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California

Carolyn Armstrong
Certified Simplicity Parenting Group Leader©

carolynarmstrong@ix.netcom.com
Los Alto, South Bay Area, CA
408 354 6925
408 355 3170

Carolyn is the parent of two “thirty-something” children. She has a BA in Psychology from UCLA. Carolyn also has a California K-12 teaching credential. She has been a Waldorf class teacher for grades 1-8 and has spent the last 16 years at the Waldorf School in Los Alto, CA. She has a lot of experience working with parents of children in preschool through middle school.

Carolyn believes Kim Payne’s four areas of “supporting with less” provide a series of compasses for parents to use to find their own family’s way to reducing their own stresses and and discovering how to enact their values with their children.

She feels the genius of Kim Payne’s work lies in combining his recognition of Cumulative Stress Disorder and his understanding of the Neuroscience of Change. We know that our good intentions often do not come to fulfillment. Carolyn appreciates that Kim recognizes that this journey requires support from fellow travelers.

Andrea Danneker, M.A.
Certified Simplicity Parenting Group Leader©
Chatsworth, CA
andrea@simplicityparenting.com
(818) 438-9730

Andrea is a mother of three and has been working professionally with young children and families for over 14 years. She began her career as a California credentialed teacher in a public elementary school classroom and with reverence found herself drawn to the unique relationship between a parent and a child. Later, as a mom, she became involved in the slow parenting movement which validated what she knew instinctively – that parents are the answers to their own questions about their children – parents know and have what their children need. In her work with families, Andrea focuses on uniting parents with one another in their parenting, supporting them to bring more awareness and attention to their relationships with their children, and helping them to release what is not working for their family to create space for what they want and value as parents.

Andrea’s work with families is strongly guided by her studies of Attachment Theory, Waldorf Education, and the RIE (Resources for Infant Educarers) philosophy as well as her understanding of healthy brain development and the human need for purpose, inspiration, and connectedness.

Andrea is a writer, provides personal family coaching, presents lectures, leads workshops, and facilitates Simplicity Parenting Groups for schools, parent organizations, and other establishments.

Andrea lives in the Los Angeles area with her husband and three children. She believes parenting is a spiritual experience, one that offers a chance to discover our wholeness. Preserving the parent child relationship – the context in which the child and the parent unfolds – is what her work is all about.

Sue Gimpel
Certified Simplicity Parenting Group Leader and Coach©

sue@simplicityparenting.com
Greater San Francisco Bay Area, CA
FamilyHomeCoach.org
707-322-6933

Sue Gimpel knows the value and has reaped the rewards of Simplicity Parenting© through her personal experience of raising three young children while facing serious health challenges of her own. Sue has worked with both children and adults with: developmental disabilities, eating disorders, attention priority issues, environmental illness and food sensitivities, learning differences, anxiety disorders, and cumulative stress response in the settings of hospitals, mental health institutions, schools and homes. Sue loves helping parents of young children establish rhythms and routines that ease daily stressors and increase the joy of being together!

She also offers compassionate yet practical strategies for families with “soul fevered” teens and tweens. She is particularly interested in working with families in creating long term change. Whether by helping to establish lifestyles that may prevent the need for further therapeutic intervention, or supporting families already in a therapeutic process, the newly formed habits will help to sustain lasting results.

Along with the variety of experiences in the mental health field, Sue also has had entrepreneurial experience in the area of executive recruiting/career counseling. She has been parenting for 20 years with her husband Ralph, of 25 years. Though a native of Michigan, Sue’s lived in California for 30 years and currently resides in West Sonoma County, CA, with her husband and their three children.

Martina Lin
Certified Simplicity Parenting Group Leader©

martinalin@circleofchanges.com
Encinitas, CA USA
www.circleofchanges.com
7602743403

Martina worked in corporate America for over 10 years as a software engineer before she became a stay at home mother for the past 7 years. She is a student of meditation school for years.

Her children inspire her to want to learn more about herself and parenting. From her meditation practice, she learned about Waldorf education and has been a Waldorf parent. Simplicity resonate with Martina’s values for life and as a parent. Martina has a compassionate being with a listening heart

Paula Hamma
Certified Simplicity Parenting Group Leader©

phamma@cox.net
Chula Vista, CA USA

Paula is pleased to be offering Simplicity Parenting Groups to help families individualize their simplicity plans so that change is targeted, practical, and sustainable.

Paula received her BA in History and French at the University of Kansas and then began a 16 year career concentrated on knowledge-sharing in the high-tech sector of corporate America. She focused on software training, development of training materials, change management consulting, performance management training, and facilitating groups. Since becoming the mama of a charming little boy, she gladly, with the support of her steadfast husband, left the corporate world behind and has since filled her time with all things domestic, striving to weave in more natural living and simplicity each day. Outside the home, Paula helps in various capacities at her son’s school and for the past few years has led mother-to-mother support groups as a volunteer for an international non-profit organization. Paula feels deeply fortunate to have found Waldorf Education and embraced Simplicity Parenting because of the profound impact they have made on her family life.

nunesmizer@gmail.com
Eureka, CA

Diana leads Simplicity Parenting Groups© to create sustainable change in their homes. Contact Diana for more information about her services.

Cari leads Simplicity Parenting Groups© to create sustainable change in their homes. Contact Cari for more information about her services.

chinchillahillarts@comcast.net
Sonoma and Marin Counties, California
707 696 3601

Laurie is an artist and teacher who has been an educator for thirty years. She has worked with all ages–preschool through adult. For the last twenty years she has been involved in Waldorf education and now works with social inclusion at a Waldorf Charter school. She is particularly interested in helping families sculpt their lives as works of art– so that family life becomes an expression of the core values and love within the family.