Kathleen Edelman has dedicated over 30 years to helping people speak kindly to one another by mastering the art of communication. She specializes in using the four temperaments as a foundation for building meaningful connections among individuals, families, and teams. With a Master's in Christian Counseling Psychology, Kathleen is a trusted counselor, coach, and trainer who has a deep heart for strengthening marriages, supporting parents, empowering educators, and equipping leaders.

Ellen Gray is a Certified Master Facilitator for Kind Words Are Cool and leads temperament trainings and seminars for companies, schools, and organizations across the country. She's worked alongside Kathleen since 2021 and has a huge passion for helping people experience joy and breakthroughs through understanding the temperaments. She’s been married to Ryan for 18 years and they have 3 sons. Ellen is passionate about the outdoors, sports (Go Braves!), and serving others.

Since finishing her master’s in social work, Kim has been counseling adolescents and families for over 20 years.  Kim currently works for Pathways2life as a Parent Specialist walking beside parents whose teens are struggling. After attending a women’s conference and hearing Kathleen teach the temperaments, Kim tells everyone who will listen how the temperaments have changed her family and transformed how she counsels clients. Kim was married for 32 years before her husband passed away in 2019. She two grown children and a cockapoo named Roxie.

Trace Blackmore is the CEO and founder of Blackmore Enterprises and The Rising Tide Mastermind, and hosts the "Scaling UP! H2O" podcast. A seasoned business owner, leadership coach, and keynote speaker, Trace offers valuable advice to clients aiming to improve team communication and leadership. With over 25 years of industry experience, Trace guides executives, teams, and entrepreneurs to elevate their leadership skills and achieve greater success. Outside of work, Trace enjoys SCUBA diving with his family. He is married and has a son, with whom he shares this passion. 

Heidi Hinkel believes communicating with kindness has the power to change everything, from a boardroom to a living room. Using Kathleen Edelman's I Said This, You Heard That framework, she helps audiences understand not just WHY they say what they say, but how those words are heard by others. 

Her fascination with human behavior started long before her work with the four temperaments. As a professional stage and voiceover actor, and later a professor of Theater, she spent years studying how people communicate through tone, timing, and presence. This background makes her engagements feel less like a lecture and more like a conversation.

Heidi feels equally at home in a corporate boardroom, a ministry gathering, a school assembly, or a multi-day conference. Whether the room holds ten people or ten thousand, her goal is the same: equip people with better tools for connection. Heidi’s motivation for doing this work is her conviction that every single spoken word of kindness creates a ripple effect farther and wider than we might possibly imagine… a message that tends to stick with a room long after she leaves it.

Heidi lives near Atlanta with her husband and three little boys, and travels anywhere the message is needed. 

Allison Davis is a programmatic monitor for an Area Agency on Aging. She enjoys
leading Bible studies and teaching adult Sunday School at her church. Allison is most comfortable working with adults, particularly in church and business settings. Learning about the temperaments unleashed her passion for wanting everyone to learn better
communication skills and how to choose kind words. As Kathleen says, “Once you learn about the temperaments, you can’t unsee it.” She is open to traveling to groups within Georgia. In her free time, she enjoys piano, creating handmade greeting cards, getting together with friends and time with her husband and two adult children. Allison would love for you to reach out to her at georgiaalli@gmail.com.

Dr. Lindsay Peaster is an educator, communicator, and certified presenter with a passion for helping people understand one another and communicate more effectively. With a background in speech-language pathology and a Ph.D. in Special Education, she brings a unique blend of communication expertise, educational experience, humor, and practical application to every group she serves.

Throughout her 24 years of teaching, Lindsay has developed two innovative classroom models, including Middle Grounds, a middle school communication course where temperament principles are woven into daily lessons on leadership, teamwork, relationships, and everyday life. She brings that same practical approach to presentations with large and small groups, school staffs, sports teams, churches, businesses, couples, and families, tailoring each experience to the people in the room.

Lindsay believes relationships change when people truly understand themselves and one another. She has seen the value of temperament language firsthand in her classroom, family, friendships, and professional relationships.

Lindsay lives in Madison, Georgia, with her husband and three sons. She loves traveling, building relationships, and welcomes opportunities to share this message with groups near and far. When she isn’t teaching or presenting, you can often find her on a sideline, in the bleachers, or in the stands, cheering on her boys.

Cory has worked in ministry for over 15 years and has seen firsthand how lives are changed when we learn to communicate in ways that build others up. He's certified in a few personality assessments and has experience in personal coaching. Through that experience, he discovered that the temperaments are the most practical, applicable, and impactful in all types of relationships.

As a husband and a father of three, he's recently grown a passion to help men in particular learn the temperaments and apply them in their marriages and their parenting. A husband's and father's words carry more weight than we often realize!

Cory also has been doing improv comedy for over 20 years, and loves to bring fun and participation into everything he does. 

Nathan Castleberry is a husband, dad, pastor, and leadership enthusiast who loves helping people understand why we think, communicate, lead, and relate so differently.

As Lead Pastor of Local Church Canton, Nathan spends his days leading teams, developing leaders, teaching Scripture, and navigating the wonderfully complicated world of people. His teaching combines humor, practical insight, and real-world experience to make temperament theory immediately useful.

Through I Said This, You Heard That, Nathan brings the temperament framework to staff teams, executives, workplaces, parents, married couples, and ministry leaders. His sweet spot is helping people understand themselves, communicate more effectively, navigate conflict, and appreciate the people who are wired differently than they are.

His goal is simple: help people understand people better.

Jennifer Gastley spent 22 years in education as a principal and Head of School, where she was passionate about building strong, thriving school communities. For ten years, she shared the principles of I Said You Heard with staff, administration, families, and students—seeing firsthand the 360° impact improved communication can have on an entire school community. Today she helps schools and organizations strengthen relationships and create environments where people truly feel heard.