About Val Tobin

Val studied general arts at the University of Waterloo, then went to DeVry Toronto to get a diploma in Computer Information Systems. She worked in the computer industry as a software and Web developer for over ten years, during which time she started to get serious about energy work and the paranormal and occult.

Val became a certified Reiki Master/Teacher in October, 2004 and started Serenity Now Gifts & Services with her husband, Bob, in March, 2005, to help people improve their lives on multiple levels. Val acquired ATP® certification in March, 2008, in Kona, Hawaii from Doreen Virtue, PHD.

Val started work on a bachelor of science in Parapsychic Science from the American Institute of Holistic Theology in March of 2007 and received her degree in September 2010. Val is currently working on her master's degree in Alternate Spiritual Tradtions at AIHT.

Val returned to Kona, Hawaii, at the end of October 2008 to complete the Advanced ATP® training and in April 2010 to take the Spiritual Writing workshop and the Mediumship Certification class. Val writes freelance for online magazine Suite101, and is Topic Editor for Paganism/Wicca and Webmaster Resources at Suite. Val is also a published author. She contributed a story to Doreen Virtue’s Hay House book Angel Words.

Val's offerings at Serenity Now Gifts & Services include Reiki, Crystal Therapy, Angel Therapy Practitioner® sessions and teaching workshops and classes on a variety of topics. She has also been trained to gift the Munay-Ki rites. She provides cleanse coaching to people following the Isagenix™ cleansing and fat burning program, helping them to achieve their weight loss, health and wealth goals. She also writes articles for the Serenity Now site.

Val does paranormal investigations throughout Ontario and the United States with the Paranormal Investigation Society of Toronto and the Haunted Barrie Meetup Group, and as a representative of Serenity Now Gifts & Services.