Up the Steps: Restorative Psychotherapy for Women

09/07/2025

📣 New on Moonlight as Medicine:
“Corn Blood Moon: Crowned in Fire”

The moon rises red—heavy with harvest, crowned in fire, and wrapped in eclipse.
She urges us to gather what nourishes and release what no longer serves.
This final full moon of summer marks a threshold where our crowns are refined by fire and we step into new becoming.

Affirmation:
“I gather the fruits of summer with gratitude.
I release what is finished.
I carry forward only what nourishes my becoming.”

Read the full reflection + find rituals and resources here:

The moon rises red — a Corn Moon heavy with harvest, and a Blood Moon eclipse, shadowed and aflame. She crowns the sky in fire and whispers that endings and beginnings are braided together. This is the last full moon of summer. A season of heat and growth, of lessons that stretched us and blessin

08/01/2025

Introducing Moonlight as Medicine: A Ritual Series for Sacred Reconnection
By Up the Steps: A Restorative Psychotherapy Practice for Girls & Women
What if your healing came in phases, like the moon?
🌑 Moonlight as Medicine is a new blog and coming soon, a ritual library where you'll find:
• Monthly moon rituals guided by Psalms
• Sacred journaling prompts
• Spiritually grounded self-reflection tools
• Astro-spiritual wisdom for your journey
💫 Week One: Awaken the Flame is now live.
Cleanse your heart. Return to joy. Begin again.
🕯 Ritual Guide + 7-Day Journal now available to download on our site.
www.upthesteps.com/moonlight-as-medicine/2025/7/31/awaken-the-flame-a-moonlight-as-medicine-ritual-for-the-week-of-august-17

Come sit with Spirit. Let the moon remind you who you are.

07/28/2025

🌊 New Blog Post: Rest Like the Tide – The Sacred Pause

Even the ocean pulls back.
The tide rests before it returns, stronger, fuller, steady again.

This week in Healed Girl Summer, we honor the sacred wisdom of stillness.
Rest is not weakness. It is preparation. It is power.
You are allowed to pause. To be quiet. To gather.

📖 Read the full post: Rest Like the Tide – The Sacred Pause
👉 www.upthesteps.com/new-blog-1/2025/7/28/rest-like-the-ocean-tide
🌿 Affirmation: “In my stillness, I find strength.”

07/21/2025

New Blog Post: Shed What No Longer Serves
The trees don’t beg their leaves to stay.
When the season changes, they let go—gracefully, boldly, beautifully.
This week in Healed Girl Summer, we follow their lead.
What story, fear, or pattern are you ready to release?
Let it fall. Let it heal. Make space for what’s meant to bloom.
📖 Read the full post: Shed What No Longer Serves – Let It Fall, Let It Heal
👉 [[www.upthesteps.com/new-blog-1/2025/7/21/shed-what-no-longer-serves]
🌿 Affirmation: “I let go with grace. I trust what is waiting to bloom.”