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Can’t Sleep?
At The Center, we put a lot of attention on both waking and sleeping dreams. We explore how to dream bigger and how t...
Living the Dream
“The dream is a living thing, by no means a dead thing that rustles like dry paper. It is a living situation; it is...
Cycle of Giving & Receiving: A Holistic Approach
Did you know that giving and receiving need each other to exist? Did you know that all opposites need one another to ...
How Play Is Beneficial In Helping Children Process Stress & Trauma
Play for many can be defined as a period in which imaginative, relaxing, and self-directed activities occur. Play all...
The Five Greatest Stressors of Young Adults Today: An Initiation into Adulthood
The transition into adulthood is not merely a chronological milestone but a sacred act—an initiation of the soul in...
Complex Trauma and Recovery
Trauma – There’s Not Just One Kind The word “trauma” has become a pop culture buzzword, leading to both g...
What’s the Difference Between Therapy and Analysis?
When it comes to mental health, many people find themselves asking: What’s the difference between therapy and anal...
Isolation Epidemic: The Importance of Group Therapy for Men II
PART 2 What makes the group safe enough for men to go against the deeply ingrained cultural pressure to white-knuckle...
Isolation Epidemic: The Importance of Group Therapy for Men I
PART 1 The statistics on men’s mental health are alarming. These references are from 2020 and 2021: Men (79% of 38,...
Demulcents to Support Digestion
What are Demulcents? The meaning of the word demulcent is soothing and this is exactly the action it can take. Demulc...
A Holistic Approach to the Luteal Phase
Looking at the menstrual cycle through an energetic lens: luteal phase energetics: There are 4 main phases of the men...
5 Ways Your Favorite Fragrances May Be Disrupting Your Hormones (And what to do about it.)
Scent is a powerful thing. Certain aromas have the unique ability to evoke vivid memories and associations, or produc...
The Alchemy of Reconciliation Event – Join Us
Event: The Alchemy of Reconciliation: A Workshop for Women, Men, & Healing Across Genders October 11-13, 24 Co-Ho...
How you can manage anxiety with meditation and mindfulness
For many of us, anxiety is an all-too-familiar companion in our daily lives. It’s that knot in your stomach before ...
Go with your Gut: Increase Serotonin by Improving Gut Health
The Gut-Brain Axis The gut-brain axis is a communication network that connects the gut and the brain, allowing them t...
Coping with Holiday Stress
I’ve heard many people echo the sentiment that this holiday season hasn’t felt relaxing, or even slowed down. Man...
Added Sugar: Are You (And Your Kids) Ready For the Emotional Rollercoaster Ride?
Written By Susana Sanchez, Holistic Health Coach We’ve heard many times that what we put in our body directl...
Taking a Break
What is inside of a pause, inside a break? What is allowed to come to life because of a pause we took and what space ...
Welcome To Summer!
Whether we’re concerned about questions we have regarding our health, decisions of the heart and other importan...
Tattoos and Transitions
I got my first tattoo when I was 45, so it can hardly be explained as an act of youthful rebellion. By that point I h...
Reframing Fertility
Using supportive language to frame your fertility journey Where Do We Begin When We Treat Infertility? With an invita...
Valentine’s Brownie With a Boost!
This Valentine’s (or anytime you need a chocolate fix) enjoy this brownie inspired by the never disappointing molt...
Self-Love versus Other-Love
First, let’s define the versions of love that we’ll be talking about here: Self-love is when we ...
Dreaming Big & Remembering Desire
It can, at times, be virtuous to use restraint. There are times that a holding back of desire is truly called for and...
Can’t Sleep?
At The Center, we put a lot of attention on both waking and sleeping dreams. We explore how to dream bigger and how t...
Living the Dream
“The dream is a living thing, by no means a dead thing that rustles like dry paper. It is a living situation; it is...
Cycle of Giving & Receiving: A Holistic Approach
Did you know that giving and receiving need each other to exist? Did you know that all opposites need one another to ...
How Play Is Beneficial In Helping Children Process Stress & Trauma
Play for many can be defined as a period in which imaginative, relaxing, and self-directed activities occur. Play all...
The Five Greatest Stressors of Young Adults Today: An Initiation into Adulthood
The transition into adulthood is not merely a chronological milestone but a sacred act—an initiation of the soul in...
Complex Trauma and Recovery
Trauma – There’s Not Just One Kind The word “trauma” has become a pop culture buzzword, leading to both g...
What’s the Difference Between Therapy and Analysis?
When it comes to mental health, many people find themselves asking: What’s the difference between therapy and anal...
Isolation Epidemic: The Importance of Group Therapy for Men II
PART 2 What makes the group safe enough for men to go against the deeply ingrained cultural pressure to white-knuckle...
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The Five Greatest Stressors of Young Adults Today: An Initiation into Adulthood
The transition into adulthood is not merely a chronological milestone but a sacred act—an initiation of the soul into autonomy and self-awareness. Every initiation is accompanied by pain and discomfort, for it requires the shedding of illusions and the confrontation...
