MARY CLISTA DAHL
Author, Founder, Nature Enthusiast, Encourager, Listener
Photo Courtesy of Faith Ritchie
Mary Clista Dahl, MA is a prolific author who has been playing with words and finding joy in writing since age three. She is a Reiki Master with a Masters Degree in Integrative Health and Healing. Living with a diagnosis and symptoms of MS, Mary's favorite modalities are angel meditation healings, sound, nature immersion and humor.
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Mary is well known in the global mental health reform community for her understanding of alternative perspectives and spiritual approaches to “psychosis”, based on her research and lived experience. An avid naturalist, Mary uses ecotherapy and shaman principles to promote healing. She works with individuals and organizations, encouraging others to reframe their diagnoses and find their own meaning to non-ordinary experiences. She especially enjoys giving voices to teens and young adults in order to help them drop their disordered labels and mindsets to create wellness-based lives.
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​A rewarding thirty-five year career guiding thousands of university students on their vocational paths taught Mary the knack of spotting the passion and potential in others. She delights in helping people find resources, support, opportunities and earth angels to put these into action.
Mary is a firm believer in miracles, magic and the power of love.
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Contact Mary via email at maryclistalaughs@gmail.com for interviews, speaking engagements, sanctuary visits, library browsing or in-person one-on-one mental health listening sessions or writing coaching.
I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness, the astonishing light of your own being.
Hafiz of Sharaz
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