Mike Seymour

Mike Seymour spent fourteen years in business corporate management before setting out to find work that he could feel made a meaningful contribution to others. In 1978 he quit the business world, moved from Massachusetts to Washington State and in time became a family therapist as well as consultant to schools and small businesses. One of his clients, The Heritage Institute, became a long-term calling which has given him the satisfaction of serving teachers and their students. Since 1993 Mike...See more

Mike Seymour spent fourteen years in business corporate management before setting out to find work that he could feel made a meaningful contribution to others. In 1978 he quit the business world, moved from Massachusetts to Washington State and in time became a family therapist as well as consultant to schools and small businesses. One of his clients, The Heritage Institute, became a long-term calling which has given him the satisfaction of serving teachers and their students. Since 1993 Mike has been President of The Heritage Institute which offers continuing education for K-12 teachers. The organization's mission--to "educate for humanity & the world we want"-- comes to life through online courses, workshops and teacher retreats that support an environmentally sustainable, socially just and spiritually fulfilling human presence on Earth. Mike founded a non-profit, Youth for a New World, which engaged youth in global issues and solutions, and which launched the AfricaAmericaExchange connecting youth in Burundi and Washington State around issues of peace and justice. Mike has been on the Board of several non-profits including Community for Youth, a Seattle-based mentoring program for at-risk students located in several of Seattle's most challenged high schools. He is author of the text Educating for Humanity: Rethinking the Purposes of Education which argues for the importance today in an integral approach to education that realizes the interconnectedness of the Earth Community. Mike has authored and delivered over forty (40) workshops, retreats and online courses for educators or the general public in the past twenty years, and has been a facilitator as well as trainer for the Awakening the Dreamer presentation developed by The Pachamama Alliance. Mike has extensive facilitation and presentation experience. He is presently semi-retired and moved as of Fall, 2012 to Beaufort, South Carolina with his wife Maggie. See less