Resurrecting Eve

Roberta Mary Pughe, M.A., ED.S., is a psychotherapist in private practice in Princeton, New Jersey. Licensed as a marriage and family therapist, she is a clinical member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapists. She also is a Reiki practitioner as well as a certified Gestalt psychotherapist. She has worked as a therapist since 1986 and has extensive experience in the practice of individual, couple, family, and group therapy. Her focus for years has been on women, exploring how religious influences have shaped their thinking and being in the world.

Roberta received her master’s degree in theological studies from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. She is ordained as an interfaith minister and a minister of ancient ways. She is a former staff member of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church and a certified instructor in Reverend Dr. D. James Kennedy’s Evangelism Explosion program.

Roberta mothers her two sons with her husband Camillo, their beloved dog Romeo, and the hens. They all endeavor to live the resurrection each and every day.

Paula Anema Sohl, B.S., O.T.R., is a homemaker, songwriter, singer, poet, liturgical dancer, peace activist, mother of three teenagers, and an elder in her local Presbyterian (PCUSA) church where she is active in music ministry. She has trained and worked as a psychiatric occupational therapist and lactation consultant, and most recently finds her calling in her home, in her dance, music, and writing, and as a volunteer in her church, community, and her children’s schools. Paula has recently completed training in mediation as an addition to her skill set. She brings her experience in mental health and in supporting new mothers in breastfeeding to her perspective and to her artistic expression. She is an English Language Learner’s volunteer tutor and a peace and dance enthusiast. She is active with WILPF and the Peace Now Interfaith Alliance, and stands with the Women in Black.

Paula’s other interests include yoga, biking, reading, knitting, and other fiber arts. She and her gifted and supportive husband receive intensive and ongoing parenting instruction from the finest residential staff — their three teenagers. Paula and her family make their home in Oregon.

Paula and Roberta both grew up in churches and families affected by fundamentalist dogma. They met in 1977, their freshman year at Calvin College. Through their own unique and diverse journeys, thirty years later they have both moved beyond the silencing effects of this system and are now living liberating lives. They have combined their stories, their insider knowledge, their experience, and their talents in the hope that other women may find freedom through this book.

Paula and Roberta are available to present seminars and workshops for churches, communities, and organizations throughout the United States. In their work as writers, educators, dancer and therapist, they co-facilitate the integration of body, soul, and mind, focusing on the process of unblocking and mobilizing the self to create healing, wholeness, and action. In their women’s workshops, they support emergence of the authentic self.

Their passion is in supporting and guiding women to be who they truly are and to express this fully in their lives.