About Us
Mariah Martin, MA, MS, has worked in the fields of consciousness evolution, education, and spirituality for over thirty years. 
Her passion is using creativity, soul energy, and community sharing to open pathways of peace, healing, and joy. She has taught at several colleges and consulted with organizations on utilizing the creative power of conscious actions, thoughts, and relationships. She has traveled extensively - channeling, teaching and lecturing on the benefits and ways to integrate intuition with personality and spiritual development. As part of living consciously and joyfully Mariah writes children's stories and adult novels.
Susan ("Essie") Fox, MAE, CHHC, co-founder of theCenter for Holistic Development with over 25 years of teaching and facilitating creative and expressive arts. Susan works with individuals and groups in addition to being a national consultant and presenter, specializing in mentoring creative processes using transformational learning with multiple modalities in expressive processes. Her focus is on the healing and growth potential of the creative process, and integrating earth wisdom with arts and consciousness. She is core faculty in the Expressive and Creative Arts Program at Salve Regina University and developed the Arts, Nature and New Eco-Consciousness curriculum. Susan occupies much of her time writing materials and books that support the exploration of inner imagery, creativity and self-expression. Her next venture will be in the arena of documentary filmmaking starting with local creative individuals and their work with nature interactive processes. Susan enjoys spending time wildly painting in her art studio and walking along the sandy waters edge at a cove near her home.