 Jim Heaney is the owner
of Remodeling Experts, Inc., a Chicago-area firm that
specializes in restoring vintage structures. He and his
wife, Maria Colangelo, live with their two children on
Chicago’s North Side.
Heaney has
spoken about soul and memory healing in the context of his recovery from the
after-effects of sexual abuse to thousands of adults and young people at AA conferences
throughout North America, including:
| 1985 |
50th Anniversary World AA Conference plenary session,
Montreal (audiotape available upon request), |
3000+ in audience |
| 1986 |
AA Tri-State Regional
Young People’s Conference (Oklahoma, Texas, Nebraska) Oklahoma
City |
2000 in audience |
| 1987 |
Montreal AA Open (regional) |
3000 in audience |
| 1987 |
Minnesota AA Conference Minneapolis |
1000+ in audience |
| 1987 |
Chicago AA Open |
2000 in audience |
| 1987 |
Chicago AA Young People’s
Conference |
4000-5000 in audience |
| 1990 |
Pacific Open, Chicago |
500 in audience |
In addition, Heaney conducted several 12-Step and Mustard
Seed conferences each year from 1981 to 2001, reaching
about 100 people in each conference.
He decreased
his involvement in AA speaking after his children were born so that he could
participate fully in raising them, but now that they are older and his business
is self-sustaining, he plans to resume speaking at the national level. |
