In today’s session I share with you a guided meditation that weaves together mindfulness, breathwork, healing visualization, and mantra, inviting you to soften, slow down, and reconnect to the self and the moment. You can follow each cue or simply sit and listen. This space is here for you. Let the words, breath, and stillness meet you as you are.*Don’t Play While Driving!This track is taken from The Ultimate Audio Collection, an ever-growing library of guided meditations, wisdom talks, and audio courses designed to help you unlock calm, clarity, and confidence.You can check out more of my free meditations & talks here.Curious to go deeper?Click here to find out more about my 1:1 coaching & counseling sessions.
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Art As Therapy (Master of Counseling Intensive: Day 5) | Ep 268
Final day of the Master of Counselling intensive and what a beautiful way to close. Today we explored creative therapies: using art in all its forms to support clients in expressing, processing, and healing.In a week or two, I’ll be recording a follow-up episode to this series a reflection on what’s really landed and how I’m integrating it all into my practice and life.Todays main insights:- Creative approaches like art therapy offer a gentle, powerful way into emotion and inner exploration, especially for clients who are non-verbal, stuck, or struggling to express their stories. - The interpretation always belongs to the client (and only if they want to share). The therapist’s role is simply to witness, hold space, and explore if invited.Main Takeaways From the Whole Course:- Soften, and go slow. Listen, and let go.Poem:the thoughts left behindconfined my mind to a moment in time i am scared but ready to unwind i am no longer past definedbut informed and perhaps refined okay to breathe and wait until we both feel safe to confide until then i invite you to walk with me hand in hand listening to the waves and dancing with the tideCurious to go deeper?Click here to find out more about my 1:1 coaching & counselling sessions.
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The Business of Counseling (Master of Counseling Intensive: Day 4) | Ep 267
Today we were observed in live sessions as part of our assessment, a big moment in the week! We also explored how to close a session effectively, which brought up a deeper question for me:“What’s the point of being a great counselor if we can’t attract and retain clients, or navigate the systems around our work?”This led me to ask about the business side of practice, because without sustainable systems, people who need support might never find us.Today’s main insights:- Be ‘client-led’ in everything and trust that if I offer something of value, the right clients will come and be best served.- Consent comes with payment. It marks a conscious agreement to engage, and it carries energetic weight.- Clients (and counselors!) shouldn’t live in constant self-work. As a season of therapy ends, come up for air and ask: Do we pause here, or continue the journey?Curious to go deeper?Click here to find out more about my 1:1 coaching & counseling sessions.
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Crisis Management (Master of Counseling Intensive: Day 3) | Ep 266
Trigger warning:Today’s episode includes discussion of suicide and crisis intervention.I’m now at Day 3 of my Master of Counseling intensive, and today’s focus was crisis management, specifically, how to support clients who may be at risk of harm to themselves or others.It was an intense, emotionally heavy day with a lot to process, but it’s already added depth to my practice and revealed some blind spots I’m committed to addressing.Today’s main insight:Don’t shy away from the hard questions.Ask directly: “Are you having suicidal thoughts?”Be specific, clear, and explicit — it avoids ambiguity and best serves the client.Another powerful takeaway:Know the boundaries of your role and come to peace with them.We can’t save everyone, and that can be hard to sit with. But we can be ethical, prepared, and grounded in our professionalism.Curious to go deeper?Click here to find out more about my 1:1 coaching & counseling sessions.
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Emotion As Messenger (Master of Counseling Intensive: Day 2) | Ep 265
I'm in the middle of a Master of Counseling intensive this week, and each day I'm sharing what’s landing most deeply… today was emotion day and by the end of it, we were all feeling it.Today’s main insight:- Emotions are messages, both to ourselves and others. They motivate action, and when we help clients access their emotions, they gain the ability to make clearer, more aligned choicesAccessing emotion activity (TRY THIS!):1: Choose an emotion you’ve felt recently.2: Describe the context (briefly) - what happened that brought it on?3: Tune into your body - what physical sensations did you notice?4: Use an analogy to describe the emotion (or a metaphor/image, e.g. “a tight knot,” “a rising wave”).5: Reflect:- how did it feel to notice the emotion?- what was the reaction to the emotion?- was the emotion sharing a message?- what did the emotion need from you?Curious to go deeper?Click here to find out more about my 1:1 coaching & counseling sessions.
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