Cherie Sohnen-Moe is an author, business coach and international workshop leader. She has been a successful business owner since 1978. Before shifting her focus to education and coaching, she was in private practice for many years as a massage and holistic health practitioner. She has served as a faculty member at the Desert Institute of Healing Arts (diha) and the Arizona School of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (asaom), and is an adjunct professor at Clayton College of Natural Health.
Cherie has written more than 100 articles that have been published in over 15 national and international magazines. She is the author of the book, Business Mastery. It is in its fourth edition, has sold more than 290,000 copies and is recommended by more than 1,300 healing arts associations and schools worldwide, and 600+ schools requiring it as a text.
Cherie is the author of Present Yourself Powerfully and The Art of Teaching.
She is the co-author of the ground-breaking book The Ethics of Touch. This book is used in over 800 schools and associations with 300+ requiring it as a text.
Cherie holds a degree in psychology from UCLA and has extensive experience in the areas of business management, training, and creative problem solving—which combines well with her ability to support others to achieve what they want in life.
She is active in many professional and community organizations. Among her honors she has received the Distinguished Service Award and the Professional Achievement Award from the American Society for Training and Development (astd), the Outstanding Instructor Award at the Desert Institute of the Healing Arts, and is listed in several editions of Who's Who. She lives in Tucson, Arizona with her husband, Jim, and their dog, Cinder.