“A compelling speaker”  – Jeanie Swanson Glaspell, American Association of University Women

“Rich, deep, nuanced, and balanced” – Rev. Bruce Bode, Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

“Vibrant and engaging” – Michelle H. Mason, Capilano University Department of Documentary & Motion Picture Arts

2026

TBA  Heroic Quests and Heroine Journeys Degendered — four-week course offered through the International Society for Mythology

2025

April 19  “The Loa Mounts: An Analysis of Maya Deren’s Possession Experience,” talk given to Pacifica Graduate Alumni Association of Washington, Redmond, WA

May 22  “Set and Setting,” talk to Skagit Valley Writer’s League, Burlington, WA

August 20  “The Wandering Heroine: Leaving Home, Changing the World,” presentation at Goddess-Makers in an Age of Autocrats, Pacifica Graduate Institute

September 14 “Ereshkigal: A New Look at an Old Goddess,” for the online course on Living Goddesses: Mythic Wisdom for Modern Women, hosted by the International Society for Mythology

2024

November 9  Panelist, “Myth Lit” discussion, at the International Society for Mythology Mythologium

May 21  “Physical, Religious, Cultural, and Psychological Aspects of Possession,” online talk given through the International Society of Mythology

April 20  Webinar on Jane Eyre’s Sisters: How Women Live and Write the Heroine Story, through the the Fates & Graces

January 13 Mythic Podcast: conversation with Boston Blake

2023

July 29  “The Heart of the Hero: How Popular Culture is Re-Imagining the Heroic Quest,” presentation at the Fates & Graces Mythologium, Carpinteria, CA

2021

January 15  “A Writer Takes a Squint at Anima and Animus,” talk given to the Seattle Jung Society.

January 24  “We Don’t Need Another Hero,” talk at East Shore Unitarian Church, Bellevue, WA. 

July 31 “The Beautiful Fruits of Barrenness,” online presentation at the Fates & Graces Mythologium.

2020

August 31  “Edenic Comedies: The Missing Fourth in Louise Cowan’s Theory of Comedy,” online presentation at the Fates & Graces Mythologium 

2019

August 2  “Hero Quests and Heroine Journeys Degendered,” presentation at the Fates & Graces Mythologium conference, Morro Bay, CA. Also participated on author panel.

May 13  “Hero & Heroine Journeys,” workshop for the University of Capilano Department of Documentary & Motion Picture Arts faculty, North Vancouver, BC, Canada.

2018

October 6  “Anima/Animus: Archetype, Complex . . . or Story?” Talk given to the Pacifica Graduate Institute Alumni Association of Washington State, Seattle, WA

April 8 “Midwifing Change, Part Two.” Talk given at Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Port Townsend.

April 7  “Anima/Animus: Archetype, Complex . . . or Story?” Talk given to Friends of Jung of Port Townsend

2017

July 9  “Midwifing Change,” talk given at Evergreen Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Marysville, WA

April  13  “Magic Wands and the Origins of the Good Wizard,” presentation at thePopular Culture Association Annual Conference, San Diego, CA

March 26  “Midwifing Change,” talk given at Skagit Unitarian Universalist Fellowship,  Mount Vernon, WA

2016

October 4 “Stop Being Such a Hero: A More Effective Approach to Social Activism,” talk given to Port Townsend Rotary Club

September 15  “Heroic Quests and Heroine Journeys,” talk given to the Joseph Campbell Foundation, Light on the Mountains Center for Spiritual Living, Ketchum, Idaho

June 19 “Midwifing Change,” talk given to Kitsap Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Bremerton, WA

May 22 “Midwifing Change” talk given to Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Port Townsend, WA

April 23 “The Wisdom of Women’s Stories,” keynote speech at Washington State convention of the American Association of University Women, Suquamish, WA

March 23 “Re-Storying Movies: How American Fantasy Films Are Reimagining the Princess and the Prince,” presentation at the Popular Culture Association annual conference, Seattle, WA

March 19 “The Wisdom of Women’s Stories” workshop, Port Townsend, WA

March-April “Introduction to Dante,” lecture series for the Adult Learning Program, Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Port Townsend, WA

2015

November 14  “The Wisdom of Women’s Stories: Role Models and Mentors,” talk given to the Port Townsend branch of the American Association of University Women 

September 18-19  “The Wisdom of Women’s Stories,” lecture  and workshop held at the Unity Spiritual Enrichment Center of Port Townsend

July 7 Interview with Paul John Roach, host of “World Spirituality,” on Unity Online Radio,

April 28  Interview with Leigh Melander, host of “Myth America” on WIOXX Radio.

April 25   “The Friendship of Women,” workshop held at the Bellingham Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Women’s Retreat, Fort Casey, WA

April 11   “Ereshkigal: A New Look at an Old Goddess,” presentation at The Association for the Study of Women in Mythology Regional Conference, Portland, OR

April 3    “How Women Write the Heroine Story,” presentation at the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference, New Orleans, LA

Jan. 22 – March 12   “Spirit & Nature in the Age of Science II: Searching for a Metaphysical Methodology,” lecture series through the Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship’s Adult Learning Program, Port Townsend, WA