“...I have to tell you about my drive home with the girls Friday afternoon. They have hit the stage where you ask a question and get a one word answer. This day where they heard (you) talk they spent almost the entire drive home talking about it. They seemed to remember virtually every detail. I could hear them process (your) long struggle, the physical after effects, and idea of 'finding your voice.' It really made quite an impression. I am so grateful you are willing to share your story; it can't be easy doing so. Thanks again."
~A Mother of a Student, Berkeley CA
Media AppearancesListen to Andrea on WEHC 90.7 Talking about OWNING OUR STORIES & ED People Need People Talk Show, Walnut Creek, CA San Francisco State University News Program, San Francisco, CA Past Anam Nostos House Retreats Awakening One's True Beauty & Embracing Body Wisdom Women's Retreat, January 2018 Topsail, North Carolina Hungry Souls, Starving Spirituality Women's Retreat, January 2019 North Topsail, North Carolina Walking in Mindfulness Women's Retreat, August 2019 Piney Creek, North Carolina 'Children of God, Are You Listening?' Women's Retreat (Private) October 2019 St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Sylva, North Carolina Owning Our Stories Women's Retreat, January 2020, North Topsail, North Carolina Mandala Visioning Workshop One Day Workshop, August 2020 Abingdon Vineyards, Abingdon, VA Finding Presence in Mindfulness One Day Retreat, September 2020 Jubilee House Retreat Center, Abingdon, VA Owning Our Stories Women's Retreat, January 2021, North Topsail, North Carolina Standing in Sacredness Women's Retreat, November 2021, Sylva, North Carolina be still & breathe, Meditation and Yoga Retreat Abingdon, VA, May 2022 |
Previous Speaking EngagementsAcalanes High School, Moraga, CA Eating Disorder Awareness Week, Student Body Blue Oak School, Napa CA 6th Grade Castro Valley High School, Castro Valley CA Freshmen Health Classes/Student Body/Evening Parent Program College of Marin, Kentfield, CA, Communications Classes Convent of the Sacred Heart High School, San Francisco, CA, Frosh-Soph Student Body Dominican University, San Rafael, CA Student Body/ Eating Disorder Awareness Week Emory & Henry College, Emory VA Student Body/Eating Disorder Awareness Week Drew College Preparatory, San Francisco, CA Sophomore Psychology Classes Gateway High School, San Francisco, CA Freshmen Psychology Classes Hamlin School for Girls, San Francisco, CA Seventh Grade Health Education Immaculate Heart Academy, Oro Valley, AZ 5 ,6, 7, 8th Grade Classes Julia Morgan School for Girls, Oakland, CA Eighth Grade Class La Salle High School, Yakima, WA Religion Classes McAteer High School, San Francisco, CA Freshman-Sophomore Classes Mercy Catholic High School, San Francisco, CA Mercy Catholic High School, Burlingame, CA Freshman-Sophomore Religion Classes Montera Middle School, Oakland, CA. Eighth Grade Notre Dame Belmont High School, Belmont, CA Junior Class (Annual) Piedmont High School, Piedmont CA, Student Body Sacred Heart College Preparatory, San Francisco, CA Religion Classes San Domenico School- Upper Campus, San Anselmo, CA Freshman Class (Annual) San Francisco Day School, San Francisco, CA 7th Grade Health Classes S. San Francisco High School, S. San Francisco, CA 'Days of Respect' Student Body St. Gregory's Elementary School, San Mateo, CA, 6,7,8th Grades St Mary's College, Moraga, CA. Freshman Dormitories St. Monica's High School, Santa Monica, CA, Student Body UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, Student Body/Eating Disorder Awareness Week University High School, San Francisco, CA Sophomore Health Education Classes Urban School, San Francisco, CA, Health Classes Washington High School, San Francisco, CA Frosh-Soph Class Peer Counseling |
Other AppearancesYale University, New Haven, CT, Student Body Association of Professionals Treating Eating Disorders Eating Disorder Conference 2006, San Francisco, CA Somerset and Wessex Eating Disorders Association,18-25 Project Conference, Bath University, Bath, UK thebodypositive "Alterations" Premiere, Berkeley, CA Blue Hills Health Foods Market, Abingdon, VA Feeding Our Bodies, Feeding Ourselves: Mindful Eating & Living Community Youth Center, China Town, San Francisco, CA Emory & Henry College, Emory, VA, Love Your Body Fair Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA "Pastoral Approaches to Recognizing Problems and Finding Paths to Recovery" Student Body International NO DIET Day 2005, 2006, San Francisco, CA International NO DIET Day 2007, Tucson, AZ Jubilee House Retreat Center, Abingdon, VA, Seminar Love Your Body Day 2005,2006, San Francisco, CA Love Your Body Event 2022 Wytheville Park and Rec Community, VA Mayor's Young Women's Health Conference 2005, San Francisco, CA Mirasol Eating Disorders Treatment Program, Tucson AZ 2003-2007 St. Charles Catholic Church, San Carlos, CA, Youth Confirmation Class St. Dominic's Young Adults Group, San Francisco, CA St. Mary's Hospital & St. Dominic's Church, San Francisco, CA Health Fair St. Mary's Hospital Health Fair, San Francisco, CA University of San Francisco Nursing Program Unitarian Universalist Church of the Highlands, Meadowview, VA: Diversity in Prayer 2015 Feeding Our Bodies, Feeding Ourselves: Living Mindfully 2018 National Eating Disorder Awareness Week 2005, 2006, 2007 San Francisco, CA Voices Not Bodies Candlelight Vigil 2005, Washington DC |
Wonderful retreat. Peaceful, great food and very enjoyable reflective activities such as yoga, group sessions, mindfulness and thoughtful craft activities. I am definitely going back!! Great gift to myself....So glad I went!! ~Becky J.
