About Toni Kellar

Newsight Life Founder, Director, and Self-Leadership Coach

I care deeply about living a sustainable, meaningful, and intentional life, grounded in the values of curiosity, mindfulness, balance, humility, serving leadership, and lifelong learning.

In my work, I understand this:

Leadership, and learning, are never-ending and always-growing journeys.

We may never fully arrive (which means we’ve reached the end of our journey), but, we are always arriving!

There was a “calling” in my early years into roles of leadership and service, beginning in high school, when I served as drum major for the marching band, editor and photographer of the yearbook, and president of the National Honor Society and the outdoor recreation club. I was also a lifeguard and one of the first females in the snare drum line.

I share this history to help understand that the interests of community, leadership, communications, group alignment, service, empowering and caring for the well-being of others, connection to nature, and rhythm have been an integral part of my life!

Throughout the years, I added experience in photojournalism, strategic planning, program design, curriculum development, teaching, facilitation, interactive rhythm events, corporate communications, leadership training, and ontological coaching.

Today, I’m delighted to bring it all together in the programs and services of Newsight Life!

I facilitate experiences for transformational learning.

The context could be anything from a drum circle, a workshop, a one-to-one conversation, an interactive presentation, a retreat, your team meeting, or a walk in the woods.

It doesn’t matter where, but you will be transformed.

This is my gift, and I’m delighted to share it with you.

— Toni Kellar

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Professional Experience

Founder & Director
Newsight Life
Director, Programs & Curriculum
Newton Institute /
Center for Serving Leadership (Pittsburgh, PA)
Director, Marketing & Corporate Communications
Newton Consulting (now Aspirant, Pittsburgh, PA)
Marketing & Communications Officer
The Wilds (Ohio)
Owner & Consultant
Branches Creative Services
Program Director
NWDEF / Deerassic Park (Ohio)
K-12 Substitute Teacher
Guernsey, Noble, and Belmont County Schools (Ohio)
Community Education Coordinator
Noble County Recycling and Litter Prevention (Ohio)
Founder & Director
Roots To Rhythm®
Assignments & Origination Editor | Photo Editor
The Hartford Courant (Connecticut)
Photojournalist
New Milford Times (Connecticut)
Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette (Indiana)
Cambridge Daily Jeffersonian (Ohio)
Ohio University Post
Athens Magazine (Ohio)

Community Service

Friends & Neighbors Program
United Way of Guernsey, Monroe, and Noble Counties
Reading Group Facilitator
Cambridge Area Chamber of Commerce
Strategic Planning Committee
United Way of Guernsey, Monroe, and Noble Counties
Board of Trustees
Olney Friends School
Board Member, Consultant
Dickens Victorian Village of Cambridge, Ohio
Founder
Cambridge Rhythm & Arts Walk
Board Member & President
Cambridge / Guernsey County Visitors & Convention Bureau
Action Planning Committee
Noble Local School District
Volunteer
Girl Scouts of Ohio
Hartford Corporate Neighbors Program
Weaving the Wisdom
Girls, Inc.
Literacy Volunteers
Big Brothers / Big Sisters

Education & Training

Certified Training Partner
Center for Serving Leadership
NCC® Newfield Certified Coach
Newfield Network
ICF Accredited
Holding Space Foundation Program: Facilitator / Coach / Leader
Centre for Holding Space
Drum Circle Leadership
Jim Donovan Music / Sound Health Solutions
Rhythm2Recovery® Evidence-Based Model
Rhythm2Recovery
Beat the Odds® Evidence-Based Protocol
UCLArts & Healing
Mental Health First Aid®
Coaching for Personal & Professional Mastery
Newfield Network
ICF Accredited
Program Design
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Dance for All
UCLArts & Healing
ACC Associate Certified Coach
International Coaching Federation (ICF) 2020-2023
Leadership Noble
Ohio State University Extension
HealthRhythms®
Remo, Inc.
Interpersonal Management | Conflict Resolution | Supervision
Zenger-Miller
B.S. Journalism
Ohio University, College of Communications

Continuing Education

Beyond Self-Care: Cultivating Daily Acts of Self-Devotion
UCLArts & Healing
The Body as a Portal to Resilience
UCLArts & Healing
Self and Nature Connection Through Eco-Art Therapy
UCLArts & Healing
Healthy Minds Program
Healthy Minds Innovations
The Spiral Path
Centre for Holding Space
Mindfulness-Based Emotional Intelligence:
Radical Responsibility®
Windhorse Seminars / Fleet Maull, PhD
The Circle Way
The Circle Way
Virtual Facilitation
Institute for Experiential Learning
Leadership Principles for Times of Massive Disruption
SILYI
Finding Wisdom & Resilience through Council & the Arts
UCLArts & Healing
The Neuroscience of Staying Focused in Chaos
SILYI
Think Like a Wayfinder
Martha Beck
Resiliency Skills in a Time of Uncertainty
University of Pennsylvania
The Personal Hope Book: A Fundamental Resilience Tool
UCLArts & Healing
Art Journaling for Joy: Finding Resilience through Creative Expression
UCLArts & Healing
Improvisation for Emotional Self-Care
UCLArts & Healing
Thriving in Change: Somatic Practices
Strozzi Institute
Singing for Connection & Resilience
UCLArts & Healing
Seven Habits of Highly Ethical Coaches
ICF / International Coaching Federation
Elevating Your Coaching Impact Through Arts-Based Experiential Learning
ICF / International Coaching Federation
Self-Care Through Art & Writing / The Open Studio Process
UCLArts & Healing
Mini Habits: A Small Tool for Big Success
ICF / International Coaching Federation
Monk in the World
Abbey of the Arts
Playing With the Power of Metaphors
ICF / International Coaching Federation
Life Purpose Coach, Certified
Transformation Academy
Healing Addiction Summit
Healing Addiction
Mindfulness at Work
eNaropa
The Art of Mindful Communication With Kids
Mindful Schools
Mindful Education Summit
The Awake Network
Heartfulness Meditation Champion
Heartfulness Institute
Beyond Addiction Online Conference
Recovery 2.0