Carolyn Parrs is the founder of Women with Wings Coaching. She is certified Life Coach and Marketing Coaching helping women live their precious, creative lives like they mean it. “Living life out loud,” as Carolyn puts it. She has a private practice in Santa Fe, New Mexico and by phone across the United States and abroad.
She is both an accomplished business woman and holistic practitioner. Carolyn has taught Meditation, Yoga and Body & Energy Therapies at public schools, hospitals, universities and at Fortune 500 companies. Her talks and guided meditations include gatherings at the United Nations and Carnegie Hall.
Carolyn is the creator and co-host of America the Green, one of the top-ranked environmental podcast on iTunes (www.AmericaTheGreen.com). In 2008, Carolyn will launch, Women Of Green (www.WomenOfGreen.com), a podcast dedicated to giving women a strong Voice. Women who have dedicated their lives to be catalysts for positive change in the environment and on behalf of social justice.
She is also co-founder of Mind Over Markets (www.MindOverMarkets.com), a marketing/business development company in Santa Fe, New Mexico that helps green businesses grow. Her personal and professional commitment is to serve companies and organizations whose products, services and values help create positive change and serve the public good. Her award-winning marketing initiatives have produced an outstanding track record of success.
Her entrepreneurial endeavors began back in 1987 with the launch of their first company, Poochi Canine Couture, Inc. which manufactured and designed fashion pet accessories and apparel. Poochi sold in over 1,000 department stores, pet stores and mass market chains nationwide including Bloomingdales, Neiman Marcus, Macy’s, Harrod’s of London, Dayton-Hudson, the Spiegal Catalog, Target, Venture and Ames stores. After four years, Poochi was acquired by the second largest food company in the world.
Carolyn and her products have appeared on television shows such as Good Morning America, ABC News, CBS News and on numerous radio and cable shows such as HBO, CNN and Lifetime Channel. Magazine and newspaper coverage include The New York Times, L.A. Times, Wall Street Journal, People Magazine and Cosmopolitan.
In 2003, combining her marketing skills and her passion for holistic health and alternative medicine, Carolyn was the Director of Marketing at the Institute for Holistic Health Studies at Western Connecticut State University. There she helped develop, produced and marketed the Institute’s curriculum and programming. The special events she produced and marketed, featuring speakers such as Dr. Jean Houston, Dr. Joan Borysenko and Neale Donald Walsch, were enjoyed by sold-out audiences.
She was also the Creator, Producer and Host of Inner Journey, a popular television talk show that focused on personal growth and health. Some of the guests Carolyn has interviewed include Dr. Bernie Siegel, Dr. Caroline Myss, Dr. Joan Borysenko and Gabrielle Roth. Inner Journey reached over 1.7 million homes in NYC, CT and NJ.
Carolyn lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico with her husband, Irv, two children, Zachary and Joelle, cat, Marble-eyes and two dogs, Heart & Soul.
