White Dove Circle Associates

White Dove Circle is very proud of its many effective and experienced healing practitioners, teachers, and volunteers. All work together for the very best and highest good of all. Service is the way we live our life, and unconditional love is the foundation on which we are built. Come share your heart with us!

Heather Bauer-Nilsen, Manager, Wellness Center/Gift Shop

Board Member, Motivational Speaker, Channel, Teacher, Energy/Sound/Crystal Healing Practitioner, Life Coach / Wellness Advocate, Intuitive Reader

Heather began her spiritual journey 20 years ago when she discovered her father’s suicide, which spiraled her to explore the meaning of “why” in life. She did not want to stay in a victimized mentality. Heather found White Dove Circle of Light and Love over 12 years ago and was able to receive more clarity and purpose for all of life. Heather has worked in property management for much of her career to date and discovered she was always in a position of counseling the residents and employees. She became a corporate trainer and traveled throughout the Midwest, empowering people to become a better version of themselves in their work and personal lives. Even when Heather is out and about, people open up their personal lives and tell their stories to her. Heather has always felt a sincere desire to assist others. In her kitchen she displays Ghandi’s quote, “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” Heather is a Reiki practitioner, life coach/wellness advocate, and channel for higher vibrations. She is a true channel for the Pleidians and works with them during her coaching sessions. Heather has three independent children.


Kay Brinkman

Board Member, Minister, Performing and Recording Artist (Crystal Bowls), Teacher, Sound Healing Practitioner, Life Coach / Wellness Advocate, Animal Communicator, Intuitive Reader

Kay has been on her spiritual journey for over 15 years. Over the years she has taken several classes and workshops to develop her intuition/connection to all, including Spirit, Human and Animal. Her love of animals has led her to develop a special connection with them. Kay loves to bring joy to others. She is certified in several healing modalities. Her perseverance to overcome obstacles on her journey has included many different experiences which have strengthened her belief in Miracles, Faith, Love, and Compassion. Kay has two sisters and four nieces and nephews. She lives in Ft. Mitchell, KY with her two four-legged human cats, Abbey and Kubota.  She loves to read, sing, and spend time with family and friends.


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Jenny Caffrey

Yoga Instructor, Owner/Essential Yoga & Wellness

Jenny’s yoga journey began 15 years ago during a very stressful time full of turmoil and change. Finding yoga brought peace and light when it was needed most. Since then she has attended hundreds of hours of workshops all over the Midwest, practicing privately and in studio classes to refine her practice. In 2020, Jenny decided to formally further her study at Indigo Yoga’s 9 month teacher training program leading ultimately to registration with the Yoga Alliance.

Her goal at the time was not to teach, just to learn. As Jenny progressed through training, the desire to bring yoga to her friends sparked and grew. Jenny mixes in a little laughter and fun into her classes while helping her students cultivate strength and awareness. Alignment and balance, both physical and mental, are the foundation of her practice and her teaching. Jenny lives in Springboro with her delightfully spirited yogi daughter and their two blue heelers.


Lisa Crouch

Medium, Astrologer, Energy/Sound Healing Practitioner, Life Coach / Wellness Advocate

Lisa is a certified Life Coach and Wellness Advocate, Psychic Medium, Reiki Master, Energy Worker, Astrologer, and down to earth friend with a Leo heart! Her family realized her talents as a toddler exhibiting the ability to know events before they happen, shifting the energies of those around her, and the gift to talk with absolutely anyone making them feel like she is their long-time trusted friend. Lisa has worked in the beauty industry for 25 years as an independent contractor. Her introduction to working in the world of beauty was during her own visit to a Day Spa where she chatted with another guest whom she impromptu read for and channeled. Unbeknownst to her, the guest was indeed the owner, who promptly offered her a position! Her career as a hairstylist is based on building and maintaining one-on-one trustworthy relationships with her clients. Lisa’s true passion and dedication is to empower others by guiding them toward their dreams and goals with compassion, and optimistic enthusiasm! She knows that healing is key to this journey she takes alongside them and is talented with the ability to pinpoint the heart of the matter (growth edges) with precision using her skills, knowledge, vast experience, along with the help of her trusted guides. She intuitively knows what one needs to hear and relays the best course of action toward healing, growth, and success. Lisa has always known that EVERYONE inherently has these same abilities and gifts, and her JOY is teaching others to discover their own magic while on their journey to self-love and sovereignty. Her areas of expertise include psychic channeling, astrology, energy work, self-empowerment, awakening (dark night of the soul), and working through dysfunction. Lisa is sooo supah excited and eager to work with you! 


