advisors to the Iraqui armed forces and the police. He currently serves as the Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for advisor training at I MEF.
Jay lives in La Jolla, CA, with his wife, Pam: son Mattox; stepson Sean; their two dogs, Lava and Koda, and Cheddar the cat. Both Jay and his wife, an anthropologist, are avid surfers who make annual pilgrimage to Costa Rica. They also spend time skiing, camping waterskiing/wakeboarding and rock climbing. Visit his website. Watch a video of Jay and Lava.
