NCW Healing Arts Collective

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When Wisdom Speaks

There has never been a time when I haven’t needed a wise friend in my life. For listening without interrupting, for giving sage advice, for helping me know when to […]

Can we nurture Belonging during these times? Part I

In this moment, as I sat amongst the fresh green grasses on the banks of the mighty Columbia, in the first days of Spring, I felt this warmth rise up from beneath me. With my face to the sun, I was awash in the felt sensation of belonging. Once I recognized it’s presence I sunk into the goodness and rightness that it brings.

Your Journal Just Got a Voice

A woman in blue sitting at her laptop with coffee and a plant on the table

A new way to process — and why I think it might be one of the most powerful tools available to coaches right now Most of us were taught that […]

Anxiety Steals More Than Your Peace

What it does to your sense of purpose and your connection to community, and how to get both back By Lacy Watson, Certified International Health Coach | Morning Moon Digital […]

Conscious Events in Leavenworth, WA

Your guide to mindful gatherings, healing circles, and transformational experiences in the heart of the Cascades. Nestled beneath the snow-capped peaks of the Cascade Mountains, Leavenworth, WA is famous for […]

The Surrender to Healing Quicker

I have had a long, languid path to self healing. I mean, don’t get me wrong…My hair was on fire for a good portion of it, and occasionally, my graying […]

Mom Advice Monday

You’re allowed to keep growing while you’re raising your kids. Last week, I sat in a beautiful women’s circle and listened as each mom shared where she’s at, juggling kids, […]

What Death Taught Me About Living

A Year After the Threshold Blake Suzelis, PhD, LMHC (www.blakesuzelis.com) One year ago, I almost died. My oxygen saturation was 28% in a hotel in the mountains of Cajamarca, Peru. […]

It’s time to cozy up to Transparency and Accountability

So, if we demand accountability and transparency from everyone around us, what about us? Do we live by these standards for ourselves?
What does personal transparency even look like? How do we know when we have it and when we don’t?

It doesn’t look like this:

when we choose to withhold our messy feelings from our partners or spouse, thinking, “what good will it do anyway” and instead add another shot of vodka to our evening cocktail?

when we avoid telling our kids why we’re never in the same room with their father anymore, thinking they’ve already figured it out and just don’t need to know.

when we want to say “no” but say yes, every time our boss asks us to work late or take an extra shift. (and it’s not about the $)

when asked “how are you doing” by someone who really cares, we default to “I’m fine” even though our belly aches, our thoughts are always racing and we can’t remember the last time we had a meaningful laugh or hug.

Mom Advice Monday from TMG

🤍 “This too shall pass.” Both of my girls are December babies.And to this day, Christmas lights, the thing that’s supposed to feel cozy and joyful, still take me right […]

The Witch Wound — Playing Hide and Seek

Art: Palimpsest by Susan Boulet

Thirty years. Thirty years of learning—of peeling back layers of muscle to reach the bone. Of layingmy hands on thousands of bodies. Of remembering who I am. Thirty years of […]

Trauma, Shame and Dancing

My second year of college I lived off campus, close to downtown Bozeman with my best friend. We lived in an old house divided into 3 apartments. Ours was on […]

Mom Advice Monday’s by TMG

Motherhood doesn’t end when they grow up.
It just changes, and asks something new of you.
Mothering adults is one of the hardest and most tender seasons of all.