ZPE Connect Thursday Facilitators

Meet the Women Who Make Connection Feel Like Home

Our facilitators bring professional wisdom, lived experience, compassion, humor, and heart to conversations that encourage growth and remind us that none of us has to navigate life alone.

More Than Facilitators

They are coaches, authors, educators, advocates, community leaders, mothers, grandmothers, creatives, and lifelong learners. Each woman brings a unique voice, but they all share one belief: connection changes lives.

Meet Our Team

Wisdom, Encouragement & Real-Life Experience

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Alice Davis Parvin

Guest Facilitator

Alice Davis Parvin

  • Retired Certified Life Coach
  • Founder & Community Builder
  • Alcohol-free since 2019

Alice brings warmth, wisdom, leadership experience, and a deep love for the ZPE community to every conversation she leads.
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Alice Davis Parvin has been a dedicated member of the ZPE community since its inception, bringing warmth, wisdom, and enthusiasm to this empowering network. As a guest facilitator, Alice steps in when a regular host is unavailable, helping ensure the continuity of ZPE’s supportive environment.

Alcohol-free for more than five years, Alice is a graduate of several Sober Sis programs, including the 21-Day Reset, Mastermind Group, AFL, and Quest. She has built lifelong friendships through this community, including her friendship with Peggi Cooney, which began at the first Sober Sis retreat in 2019.

Alice is a retired Certified Life Coach, the Founder of Fredericksburg Academy in Virginia, and the Founder of WINGS—Women in the Giving Spirit—a nonprofit supporting small local nonprofits. She has also held leadership roles in retail, event planning, fundraising, and development.

Now living in Sevierville, Tennessee, Alice treasures her role as Mimi and credits her alcohol-free lifestyle with helping her be fully present for her family. Her compassion, leadership, and commitment to personal growth make her a deeply valued member of the ZPE Connect team.


Brigitta Dau

Life Coach & Reiki Master

Brigitta Dau

  • Life Coach
  • Reiki Master
  • Author & Retreat Facilitator

Brigitta helps women reconnect with themselves, trust their inner wisdom, and create lives that feel more meaningful and authentic.

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Brigitta Dau is a Life Coach, Reiki Master, author, and facilitator who is passionate about helping people reconnect with themselves and create lives that feel more aligned, meaningful, and authentic.

After years of daily drinking, Brigitta began her alcohol-free journey in August 2022 through the Sober Sis community. What started as a decision to stop drinking became an invitation to rediscover herself, reconnect with her values, and build a life she no longer wanted to escape from.

Drawing from her training in life coaching, Reiki, and group facilitation, Brigitta creates experiences that are both nurturing and practical. Known for her warmth, authenticity, and humor, she helps people explore meaningful change one small step at a time.

Brigitta is the co-author of Landing on Your North Star: A Guide to Finding Your Life's Purpose and author of Crafting a Better Life: Creative Approaches to Personal Growth. She also co-facilitates body-awareness groups and experiential workshops focused on self-discovery, creativity, and sustainable personal growth.



Cheryl Lawler

Facilitator

Cheryl Lawler

  • HR Leader
  • Lifelong Learner
  • Faith & Resilience

Cheryl brings a calm spirit, a contagious laugh, and steady encouragement to conversations about growth, resilience, and connection.

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Cheryl Lawler brings warmth, wisdom, and authenticity to every conversation. Raised in a bustling home with a pastor father and nurse mother, she developed a natural compassion and a gift for caring for others.

Married to her college sweetheart for more than 51 years, Cheryl continues to model love, devotion, and faith. Together they have navigated life’s challenges with grace.

After leaving college early to support her husband’s ministry, Cheryl returned in her 40s—while raising two children and working full-time—to earn her B.S. in Business Management and Human Resources. She later earned SPHR and SHRM-SCP credentials and became a respected HR leader.

A lifelong learner, Cheryl is also pursuing additional training in mental health coaching and whole-food, plant-based nutrition. She is honored to create spaces where women can support one another and thrive.


Janet Bowman

Facilitator & Community Mentor

Janet Bowman

  • Social Worker
  • Child Welfare Advocate
  • Community Mentor

Janet combines professional facilitation experience with warmth, compassion, and a powerful commitment to community care.

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Janet is a passionate advocate for child welfare, mental health, and self-growth. With a professional background as a social worker and case manager, she has worked directly with families and trained new child protection workers across Minnesota.

She has also been a vibrant leader in the alcohol-free community, supporting new members as a Sober Sis Squad Leader during 21-day resets and facilitating behavioral management groups for a domestic violence program.

Janet began her alcohol-free journey in 2019 and has continued deepening her connections through the AFL program and Zero Proof Experiences.

Now living in Edina, Minnesota, she enjoys biking, volleyball, pickleball, kayaking, and meaningful time with her children and grandchildren. Her warmth, wisdom, and facilitation skills make her a valued presence in every ZPE Connect meeting.