Carol Debrot

Energy/Sound Healing Practitioner, Life Coach / Wellness Advocate

Carol had her first contact with spirituality at the age of 13, when she received her departed grandfather’s visit. She has always been connected and curious about energy and joined the Umbanda at her 30’s. There she first confirmed her mediumship and her ability to heal using the hands. After that, she moved to the US, and had a very difficult divorce, which drove her to the WDC – where she started studying with Pat Zimmerman. Carol is Brazilian and loves to dance, laugh, and spend time with her child. She loves people, as well as providing assistance to those who need it.


Lindsey DiBlasi

Energy/Sound Healing, Life Coach / Wellness Advocate, Teacher

Lindsey is passionate about children, parenting, and overcoming adversity and trauma.  She holds a bachelor's degree in early childhood education and is earning a master's degree in clinical mental health counseling.  She has three sons, three dogs, and a hairless cat!  In her free time, she enjoys yoga, walking her dogs, reading and learning about personal and spiritual development. 


Cathy Feinauer

Energy/Sound Healing Practitioner, Life Coach / Wellness Advocate

Cathy's wellness journey began about a decade ago. Having grown up with a traditional Christian background, she began to question the teachings and interpretations of holy writings she had been taught her entire life. Through self-study she developed the feeling that she was being called to do something more and began seeking her truth. That path led her to White Dove to learn and to heal. She is a Wellness Advocate, Life Coach, and Reiki practitioner.

Cathy spent 20 years in mortgage lending owning a mortgage lending company in Blue Ash for several years. She counseled clients in strategies to maximize their financial resources to achieve long term stability and security while raising her three children as a single mother. Currently Cathy is mostly retired but supports her husband in his business maintaining their website and handling marketing.

Cathy is honored to share her knowledge and gifts to help others find their paths to peace and happiness.


Christy Garrett

Energy/Sound/Crystal Healing Practitioner, Life Coach / Wellness Advocate, Intuitive Reader

Christine has been a student of natural healing most of her life. Her mother set the foundation with gardening, herbal and natural remedies. Always seeking to learn more, she earned a Bachelor degree in Psychology. Continuing to learn how to heal herself, others and live a better life, Christine is now a Reiki Master, Life Coach, Wellness Advocate, trained in Crystal Surgery, essential oils, tuning forks and other helpful services. She specializes in helping mothers of addicted children, grief, physical and emotional recovery.


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Brad Gillespie

Energy Healing Practitioner, Wellness Advocate

As a student and now practitioner at the White Dove, Brad has completed training for the following: Master Reiki, Emotional Release, Life Coaching/Wellness Advocate, Tuning Forks, Numerology, and Crystal Surgery I. These techniques can and are often combined during Reiki session to customize a solution for a client’s healing needs.  I am currently advancing to better learn Meditation and Breathing techniques as healing services as well.


