My Soul's Journey to Redefine Leadership

About the Book

The story of an ordinary woman with extraordinary experiences, Virginia Swain's soul journey takes her from the devastating loss of her brother to moments of peace, visions of a new future, and after a harrowing day in New York City on September 11, a vivid dream of a phoenix rising rising from a city's ashes, calling her to a new definition of leadership, one of empowerment, reconciliation and peace.

About the Author

Virginia Swain is the Founder and Director of the Institute for Global Leadership, which offers consultation and training for leaders committed to a sustainable peace (www.globalleader.org). She is a peace educator, mediator, mentor, spiritual director and certified professional holistic counselor, with recognition in Who’s Who of American Women, Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in the World. Virginia Swain and Joseph Preston Baratta are the co-founders of the Center for Global Community and World Law™ whose mission is to provide research, publications and education to support the United Nations Charter which calls for the harmonization of nations and abolishing war forever. As President, Virginia offers expertise in global governance, the process and structure by which humanity is evolving to political union and world peace in a global economy. Virginia is married to Dr. Joseph Baratta, Professor of History, Worcester State College and mother of Thomas E. Cone, III, Professor of Economics, State College of New York, Brockport. She is expecting her first grandchild in September 2003.