All Is Well-Being

All Is Well-Being Healing disconnection through movement, embodiment, IFS, and psychedelics.

Office for the day. đŸ©” Guiding breathwork for Angelo Dilullo’s retreat at with Ted!
05/21/2025

Office for the day. đŸ©” Guiding breathwork for Angelo Dilullo’s retreat at with Ted!

Ready to welcome participants in this round of .kap to their second medicine journey day. Excited to see how day 1 lande...
05/06/2025

Ready to welcome participants in this round of .kap to their second medicine journey day.

Excited to see how day 1 landed and what everyone is bringing today.

Such a sweet group of seekers dedicated to exploring their inner worlds.

Healing past wounds, releasing tension, opening to new possibilities of what life can be. ✹

Hi, friends.Now (more than ever?) it seems that we need each other. Even if we don’t agree on some things or have differ...
05/05/2025

Hi, friends.

Now (more than ever?) it seems that we need each other. Even if we don’t agree on some things or have differing ways of seeing the world-we need safe places to fall apart and share and rejoice and be held in it all.

I want to offer that for mothers.

I have been wanting to start a group like this for a while now and have finally decided to just do it. đŸ’„

I don’t know if it’s the right time or place or price or if anyone will come. But it’s what I have to offer and putting it out there does feel right. 🌿

I believe if we care for our mothers, we can change the world. 🌎

Our children need us to be as resourced and well as we can be, and I think mothers being in groups with other mothers and exploring all the aspects of this wild initiation and journey is just about one of the most healing things I can think of. 💖

✹So, please share if you can. Come join us if this fits. ✹

Our first gathering will be May 13! đŸŒč

If you have any questions, please reach out.

Link to register is in my bio.

We gathered at this morning to lovingly create flower arrangements for the celebration of life for our dear Thank you ...
05/02/2025

We gathered at this morning to lovingly create flower arrangements for the celebration of life for our dear

Thank you to for the flowers and direction. 💚 And for the friends who poured love and intention into each stem placed.

Celebration is tomorrow big barn. 1pm. Bring a dish and your sorrows and lets love on each other.

David-you were loved. You are loved. Be with us now and see.
❀‍đŸ©č

đŸ©”My reason for everything.đŸ©”đŸ“ž
03/18/2025

đŸ©”My reason for everything.đŸ©”

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What if we were able to be with our children’s emotions so that they didn’t interpret them as negative or unwelcome? Wha...
08/31/2024

What if we were able to be with our children’s emotions so that they didn’t interpret them as negative or unwelcome?

What if anger was just seen as a part of themselves that was reacting to an unjust limit on popsicles and that as long as they weren’t hurting themselves or others, we could hold space for them to express that emotion?

Instead, so many of us were given the very clear message that anger (or sadness or happiness) was not welcome.

The expression of these emotions made our caregivers so uncomfortable that we learned to push those parts of ourselves into the darkness for fear of being rejected, unloved, or abandoned. And our protector parts developed other ways of dealing with the presence of these core human emotions.

We drink to numb anger.
We shop to avoid feeling sadness or loneliness.
We people please to avoid feeling shame or guilt that comes with setting limits.

The way we learn to view and be with our emotions starts as soon as we make our debut on Earth. And we learn it from those who model for us.

I believe understanding our parts, their feelings, and why we do what we do is the foundational work of parenthood.

We will explore this and so much more in the beta round of The Mother Well.

đŸ©”2 spaces left! We start September 10th.đŸ©”

✹Link in bio for more details.✹

As a sweet friend and I were watching our 2 and 4 year olds play in the sandbox today, we talked about some of the chall...
08/20/2024

As a sweet friend and I were watching our 2 and 4 year olds play in the sandbox today, we talked about some of the challenges we are currently facing. The constant need to be “on”, the overstimulation, picky eating, resistance to going to school, and early wake-ups.

I shared with her a mantra that has brought me comfort over the past few days:

✹For right now.✹

For right now, my child won’t sleep on his own.
For right now, he hates going to school.
For right now, I don’t know the answers (and that’s ok).
For right now, I struggle with feeling the pull between working and mothering and tending to a home.