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Kristin Horstman

Brighten Your Life Coaching

Kristin Horstman

  • Gray Area Drinking Master Coach
  • Health Coach
  • Family Support Advocate

Kristin blends evidence-based strategies with nervous-system support to help individuals and families build resilience, balance, and clarity.

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Kristin Horstman is a certified Gray Area Drinking Master Coach, Health Coach, speaker, blogger, and family support advocate dedicated to helping individuals and families navigate challenges related to alcohol use and anxiety.

Since beginning her own alcohol-free journey in January 2021, Kristin has empowered others to create healthier, more fulfilling lives. Her work focuses on self-regulation techniques that support the nervous system and help clients regain balance, resilience, and clarity.

In 2023, Kristin completed Invitation to Change facilitator training with CMC: Foundation for Change. This evidence-based approach combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Community Reinforcement and Family Training.

Kristin brings expertise, empathy, and practical strategies to ZPE Connect, creating a supportive environment where participants can explore their journeys and find inspiration through connection and community.

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Lisa Grace

2nd Act Coaching

Lisa Grace

  • Divorce & Grief Recovery Coach
  • Life Coach
  • ZPE Facilitator

Lisa guides people through loss, transition, and rebuilding with compassion, resilience, hope, and the belief that the best is yet to come.

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Lisa Grace Ferrante is a compassionate life coach specializing in Divorce and Grief Recovery, guiding individuals through life’s most challenging transitions toward hope and a brighter future.

Since April 2020, Lisa has been living alcohol-free, a transformation that has enriched her life with clarity, joy, and connection. As a former Sober Sis AFL Coach and current VA for Zero Proof Experiences, she brings empathy and insight into creating spaces for self-discovery, healing, and personal growth.

As a Thursday morning ZPE Connect facilitator, Lisa fosters meaningful conversations on topics that resonate deeply with participants. Her blend of professional coaching, lived experience, and heartfelt encouragement makes her a trusted guide.

With Lisa, you will find not only a coach, but a compassionate partner who truly believes that the best is yet to come.

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Life and Recovery Coach

Lucy West

  • Life & Recovery Coach
  • Addiction Awareness Educator
  • Workplace Advocate

Lucy helps women reevaluate their relationship with alcohol and move through life with greater authenticity, confidence, and courage.

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Lucy West is a life and recovery coach with a passion for empowering women to reevaluate their relationship with alcohol and navigate life’s challenges with authenticity and courage.

After a career as a teacher, team leader, and mentor in public education, Lucy pivoted to coaching, where she now inspires others to discover their true selves and embrace personal growth.

As a Certified Facilitator of Addiction Awareness, Lucy delivers engaging presentations to businesses and community groups, helping break down the stigma and silence surrounding addiction. She is also a dedicated advocate for recovery-friendly workplaces.

Lucy lives in Connecticut with her husband and their playful puppy. She finds joy in live music, gardening, traveling, and time with their blended family of eight young adult children. She brings empathy, advocacy, and inspiration to every ZPE Connect conversation.

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Stacy Morin

Creative Recovery Advocate

Stacy Morin

  • Artist
  • Creative Recovery Advocate
  • Alcohol-free since 2021

Stacy brings creativity, optimism, authenticity, and her signature dry humor to conversations about healing, discovery, and hope.

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Stacy Morin is a creative and optimistic woman on a transformative journey of recovery and artistic exploration. Alcohol-free since April 2021, she has embraced a vibrant and fulfilling life guided by books, words, yoga, art, animals, nature, music, and family.

Most days, Stacy can be found in her Zen Den, nourishing her soul through creativity and self-expression, or at a recovery meeting deepening her healing journey.

She believes in the power of art and connection to inspire growth and resilience. Her dry sense of humor and authentic spirit make her a warm and memorable presence.

Stacy brings creativity, adventure, hope, and genuine connection to ZPE Connect, inspiring others on their own journeys of healing and discovery.

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Whitney Combs

Health and Wellness Coach

Whitney Combs

  • National Board-Certified Coach
  • Recovery Specialist
  • Former Physician Assistant

Whitney combines professional expertise with lived experience to help women create fulfilling lives they no longer feel the need to escape from.

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Whitney Combs is a nationally board-certified health and wellness coach specializing in addiction and recovery. Based in Tampa, Florida, she lives with her husband, three children, two cats, and a lovable yellow lab.

Whitney began her professional journey in 2004 as a Physician Assistant. After her own recovery journey, she transitioned to coaching in 2017, bringing a deeply personal understanding to her work.

She holds certifications from the National Society of Health Coaches and Wellcoaches and earned her NBHWC board certification in 2022.

Whitney is passionate about helping women create fulfilling lives they no longer feel the need to escape from. Her warm, supportive approach creates space for connection, healing, wellness, and lasting transformation.

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