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Jenny Hays

Energy/Sound Healing Practitioner, Life Coach / Wellness Advocate

Jenny enjoys using Reiki and tuning forks to assist those desiring to heal in a natural, non-invasive way. She is currently working to become a crystal surgeon as well. Jenny is a WDC practitioner working out of her home in New Bremen, Ohio, and at White Dove Wellness Center in Springboro. Married to her soul mate, Mitch Hays, for twenty years, they have a blended family of six children (more of four, stepmother to two) and one grandson. Jenny has worked at Honda in Anna for over thirty years and loves watching their youngest two children compete in high school sporting events. In Jenny’s spare time she loves to read spiritual, metaphysical, and holistic health books. Jenny is grateful to have found a place at WDC that allows her to continue her spiritual and metaphysical growth and to use the knowledge she has obtained over the course of thirty years to help others to heal themselves.


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Peg Huneke

Board Member/Treasurer, Teacher

Peg has been a business advisor of White Dove Circle of Light and Love for many years. Peg keeps busy with her own business, Huneke Accounting Service, and doing charitable work to improve the human condition.  Peg has four sisters, one niece, and two nephews who live nearby. She loves Harry Potter and spending time with family and friends over a good meal. 


Emma Luckiw

Energy/Sound Healing Practitioner, Life Coach / Wellness Advocate

Emma is our youngest healing practitioner, yet very gifted as all of our healing practitioners are. Emma began coming to White Dove Circle during her teen years because of her love for crystals. Since then, Emma has overcome many challenges in health and wellness. She understands how life really works and what it takes to heal. Emma is currently in college, working towards a bachelors degree in psychology. She is a true Indigo child and can be seen quite often around the wellness center with her adorable little dog, Levi. Emma is ready to share her knowledge and healing gifts with you!


Barbara “Mom” Markowski (loved by all!)

Teacher, Designer, Creator, Life Coach

Barbara, a former accountant and travel agent, turned a long-time hobby into an adventure when Barbara began making gemstone jewelry as a fundraiser for White Dove Circle of Light and Love. She taught her first jewelry-making class in 2016, which was a success. All projects were completed beautifully, and it was a fun day for all. Barbara feels the Community of White Dove is a very special group; they are very caring for each other. 


Natalie Montgomery

Artist, Designer, Creator, Energy Healing Practitioner, Owner/Spiral Roots Apothecary, Columbus, OH

Natalie has been acutely aware of her spiritual journey since she was 18 years old when a family member took her to see her first transdimensional channel, Karen Cook. The experience was fascinating and steered her quest of self-discovery and remembrance. Natalie has always found joy in helping others. She absolutely loves inspiring others and showing them the magical healing powers in being creative. When she was a teenager, Natalie discovered a love for painting and has been painting ever since; mainly canvas and more recently murals. In addition to painting, she also wire-wraps jewelry and create orgonite. 

Having a child with chronic health issues has motivated Natalie to find alternative ways to optimize the healing process. After discovering orgonites about 6 years ago, she started Spiral Roots Apothecary to educate and share the amazing healing benefits of orgonites with others. While obtaining her Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Natalie became intrigued with sacred geometry, also known as the blueprint of creation. She has been able to incorporate sacred geometry into many of her orgonite pieces, further enhancing their healing properties. 

Natalie has been part of the White Dove community for more than 6 years now. Natalie also teaches wire wrapping and various other creative classes at White Dove Circle.


Betsy Ryan

Teacher, Life Coach, Komyo Reiki Kai Energy Healing Practitioner

Betsy Ryan offers spiritual life coaching and reiki services. Betsy's background includes mental health work, teaching, Komyo Reiki Kai, and yoga. Betsy's spiritual life coaching pulls from all areas of her life. She is able to meet you where you are, figure out a path forward toward your goals, and help you remember your beautiful, true self. Komyo Reiki Kai follows the teachings of Usui Sensei and focuses on healing not only the body, but most importantly, the spirit. Betsy lives in Ohio with her husband, two children, and a bunch of animals.