I know that everything is fleeting in the grand scheme of it all. It’s imperfect and always impermanent. And this impermanence brings me comfort when things feel especially hard.

It will always change. The good. The difficult.

For right now, it is a certain way. Not clinging to how I wish it was is a practice I’m always a student of.

You can want to become a mother with all of your heart and still have questions about how difficult the transition might...
08/14/2024

You can want to become a mother with all of your heart and still have questions about how difficult the transition might be or what it will do to your relationships or how your own upbringing will show up in the day to day of parenting or worry about your health and having a safe delivery.

There is space for all of this.

Wanting to become a mother doesn’t mean you feel 100% about the transition at all times. The exploration of our own depths is vital work for preparing for this rite of passage.

If you are curious about the depths of your own well in relation to matrescence, fill out the questionnaire to apply for the beta round of The Mother Well.
*Link in bio.*

In this program we will explore how we were parented, tending to those parts of ourselves holding burdens that may make this role more challenging, how to create secure bonds with our children, and much, much more.

It would be a deep honor to be a support for you on this journey.

Matrescence, our path to parenthood, and The Mother Well
(part 2) ✹ Sure enough, there were 2 lines—I was pregnant. And ...
08/03/2024

Matrescence, our path to parenthood, and The Mother Well
(part 2) ✹
 
Sure enough, there were 2 lines—I was pregnant. And here comes the hard part to share: I wasn’t excited. In fact, I was terrified. Parts of myself that I didn’t even realize were there flooded my system, and I was blended with pure panic.
 
No, no, no, no, no.
I called my husband and just hyperventilated into the phone.
 
It was like a part of me knew my life from that moment on would never be the same. The new plans we had made were no longer an option. The life that I knew for 38 years was over. I was flooded with a grief that felt suffocating and unforgiving. I wanted to turn back time and make different decisions.
 
I know it doesn’t make a lot of sense—we had tried for so long, so why wasn’t I excited?
 
I believe that there were parts of myself that I hadn’t tended to who didn’t want to become a mother. I hadn’t properly heard those parts out. I hadn’t let them have a voice and express to me what their fears were. So, when they were steamrolled and it happened anyway, they were terrified and dug their heels in deeper to the idea that becoming a mother was a bad idea. They made sure they would be heard.
 
The beginning of my pregnancy was so rough. I was so blended with my depressed and anxious parts that I was on the couch all day, unable to move but frantically panicking inside. I was so nauseous all the time, uncomfortable, and disconnected from my changing body. I felt like my life was over. I even contemplated making that a reality.
 
As my pregnancy progressed, I settled more into the idea of becoming a mother, though I didn’t really understand what that meant. I just knew it was on the way. I knew it meant that I would have a baby to take care of, to love, to guide, to keep safe. But what it would mean for me, as a woman, as a human, to step into an entirely new role that I had never done before—well, I just didn’t even know there was so much more I could be exploring within myself to help prepare me for this transformation, this period of matrescence.
 
Part 3 next
 
Photo from 11/1/2019-when I couldn’t get off the couch. And my first ultrasound. Little gummy bear Rowan. đŸ©”

Matrescence, our path to parenthood, and The Mother Well
(part 1)Story Time!Y’all, it’s hard to make these story posts s...
08/02/2024

Matrescence, our path to parenthood, and The Mother Well
(part 1)

Story Time!
Y’all, it’s hard to make these story posts short. This will be a mini series. 😂

When I was younger, I assumed I would have children. It just seemed like a natural next step once you reached a certain time and place in your life. When I got to that place and it came time to seriously start considering having a child, I was ambivalent
then against it, then on board with it, then ok with it not happening. I was all over the place. I didn’t have sure footing in any decision.

My husband wanted a child. There was a part of me that wanted to give him the chance to be a dad. And a small part of me that felt I would regret the decision to forego this experience. So, I made a plan to stop taking birth control after my 38th birthday trip to Bali.

