Marilyn Belleghem M.Ed.:  

I grew up in the countryside in what was called Peel County, now known as Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. I attended Lorne Park Public School in the days when we walked across the Queen Elizabeth Highway. I attended T. L. Kennedy High School in Cooksville leaving there in 1961. I attended Lakeshore Teachers College, in Toronto. I taught elementary school until 1968. I married Jack Belleghem in 1964. We had met at Kennedy High when I was 15. We have three grown children. I returned to continue my education when I was 30 to achieve an undergraduate degree from the University of Toronto at Mississauga in what used to be called Erindale. I completed a Masters Degree in Adult Education and Applied Psychology from the University of Toronto, at the Ontario Institute For Studies In Education, also known as OISE. I did post graduate work at the University of Guelph on a part time basis to get the required courses to become a clinical member of the Ontario Division of The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. I was a Registered Marriage and Family Therapist with a private practice in Georgetown, then Oakville then Burlington, Ontario, Canada. I was incorporated in 1978 and have been in business over 40 years. I consulted to families in business on their personal and professional relationships. I also enjoy public speaking to small groups as well as at large conferences . My first memoir Questing Marilyn: In Search of My Holy Grail, Personal Growth Through Travel (2003) is about the search for the authentic adult Self. I tour England and Ireland to historic and sacred sites asking; "Who can I be when I am free to be me?" I incorporate many of the life skills I used in my work that my readers can apply in their own lives. Questing Marilyn is available in both the printe...Expand for more