Meet Our Team
Rev. Ellen Barron, M.Div., Spiritual and Wellness Center Director
Rev. Ellen Barron is a licensed and ordained Unity minister with a Master of Divinity. She is a dedicated, high-energy, enthusiastic leader who is committed to transformation through self-awareness, mindfulness, and meditation. She is a strong communicator with excellent listening skills and is dedicated to inspiring, motivating and empowering others on their spiritual journey. As Director, Ellen and her Board of Trustees focus on expanding the center’s wellness programs and partnering with expert health professionals who educate, enlighten, and inspire individuals to knowing their Authentic Self, and find greater peace and ease through that connection.
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Stacey Paige, Yoga Instructor, Spiritual Coach
Stacey Paige is a Licensed Yoga Instructor and a Licensed Spiritual Coach. She helps people from all walks of life connect to their authentic selves and personal rhythms. Her passion is to help you understand and embody spiritual principles and practices, aligning you with your best life.
Enjoy Stacey's weekly "5 Minute Fix" meditation podcast here.
For more information or to connect with Stacey visit www.staceypaige.com.
Sharri Gaines, Integrative Reflexologist, Reiki Practitioner, Certified Yoga Instructor, Spiritual Mentor
Sharri is certified in Integrative Reflexology, Usui Reiki and Reiki Tummo Energy Healing, and Hatha Yoga. With over 20 years in private practice, Sharri facilitates workshops on Meditation, Intuitive Development, Hatha Yoga, Creating a Spiritual Practice, and Introduction to the Spiritual Journey. Sharri utilizes her diverse experience, ongoing development, deep listening and reflection, and intuitive nature to help co-create healing and wholeness in the lives of others.
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Email Sharri at sgainesyoga@msn.com to schedule an appointment.
Joanne ("JP") Pizzino, MD, MPH, FACOEM
Dr. Joanne is a physician and board-certified in Preventive Medicine and Integrative Medicine. With over five decades working in healthcare, she has accumulated extensive knowledge and resources to mentor individuals and organizations to integrate self-empowered healing techniques for optimum well-being. After her own self-empowered healing epiphany in 1998, Joanne practices and uses high-tech and high-touch techniques, including Medical Acupuncture, Reiki, Interactive Guided Imagery, Functional Medicine, condition-specific nutrition, vibrational medicine, and botanical medicine. A special interest is enhancing the effectiveness of allopathic therapies with mind-body and spiritual techniques.
For more information, see www.doctorjp.com.
Tom Ronen Goddard, JD, Ph.D.
Tom is a psychologist with decades of experience in psycho-spiritual somatic modalities designed to foster healing and expand our capacities for loving. His counseling services, called “Integral Becoming” engage the client’s body, heart, mind, and spirit in an integrated, whole-being approach to aliveness. Dr. Tom’s commitment to his clients is that they develop the knowledge, tools, and motivation to live the life of their dreams. Dr. Goddard has led retreats at Shalom Mountain, a retreat center in the Catskill Mountains of New York State, and elsewhere for nearly 20 years.
For more information, see: https://www.integralbecoming.com.
Carolyn Bard & Deanne Mott, Tai Chi Instructors
Carolyn fell in love with Tai Chi more than 11 years ago when she realized that it was “meditation in motion” and, despite being older, her health improved dramatically. Excited to share this internal art, she started teaching Tai Chi in the style of Moy Lin Shin. She has enriched her practice and knowledge of the internal arts under the guidance of a longtime instructor of the same lineage. Carolyn is a retired psychotherapist and enjoys sitting meditation and spiritual study. Learn more about Carolyn at https://connectiontaichi.org/instructor-carolyn/.
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De (Deanne) has studied and practiced Tai Chi as both student and instructor for many years. Her advancement in this art as a direct student of Moy Lin Shin has brought her numerous benefits to the mind, body, and spirit, along with a desire to share these with others. De’s goal is to help people gain the health, vitality, and calmness of mind that she feels when practicing Tai Chi. To further enhance her knowledge of the internal arts, she also studies the complementary ancient Chinese internal arts of Liu He Ba Fa and Yi Quan. Carolyn and De have been team-teaching Tai Chi since co-founding Connection Tai Chi in 2021.
More information is available at: https://connectiontaichi.org.
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Amy Murray, Yoga Instructor
Amy is a Registered Yoga Teacher and Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Amy found yoga over 20 years ago when she began seeking a form of exercise that was not gym-based or competitive. She discovered her body’s abilities and resilience through an intentional practice of self-compassion and mindful movement. Through the study and practice of yoga and yogic philosophy and her work as a psychotherapist, she developed the belief that yoga is a pathway to personal transformation regardless of age or experience. Amy views yoga as a mindful practice that enriches mind/body/spirit wellness, encourages a supportive community, and offers personal development that can lead to experiencing life in a healthier and more joyful way. Amy’s favorite styles of yoga are slow vinyasa, yin, and restorative.
