
About Us
Your Wisdom Works was founded as an answer to Spirit's call. We believe passionately that now is the time to soulfully and effectively bring new ways of living and being to the world. And we are committed to providing a powerful mirror to reflect the brilliant light shining forth from spirit-filled leaders and organizations.
We believe each project presented to us began as an impulse or a dream in Divine Mind. We believe you have been given all the wisdom you need to succeed. Our job is to act as coach, mid-wife, sounding board, and confidant in helping you manifest the Dreams of the Divine which have been entrusted to you.
Our mission is to awaken the world through partnerships with wisdom workers using spirit-led marketing and creative web solutions.
We are pleased to partner with you in transforming our world.
Meet the Team:
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Rima Bonario has a Masters degree in Strategic Communications and Leadership. She has held executive positions focusing on marketing, communications, fundraising, program design and implementation, and event management. Prior to founding Your Wisdom Works, she served as Executive Director for three years for one of the largest Unity churches in the Unity movement in Houston, Texas. While there, she was involved in many aspects of leadership, which including conceiving, coordinating and implementing a full visual identity package including a new website for the church. She is well-acquainted with the demographic wisdom work targets. Rima was also one of three founding principals in the full-service marketing, communications and PR firm, Risuto LLP. In addition to her marketing and design expertise, her skills include strategic planning, product development, process design, strategic networking, group facilitation and collaborative containers, written communications expertise, and graphic design. Recently one of Rima's articles was published in Sacred Secrets a collection of essays from spiritual leaders such as Michael Beckwith, Dr. Charlotte Shelton and Rev. James Trapp.
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Shiloh Boss holds bachelors degrees in both Transpersonal Psychology, and Health and Healing from Naropa University, the prestigious college founded by Buddhist Rimpoche Chongyam Trungpa in Boulder, Colorado. She brings 15 years of experience in various positions of management, mentorship, healing, administration, and event planning to her consultation practice with Your Wisdom Works. With a special affinity towards driving the engine and values of the ‘new paradigm’ in society, Shiloh’s work has focused on the emerging field of Holistic Health and Wellness, the market of ‘cultural creatives’, and the ever-pressing interest in corporate social responsibility. She has played significant roles in start-up companies, small businesses, and non-profit organizations, and passionately explores the healthy development of collaborative teams, conscious business and the ‘fourth sector’ or ‘for-benefit’ companies. Shiloh holds certificates in Spiral Dynamics Integral: Natural Design in Systems, Conscious Evolution with Evolve.org and has studied with various mentors in the field of organizational learning, and living systems theory. |
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Marla Durden has a bachelor degree in Fine Arts and a Certificate in Entrepreneurial Leadership from the prestigious MIT/YEO Birthing of Giants Program. She is founder and former CEO of an award-winning and innovative wellness product company for which she was the 1997 recipient of the Seattle Mayor's Small Business Award. She has used her 20 years of diverse business, creative and marketing skills as a consultant in product design and development, strategic business and market planning, collateral and web design, art direction and leadership development. Marla is a 25 year student of transformational process with deep skill and experience in Facilitation, Meditative and Transformational arts and sciences. After being a member of leadership maven Meg Wheatley's From the Four Directions Circle Initiative, Marla went on to earn certification in Circle Facilitation and is a Certified Firewalk Instructor. As the founder of the transformational coaching practice Profound Harvest, she has worked with hundreds of individuals and teams. Marla spent 15 years in leadership positions for the YWCA of the USA and the World YWCA, headquartered in Geneva Switzerland. In her role as a member of the International Executive Board Marla traveled the world widely; working on 5 continents; attending UN and other international conferences; and working with and on behalf of women the world over. Marla is also a graduate of Leadership Houston, class XXV |
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Russ Swift has a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, and has held various positions in both Manufacturing Operations and Information Technology in his 27 years in the corporate world. His passion for computers and Labrador Retrievers led him to volunteer to create a website for his local dog club in 1990, and from that time until the present, he has been actively creating websites for various organizations and businesses. He has gained experience in the field of application development and architecture over the past twelve years in his corporate IT job, and has developed an “ear” for listening to his customer’s needs. His major projects included leadership of the email and groupware team, managing 3000+ Lotus Notes email users, and developing a wide variety of web-based applications, including a corporate policy database which was ultimately copyrighted. Russ’s unique blend of problem solving, information technology, and graphics design skills has proven to be a valuable addition to the team. |
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Toby White has a Masters degree in web design and systems development. He is well versed in all aspects of functional design. He has eight years of experience in database design and administration and is an expert in this field. While this may not seem to be related to the Internet, the leading edge of web design work utilizes databases for the back end structure. Databases are used in everything from content management to the storage of email lists and member profiles. How the tables in the database relate to one another directly impact the quality of the site and your ease of use. His work with relational database design and management is exceptional. His skills as a business intelligence architect also bring a higher dimension of problem analysis and solving to any project he undertakes. |
On a Personal Note:
Our team is devoted to the study and practice of transformational living. Each of us is deeply involved with our own self-evolution as well as joining with others to bring about opportunities for group and global transformation.



