Kenilworth, Ontario
519-848-6599
poe@2leadchange.com
www.2leadchange.com

Tori is a Social Worker and has extensive experience facilitating community-based programs and supporting folks in Equine Facilitated Counselling. Recognizing the power of horses to help heal and educate beyond riding, Tori began her journey in the field of Equine Facilitated Learning and Equine Facilitated Counselling, creating her business, 2 Lead Change in 2006. Nature and experiencing the seasons build her window of capacity and knowledge of balance, relations, curiosity, discomfort and ease.

As a lifelong learner, she completed her Master of Social Work (MSW), Indigenous Field of Study, developing knowledge and skills in decolonizing practices as white settlers of English and Germanic ancestry, offering wholistic, nature-informed, learning and healing opportunities. As a Program Coordinator for Walls to Bridges, Tori works with student alumni members inside and outside of a federal prison to create collaborative and innovative learning communities within correctional and community settings. Currently, she is studying Somatic Experiencing®, a body-oriented approach to the healing of trauma and other stress disorders. She has also worked as an instructor at Seneca College for four years with the Therapeutic Recreation Degree Program.

For over 20 years she has partnered with herds of horses throughout Ontario to offer training, workshops, professional development, family growth, retreats, personal recovery and healing. In the last decade, her horse partners have taught her so much about how they want to facilitate together. Horses have shown up with their own gifts to assist persons, individually or in group, with personal and collective journeys.  This is part of the teachings she takes out into her life, her family relationships and work interactions. This learning or rather deep listening is a lifelong practice. In a nutshell, the horses are experts in educating humans about embodied knowledge, attunement, resonance, trust and reciprocity.

Being outside and working with nature has been her continued ‘ah ha’ lesson in problem-solving and relationship-building. Being in nature has become her cathedral and spiritual practice. Facilitating with horses embraces this natural setting, and builds a space of interconnectedness and a richer institute to learn within nature people can vision growth, and respite in their lives, families, businesses and communities. This process of collaborative learning with horses has supported her vision, how she takes out her work and how she solves problems. When necessary, she seeks help and never facilitates alone! She started as a teacher and felt so odd standing in front of a classroom with rows of seats. Once she quit that model of teaching she went outdoors and began to facilitate in circle and explore in groups. But most importantly she loves learning the art of facilitation and leadership with horses. She has carried this vision for over 20 years and has woven it into her life’s work. Tori supports people, in groups or one-on-one, in their healing, with their career path, or with interpersonal relationships and welcomes innovative approaches to learning and change. She has supported persons to develop leadership skills or facilitate decision-making and manage stress, anxiety, and addictive behaviours.

Tori has honed her skills with extensive experience in Project Management and Employment Training, including international experience with over 25 years of experience developing and implementing employment and personal development training programs for immigrants, youth, college students and women while managing client intake, assessment, and career planning. A strategist as well as an educator, Tori has worked with the Agribusiness and Trade Unit of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Emerging Markets providing support in project/proposal administration, marketing, and recruiting for international development projects. She is effective in client service relations, strategic planning, and staff/project management.

Tori has co-facilitated the FEEL (Facilitated Equine Experiential Learning)® Certification Program at Horse Spirit Connections (2008 – 2021) and has co-facilitated with other Equine Facilitated Learning (EFL) practitioners. As a facilitator, peer mentor, program developer, and trainer, Tori brings her education and training expertise as well as her diverse experience working with horses. She has learned from her horse Querica and gleaned much from EPONA instructors, Klaus Hempfling, Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association, Canadian Therapeutic Riding Association, Equine Guided Education Association and many herds of horses.