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You may reach Amy through our Contact Form.
Peggy King, Shaman Practitioner
A certified Shaman Practitioner and Medicine Woman, Peggy’s life experiences as a mother, CNA, Ordained Minister, Musician, Reiki Master, and certified Life Coach have prepared her for this Shamanic journey. Peggy found her life’s purpose in using the spiritual gifts she discovered on her journey to assist in the healing of herself and others.
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Peggy can be reached through our Contact Form.
Sherry Burden, Certified Life Coach
Sherry Burden, known as “Your Creative Health Coach” and “QueenShe”, transformed her life in her 40s and now helps women over 40 to live purposeful lives. She is a seasoned IT professional with over 30 years’ of experience, a certified health and life coach, author, speaker, mother, and advocate for youth and mental health.
Additional Resources: Sherry offers books on Amazon, a private women’s Facebook group, and a 1:1 customized coaching service. She uses various media to promote health and wellness workshops, guest speaker appearances, and campaigns. For more information on Sherry’s amazing work, visit her website: https://heal.me/yourcreativehealthcoach
Her slogan is: Believe It + See It = Created​
Rev. Annie Nelson, CLC, MHt
Rev. Annie is a certified Life Coach, an ordained Interfaith Minister, and a board-certified Master Transpersonal Hypnotist, dedicated to helping her clients facilitate change in body, mind, and spirit. Her practice is a holistic approach to healing that recognizes how thoughts, emotions, and spiritual realities play a critical role in genuine healing. Hypnosis healing power has been proven to be effective in helping clients overcome challenging issues such as anxiety, smoking, phobias, procrastination, overeating, and many more. Rev. Annie is trained in "transpersonal hypnotherapy," a wellness technique used to help clients make cognitive and positive behavioral changes, living forward. All of her healing modalities aid clients in living a more purposeful lifestyle through strategic guidance, spiritual counseling and/or hypnotherapy sessions. So, whether you're seeking healing, guidance, or energetic balance, Rev. Annie is here to support your journey to a better you.
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Email Rev. Annie at yourlifeonpurpose12@gmail.com to schedule an appointment.
Constancita "Tita" Nieves
Constancita “Tita” Nieves, MA, is a passionate advocate for healthy living. She is a Functional Nutrition Counselor, and Wellness Coach that has lived a natural approach to health and life for over 35 years. She brings over 18 years of counseling practice and over 35 years of personal and professional development experience in the areas of public health and integrative medicine. Tita has developed a unique approach to assist in the empowerment of individuals through a combination of nutritional practices, exercises, mindfulness, and yoga. During this process she teaches individuals meaningful strategies to change old belief patterns that perpetuate suffering and potential deterioration of health.
She has been a speaker at conferences throughout the northeastern U.S., and two Vegan Festivals organized in Fayetteville. She has also completed a series of presentations on Diabetes for patients of a small medical center in southern North Carolina. In addition, she is a member of a revision board with UNC-Chapel Hill where materials related to health and translated in the Spanish language are being revised to educate patients.
Tita is a Certified Functional Nutrition & Lifestyle Practitioner, graduate of the Full Body Systems and the Digestive Intensive Programs with the Functional Nutrition Alliance. She can be reached via email at: wellnesscoachingwithtita@gmail.com
Michele Fazio
Michele Fazio has completed the Tier 1 Teacher Certification Training Program in the Holden QiGong School and the Skill in Action 200-hour Yoga Immersion Program. Her practical approach to teaching is rooted in self-reflection and community engagement. As a practitioner of qigong, she builds on this foundation to create an inclusive learning environment – one that promotes healing and transformation. She has taught in various settings (higher education, physical therapy clinics, and advanced elder care) to deepen an understanding of how breath, movement, and meditation awaken and restore balance and vitality in the body and mind.​
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Rebecca Ann Helgesen, Energy Practitioner
Rebecca Ann began working as a 3rd Degree (Master) Usui Reiki practitioner in 2002, and graduated from the Barbara Brennan Healing School’s 4-year Professional Healing program in 2003. She holds a B.A. in Communications. Rebecca has worked as a certified Akashic Records Consultant and as a full-service Astrologer since 2005, and she has lived in North Carolina since 2006. More than anything, Rebecca loves helping people heal and thrive, mentally, emotionally, spiritually and physically! For more information or a virtual or in-person appointment, call or text Rebecca at 305-343-2896, or email her at HaloHealingArts@gmail.com.​
