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The Gentle Use of Power

Biography

Augusta True Grant

My roots spring from an Irish/American Indian father who claimed my sister and I were descended from Pocahontas, and an English mother descended from President Grant. My strongest influence was my maternal grandmother who was one of the first four women to graduate from The University of Minnesota Medical School. She became a county doctor who used hypnosis for anesthesia, traveled in a horse and buggy, and carried a gun. She came to live with us when I was in grade school and became my confidante with whom I shared stories of my imaginary friends. Grandmother was a master storyteller who wrote poetry, read tea leaves and studied eastern philosophy. She also embroidered, painted beautiful oils and made the best pies I've ever tasted.

In high school I attended the Northfield School for Girls in Massachusetts followed by the University of Oklahoma and later the University of Texas in Austin. I spent twenty years each in Oklahoma and Texas with periods in Ohio and Washington State in between. I was married for twenty-five years, have three daughters, one of whom is disabled, two step daughters, a stepson and six grandchildren, all adults.

Previous jobs include Project Director for the International Office at the University of Texas of Peace Corps Training, Fulbright Scholar Programs and the Saudi Arabian Training Program. I then switched gears and was President of R & L Sales in Austin, a construction related business.

In 1960 I moved to California and continued working for the R & L Sales branch in Santa Clara followed by a career at I.P. Sharp & Associates. It was during this time I felt the influence of my grandmother resurface. Following in her footsteps, I studied at the Palo Alto School of Hypnotherapy. Instead of learning to read tea leaves, however, I learned to dowse. I took courses in Intuition, alternative medicine and healing, meditation, metaphysics, Kabbalah, Tarot, Numerology, Focusing and Educational Kinesiology. I also got reacquainted with my Spirit friends from childhood. I was thrilled with all the opportunities to explore new ways of looking at the universe.  

When I.P. Sharp & Associates was purchased by Reuters as a research branch in Palo Alto and later closed, I decided it was time to put out my shingle and offer everything I had learned to others. I've been in private practice for fifteen years and presently have an office in Los Altos, CA.