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