7861 Gilman Street
Redmond, WA 98052
425-869-8115

 

        Margaret Piela, BSN, MA
Experience Management Consultant
 

Before listing my licenses and certifications, I want to tell you about what inspires me in my life and what continues to inspire me in the work I do.  Early in life, I wondered often why people complained about their lives yet they didn't find a way to change what was happening.  I also had intense feelings when other people said or did things and I kept wondering what I could do to change how things were so my life was happier and more fun.  As a teenager, I began to grasp the power of our attitudes and beliefs when I read the following:

During my nursing career, I was with people as they experienced loss, pain, suffering, crisis, and death. I wondered why so many people got to the end of their lives and felt a deep lack of fulfillment and a sadness about how they lived.  I committed to myself to find the answers so that I did not end up with that same experience at the end of my life.  I was with those who were challenged with addictions, as they desperately claimed they wanted to change and yet continued the same patterns, feeling like victims.  I saw how thoughts and emotions affected the body and how they were such an important part of the healing process.

I sought answers to questions about change and healing as I entered graduate school. I wanted to know how we could choose our feelings rather than fall victim to circumstances and the actions of others.  I wondered how we could be in charge of our own experiences and have a sense of inner peace no matter what circumstances we faced.  I wanted to know how to change my own behavior and how to influence those around me so life itself was more fulfilling.

In graduate school I began to understand the dynamics of change.  It was then that I developed Experience Management.  It gave me a simple and practical way to integrate all the skills and perspectives that I had found helpful in changing my experiences.  As I discovered new ways to think and new ways to make lasting changes in how I felt and acted, I shared them.  The constantly evolving framework of beliefs and skills that I found so useful, has inspired others to make lasting, effective changes in their lives. 

Education, Certifications and Professional Experience

Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing at the University of San Francisco, 1976.  
M.A. in Whole Systems Design from Antioch University West, with a specialty in Facilitating Change From a Systems Perspective, 1984. 
Certified in Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Mediation and Conflict Negotiation.

Began my own business in 1983.   Having gained expertise and experience in health and the behavioral sciences, blended them together to provide clients with practical, holistic approaches to managing their personal experiences.  Provided trainings in the corporate environment and expanded to include speaking engagements and retreats, conflict resolution and problem employee counseling, private counseling, group facilitation and classes.

Furthered knowledge and experience in Natural Health as a Certified Herbalist, Natural Health Consultant and Nutritional Counselor and received additional training, certifications and experience in various healing and change modalities such as Iridology, Aromatherapy, Acupressure and Reflexology Techniques as well as Matrix Energetics Levels I & II, Reiki Level 1 and Basic Training for Spiritual and Magnetic Healing.

Director of Mastery Health & Learning Center, Inc. during various phases of the Center’s growth since 1998.  Managed an herb and health store and providing counseling and classes ranging from a Certified Herbalist Course to Experience Management programs on weight management and relationship healing as well as Experience Management for teenagers.