LOS ANGELES, CA, August 25, 2000 – SoulfulLiving.com, an award-winning, monthly guide to personal growth and spiritual development, announces today that it will add marketing consulting services to its soulful offerings, in celebration of its August "Art and Creativity" issue. Aptly named "The Creative Soul," the new branch will feature the creative marketing services of the founder and "Creative Soul" of SoulfulLiving.com, Valerie Rickel.

Ms. Rickel specializes in marketing to the emerging culture of Cultural Creatives, a community of 50 million people, whose lifestyles reflect traits that include self-actualization, spiritual transformation, self-expression, ecological sustainability, and the value of the feminine. As the creator of SoulfulLiving.com, she has spent the past year applying her seven years of marketing and public relations experience to the many challenges of launching and building a unique soulful business.

"Recognition from our community, complimentary media exposure, and the growth of SoulfulLiving.com have been very gratifying," she says. "Now that Soulful Living is well established, I have decided to honor several requests from the community and offer my creative marketing talents as a ‘Virtual Marketing Executive’ to soulful businesses and professionals wishing to target the growing consumer market of Cultural Creatives."

The Creative Soul will offer both online and offline marketing solutions, including: advertising, communications, publicity, promotion, strategic planning, website design and concept development, logo and trademark design, computer graphic design, desktop publishing, sponsorship/partnership development and negotiation, community relations, event/seminar promotion and coordination, research, promotional copy writing, and website hosting and maintenance.

Launched January 1, 2000, SoulfulLiving.com was named "Site of the Week" in May by the Los Angeles Business Journal and is featured this month in Health Magazine’s "Alternative Health News." It is also the feature of an interview with Salle Merrill Redfield this month at www.CelestineVision.com.

SoulfulLiving.com brings an oasis for healing and joy to the Internet each month, as it explores unique themes of soulful interest, with best-selling authors and highly regarded experts, in a peaceful and meaningful, online environment. The August issue invites visitors to explore "Art and Creativity" with six creativity experts, who offer practical advice and techniques for "expressing your creative soul." August’s expert contributors include:

Dana Reynolds, visual artist, author, and workshop leader, who has been facilitating women’s spiritual workshops and retreats nationwide for the last ten years. Her work as a Spiritual Midwife, one who assists women as they birth their creative gifts into the world, is the foundation of all her endeavors. She is the author of "Be An Angel" (Simon & Schuster). (http://www.sacredimagination.com)

Lucia Capacchione, Ph.D., A.T.R., an internationally known art therapist, corporate consultant, trainer and best-selling author of 12 books including "Recovery of Your Inner Child," "The Creative Journal," "The Power of Your Other Hand," and her new title, "Visioning: Ten Steps to Designing the Life of Your Dreams" (Tarcher/Putnam). (http://www.luciac.com)

Aviva Gold, M.F.A., C.S.W., A.T.R.-B.C., R.E.A.T., a practicing art medicine woman and expressive arts therapist, who has been teaching inspired art for over 25 years. She is an experienced workshop leader in healing centers world-wide and is the author of "Painting From The Source: Awakening the Artist's Soul In Everyone." (http://www.avivagold.com)

Ami McKay, a contemporary bard, who loves writing, singing and harp playing. Through the creative arts, she hopes to help others recognize their own profound importance in life. Her latest work appears in "Chicken Soup for the Expectant Mother's Soul." She is also a columnist at Suite101.com. (http://www.hopes.com)

Ariyon Deborah Salt, a ceremonial artist, who, through communication with inner realms, brings forth a unique form of art and language; a living aesthetic as well as an authentic tool for change. Her powerful and deeply moving artwork has touched many lives in both India and the United States. Ariyon is currently working on a book, "Love and Emotional Wisdom: A Journey of Sacred Art." (http://www.ariyon.com)

LuAnn Pierce, a licensed social worker, therapist, trainer and writer. She has worked with youth and adults for 15 years and has written extensively about child development and parenting. LuAnn utilizes expressive therapy techniques in her practice to facilitate healing. (http://www.commonspace.homestead.com)

Each month, SoulfulLiving.com features the soulful thoughts of five monthly columnists, including: Carol Adrienne, Ph.D., internationally acclaimed speaker and author of the bestseller, "The Purpose of Your Life" (http://www.spiralpath.com); Kathleen Adams, LPC, RPT, author of the journaling classic "Journal to the Self" and Director of The Center for Journal Therapy in Lakewood, Colorado (http://www.journaltherapy.com); Dana Reynolds, visual artist, workshop facilitator, and Spiritual Midwife (http://www.sacredimagination.com); Nancilee Wydra, Feng Shui Master and most published American author of Feng Shui (http://www.windwater.com); and Rob Ragozzine, expert numerologist and founder of http://www.simplynumbers.com.

SoulfulLiving.com archives its past issues, making them available to its visitors year-round. Previous themes have included: Finding Joy; The Soul and Intuition; The Soul at Work; Writing for Reflection and Intention; The Soul and the Environment; and Creating a Soulful Home. The September issue will explore "Healing the Mind, Body and Soul."

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