Cohort 1
Fall 2021
Zina Mercil is the Director of Coach Development, a counselor, and body psychotherapist.
Interview with Zina
March 2023
What communities do you work with in your daily life and how are you applying your learnings from the Certified Listener Poet course with them?
As a Listener Poet with The Good Listening Project, also in how I attend to my coaches, and clients in corporate and healthcare settings
What's something that's inspiring your writing these days?
The senses, especially vision, shape, and sounds
What one thing has stuck with you most from your Certified Listener Poet experience?
The community of like-minded interesting passionate equity-minded folks
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Zina Mercil is the Director of Coach Development, a counselor, and body psychotherapist.
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