Woman to Woman

Woman to Woman is fortunate to bring together a diverse and talented group of women who have discovered a rich variety of resources.  The following professionals and programs are recommended by W2W participants.

Resources for continued education and practice 

Leading from Within

• Identifying Core Values 
• Stone Circles: “Inner Work of Leadership Assessment”
• Brene Brown on Vulnerability
• Creating a culture and vision

Mindfulness and Meditation

•  Seven Sacred Pauses from the book of the same title by Macrina Wiederkehr
• Mindfulness exercises developed by the Linehan Institute

Women's Professional Leadership Development

• List of local and national women’s organizations from the Margaret Cunningam Women’s Center at Vanderbilt
• Sheryl Sandberg:  Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead and assessments of her approach from Forbes Women:"10 Things..." and "Lean in, Trickle down..."
• “Why Women Still Can’t Have it All” 

Feminist and social critical theory

• Paulo Freire: Education for Critical Consciousness
• “Systems of Privilege and Inequality in Women’s Lives”

Family Systems, Parenthood, and Partnership

• Krista Tippett: "The Act of Parenting..." 
• “Leadership and Parenting: The Same Skill Set”
  

Creative Practice

• "How to Develop a Creative Practice"
• Sybil Macbeth:  Praying in Color: Drawing a New Path to God 
• Audre Lorde: “Poetry is Not a Luxury” 

Local Resources for Growth and Care

Seven Directions Community Acupuncture
Judy Gibson
615-499-0789
http://www.7directionsacupuncture.com/ 

Lilac Healing Center Massage and Body Therapy
615-576-0782
http://www.lilachealingcenter.com 

Art of Health Chiropractic
Dr. Callie Grant
615-953-7544
www.artofhealthchiro.com

Pastoral Center for Healing
Elizabeth Zagatta-Allison
615-601-2076
liz@pchnashville.com
http://www.pchnashville.com

EBB 'n Flow Coaching
Esther Bailey-Bass 
307-222-2067

 Nashville Professional Development Meetup
http://prodev.meetup.com/cities/us/tn/nashville/

Insight Nashville
Gordon Peerman
http://insightnashville.com

Against the Stream
Buddhist meditation and recovery
http://againstthestreamnashville.com

 NVC Nashville
Nonviolent Communication training and practice groups
http://nvcnashville.org 

WE Nashvile
A meeting space for women entrepreneurs
www.facebook.com/groups/268609143309972/

The Skillery
Community class offerings and work space
www.theskillery.com

Alexander’s Catering
615-726-3699
http://alexanderscatering.com/

Nashville Conflict Resolution Center
http://nashvilleconflict.org

Parnassus Books
615-953-2243
http://www.parnassusbooks.net

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