Isolation Epidemic: The Importance of Group Therapy for Men II
PART 2 What makes the group safe enough for men to go against the deeply ingrained cultural pressure to white-knuckle life, repress feelings and dissociate from anything perceived as weak or vulnerable? There are many possible answers, but I believe these are the...
A Holistic Approach to the Luteal Phase
Looking at the menstrual cycle through an energetic lens: luteal phase energetics: There are 4 main phases of the menstrual cycle, starting with menstruation, the follicular phase, ovulation right in the middle and finally the last phase, the luteal phase. This...
How you can manage anxiety with meditation and mindfulness
For many of us, anxiety is an all-too-familiar companion in our daily lives. It’s that knot in your stomach before a big presentation, the racing thoughts that keep you up at night, or the general unease that always seems to be present. Truthfully, anxiety is...
Added Sugar: Are You (And Your Kids) Ready For the Emotional Rollercoaster Ride?
Written By Susana Sanchez, Holistic Health Coach We’ve heard many times that what we put in our body directly affects how we feel emotionally and physically. But, as parents & caregivers, do we really act according to this premise? Formerly, when a child or...
Tattoos and Transitions
I got my first tattoo when I was 45, so it can hardly be explained as an act of youthful rebellion. By that point I had seen a Jungian analyst for about 6 years and had made it through some very difficult personal, relational and professional transitions. It seemed...
Self-Love versus Other-Love
First, let's define the versions of love that we'll be talking about here: Self-love is when we learn to partner/couple/marry our own ego with our own spirit or soul. Ego being your rule maker, the part of you that keeps you oriented and in line and on...
Complex Trauma and Recovery
Trauma - There’s Not Just One Kind The word “trauma” has become a pop culture buzzword, leading to both greater awareness and some confusion. While the frequent use of the term has helped bring attention to a pervasive issue, it has also led to misunderstandings about...
Isolation Epidemic: The Importance of Group Therapy for Men I
PART 1 The statistics on men’s mental health are alarming. These references are from 2020 and 2021: Men (79% of 38,364) die by suicide at a rate four times higher than women (Mental Health America [MHA], 2020). They also die due to alcohol-related causes at 62,000 in...
5 Ways Your Favorite Fragrances May Be Disrupting Your Hormones (And what to do about it.)
Scent is a powerful thing. Certain aromas have the unique ability to evoke vivid memories and associations, or produce powerful emotional responses, like feelings of happiness, ease, or even nostalgia. But not all scents are created equal. Just because a fragrance...
Go with your Gut: Increase Serotonin by Improving Gut Health
The Gut-Brain Axis The gut-brain axis is a communication network that connects the gut and the brain, allowing them to exchange information and influence each other's function. This communication is bidirectional, meaning that signals can travel from the gut to the...
Taking a Break
What is inside of a pause, inside a break? What is allowed to come to life because of a pause we took and what space is created by that pause? We tend to look at taking a break as doing nothing, being unproductive, being lazy, et cetera — when what we really...
Reframing Fertility
Using supportive language to frame your fertility journey Where Do We Begin When We Treat Infertility? With an invitation + body trust + acceptance of the mystery. Read the following contrasting mantras and, as you read them, feel how they land on you: I...
Dreaming Big & Remembering Desire
It can, at times, be virtuous to use restraint. There are times that a holding back of desire is truly called for and appreciated. Say, for instance, there are only 4 pieces of pizza and 4 hungry people to feed. It would clearly be greedy to take more than one piece...
What’s the Difference Between Therapy and Analysis?
When it comes to mental health, many people find themselves asking: What’s the difference between therapy and analysis? While both approaches aim to help individuals improve their emotional well-being, they differ in their focus, methods, and goals. For residents in...
Demulcents to Support Digestion
What are Demulcents? The meaning of the word demulcent is soothing and this is exactly the action it can take. Demulcents are foods or herbs that form a mucilage or an oily, goo like substance that coat our mucous membranes. It’s through this action that demulcents...
The Alchemy of Reconciliation Event – Join Us
Event: The Alchemy of Reconciliation: A Workshop for Women, Men, & Healing Across Genders October 11-13, 24 Co-Hosted by: Gender Equity & Reconciliation International (GERI) & The Center for Healing Arts & Sciences 3-Day workshop held at a location in...
Coping with Holiday Stress
I’ve heard many people echo the sentiment that this holiday season hasn’t felt relaxing, or even slowed down. Many of us are still grinding, trying to get ahead of the new year and finish the never ending list of to-do’s for 2022. Just making the holidays happen is an...
Welcome To Summer!
Whether we're concerned about questions we have regarding our health, decisions of the heart and other important life issues, it seems we always are asking for signs. Truly, they are all around — and we can tune into them, ride the wave, and catch the momentum of what...
Valentine’s Brownie With a Boost!
This Valentine’s (or anytime you need a chocolate fix) enjoy this brownie inspired by the never disappointing molten chocolate cake, upgraded by incorporating the healing benefits of functional mushrooms. Functional mushrooms are so very good for you for a myriad of...
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