Colleen Robinson & Dana Pemberton

Wellness and Leadership Strategists

Colleen & Dana are problem solvers who love to find the meanings and patterns in peoples’ lives, actions, and choices. Their different backgrounds and approaches combine to make them a force to be reckoned with when they help people heal and evolve.

Dana’s early martial arts training naturally progressed to teaching school and coaching sports. On track to become a professional athlete, he explored both sides of coaching until an injury permanently sidelined his football career and inspired a shift from training people for sports to guiding individuals, couples, families, and then companies. He built his technique, The Black Belt Mind, on the lessons he uncovered after years of running a martial arts dojo; with it, he helps people apply simple choices and approaches to every aspect of their life. As a consultant, he deals with change management, communication issues, and personal empowerment for every individual in a company.

Colleen was raised to respect science, emotion, and spirituality in combination. After teaching at university, she was drawn to the West Coast and became a TCM Practitioner, acupuncturist, and TCM herbalist. After studying many complementary healing techniques, she developed Your Integral Medicine, a form of healing that is designed to be accessible to practitioners and laypeople alike. She developed NAP, the New Agreement Process, from one of Dana’s concepts in The Black Belt Mind, in conjunction with her extensive studies on trauma and healing, as well as having trauma release as a main focus in her practice for going on two decades.

While they have co-owned both a dojo & healing clinic for many years, their work started to deepen when they began to teach together and see clients together. Years of focus on communication allows them to seamlessly hand the batons of analysis and explanation back and forth, making them sought-after presenters, consultants, and instructors. They are constantly astounded by the richness of experience and the depth of courage and vulnerability people are willing to bring to them and are excited to continue to expand their online offerings.