laura seaton, change management specialist

Do you need a change? In your life? In your relationship? In your business or organization? That’s my specialty.

I bring decades of experience in evaluating, planning, and implementing change initiatives for small businesses, non profit organizations, groups, couples, and individuals. I would love to help you navigate a positive, effective process of change that catapults you to the next level of satisfaction and achievement.

Resources and Influences:

  • Communication & Mediation

    • Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life - Marshall Rosenberg

    • A Helping Hand: Mediation with Nonviolent Communication - Liv Larsson

    • The Promise of Mediation: The Transformative Approach to Conflict - Baruch Bush & Folger

    • Mediation, Multiple Minds, and Managing the Negotiation Within - David Hoffman

    • The Psychology of Mediation - David Hoffman & Richard Wolman

    • Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most - Stone, Patton, & Heen

    • Beyond Reason - Roger Fisher & Daniel Shapiro

    • Peacemaking Circles: From Conflict to Community - Pranis, Stuart, & Wedge

    • The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (and ….Families) - Stephen Covey

    • The Four Agreements - Don Miguel Ruiz

  • Leadership & Change Management

    • Dare to Lead - Brene Brown

    • Strengths-Based Leadership - Tom Rath

    • Managing Transitions - William Bridges

    • Leading Change - John Kotter

    • The Five Dysfunctions of a Team - Patrick Lencioni

    • Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard - Chip & Dan Heath

    • The Skilled Facilitator - Roger Schwarz

  • Marriage & Relationships

    • The Seven Principles of Making Marriage Work - John Gottman

    • Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love - Sue Johnson

    • In Each Other’s Care - Stan Tatkin

    • Loving Conflict: A New Alternative to Couples Counseling - Max Rivers

    • The ADHD Effect on Marriage - Melissa Orlov

  • Other

    • Transforming the Living Legacy of Trauma: A Workbook for Survivors and Therapists - Janina Fisher

    • The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma - Bessel Van der Kolk

    • Taking Charge of Anger: 6 Steps to Asserting Yourself Without Losing Control - W Robert Nay

    • The Attachment Parenting Book - William & Martha Sears (Sears Parenting Series and Attachment Parenting generally)

    • Raising Your Spirited Child - Mary Sheedy Kurcinka

    • Buddhism for Mothers - Sarah Napthali

    • The Explosive Child - Ross Greene

professional background:

  • Mediation: privately and for the Maine Judicial System (21-present)

  • Executive:

    • White Ash Learning Cooperative - Organizational Development (22-23)

    • The WindowDressers - Executive Transition Support & Workplace Mediation (22-23)

    • The WindowDressers - Executive Director (19-22) & Program Director (17-19)

    • Fulford for State Senate - Campaign Manager (16) & Volunteer Director (14)

    • Household Executive & Child Development Specialist (aka Mother Extraordinaire) (00-present)

  • Entrepreneurial:

    • Early Childhood Music & Movement Teacher (06-11)

    • Retail Music Store Partner (05-08)

    • Independent Certified Professional Midwife (00-17)

educational background

  • Master of Science in Leadership and Organizational Studies - University of Southern Maine

  • Bachelor of Science in Political Science - Oregon State University