Golden Hour Counseling and Wellness

12/25/2025

Sending love to anyone who’s carrying a little extra this season🫶🏼

The holidays can be beautiful and heavy, often at the same time. If any of these resonate with you, please know you’re not alone. Be kind to yourself✨

12/11/2025

✨Swipe to read more about the facilitators of the Therapin*y Chicago Midwest Chapter online parol-making workshop, happening on December 11th 6PM CST/ 7PM ET!✨

This virtual workshop will be facilitated by Therapin*y Chicago Midwest Chapter's Co-Leads: Angelika Holleran, M.Ed, LPCC & Kaye Ferreria-Fong, LCPC. We will be joined by Stephanie Vivit Lehmann, MPH, RN, Children's Book Author of Time to Shine.

We will learn how to craft beautiful parol ornaments while connecting with other folks in the community! We'll also have the opportunity to share stories and traditions of what it means to celebrate the holidays as Filipinx/a/o Americans🌟

Sign up via link in bio! We can't wait to see you there!

12/11/2025

✨Join Therapin*y Chicago Midwest Chapter for a festive and creative virtual art workshop✨

Part of our Kapwa & Krafting Series, this event will guide you in making traditional Filipino parols - ornament-sized and they make the perfect festive gift to yourself or loved one!

During the workshop, you get to:
✨Craft beautiful parol ornaments
✨Share stories and traditions about celebrating the holidays as Filipinx/a/o Americans

No crafting experience? No problem! Just show up as you are!

The workshop will be led by Therapin*y Chicago Midwest Chapter Co-Leads Angelika Holleran, M.Ed, LPCC & Kaye Ferreria-Fong, LCPC, with special guest Stephanie Vivit Lehmann, MPH, RN, children's book author of Time to Shine.

Let's create, celebrate, and connect while making your own handmade parol ornament
RSVP now to get the link🌟

11/27/2025

Setting boundaries can feel uncomfortable at first, but with practice, becomes easier.
You learn how to teach people how to treat you, because you're finally treating yourself with kindness.

Friendly reminder: the people most bothered by your boundaries are usually the ones who benefited from you not having them💖

Happy Turkey Day!🦃

11/26/2025

What dishes are you nourishing yourself with this holiday?

Take a break when you need. Listen to your body. Stay close to the people who help you feel at ease. Reflect on what you are grateful for. Step back from anything that pulls you from your peace.

Every little restorative practice brings you closer to living your most authentic and healed self🤎

11/22/2025

✨Gratitude Post✨ (Part II)

I want to share my deepest gratitude to our sponsors/collaborators for our Roots to Resilience event with last night:

To , and especially and , for organizing this event with such intention and for your unwavering commitment to uplifting our AAPI community in Cleveland and across Ohio. Your work creates spaces where our stories can be heard and honored.

To the for hosting us in such a welcoming and accessible space. Thank you for being a place where learning and connection is possible.

To for your dedication to celebrating and preserving Filipino culture. Your presence provides intergenerational grounding for our community.

To for continuing the important work of archiving our stories, protecting our legacies, and ensuring our history and stories are told.

To for your advocacy, leadership, and steadfast support of Asian American voices across the region.

To for nourishing us, literally, with the most comforting Filipino food. The pansit and lumpia were divine! (I had a dream about the turon 🤤). There is nothing like sharing a meal that tastes like home.

To for your encouragement and support that helped make the event feel so warm and community-centered.

And to everyone who attended—your questions, your reflections, and your willingness to sit in a space of healing and storytelling shaped the entire evening. The room felt thoughtful and intentional because of you🫶🏼

This night was a reminder of why community matters. Why representation matters. Why healing in the presence of one another matters.

My heart is full. Maraming salamat sa inyong lahat💛

11/22/2025

✨Gratitude Post✨ (Part I)

My heart is still overflowing from this beautiful evening. As I shared last night, whenever we see people who look like us, something in us awakens. It’s that part of us that yearns to feel seen, to feel heard, to feel belongingness. It feels like home🥰

Meeting all those years ago was one of those “awakening” moments for me. To see another Filipina woman in the counseling profession shifted something in me.

Stacey has been a mentor, teacher, colleague, friend, and ate (big sister) to me and being able to moderate a conversation with her about her new book Patterns That Remain felt like a full circle moment.

