Our Canadian Team
Barbara Guerra
President
email: barbara@newrealitywellness.com
or bguerra@sympatico.ca
Office: 416.749.9122
Toronto, ON
Barbara is a professionally trained Spiritual Psychotherapist graduating from The Transformational Arts College in Toronto in June, 1998. Barbara has also graduated from The Eastern Institute of Hypnotherapy, Virginia Beach in 1995.
Barbara’s passion for self-care has lead her to studying many additional holistic modalities and has completed certificates in Reiki, Holographic Release Work, Aromatherapy and Silver Training; The 5 Pillars of Health.
Barbara has been an active volunteer involved with Leading Spas of Canada Conference Planning from 2004-2007 and was the Proud Recipient of the 2007 Association Award for outstanding contribution to Leading Spas of Canada voted by the Board of Directors.
Barbara was introduced to CVR and NewReality in the Spring of 2007 through Leading Spas of Canada Annual Conference & Expo and is committed to introducing this remarkable and valuable self-help tool to the Canadian Market.
“I believe that CVR will become the most sought after self-help tool available today. CVR takes healing, therapy and personal coaching to an all new level. Not only is CVR affordable, it provides individuals with the day-to-day support that is so critical in achieving real lifestyles changes so needed in our lives today.”
Barbara lives in Shelburne, Ontario with her husband John and their two son’s Jack 7 & Luc 5.
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Dawn Woodruff Thrasher
VP Operations
email: dawn@closetstocastles.com
or dawnwoodruffthrasher@telus.net
office: 250-658-6738
Victoria, B.C.
Dawn Woodruff Thrasher is a 25-year veteran consultant to the Spa Industry, known for her visionary leadership practices and innovative holistic approaches to the design and operation of ‘spas with spirit’ and 'integrated wellness centres'.
Through her consulting company, Closets to Castles, Dawn assists in transforming spas, businesses and homes in the US, Canada, UK and Europe, through innovative technologies & strategies, while inspiring individuals and companies to become leading edge within their business and industry.
In addition to her consultancy, she facilitates workshops, seminars, retreats and special events and was appointed to the National Conference planning team of Leading Spas of Canada for three successive years.
Dawn is VP of Operations for NewReality Wellness Inc, dedicated to bringing "creative visualization and relaxation" programs and systems to Canadian business and propelling NewReality into a prominent market position.
"Our goal is to set the standard for the
self improvement industry and introduce
' the mind spa ' to Canada."
On a personal note read about Dawn's 17 lbs weight loss in the SpaLife Magazine article Spring issue 2008 on our media page.
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Lorraine Browne
Sales and Marketing Manager, Western Region
email: brownelorraine@shaw.ca
cell: 250.888.2988
Lorraine joins the NewReality Wellness team with over 30 years of sales and marketing experience. Through the years, Lorraine has forged long-lasting relationships with her clients by helping them identify a need and optimizing these opportunities for each client’s benefit.
Whether it's heading a special project, launching a new publication or blazing new territory, Lorraine applies her training, sales expertise and enthusiasm to achieve the same objective: helping to promote her client’s products and services by matching their need with objective, then planning for success.
Characterized by clients as visionary and innovative, Lorraine identified potential for a national digital signage company long before it became main stream, promoted the value of vehicle and bus wraps to advertisers when the concept was new, brought sponsors on board to support major fundraisers and events and is now applying similar effort developing our western market.
CVR is a new cutting-edge technology, self improvement program that Lorraine believes is destined to change lives.....one session, one day, one person at a time. She welcomes any opportunity to introduce the extraordinary benefits of Creative Visualization and Relaxation to you and your clients, through demonstrations, promotions and supportive service.
"CVR has helped me transform the qualify of my own life and better cope with the stresses of life's challenges along the way" - Lorraine
CVR; healing the planet,
one mind at a time!