Meet the Team
Mark Cantwell
Mark Cantwell (B.Soc.Sc, MBS (HR), Dip SHAWA, Dip EIA) was educated in St Paul’s (Synge St.) CBS School - Dublin, University College Dublin and University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
He has worked in both indigenous and multinational organisations; contributing within Human Resources Management, Environmental, Health and Safety Management and Auditing, Organisation Development, Occupational Behavioural Assessment / Psychometrics, Project Management and Change Management roles. This experience (both domestic and international) has spanned a range of different sectors including Employer Representative organisations, Medical Devices, Engineering, Material Sciences , Electronics , Telecomunications and Professional Services . He has also contributed to local services as a volunteer within outdoor activity centres, local business / organisation development and counselling care.
Mark's interests include kayaking, sailing, hillwalking and volunteer activity.
Ria Wiid
Ria's business career spans over 25 years and she has spent time in both corporate management/executive positions as well as consulting to businesses on strategy, change management, customer value management and strategic marketing. She approaches every day with a combination of skills she learnt in business and her deep experience of life.
During a large part of her working career she struggled to keep a healthy balance between her work and life. When her oldest child (daughter) was only 2 years old she was diagnosed with a rare and serious form of Ovarian cancer. Fortunately the disease was discovered relatively early and after surgery, chemotherapy and a holistic approach to healing (visualisation, meditation, diet, spirituality) she won the battle.
After her brush with death she still did not get the message about what is important in life. Some ten years ago - during one of the family holidays in Ireland - she and Joseph met two gifted faith healers. This meeting marked the beginning of an amazing spiritual journey for her.
Through years of personal struggle with infertility, recurring miscarriage, cancer, moving countries (twice), living far away from family, the ups and down of a 20-year marriage, her teenager falling prey to bullying, and losing her husband to cancer she gained invaluable experience in how to cope with and approach life. This has also taken her to a place where she knows what is important in life!
During a two year period in Greece a hunger for in-depth studies (with a focus on women and relationships) began. She was privileged to meet one of her favourite teachers - Beth Moore - in person.
Three weeks before her husband passed away she joined a Croi trek to Everest Base Camp. He was meant to join her on this expedition but fell ill shortly before the scheduled departure. She tackled this challenge alone and the experience was to change her life forever.
During the past couple of years Ria has been blessed to learn in the presence of amazing teachers: Franco Santoro, John Grinder, Richard Bandler, Michael Carroll and Caroline Myss.
Ria is a master practitioner of NLP, has completed the Fundamentals of Psychosynthesis, and is committed to developing in the areas of counselling, coaching and holistic healing. During her spare time she loves to travel to interesting places.
Luthando Prinsloo
Luthando lives and works in a calling of facilitation, healing and transformation. He passionately researches and participates in the fusion of African cultural wisdom, healing arts, theology, Western philosophies, academic and leadership modalities.
Luthando holds a Master’s degree in Pastoral Therapy as a specialization of Contextual Theology. His therapy practice is dedicated to personal and family healing; being based in ethics, appreciative enquiry and soul wisdom. As a Southern African traditional healer he apprenticed as a Sangoma, in the Mandawe school in Swaziland. This ancient modality immerses in ancestral theology, nature harmony, ecological wisdom and African traditional practices for family and community healing.
Luthando has been facilitating participant groups for over twenty years and he has lived and worked in various parts of the world. He speaks Spanish, German and English in addition to his native Afrikaans. He has been participating in the planning and commissioning of self-sustaining, nature-based healing centers and healing communities in Africa and Europe. In his commitment to a European healing community he as accepted appointment to the board of the Tamhnach Foundation (www.tamhnach.org).
In his leadership focus, Luthando is a co-founder of the FullStream consulting and facilitation group (www.fullstream.co.za), a partner organization to the Simunye Institute for Visionary Leadership of which he is the founding Director (www.simunyeinsitute.org).
Rosemary Lennon-Maher
Rosemary Lennon-Maher spent most of her working career in the banking sector in Dublin. She headed up a team that won the first ever award in Bank of Ireland for Service Excellence and led successful sales teams.
During her 22 years with Bank of Ireland Rosemary took two-and-a-half years leave of absence and worked as PA to Catholic African bishop in Kumasi, Ghana, West Africa. Her responsibilities included administering an office with staff of 5 in harsh economic and political conditions, welcoming foreign dignataries and distributing relief aid, e.g. medicines, food, clothing, etc. throughout the diocese. This experience fuelled Rosemary with a passionate, peaceful and powerful commitment to being a contribution and making a difference in life.
Rosemary is a member of the William Glasser Institute Ireland and has worked as a councillor/life coach for 15 years. She is a graduate of the Hoffman Institute and actively participated in making this programme available in Ireland. She has completed many programmes with Landmark Education using the opportunity to hone her leadership and coaching skills, and committing to being fully self-expressed and supporting others in their full self-expression too.
As a trainer counsellor Rosemary supports people to relish the present and create a great life for themselves.
Rosemary has been married to Leo for over 20 years and they have 2 sons, Joseph and John, both teenagers.
Rosemary is committed to peace; causing peace in her own life, in families, in Ireland and in the world.