Caryn studied Quaker roots of facilitation in the bioregional movement with Caroline Estes and Bea Briggs (founder of the International Institute for Facilitation and Change). She also trained in community organizing at the Midwest Academy and in poetry therapy and teaching yoga, all of which further honed her facilitation practice.

Since 1995, she has facilitated community writing workshops on healing for intergeneral groups, adults living with serious illness, community organizers, people in recovery, and many other communities. She coordinated the Transformative Language Arts MA program at Goddard College (where she taught for 23 years), and co-founded the non-profit Transformative Language Arts Network. She also co-founded bioregional groups on the local and continental levels. She writes, presents, and coaches on facilitating meetings and workshops.

Caryn is honored to partner with singer-songwriter Kelley Hunt on Brave Voice writing and singing retreat; livelihood consultant and coach Kathryn Lorenzen on Your Right Livelihood classes and retreats; and poet and facilitator Joy Roulier Sawyer on The Art of Facilitation.