Kathy Black holds a bachelor’s degree in social work and a comprehensive certification in life coaching. With over 20 years’ experience as a workshop leader and facilitator, her focus for the last eight years has been instructing strudents in the skillset and practice of Effective Empathic Communication. Kathy’s life experience also includes immersive cross-cultural experiences studying meditation with Buddhists in Prague, bhakti yoga with Hare Krishna devotees in New South Wales, and mindfulness practices with interfaith leaders across the US.