Windhaven Publishing & Recovery
with their faith on the Lord Jesus Christ." (Alma 37:33)
A Little About Colleen and Phil Harrison
Colleen holds a BA and MA in English from Brigham Young University. She has also completed training for certification as an Addictions Counselor from the University of Utah, and all of the course work for a PhD in Family and Human Development form Utah State University.
Colleen has been a presenter at BYU Education Weeks several times, both at BYU-Idaho and BYU-Provo.
She has presented at RS Women’s conferences in both the US and in Canada. Colleen is the owner and director of her own publishing company, Windhaven Publishing which specializes in Gospel based addiction recovery literature for the LDS community. She is the mother of 12 children and step-mom to 5, and lives after the manner of happiness--in Hyrum, Utah with her husband Phil, and her youngest daughter--a recently returned missionary.
A life-long member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Phil served a mission to Germany. In keeping with family academic traditions, Phil graduated from BYU with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in botany, then from the University of Georgia in Athens with a Ph.D., also in botany, with an emphasis in plant physiology. He is currently employed as a Plant Physiologist at the USDA in Logan Utah.
Phil and his first wife, Kathy, lived in Utah, Athens, Georgia, upstate New York and California, then returned to Utah, where for 15 years they led workshops in the “Inner Peace Through Self-Mastery” program, an LDS-oriented adaptation of Recovery Inc., a cognitive therapy approach to emotional health. Phil and Kathy had five children together. In 1998 Kathy and Phil began attending the LDS Twelve Step meetings of Heart t' Heart. Following Kathy’s passing, Phil married Colleen
Some Things We Enjoy
Colleen is constantly reading. And always with a pen in hand. And often with a poodle. The little toy poodle cuddling with Colleen is Winnie, named for Winnie the Pooh. Unfortunately, her color faded as she grew up. Turncoat!
Colleen loves her toy poodles. Here she is with Winnie after her coat changed. Her other poodle is named Pooky. Pooky was named for the mythical animal called a "Pookah." A pookah was supposed to be a spirit in animal form that helped humans and watched over them. Pooky was well named--he is a great comfort and companion.
Colleen taught me all about horses and it turns out I really love them. In fact, the name Philip is of Greek origin and means " Lover of horses!" Here I am with Lady (the paint) and Snowflake, or "Snowy" (the appaloosa). Unfortunately it got too expensive for us to keep them and we had to let them go. This picture was taken our last day with them, as we were getting them ready to leave for their new home. I'm so glad we had the experience--and at least we still have the pictures and some friends who still have their horses.
When I was growing up, my parents would feed the birds on the patio outside our dining room window. They would identify each species and keep track of the first date they saw it each year. One year we saw 50 different species of birds. I don't keep a list myself, but I still love to feed the birds. One cold winter, while I was filling up the bird feeders outside Colleen's office window, I discovered that the wild birds were hungry enough to eat out of my hand (if I waited long enough and held very still! Boy, did my hand get cold!). I think this one is a purple finch. If you know different, I would love to hear from you.