Dialogue Mentors
Darcy Wharton, Dialogue Mentor
Darcy has served as an active mentor in DynamicDialogue since 2016. Her clients are individuals (primarily in retirement) who seek to engage the practice of dialogue to live more peacefully within their families, friends, and faith communities. She is also interested in clients who are parents and are seeking to build a strong foundation in dialogue with their children.
Originally trained through the two-year practicum, Darcy also facilitates a monthly Community of Practice in DynamicDialogue . Since she sees dialogue as a spiritual practice, she is currently in the formation process for spiritual direction and hopes to incorporate dialogue work into her future spiritual direction practice. After initially working with children as an elementary school teacher, for the past 20 years she has served full time in ministry. She is now serving as the Coordinator of Adult Faith Formation at SS. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Rocklin. She and her husband are parents of three young adult daughters. Darcy's hobbies include volunteer work, reading, assisting her husband with home wine-making, and spending time in nature.
Debbie Baker, Dialogue Facilitator, Dialogue Mentor
Debbie is a graduate of the 2-year dialogue practicum and a certified DynamicDialogue mentor. Since 2014, she has worked with a variety of audiences to help them develop their inherent gifts of peaceful presence, authentic relationship and inspired creativity. As a mentor, she helps others to become aware of their quality of presence and engagement; focusing on ways to move past default defensiveness, and mindfully honoring how we are all truly interdependent.
Joan Byard, Dialogue Mentor
Joan’s scholastic training in the sciences coupled with
her passion for all of Creation led her to fashion a continuing 4-decade career
of service to the creatures among us and the humans who hold them dear. The work bringing her most joy has been tending to the ‘in-between
places’—bridging the gap experienced between veterinary professionals and all
the wonderful medicine that science has to offer, and the animals’ health needs
and their devoted caregivers at home. Dialogue work is the bridging
tool that brings these together in powerful and life-changing ways.
Joan graduated with the 2014 Dialogue Practicum class – a
2-year intensive training, and has participated in many 4-day DynamicDialogue workshops. She continues to be active in ongoing communities of dialogue
practices, continuing education, and has had extensive Mentor training.
Joan’s mentoring skills are expanded through intensive training in the
art of Spiritual Direction, as well as her years of receiving and offering
personal Spiritual Direction. Her broad-based faith is deeply rooted in
lived recovery spirituality.
These learned core practice skills and ways of being offer a rich ground from which to navigate as a DynamicDialogue mentor in the sometimes turbulent waters of family and/or organizational dynamics and interpersonal relationships.
John C. Johnson, Dialogue Mentor
Native to Northern California where he obtained higher
education, accumulated over 25 years of professional experience and
successfully raised three sons with his wife, John has held membership on nine
nonprofit Boards of Directors. With extensive education, training and
certifications in organizational psychology, social work and leadership, John
is eager to collaborate with Bread of Life to bring DynamicDialogue tools to
the workplace. In particular, John focuses on organizations in healthcare and
social services.
John welcomes referrals through Bread of Life.
Ken Murphy, Dialogue Mentor
Ken was raised and educated in the Roman Catholic
tradition, served in the United States military, and has recently retired from
his law practice. He volunteered as a teacher in a voluntary Catholic religious
education program for public middle school and later worked with organizations
that promote healthy marriages, charity, health, education, and financial
stability in all communities. He is dedicated to supporting spiritual growth
and social justice with respect for all creation.
Ken believes DynamicDialogue has enlivened and enriched all aspects of his life with an increased capacity for real human connection – with Creator, self, family and friends and the world we are called to serve. He looks forward to working with all who are seeking to recognize and enhance the multitude of relationships in which we live and upon which we depend.
Mary Richardson, Dialogue Facilitator, Dialogue Mentor
Mary is a certified DynamicDialogue mentor and holds a Masters in Psychology/Organization Development from Sonoma State University. She has been consulting in the field for 25 years. Mary works with congregations and non-profit organizations, using the Dialogue practice to deepen leadership and communication tools.
Roseanne Lopez, Dialogue Facilitator, Dialogue Mentor
Roseanne is a Certified Management Consultant with more
than 30 years’ experience working for, or providing specialized consulting to,
a broad array of clients. She assists clients who have a desire to create
change and improve their operations through their strategy, technology, and
people. She understands how organizations work from strategy to operations.
She has been at the executive level for technology and audit firms and
leading consulting practices, and was formerly a Partner with Deloitte &
Touche where she was responsible for leading a West Coast consulting practice. Her
clients have included government, utilities, not-for-profit, education, and
tribal organizations, as well as private sector entities.
Roseanne completed the two-year dialogue practicum and is a certified DynamicDialogue mentor. Her broad experience provides her with a broad perspective to serve as a mentor to individuals.
