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Understanding the Role of Mental Health Evaluations
Sometimes, life feels like a winding river, flowing unpredictably, carrying us through moments of joy and waves of uncertainty. When the currents become too strong, and the path unclear, seeking clarity through a mental health assessment process can be a gentle, illuminating step. It’s not just a clinical procedure—it’s a compassionate journey toward understanding yourself more deeply, a moment to pause and listen to the whispers of your mind and heart. What Is the Mental He

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Rooted in Connection: Healing with Trees Across Place and Time
There’s a kind of wisdom that lives in trees—steady, ancient, and freely offered to anyone willing to slow down, connect, and listen....

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Sand Meditation
Sand is here to be a teacher

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Healing Through Nature Rituals: Embracing Therapeutic Practices
In a fast-paced world where stress and anxiety often reign, searching for solace and healing becomes paramount. One powerful avenue that...

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Sunrise / Sunset: A Shift in Perspective with A Side of Ritual (10 steps of healing)
Ephemeral phenomena Psychological research looks at the impact of natural events on human mood and behavior. “We all know the impulse to...

Rachel Richards
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Trees of life
“Deep down, at the molecular heart of life, the trees, and we are essentially identical.” — Carl Sagan We are nature. We don’t “have a...

Rachel Richards
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Interconnection Proof / Psychedelic Therapy
Spent the weekend under a ceiling that seemed to remind me of a mushroom sky. Perhaps this serves as evidence that all things are...

Rachel Richards
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Practice Allowing ~ A Forest
“When you go out into the woods, and you look at trees, you see all these different trees. And some of them are bent, and some of them...

Rachel Richards
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The nature of thought
The nature of thought is to fall into patterns of thought that are typically of a spiral sort. This image of the self eating snake helps...

Rachel Richards
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The Poison of Perfection
Perfectionism is a tight, heavy energy that can remove joy from everyday moments and special occasions alike. It’s the opposite of free...
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Letting Go
I was doing some organizing today and came across an old journal I kept when training at Esalen. It was then that I learned a lot of...
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Holiday Warning for anyone in therapy
When someone engages in deep therapy work things frequently start to change quickly and sometimes it can feel like it is not exactly for...
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What if learning to love yourself is a radical political statement?
The society we live in doesn’t want us to love ourselves. Our western capitalist society wants us to hate ourselves, so we feel shame,...
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Ocean Meditation
I recently had the opportunity to go to Maui and explore an island I never thought I would get to see! It was beautiful in a way that the...
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The Psychology of Climate Change
10/25/22 Last week I heard from almost every client I saw that the smoke in the air was such that they could not go outside. Recess was...
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Deadhead Culture of Greed
10/16/2022 I had an experience this week that was truly eye opening. As a youth to get concert tickets to see The Grateful Dead we would...
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