BethAnneDance

mythologist poet mother dancer nurse gratitudinator Beth Anne Boardman, R.N., M.A., Ph.D. began her education with a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from the University of Colorado and holds a current registered nursing license in two states. Beth practiced both occupational health and hospital nursing in Denver and went on to teach nursing theory and clinical nursing practice at Jennie Edmundson Hospital School of Nursing in Council Bluffs, Iowa. During her tenure at Jennie Edmundson, Beth also pursued a Master’s degree in English Literature from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. In 1989 Beth moved to California where she raised her two children, dividing her time between assisting in classrooms from Kindergarten through high school and serving as a board member, grant writer, and event organizer for a non-profit aid organization. In 2012 Beth completed a Doctorate in Mythological Studies with an Emphasis in Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, California. Beth’s dissertation, Diving into Darkness: Adolescents in the United States, will eventually see publication as a book, The Alchemy of Adolescence. Additionally, during her time in California, Beth co-founded the Joseph Campbell® Mythological RoundTable® community group in San Clemente, California in 2005, which meets quarterly to study and discusses the work of renowned mythologist Joseph Campbell.