Cynthia Garner holds Doctorate in Bodymind Health (DBH) from the Parkmore Institute and an MFA in writing creative nonfiction from Goucher College. She is also an executive coach, certified meditation teacher, somatic psychotherapist, former classroom teacher, adoptee, and single mom. Her passion is helping leaders find refuge in the present moment and connect with their inner light so they can lead with clarity and love. She also teaches therapeutic courses online and works with educators, nonprofit organizations, and survivors of domestic violence, offering practical coping skills, secular mindfulness, and in-the-moment interventions for managing reactivity and breaking the patterns of generational, systemic, and relational trauma. She studied counseling at Regis University and is trained in group psychoeducation through the UCSD Medical School, the Centre for Mindfulness Studies, Inward Bound, Mindful Schools, and the Hakomi Institute. She is also a Fulbright Scholar and the author of the memoir Out of Grace: An Extraordinary Journey through Guatemala's Haunted Highlands. She attended undergrad at Franklin and Marshall College, where she majored in anthropology and worked as the managing editor of The College Reporter. Cynthia lives in Colorado with her daughter and two dogs, and when she isn't writing or teaching, she enjoys traveling, camping, painting, hiking, horseback riding, songwriting, and playing bluegrass music.
