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.

Alongside healthcare publishing pursuits and international healthcare journalism, I am devoted to researching and writing about affordable, dignified, compassionate care solutions for older adults within the United States and abroad. This includes Aging in Place and creating medicine at home. My senior care consultancy specializes in cross-border care in Mexico, Ecuador, and Tuscany, Italy. I guide North Americans exploring options abroad when facing the overwhelming costs of domestic assisted living, memory care, medical services, and long-term care insurance—helping families secure quality, affordable care for themselves or their aging parents

See also https://wellnessshepherd.com/about/ plus education 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.