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Val Tobin - by Bob Tobin

Val Tobin worked in the tech industry for ten years as a software/web developer while exploring her interests in the occult, paranormal and spirituality fields on the side. In 2004, she wrote for the online publication Community MX. Val started writing for Suite 101 in May 2010 and achieved Feature Writer status in July 2011. She became Topic Editor for Paganism/Wicca at Suite101 in July 2011.

Val started Serenity Now Gifts & Services as a part-time home based business with her husband in 2005. They offer such holistic services as Reiki, Crystal Therapy and Angel Therapy Practitioner® sessions. Val's interest in the paranormal has also led her to doing paranormal investigations at a variety of locations throughout Ontario and the States. Val also writes articles for Serenity Now Gifts & Services. Read more about Val at Serenity Now Gifts & Services.

Another interest is health and nutrition, which Val has been studying both formally and informally for the last 27 years. To help people with their physical well-being, Val does cleanse coaching with people who want to remove impurities and flush excess fat from their bodies using the Isagenix® system of cleansing and fat burning products.

Val traveled to Kona, Hawaii three times between March 2008 and April 2010 to receive training from Doreen Virtue. She achieved her Angel Therapy Pracitioner® with advanced certification in October of 2008, and recently received her Mediumship Certification when she attended Doreen's Mediumship Certification course in April 2010. Val at this time also contributed a story to Doreen Virtue's Hay House book Angel Words.

In March 2007, Val enrolled in the Parapsychic Science Bachelor of Science program (now called "Alternate Spiritual Traditions") at the American Institute of Holistic Theology (AIHT) and received her degree in September 2010. Val and her writing were recognized in the Fall 2010 AIHT newsletter. Val is currently working on her master's degree in Alternate Spiritual Traditions. You can find Val at her company Fan Page on Facebook or check out her Tweets on Twitter. She also has a blog that she contributes to intermittently.

Val conducts workshops on angels, faeries, opening the third eye and more, primarily from Cherry Valley Retreat in Newmarket, Ontario and The Hedge Witch in Sharon, Ontario.

Val also is the organizer for the Newmarket Grandparents Meetup Group, which provides support and resources to grandparents who are actively involved in raising their grandchildren.