About Wendy

Book Ambassador, Book Shepherd, Publishing Coach Wendy, at your service…

Short-form story…

I wear complementary healthcare hats.

The first is as an enthusiastic, knowledgeable book shepherd/coach and marketing maven for award-winning wellness authors and publishers. Creating solid, long-term business foundations and bringing public awareness of remarkable client achievements domestically and internationally is my focus.  Since 2005.

My areas of expertise and interest are mental health, functional medicine, integrative medicine, slow medicine, global health, senior care, chaplaincy, palliative care, hospice, and end-of-life planning and companioning.

My other passions are work on occasion as an international health journalist and senior care consultant for Ecuador and Mexico. I write and speak about options abroad for North Americans who cannot afford high costs of assisted living, Alzheimer’s care/memory care, medical care, or long-term health care insurance at home for themselves or their parents.

See also www.wellnessshepherd.com and education/training below…

Blessings for all, blessings for our planet, and to your health,

Wendy Jane Carrel

M.J. Investigative Journalism, UC Berkeley  http://journalism.berkeley.edu/

Diplomacy certificate, University of Stockholm International Graduate School  http://www.ekohist.su.se/sis/

State of California RCFE Administrator licenses, Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly. Renewable certifications for Hospice Care, Hospice Waiver Licenses, Alzheimer’s Care, Admissions, etc.  http://www.ccld.ca.gov/PG543.htm

Palliative Care certificate Colegio Nacional de Cuidados Paliativos de Jalisco, Mexico  www.comecupal.com.mx

Hospice training, FASEC, a foundation and hospice in Cuenca, Ecuador with Care Partners International of Bellevue, Washington  https://www.facebook.com/fasec.cuenca  Volunteer companion since 1999.

Art of Spiritual Companioning certificate  University of Wisconsin, Green Bay

Breath-Body-Mind Teacher Training Level 1, evidence-based integrative mental health for relief of anxiety, stress and more based on the book Healing Power of the Breath (Shambhala, 2012).  See  https://www.breath-body-mind.com/

Trauma-informed, Gentle End of Life Doula, NEDA Proficient.  Advance Care Planner and Educator.

Constelaciones Familiares (Family Constellations and Family Systems) training Guadalajara, MX

Continuing Education (CE’s) gerontology, social work, chaplaincy, palliative care classes/seminars at universities in Los Angeles, other U.S. locations, and, Guadalajara, MX and innumerable book markets and book fairs domestically and internationally.