Lisa Schell

Ghostwriter, Meditation Facilitator, Teacher, Energy/Sound Healing Practitioner, Life Coach / Wellness Advocate, Intuitive Reader

Lisa began her spiritual journey over 20 years ago searching for her connection to Spirit in a way that most resonated within her. She received her bachelor’s degree in psychology because she felt drawn to counsel and heal mind and spirit in a heart-centered approach. Along her journey in building her life coaching skills, Lisa has studied heart-centered healing and meditation, tarot, as well as earth-based spiritual practices for her spiritual side. On her business side, she is a skilled and experienced teacher as well as a change management specialist. Lisa likes to combine both spiritual and practical applications and solutions in her coaching sessions. Most recently, she is a graduate of the first White Dove Circle Life Coach\Wellness Advocate class at the Wellness Center and has her certificate. Lisa teaches classes on the Wiccan Way, including the influences in Christian Holiday Traditions. She also teaches a course on personal empowerment. Lisa and her husband of 20 years, Jeff, have 2 terrific children, Shea and Alex. Shea attends Ohio State University and Alex attends Springboro High School.


Arla Tannehill

Listener , Connector, Life Coach / Wellness Advocate

Arla has been a student of the universe for many years. Worked/volunteered at Hospice in the 1980s when it was just getting started in the United States. She has 3 adult children and 8 grandchildren. She cannot and will not be responsible for your happiness, but she will walk with you until you find your joy. Her favorite saying is ‘this too shall pass’ and sometimes you need someone to be with you till it does!


Debra (Deb) Venable

Energy Healing Practitioner, Hypnotist, Life Coach / Wellness Advocate, Owner/HOPE Reiki & Wellness Resources

Listening and learning from her aunts and grandmothers as a child laid the foundation to have an interest in the world around her. ‘Down home’ ways instilled in her to follow a path of holistic pursuit. A curiosity of the intricate balance of body and mind, lead to self study of the intertwining relationship with spirituality and emotions. After years of self-education, Debra trained and became certified in an array of services to empower others on their path in life. Debra offers clinical reflexology and personalized bodywork.

 


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Jim Wachter

Founding Board Member, Minister, Shaman, Teacher, Energy/Crystal Healing Practitioner

Jim is an ordained minister in the Order of Melchizedek through White Dove Circle of Light and Love. His spiritual awakening journey began in 1980 with reading and courses in personal mind control and the Silva UltraMind ESP System. Jim spent vacations during the last ten years at the Tom Brown Jr. Tracking, Nature and Wilderness Survival School, in intense classes of nature awareness and spirituality, tracking, healing, philosophy and shamanism, classes and ceremonies with Native teachers, home study and many classes in other metaphysical schools. Jim is certified in many different healing modalities, is an active shamanic practitioner, teaches courses in awareness and healing, and assists with the ascension ceremonies. He is also an avid gardener and promoter of Native bee keeping. Jim is married, with three adult sons, and two grandchildren.


Donna Wilbers

Energy/Sound Healing Practitioner, Spiritual Marriage Life Coach, Wellness Advocate

Donna is a loving wife and mother, a spiritual teacher, and Reiki healing practitioner.  In September of 1990 she married the love of her life;  and she and her husband John, along with their only child, Sean, have been members of White Dove Circle of Light & Love since 2015.  Donna & John assist others in finding peace within, through the modalities of Reiki energy healing, House Clearings, and Spiritual Marriage Counseling.  They also lovingly care for their adult special needs son Sean, who is such a great blessing to their family and to the whole world.  Life experience and many challenging days have ultimately led Donna & John to Truth, healing, freedom, peace, joy, and immense gratitude.  After attending a spiritual workshop presented by Elliott & Diane Jackson in 2013, their lives were changed forever.  Much growth, and many lessons and blessings have been experienced by Donna & John on their paths thus far;  and they wish to be of assistance to anyone who may need hope, encouragement, healing and peace.  They consider themselves to be forever students of life, and are happy to share their love, gifts, and wisdom with others as they continue to learn and grow on their own journeys back to Oneness.