Representation matters, deeply. When we see someone who looks like us doing the things we once struggled to imagine for ourselves, it sends an implicit message to our brains: you can do this too.

That is the power of visibility🤝🏼

11/21/2025

here 👏🏽 for 👏🏽 it 👏🏽 all 👏🏽

11/21/2025

See you tonight!!!💛

Hey friends!✨

I’m so excited to share something really special that’s close to my heart! OPAWL Cleveland will be hosting “From Roots to Resilience: A Conversation with Dr. Stacey Litam” — and I’ll be moderating this beautiful evening of storytelling, reflection, and intergenerational connection.

If you know me, you’ve probably heard me beam with pride about Dr. Stacey Litam — my mentor, ate, sis, colleague, and friend. Her new book, Patterns That Remain, dives deep into themes of healing, identity, and honoring those who came before us. This event is all about celebrating our Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage and the resilience that runs through our communities.

✨ Event Details
📅 Friday, November 21, 2025
🕔 5:00–7:30 PM
📍 Cleveland Public Library – Martin L. King Branch
10601 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106
🎟️ Admission: Free!
🔗 RSVP here: bit.ly/OPAWLCLE (link in bio)

We’ll have light refreshments, and babysitting will be available if there’s enough interest (just note it when you RSVP!).

This gathering is made possible by some amazing partners and sponsors:
OPAWL – Ohio Progressive Asian Women’s Leadership
OCA - Asian Pacific American Advocates, Greater Cleveland
Filipino American National Historical Society Ohio Chapter
Golden Hour Counseling and Wellness, LLC🌞
Philippine American Society of Ohio
Cleveland Public Library
Tita Flora’s

Hope to see you there 💛

11/10/2025

Please keep the Philippines in your hearts and prayers❤️

Within just one week, two destructive super typhoons, Typhoon Kalmaegi (Tino) and Typhoon Fung-Wong (Uwan), have devastated communities across the country. The aftermath has displaced more than a million Filipinos and killed more than 200.

If you’re wondering how to help and if you are able to, here are trusted organizations providing food, shelter, and relief on the ground:

✨Philippine Red Cross: redcross.org.ph/donate
✨GlobalGiving: globalgiving.org/projects/philippines-typhoon-relief-fund
✨Angat Buhay Foundation: angatbuhay.ph/donate
✨The National Alliance for Filipino Concerns: nafconusa.org/campaigns/disasterresponse/

To our kababayans, please take care and look out for one another.

Every share, every donation, every act of care matters❤️🇵🇭

Bayanihan Response for Disaster Relief by nafcon | Nov 5, 2025 | 0 comments The National Alliance for Filipino Concerns (NAFCON) appeals for donations for its Bayanihan Relief and Rehabilitation Program to provide immediate support for communities affected by the recent disasters in the Philippines....

11/07/2025

Have you ever tried drawing with both hands?

The cool thing about bilateral drawing is that it engages both sides of the brain and is supported by research in helping you regulate.

11/06/2025

Hey friends!✨

I’m so excited to share something really special that’s close to my heart! OPAWL Cleveland will be hosting “From Roots to Resilience: A Conversation with Dr. Stacey Litam” — and I’ll be moderating this beautiful evening of storytelling, reflection, and intergenerational connection.

If you know me, you’ve probably heard me beam with pride about Dr. Stacey Litam — my mentor, ate, sis, colleague, and friend. Her new book, Patterns That Remain, dives deep into themes of healing, identity, and honoring those who came before us. This event is all about celebrating our Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage and the resilience that runs through our communities.

✨ Event Details
📅 Friday, November 21, 2025
🕔 5:00–7:30 PM
📍 Cleveland Public Library – Martin L. King Branch
10601 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106
🎟️ Admission: Free!
🔗 RSVP here: bit.ly/OPAWLCLE (link in bio)

We’ll have light refreshments, and babysitting will be available if there’s enough interest (just note it when you RSVP!).

This gathering is made possible by some amazing partners and sponsors:
OPAWL – Ohio Progressive Asian Women’s Leadership
OCA - Asian Pacific American Advocates, Greater Cleveland
Filipino American National Historical Society Ohio Chapter
Golden Hour Counseling and Wellness, LLC🌞
Philippine American Society of Ohio
Cleveland Public Library
Tita Flora’s

Hope to see you there 💛