about

Hi! I’m Allison Harrison of Breath & Spark, LLC. This page will tell you more about my values and approach. I find joy in creating intentional space, listening, and honoring the insights and delights that arise when people feel seen and heard. Once we do that, we can move into generative action. We are facing so many collective and individual griefs and transitions. My goal is to help us take a deep breath and ignite a spark of creativity, flow, and transformation. I can help you identify strengths and gaps and usher you through your process, pulling in the tools to keep us efficient, focused, and organized. Through writing services and project management, I facilitate transformation for individuals, projects, groups, businesses, nonprofits, and physical spaces.

My 15 years in the nonprofit sector centered on issues of justice, empowerment, and healing–from a local rape crisis center to a state voting rights org to a national federation for people with rare illness. Along the way, I was always drawn to find new ways to meet needs, make things work better and connect people with their passions. After grinding for years to grow nonprofit programs and organize white people against racism, I discovered that a key barrier my peers and I faced was our own exhaustion, disconnection, and feelings of scarcity and urgency. I want my work to be part of the antidote.

My work is informed by my experiences as an advocate, caregiver, person with illness, intersectional feminist, mindfulness facilitator, program creator, writer, and more. (Read more about my professional experience on LinkedIn.) I studied Creative Writing, American Studies, and Social & Economic Justice at UNC-Chapel Hill, where I also earned a Master of Social Work (MSW) degree with a concentration in Community, Management, and Policy Practice and an interdisciplinary Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership. I am a published poet. I continue to learn about mindfulness, mental health, and trauma; I’m certified in Mental Health First Aid and Conscious Facilitation.

Let’s discuss how I can support you. I am committed to unlearning and upending colonization, patriarchy, racism, and capitalism, as well as creating safe and sacred spaces for queer, trans, BIPOC, sick, disabled and neuro divergent folks. I am always practicing and I welcome feedback.