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Karen Cartwright, Lead Coach, Apprentice Mentor, Teaching Assistant
With a background in the hospitality industry, Karen is dedicated to serving others. The Shine Your Light courses profoundly impacted her life, rekindling a long-neglected connection with her intuition, facilitating remarkable breakthroughs, and transforming her to construct a life filled with greater happiness and abundance. She is thrilled to share the tools, insights, and support to empower others to create a more fulfilling and enriched life.
Keani Hin, Lead Coach, Lead Mentor, Trainer, Teaching Assistant
Keani’s fascination with the human body began with her passion for competitive sports and Polynesian dance. She received her B.S. in Kinesiology at Cal State Fullerton, is a current tech recruiter, and has worked as a massage therapist and meditative dance teacher. Keani is dedicated to using SYL’s life-changing intuitive tools to guide herself and others to feel home in their own bodies through the mind-body-spirit connection.
Bex Mui, Lead Mentor, Lead Coach, Trainer, Education Coordinator
Bex, M.Ed. from Bank Street, is committed to the work of LGBTQ+ affirmation at the intersections of equity, spirituality, and sexual and mental wellness. She had a transformative experience learning the techniques and skills from Shine Your Light and delights in working with and guiding others of all backgrounds through the discovery of their own grounding practices and intuition-building.
Michelle Ng, Lead Coach, Lead Mentor, Trainer, Teaching Assistant, Operations Coordinator
Originally from New York, Michelle is a Doula and founder of Wildflow’r, a platform for creative expression and self-care. She was powerfully transformed by Shine Your Light’s approach and tools and is excited and honored to help others to shine their lights in alignment with the life they desire and deserve. She is grateful to be part of a team that has been a pillar of support for her throughout her own journey.
Adele Winter, Lead Coach
Adele is an education technology and business development consultant who’s passionate about helping people to be their best selves. She holds a Bachelors in Business from Neumann University. Adele loves intuitive coaching and energy healing as loving, direct ways to get to the root of what needs to be seen and shifted. When not coaching, Adele enjoys propelling people into joyful sweats as a certified spin instructor.
Aron Wolgel, Lead Coach, Lead Mentor, Trainer, Teaching Assistant
Aron is a rabbi, educator, and nonprofit leader who loves music and sports, especially ultimate frisbee. He received a BA in Politics and Philosophy from Brandeis University and MA in Jewish Education from Hebrew College. Striving to embody the lessons he teaches, Aron is grateful to Shine Your Light for helping him connect with his Highest Self and quickly get to the core of each issue to achieve greater understanding of himself and the world.
Laurie Gardner, Founder/CEO, Master Coach, Instructor, Trainer, and Mentor
For three decades, Laurie has been joyfully teaching and coaching people to access their intuition to discover their best selves, remember what really matters, and lead lives they love. She received her bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, principal certification, and teaching certification from Harvard University, where she also taught quantum physics. Laurie is a master practitioner in over six dozen Eastern-Western wellness techniques. She is the founder of Shine Your Light, creator of The Breakthrough Method, author of The Road to Shine and The Road to Joy (pending), and creator of SYL’s Trust Your Gut master classes, intuitive coaching certification program, and dozens of leadership and personal development workshops.
Tara Firelight Wood, Apprentice Coach and Mentor, Teaching Assistant
Tara is a mastery-level medicine woman, spiritual psychology coach, bodyworker, and nature ceremony facilitator.
She loves guiding people to tap into their own healing capabilities to lead a life they love.
SYL has been life-changing for Tara, adding precise, quick tools for grounding and self-healing.
She is honored and grateful to be part of an organization that is leading the way in helping so many others to Shine their Lights.