Laura Worth, MSW
LifeSense Technologies
Founder
Vashon-Maury Island, Washington
(206) 463-9283

 

BACKGROUND

Laura Worth, MSW co-founded LifeSenseTechnologies in 2011.  Laura is a seasoned entrepreneur in developing health care technologies companies as well as a Life Coach, skilled in group facilitation and inspiring motivation. 

Laura is also a Web publisher and Web designer, musician, actor, and inventor
 

A +30-year veteran of entrepreneurial business ventures. Co-founder and Vice President of six health care and medical products companies.  20 years as a Life and Business Coach, founding Worth Coaching Services where she works with groups and individuals from many walks of life.  She is trained professionally in psychotherapy and counseling, group facilitation, and teaching. 


LIFESENSE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Co-founder and Vice President
2011 - Present

Co-founded LifeSense Technologies, LLC.  Co-invented the company's proprietary Chill420, AromaChill, and Terpz systems (patents pending).  Manages administrative, accounting, and legal functions for the company. 

Co-founded and co-authored The CMAP Project for better cannabis science and education at www.cmap420.org, sponsored by LifeSense Technologies.
 
 

WORTH WELLNESS PUBLICATIONS (Web Publisher)
Sole Proprietor
2007 - Present

Specializing in web-based, health and wellness directories for local neighborhoods and small communities. Extensive contact with health and wellness practitioners in supporting their marketing outreach.
 
 

LIFESENSE INSTITUTE
Vice President
2006 - Present

Co-founded LifeSense Institute, a nonprofit corporation to sponsor humanist projects dedicated to improving our quality of life. These projects include the Vashon Energy Project initiated in 2006 and educational support for BuildingCircles Organization initiated in 2005.
 
 

BUILDINGCIRCLES ORGANIZATION 
Co-founder
2005 - Present

Co-founded BuildingCircles Organization to build affordable and sustainable nature-integrated homes for independent living.
 
 

SEADRIFT MEDIA PRODUCTIONS
Associate Producer
2004-present

Co-founded SeaDrift Media Productions, an independent media production company to produce and market her music.
 
 

LAURA WORTH WEB DESIGNS
Sole Proprietor
1998 - Present

Specializing in easy-to-navigate sites for artists, small business, solo professionals, and nonprofits (Laura Worth Web Designs). 
 
 

WORTH COACHING SERVICES
Sole Proprietor
Life and Business Coach, Group Facilitator, Teacher, Author
1995-present 

Guides clients in clarifying personal direction and values, decision-making, and creating life balance and focus.  Assists in goals identification and planning, motivation and procrastination management, time management, and other strategies for improved quality of life.  Specializes in coaching clients at life's transition points. 

Founded Worth Coaching Services to help pioneer the introduction of life and business coaching to the public in 1995.   Responsible for WCS's strategic planning, marketing; advertising and public relations; sales; content, methods, curriculum and proprietary materials development; business and financial planning, legal and accounting functions.   Authors and publishes coaching e-newsletter and syndicated newspaper column, The Coaching Minute
 


ADVANCED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.  .-.  SOMNUS CORPORATION 
ADVANCED INPUT PRODUCTS, LLC .-.   LIFESENSE, LLC 
Founder and Vice President
1980 - 2004

Co-founded four privately held and financed companies engaged in research and development of proprietary healthcare-related technologies, tools for public health education, and corporate employee wellness programs.  Served on their Boards and as Vice President of Operations, Vice President of Administration, Secretary (officer), and also filled roles of office manager, executive assistant, and administrative assistant.  Aggregate fiduciary responsibility for corporate budgets totaling $3.7 million.
 


CLINICAL PSYCHOTHERAPIST AND COUNSELOR (internships)

Family Service Agency of San Mateo County
Therapist, Supervised MSW Internship 
1982-1983

Crisis and long-term psychotherapy using individual, couple,  family, and group modalities.
 

East Bay Transitional Services
Therapist, Supervised MSW Internship 
1981-1982

Residential treatment center for adults and older adolescents with severe psychiatric disorders.
 


EDUCATION
Masters in Social Work (MSW) from San Francisco State University (1983).  Training for clinical social work with special preparation for counseling clients suffering from chronic medical illness.

B.A. (sociology) from San Francisco State University (1972).
 

PSYCHOSOCIAL RESEARCH 
In-depth interviews with patients suffering from chronic illness (inflammatory bowel disease); sole responsibility for design and execution of this exploratory ethnomethodology.  Culminating project in lieu of thesis for Master in Social Work (MSW). 
 


PATENT (ISSUED)
U.S. Patent No. 5,348,008 (issued September 20, 1994)
“Cardiorespiratory Alert System” (co-inventor)
 

PATENTS (APPLIED)
"Method, Apparatus, and System to Initiate and Maintain Healthy Sleep" (co-inventor)

"Apparatus to Enable Alternating and/or Simultaneous Nasal and Oral Inhalation of Phytochemicals" (co-inventor)

"Method and Apparatus to Enable Inhalation of Air of Varied Temperature with or without Aromatic Conditioning" (co-inventor)
 

SELECTED INVENTIONS

1.  SafeWatch™ cardiorespiratory alert system 
2.  SleepLine™ sleep information audiotext program 
 


AVOCATIONAL SKILLS, INTERESTS, AND ACTIVITIES

  • Principal actor and business consultant/mentor for Peninsula acting ensemble, Constance Wise Productions, an acting school and ensemble based in Palo Alto, California.  Assisted with teaching and directing students.

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  • Co-founder of DIAJ (Drummers in a Jam), a 10-year commitment to building community in the San Francisco Bay Area using community drum circles.  DIAJ evolved into a musical performing group specializing in audience participation.  The DIAJ ensemble recorded and performed African-inspired, California-grown music in The San Francisco Bay Area. 

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  • Principal musician (alto recorder) of DIAJ (Drummers in a Jam), performing and recording group.  Recorded Pangaea: Old World, New Visions and Mouyami .

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  • Co-founder of Big Deal Productions, an independent music production company dedicated to producing DIAJ music. In 1998 co-produced the DIAJ CD, Pangaea: Old World, New Visions.

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  • Co-produced Sweet California Ballet (an original performance event with audience participation), performed at Burgess Theater, Menlo Park, CA 1997 and The World Is You, a world music and fusion dance community performance event at Hidden Villa, Los Altos, California in 2001. 

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  • Principal musician, the SoundMoments duo (performing and recording as a duo with Robert Bornn).  Vocalizations, soprano, and alto recorder (improvisational world fusion music); African-style drums and percussion (African-inspired improvisational music). Robert and Laura are currently working on their next album series, Chill! for release in 2013.  The Inhale! album was released with Robert as a CD in 2013.  They released Love Is... (2012) as a digital album at CDBaby as SoundMoments duo in 2012.  Recorded music sound track for Robert Bornn's film on DVD, Ocean's Edge-Spirit's Journey (2004).

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  • Writing: poetry, blogging (From the Rocking Chair), e-newsletters and columns (Bright Moments Coaching  and The Coaching Minute), and op ed. pieces. 
      

    Revised 03/19/15

 

Copyright (c) 1998-2015 by Laura Worth.  All rights reserved.
Photos by Robert Bornn.
Web site by Laura Worth Web Design.