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John Wilbers

Energy/Sound Healing Practitioner, Spiritual Marriage Coach

John is a loving husband and father, works full time at a local hospital, is a Shaman, a Reiki healing practitioner, and volunteers at White Dove Circle of Light & Love.  In September of 1990 he married the love of his life;  and he and his wife Donna, along with their only child, Sean, have been members of White Dove Circle since 2015.  John & Donna assist others in finding peace within, through the modalities of Reiki energy healing, House Clearings, and Spiritual Marriage Counseling.  They also lovingly care for their adult special needs son Sean, who is such a great blessing to their family and to the whole world.  Life experience and many challenging days have ultimately led John & Donna to Truth, healing, freedom, peace, joy, and immense gratitude.  After attending a spiritual workshop presented by Elliott & Diane Jackson in 2013, their lives were changed forever.  Much growth, and many lessons and blessings have been experienced by John & Donna on their paths thus far; and they wish to be of assistance to anyone who may need hope, encouragement, healing and peace.  They consider themselves to be forever students of life, and are happy to share their love, gifts, and wisdom with others as they continue to learn and grow on their own journeys back to Oneness.


Tracy Willis

Energy/Sound Healing Practitioner, Life Coach / Wellness Advocate

Tracy is a Dayton-area native. She has been married for over 46 years, and together she and her husband have one son, of whom they are most proud. Tracy has been a professional cosmetologist since 1983. She is retired now, but still dabbles in it for family. Tracy has always been attracted to the stars, sun, moon, and planets and is often referred to as the “alien” by loved ones! She loves stones and crystals and works to expand her knowledge of them. One of her greatest strengths is learning. She loves to spend time reading and attending classes. Tracy admits she has never had much faith in doctors or pharmaceuticals. Instead, she chooses to heal naturally, using essential oils for different ailments. Tracy believes she was led to White Dove Circle to broaden her knowledge of natural healing methods. When asked about White Dove Circle, Tracy commented, “Learning about vibration and frequencies to heal the body makes so much sense to me. I love this place!”


Ally Zimmerman

Artist, Illustrator, Teacher, Creator

Ally Zimmerman is an elementary art teacher in Youngstown, OH. She enjoys painting with watercolors, acrylics, and drawing. She teaches art classes at White Dove Circle and instructs paint-and-sip classes in the Youngstown area. Ally has painted several murals for different organizations, including two murals at White Dove Circle. Ally is also an illustrator of children’s books, including I Know Where God Is by Elliott Eli Jackson, I Am Beautiful by Elliott and Diane Jackson, and Briellie’s Tummy Ache by Robert and Charles Burton (all three sold in White Dove Circle’s Gift Shop and online at amazon.com). Ally also loves spending time with her many farm animals and volunteers with 4H in the Youngstown area. She is an avid traveler who has explored many places within the US mainland and Alaska. Ally has been on her spiritual path for many years and looks forward to where life will take her in the future.


Pat Zimmerman

Founder, Minister, Spiritual Counselor, Medicine Woman, Author, Motivational Speaker, Teacher, Energy/Sound/Crystal Healing Practitioner, Intuitive Reader

Pat Zimmerman actively began her spiritual journey 45+ years ago. She has spent years reading countless number of spiritual books and learning as much as possible about Master teachings, metaphysics, Native American spirituality, and true healing. Pat was ordained a minister in May of 2004. She has been on her spiritual journey her entire life, desiring to be a nun when she grew up. Instead she married her husband and has two grown children and five grandchilden. Pat Zimmerman began working as a healing practitioner in 2003 and began teaching in 2004. She has received certificates in many different healing services (e.g., Reiki, Crystal Surgery, past-life regression, and more.). She was honored in June of 2019, having been given the name “Medicine Woman” by Chief Douglas Blue Feather (Lakota). Pat teaches courses in health and healing, self-improvement and self-empowerment, metaphysics, sacred teachings, and more. She is also a published author of several books. Pat teaches classes on how to live life, looking at the “self” to bring about change. Her greatest teacher is life itself.