From Feather to Flight: The Empty Nest Journey

Sending a child to college reshapes more than logistics; it reshapes identity, rhythm, and the felt sense of home. Even when we’re thrilled for them, the quiet can land with a thud. Our brains love routine—meals at certain times, familiar conversations, the sound of a door closing at night. When the rhythm changes, the nervous […]

Animal Wisdom

I’m delighted to share my second book in the Soul Spot Medicine Series:Animal Wisdom: Trust, Connection, and Healing. For those who believe healing is both science and soul, this book explores the ways animals serve as intuitive guides and companions in our emotional, physiological, and spiritual well-being. Drawing on evidence-based research, the restorative power of human–animal bonds, […]

Astrology— Lilan Laishley, Ph. D.

Lilan Laishley, Ph.D. is a skilled and insightful Astrologer who brings over thirty years of education and experience in astrology, psychology, spirituality, and religion to her readings. She began her study of Astrology in Boston with Isabel Hickey and has studied many spiritual traditions including Native American wisdom and ceremony in Arizona, mythology with Joseph […]

Forever learn

Completed Dr. Lane Pederson’s 4-day intensive Certified Dialectical Behavior Therapy Professional (C-DBT) training through PESI, with focused training in skills-based interventions and treatment structure. Always continuing to invest in my love of learning as I deepen my understanding of emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and therapeutic effectiveness within an integrative framework that honors both clinical clarity […]

Take a Break

Lately, I’ve been thinking about what it really means to take a break—not just to stop working, but to step out of doing and drop into simply being. Being in nature. Being with myself. Being without the constant pull to produce or respond. Rest, I’m learning, isn’t about stepping away from life—it’s about stepping back […]