Copyeditor and writer, Somatic Coach, bodywork practitioner, headache specialist
Greater New York City Area
Copyeditor and writer, Somatic Coach, bodywork practitioner, headache specialist
Greater New York City Area
I work in several domains:
As a copyeditor and writer, I edit and write educational, training, and health-related materials.
As a Somatic Coach, I help clients achieve health, happiness, and meaning through in-depth, transformational coaching, bodywork, and self-care practices.
I specialize in headache and migraine relief and prevention, using my unique, effective hands-on therapy and body-mind coaching program. Lifelong headache sufferers get over their cycles of chronic pain without drugs or side effects.
I offer private sessions, classes, workshops, lectures, seminars, teleclasses and professional training programs.
Copyediting and writing for education, training, and medical.
Somatic Coaching and bodywork, headaches and migraines, stress reduction, body-mind therapies and self-care practices.
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
1992 — Present (17 years )
I help clients embody the life they want and come back to what's real, meaningful, and deeply satisfying for them.
(Writing and Editing industry)
1975 — Present (34 years )
As a copyeditor and writer, I help educators, businesses, and writers express their message in writing.
Here's a list of my published work, available on my website:
• The Headache Coach blog. Jan 2009-ongoing
• Massage Magazine, "Hands-on Therapy for Relief from
Headaches." Apr/May 2007
• Mundo Lifework E-News, newsletter with 500 subscribers. 2008-09
• Massage & Bodywork Magazine, "Handling Headaches." 2004
• Mundo Lifework, website copywriter and art director. 2004-ongoing
• BEING HUMAN AT WORK, Editor, Richard Strozzi-Heckler.
Author, Chapter 20: "Conquering Chronic Headaches." 2003
• Cephalalgia Int'l Journal of Headache, abstract. 2001
• THE FARM VEGETARIAN COOKBOOK, contributing editor. 1976
• SPIRITUAL MIDWIFERY, contributing author. 1975-2002
(Public Company; MHP; Education Management industry)
May 2009 — September 2009 (5 months)
I have experience editing and writing ELA instructional materials for middle school products and training materials for patients and health care professionals.
Most recently I worked full-time for The Grow Network in New York City. While working at Grow, I was responsible for the following duties, which I accomplished under extremely tight deadlines:
• copyediting, proofreading, and writing student- and teacher-guided ELA lessons – approximately 80 lessons in manuscript and PDF, 25-30 pages each
• checking documents for facts, grammar, spelling, and readability
• checking, requesting, and following up with artwork and permissions
• making sure instructional materials aligned with multiple markets: AZ, CA, FL, GA, IL, IN, NC, NY, OH, PA, TX
• checking lesson skill names and making sure skills met state standards and C3SF alignments
• making sure student passages conformed to the appropriate reading grade levels
I am a discerning and dedicated editor who enjoys learning and working with words to create a full educational experience.
(Privately Held; Professional Training & Coaching industry)
1996 — 2009 (13 years )
Institute for embodied mastery of leadership potential
(Alternative Medicine industry)
1993 — 2005 (12 years )
Jan Mundo, private practice, Berkeley, CA:
• Help chronic headache and migraine sufferers relieve and prevent pain with the Mundo Program, a unique blend of body-mind therapies and self-care practices
• Coach clients to embody health, happiness, meaning, and pursue their dreams
• Professional training designer and instructor, the Mundo Method
• Wellness instructor: SF Bay Area medical centers, universities, corporations, community centers, conferences
(Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)
1994 — 2004 (10 years )
Speaker, lecturer, presenter: medical centers, medical and patient groups, universities, corporations, conferences, wellness expos, community centers, panels
A complete list is available on my website.
(Non-Profit; Hospital & Health Care industry)
2002 — 2003 (1 year )
Saw private clients and taught classes in body-mind headache management and somatic awareness during the start-up year of the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine/UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco, CA.
(Privately Held; Hospital & Health Care industry)
1996 — 2001 (5 years )
Designed and taught wellness classes in:
• headache and migraine body-mind self-care
• stress reduction
• stress reduction self-massage: shoulders, neck, head, face
• qi gong, meditation, and breathing for seniors
• massage for couples
at SF Bay Area medical centers, including John Muir, Mt. Diablo, Eden, St. Francis, St. Mary's, San Ramon; senior and community centers.
(Alternative Medicine industry)
1996 — 1997 (1 year )
Taught body-mind headache management at the Institute for Health and Healing/California Pacific Medical Center
(Non-Profit; Hospital & Health Care industry)
1995 — 1997 (2 years )
Designer, instructor of body-mind headache relief and prevention classes through Kaiser Permanente Health Education Department, Oakland and Park Shadelands, California campuses
(Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)
1996 — 1996 (less than a year)
Designer, instructor of body-mind headache relief and prevention class series for Stanford University's faculty-staff health program, HIP
(Publishing industry)
1990 — 1991 (1 year )
Ad sales manager for national consumer electronics trade magazine; responsible for home video and small electronics clients on West Coast
(Publishing industry)
1989 — 1990 (1 year )
Ad sales manager, national trade magazine for home video industry
(Public Company; TWX; Broadcast Media industry)
1986 — 1989 (3 years )
Ad sales assistant for West Coast sales execs at brand new cable networks, CNN and TBS
Certification , Master Somatic Coach, bodywork practitioner , 1996 — 2004
Somatic bodywork staff
Somatic Coaching track supervisor
Somatic Coaching helps clients see and break old patterns and embody lives that are powerful, meaningful, and connected. Private sessions combine elements of language, movement, biology, psychology, and aikido.
Certificate, 10 month program , Somatics and Trauma Intensive , 2002 — 2002
Certification , Professional Biofeedback Certification Training, plus Pain/Headache Training , 2001 — 2001
Certificate , Healing Touch energy work , 1999 — 1999
Advanced Courses , Energywork, Intuitive Development , 1992 — 1998
ongoing , Qi Gong , 1992 — 1995
Certifications , Body Centered & Conscious Relationship Transformation , 1992 — 1994
Certification , Massage Therapist & Advanced Courses , 1992 — 1992
Transfer student , English, Art , 1967 — 1969
My activities demonstrate that late sixties Berkeley was far more interesting out of school than in class.
Theater, English, Art 1965 — 1967
Maiden name: Spigelman
HS Diploma , Liberal Arts: Theater , 1962 — 1965
Somatics, headaches, healing and the body-mind connection, writing, publishing, amateur photography, architecture, nature.
Estrogenius Women's Arts Festival, Selected Artist, Photography