About Us

Meet the Founder, Dr. Caron Goode, NCC, DD – Co-Founder of the Academy for Coaching Parents International, Inspired Living International, LLC and the International Breath Institute, LLC.

Education, psychology, shamanism, spiritual mentoring, mind-body wellness, business management and writing comprise the wealth of experience Caron brings to her mentoring, courses, and books. The common thread of each discipline has been on the energy of the mind and body and how to access it, focus it, and use it for life success. Along with her husband, Tom, Caron has discovered the important role breathwork can play in our lives.

A mother of one daughter, Caron knows firsthand the importance of parenting skills and that nurturing children with joy, common sense and a mind/body connectedness enriches and benefits both parent and child. Her interest in childhood development began when she taught special education children and later worked as a research consultant at the National Headquarters of Special Olympics in Washington, D.C. Since then, she has worked with children and families in private psychotherapy practice, and has designed empowerment seminars for parents, professionals and corporations, consulted for public and private school programs, conducted research in mindbody approaches to lifestyle, while writing and publishing for professional journals as well as major mass media.

Her expertise has made her a frequent guest expert for media and her articles have appeared in more than 200 publications, including Dynamic Living, North Texas Child, Kinetics, Colorado Parent, Convergence, The Joyful Child, Energy, Black Family Digest and Better Homes and Gardens.

Besides directing IBI, Caron manages HeartWiseParent.com which provides inspiration and mind-body approaches for parenting the whole child, which includes support for children’s physical health, emotions, mental development, and spirit.

Dr. Goode graduated with a Doctoral Degree from George Washington University in 1983 and is a licensed psychotherapist. She recently completed post-doctoral certifications in Mindbody Wellness and Women’s Spirituality at the Institute for Transpersonal Psychology. In addition, she holds the titles of Licensed Certified Counselor, National Certified Counselor, and Diplomat of the American Psychotherapy Association.

Meet The Founder, Tom Goode, ND, DD – Tom received his Bachelors degree in Commerce and Finance from the University of Virginia in 1961, a Doctorate of Naturopathy degree from The Clayton College in 1993 and a Doctorate of Divinity degree from the Order of Compassionate Service Theological Seminary in 2006.

He learned about health and the healing process while recovering from polio at age eight. Rebuilding his body, he survived and rehabilitated from a near fatal auto accident at age 16. He next sold and serviced individual and group health insurance for 12 years, receiving in-depth training regarding America’s medical and healthcare system.

At age 38, diagnosed with a chronic degenerate disease, Goode healed the condition naturally. As a result, he began a new phase of life and dedicated his life to helping others. Prevention magazine published Goode’s recovery story and he began his second career as a health researcher and teacher. He conducted a private healing and counseling practice for the next 12 years and was an instructor for energy healing and life empowering modalities and strategies.

Goode then co-founded the International Breath Institute in 1991 to teach people about their first, most valuable step in enhancing health and preventing premature aging. He created and has presented IBI‚s Life and Spirit Mastery for 14 years, training practitioners in proactive, natural health care methods. Program graduates offer seminars throughout the US, Canada, Europe, South America, Russia, South Africa, and Australia.

Tom is a member of The Life Extension Foundation, The American Holistic Health Association, The National Health Federation, The Institute of Noetic Sciences, the Health Keepers Alliance and the International Society for the Study of Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine.

Tom is a dynamic workshop facilitator and inspirational speaker who has led fire walks, appeared on television and radio, and taught college courses in intuitional development. He has written several books and instructional manuals and he developed The Cosmic Waltz, music for personal transformation.

You can contact Tom by email. Tom and his wife Caron live an hour South of Dallas in Fort Worth, Texas. For further information visit www.drtomgoode.com.

Meet The Partner - Yvonne Perry. Yvonne Perry, also known as LavendarRose, is a metaphysical author, teacher, and speaker. A graduate of American Institute of Holistic Theology, she holds a Bachelor of Science in Metaphysics.

For 40 years she was enmeshed with the fundamental dogma of religion and lived according to the interpretation of the Bible that her family, society, and church leaders passed down to her. Before she had a label to put on her empathetic ability, she called herself an intercessor carrying the burdens of others to the throne of grace. While praying for others she empathically took on their suffering until it severely challenged her emotional and physical health. This book tells how she recovered and shares spiritual practices to help other energy-sensitive people clear their energy field, set boundaries, and stay grounded in Spirit.http://whosestuffisthis.blogspot.com/

Meet The Partner - Danae Shanti serves as a spiritual mentor and conscious intuitive coach for people from all walks of life including professionals, artists, women and men in different stages of life as well as teenagers and young adults. She has travelled internationally assisting thousands of people to access their inner guidance and create fabulous success in their lives. She provides leading edge programs for personal and professional breakthroughs.  Programs for groups and individuals include Breathing Life Events, Soul Centered Wealth, Hit The Stage and the Six-Week Spiritual Integration Personal Empowerment Training. Danae’s mentoring teaches clients to delve within to source the answers needed for their life success.  She facilitates direct experiences for individuals to be able to feel, understand and take hold of who they are as an empowered spirit and sensitive/intuitive human being. Her processes bring deep transformation creating self-resourcing and self-confidence for clients by assisting them to come in to their bodies and out of their heads so that healing and growth occurs in an integrated fashion.  Participants in her work graduate in to a life where they recognize and apply techniques for creating a more conscious, balanced, healthy, happy life based in deep self-knowledge and trust in their own guidance.   Danae has extensive professional training as a Certified Full Wave Breath™ Facilitator, Professional Singer, Stage and Performance Trainer and Vocal Coach.  She has invested over 20 collective years training with The International Breath Institute, Dreamlodge and the Six Point Vocal Wav Method.

Danae is the author of Soul Centered Wealth and co-author of the Evolutions in Consciousness program. Deeply painful experiences in my life had me living in a prison of fear and anxiety. I had seen so many practitioners, shamans and psychics to help me with the anxiety and patterns that I had pretty much given up hope that I could get through the pain. I am so very blessed to have connected with Danae. I know our connection was worked out on another dimension and I couldn’t have orchestrated it better. Through Danae’s guidance, I learned to be conscious, clearly experiencing the difference between my mind running my life versus being the essence I AM.  I am awakening to and learning to integrate long standing patterns that were controlling every aspect of my life.. These programs are direct transmissions from channeling states and carry high vibrational energy for personal and planetary evolution. Danae has produced a series of inspiring, uplifting music CD’s of original songs for children and adults including “Lullabies for Little Visionaries” and “Seeds of Heaven”. Her latest CD “Breathing Life” is the first to deliver pure sound vibration (non-lyrical) directly from the “light” for the purpose of raising the life force energy for listeners. Danae lives in Boulder, Colorado. For further information on booking programs in your area, participating in Teleseminar Trainings or inquiring about a Personal Session, please e-mail Danae at: Danae@TheBreathingLife.com visit www.TheBreathingLife.com

I especially like that Danae comes through without attachment and ego. I know I can be what I am right now, however that is, and it is O.K.  It is very rare (at least in my experience) to find someone on the other end that can hold that space of complete acceptance.”
~ Shelly Holland, California