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HEATHER PLETT (she/her) is the author of the award-winning book The Art of Holding Space: A Practice of Love, Liberation, and Leadership and the recently released book, Where Tenderness Lives: On Healing, Liberation, and Holding Space for Oneself.

She is also the co-founder of the Centre for Holding Space. She is an international speaker, facilitator, and writer, and her work has been translated into a dozen languages and referenced in such notable publications as Harvard Business Review and Psychology Today. She has trained people from six continents, both in person and online.

Before launching her work in holding space, Heather worked in leadership and communications in government and non-profit. Having spent most of her adult life in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, where she raised her three daughters, Heather has recently moved to Vancouver Island. You can learn more about the Author on Insta at @heatherplett or their website www.heatherplett.com

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MATTE NAMER (she/they) and FRANKIE REX (they/them) began The FMs in NYC in 2016. The FMs created a community around their illegal shows on a ferry boat in Bushwick where they also recorded three full-length albums, including their debut LP "Machinacene Epoch."

Production on their sophomore double-EP "PINK + BLACK" was tragically cut short by Frankie Rex's death in 2022. Matte Namer reformed The FMs and released "PINK + BLACK" posthumously in May of 2024 at the first-ever FrankieFest, a tribute to Frankie Rex. To learn more about the band visit them on Instagram @thefms or their website www.thefmsmusic.com