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 Christina Baldwin's life work addresses the deep need in modern culture to re-establish authentic and heartfelt dialogues. After graduating from Macalester College with an honors degree in English and from Columbia Pacific University with a master's degree in Educational Psychology, she began her public career in the field of journal writing. Her classic books, One to One, Self-Understanding through Journal Writing, and Life's Companion Journal Writing as a Spiritual Quest, have helped tens of thousands of people articulate the dialogue they are having with themselves.
Her long study of personal growth and group dynamics led to her groundbreaking book, Calling the Circle, the First and Future Culture. Her original contribution, PeerSpirit methodology, is based on ways that council can help people have significant conversations with each other. Her book, The Seven Whispers, A Spiritual Practice for Times Like These, invited people into a dialogue with soul. And now, in Storycatcher, Making Sense of our Lives through the Power and Practice of Story, she turns to the theme that weaves through all her work and writing: her utter belief in the power of story to renew how we are in the world on an individual to collective level.
 Her life work is also available in audio-cassette or CD, a 6 hour conversation called Lifelines, How Personal Writing Can Save Your Life. For thirty years, Christina has explored the ways writing can organize your life, reveal the deeper meaning in life experiences, and map uncharted territories within you. Now her most powerful techniques are gathered into one comprehensive course.
Baldwin lives on an island near Seattle, Washington, where she and author/naturalist, Ann Linnea, have co-founded PeerSpirit, Inc, an educational company dedicated to community, communication, and council. She is a frequent teacher and speaker throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. Her Storycatcher work is referenced here and on her company website: www.peerspirit.com.
Christina's greatest passion is to bring story alive within groups of people, to see the transformation when people claim their own stories, and respond to the stories of others. Her renowned creative nonfiction seminar, "The Self as the Source of the Story," fills a year in advance.
 Recent conferences include:
- Shambhala Institute, Authentic Leadership Program, 2006
- Centering Pregnancy and Parenting Association, 2006
- School for Servant Leadership, 2006
- ICAN Omaha, Women in Leadership, 2005
- The Art of Hosting, 2004–ongoing
- True North Wellness Conference, 2003-2004
- Story Circle Network, 2003
- Hollyhock Retreat Centre, 2000–ongoing
- Women Within International and The Mankind Project, 2002
- Women in Lucent Leadership, 2000
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