Gwen is a certified Life Coach, a professional member of the International Enneagram Association, and a long time meditation practitioner and teacher.
“I’ve been a spiritual seeker, mentor and teacher for over four decades. I’ve been driven from a young age by a deep and enduring fascination with people, and the journey we must all take to self actualization. It has led me to explore many avenues and methods of self development. My sessions with clients come directly out of the distillation of that exploration.”
Gwen was born on the mid western plains of Canada into a family of artists. As a child she studied Ballet intensively. The yoga movement was just getting started in the west and her focus shifted away from the dance world to an immersive study of yoga and meditation. In the early 70’s she moved to Eastern Canada where she lived in a yoga ashram, taught yoga & meditation in adult education programs at various universities and colleges in Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto. She helped found and operate a highly successful health food manufacturing and distribution company.
In the late 80’s, she relocated from Montreal to the United States, where she worked with several international for profit and non-profit entities in the US, Europe and Asia as an advisor, administrator and board member. Gwen came to Portland, Oregon in 2007, retired from business and non-profit service in 2012. She is now dedicating her time and energy to her work using the Enneagram and other similar and complementary modalities, to help her clients broaden and deepen their understanding of their own internal architecture and untapped potential.