Lori Austein is a council trainer and facilitator, hypnotherapist and
coach, and Waldorf teacher. Past experiences as a lawyer and program
coordinator for the Cowichan Intercultural Society have informed her
appreciation for justice and diversity. She is about to celebrate 20
years of making council a part of her personal and professional life.
Lori has facilitated programs for youth, educators, non-profits and in
the field of mental health. She lives on Vancouver Island, British
Columbia where she lives Council with her husband and delights in
being a step-mother to an adult step-daughter and a mother to an adult
son. She mentors a group of council facilitators as we continue to
grow the practice of council in Canada. She likes to spiral in to
serve the trainer community now and again, serving currently on the
Trainers Mentoring Circle. She continues studies in transpersonal
psychology and hypnotherapy at The Wellness Institute and she and her
husband recently spent some time training in Flesh & Spirit with Jack
Zimmerman. “I have a deep love for human beings and a great trust in
the power of authentic expression to bring forth inner peace, deep and
satisfying relationships, and more peaceful communities. I bring
compassion to the tender places, my own and others, encouraging health
and growth.

Lori is also the co-founder, along with Leon Berg, of Circles of Resilience.  Check out circlesofresilience.net