I assumed I would get pregnant quickly. Yes, I was of “advanced maternal age”, but I was healthy and had no reason to think this would be difficult.

We tried for 6 months with no luck. Soon after that I had an HSG procedure (I’ll let you look that up) in hopes that would help. We tried for another 8 months and at that point decided we wanted to quit our jobs and move to Hawaii (!). I felt a sense of relief in being able to let go of the trying. I was excited about a move and a career shift. We started making different kinds of plans. It felt good.

In August of 2019 I quit my (quite stressful) job. I was shifting into health and life coaching and felt fired up, clear, and energized. We were researching everything we needed to do to prepare for a move to Maui. Fun!

I had a psychedelic journey planned for October 18 so on October 17 when my period was a little later than normal, I decided to take a pregnancy test. Just in case. Surely that’s not what was going on; we had tried for so long, and I had been told that probably only one of my ovaries was working so the chances just seemed so slim!

✹Stayed tuned for Part 2 in the next post! ✹

It is with an excited flutter (eek!) in my heart that I share with you: The Mother Well. This program is in its infancy,...
07/08/2024

It is with an excited flutter (eek!) in my heart that I share with you: The Mother Well.

This program is in its infancy, but there is enough of her developed to offer a beta version. It is time!

I could make a hundred excuses to postpone this. To keep trying to perfect things that will never be perfect because there is no such thing. If being a mother has taught me anything, it is this—every day this.

The Mother Well is a place to explore the depths of your own heart, soul, and psyche in relation to what it means to become, be, and evolve as a human in this role of the mother.

It is what I know so far, 4 years in, about traversing the depths of this well and its/my dark mysteries, about cultivating meaning from what seemed like pointless struggle, and about the parts of us that emerge in new and powerful ways or for the first time ever when we cross this threshold. Seeing them, holding them, tending to them—so that we are mothering from more of a place of Self than from burdened parts that we have unknowingly become blended with.

While unable to know what motherhood realities will be ours to contend with before we are there, I believe that with some thoughtful guidance and mindful exploration, we can prepare enough for this journey so that we meet the challenge with clarity, self-compassion, and confidence.

The beta version of this online group program will be four 90 minute sessions on September 10, 13, 17, & 20th from 10am-11:30am.
The energetic exchange I am requesting is $144 and the willingness to provide thoughtful feedback about your experience.

Some of what we will cover:
*Exploring your “why” for becoming a mother
*Ancestral clearing, generational trauma, healing, and unburdening of the internal system
*The Mother’s Nervous System
*Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders
*Developing deep connections with support systems and community
*Attachment theory based skills for how to form a secure bond with your child

If you are interested, please follow the link in the comments to apply. Feel free to reach out with any questions!

For the past 8 months I have had the honor of working with two amazing mentors on developing my program to help women pr...
06/17/2024

For the past 8 months I have had the honor of working with two amazing mentors on developing my program to help women prepare for motherhood. Preparation of our BodyMindSpirit for this transformational rite of passage. Preparation for the depths we encounter and who we become after birth.

Robyn helped me to see that my idea has value, pushed me to develop it, and taught me how to work with the cycles of the moon to bring my vision from my mind to a more realized place in a mindfully paced way. Her expertise and gentle nurturing gave me the confidence and skills to get this thing going, and I’m so, so grateful for her.

Since March I have been in a leadership and course development group for women who desire to work with mothers with Beth Berry , working to refine this idea and get closer to launching as I nurture it, develop it, and breathe life into it! Her knowledge and guidance has been invaluable and this group was just a wonderfully synchronistic gift after working with Robyn.

I feel so grateful for the support I have gotten from these 2 incredible women and mothers and the wonderful women in I have been in groups with. My prayer is that the finished offering brings healing, empowerment, and clarity to those who engage.

I plan to launch the beta of this program in September. The beta will include 4 sessions from the full program and will run over the course of 2 weeks. I will share more details about that in the coming weeks!

Deep gratitude for all the support I have in my life and for those who walk their path with such clarified integrity and share their numen so graciously.

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