Emily Markides, PhD, received her doctoral degree from the Counselor Education Program at the University of Maine. She wrote her doctoral dissertation on Complementary Energetic Practices: An Exploration into the World of Maine Women Healers. She has written many articles, including “Creating a Stable World Peace,” “From Poetry to Community Building,” and “Energetic Healing and its Correspondence to Eastern Orthodox Spirituality.” She has taught courses in Peace Studies and served as Interim Director of the Peace and Reconciliation Studies Program at the University of Maine, where she currently teaches as adjunct faculty on issues concerning peace and the environment.