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About Carista and Lion

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Carista Luminare, Ph.D., has more than 40 years experience as a counselor, consultant and educator to individuals, couples and families. In her counseling practice, she integrates her lifelong research on early bonding patterns and how they impact our identity and our adult relationship dynamics.

Her powerful life-changing programs bring participants into direct experience and embodiment of their True Self. Carista has developed a comprehensive holistic parenting methodology, a leading-edge evolutionary leadership program, and a practical approach for couples to rewire their insecure bonding patterns into a secure functioning relationship.

After graduating from Harvard University in Psychology and Social Relations in 1978, and completing her post-graduate degrees, Carista pioneered educational programs on early attachment that focused on preventing and repairing childhood developmental trauma. She is the author of the groundbreaking book, Parenting Begins Before Conception. She is certified in both the Gottman Method and Stan Tatkin’s PACT Institute.

Carista has lectured throughout the United States at conferences, hospitals, and universities, and has been featured in a variety of international teleseminars and media about early attachment and human development. She is a featured blog writer at YourTango.com. She is the co-founder and President of Luminary Leadership Institute, and co-creator of the programs offered at ConfusedAboutLove.com.

Carista is a mother, and step-mother, and she has used her approach with her own family and in her relationships with great success (including with her beloved partner, Lion Goodman!).

Lion Goodman, PCC, is CEO of Luminary Leadership Institute. He has 35 years experience as an executive coach, counselor, and healer. In 1984, he founded The Goodman Group , an executive search and consulting firm which served more than 250 companies and C-suite executives during its 18-year history. He has coached business owners, coaches, technology executives, and change agents around the world.

Lion is the creator of The Clear Beliefs Method, a proprietary process for shifting beliefs at the core of the psyche, which he has taught to hundreds of coaches and therapists internationally. He served as Director of Men’s Programs at The Shift Network, an Internet-based educational organization, where he created programs with more than 20,000 participants, and he is co-founder of The Tribe of Men.

Lion is the author of four books: Creating on Purpose; Menlightenment: A Book for Awakening Men; Clear Your Beliefs, and The Narcissism Primer. He has taught workshops and trainings across the U.S., Europe, and China. His writings have been widely published. Learn more at www.LionGoodman.com.