Good Medicine Counseling, PLLC

04/18/2026

With Tahoma Indian Center – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

04/18/2026

✨ Showing Up in a Good Way ✨ Good Medicine this Saturday morning.

You don’t inspire people by telling them they have to listen to you because of your title or role.
You inspire people by how you show up for them.

By being present.
By doing good work.
By walking alongside people in community, not above them.

Real influence doesn’t come from position—it comes from authenticity.
From relationships.
From consistency.

When we show up with positivity, humility, and a genuine heart for the people, that’s what builds trust. That’s what creates change.

Earned respect from our elders, leaders and community, comes from how we show up in a good way over time—through humility, consistency, and care for community—not from telling people they have to respect us.

In our communities, people don’t need more authority—they need connection. They need to feel seen, heard, and respected.

Let’s keep showing up in a good way.
Together. 💛

04/15/2026

I had a wonderful time being in community with everyone and so grateful for the tabling opportunity!! I lift my hands in gratitude to the Tahome Indian Center for all the great work they do for the community!

04/11/2026

Come join us! Child Abuse Prevention Month at the Little Wild Wolves Youth Center.

02/28/2026

✨ Good Medicine Is Community Medicine ✨

The work I do isn’t just therapy. It’s relationship. It’s presence. It’s showing up in the spaces where our people gather — youth camps, parent nights, advocacy meetings, healing circles, classrooms, community gyms, and tribal events.

As a therapist and community advocate, I have the honor of walking alongside Native clients and families as they navigate grief, trauma, identity, resilience, and healing. And I want to say this clearly:

🌿 Our communities are not broken.
🌿 Our youth are not the problem.
🌿 Our families are carrying generations of strength.

What I see every day is courage. Survivors choosing to heal. Parents working to break cycles. Youth learning to use their voice. Community members stepping up to protect children and uplift one another.

Healing in Native communities is not just about symptom reduction — it’s about restoring voice, reconnecting to culture, strengthening protective factors, honoring ancestors, and building safety that lasts beyond one session.

That’s why my work extends beyond the therapy room:
• Supporting child safety education
• Collaborating with advocates and tribal programs
• Offering workshops on grief, digital safety, and prevention
• Integrating culturally grounded, trauma-informed care
• Centering choice, dignity, and empowerment

When we hold the circle together, healing becomes possible.
When we listen deeply, we restore power.
When we protect our children, we protect our future.

I am grateful every day to serve Native clients and to be trusted in this sacred work. This is more than a profession — it is commitment, responsibility, and heart.

🪶 Good Medicine Counseling, PLLC
Trauma-informed. Culturally responsive. Community-rooted.

01/21/2026

When the urge to self-harm hits, pause and try these grounding steps: Reach out to a trusted friend or call/text 988 (in the US & Canada) for immediate, confidential support; hold ice cubes in your hands or splash cold water on your face to shift the sensation; do 5-4-3-2-1 grounding (name 5 things you see, 4 you touch, 3 you hear, 2 you smell, 1 you taste); or move your body with a quick walk, stretches, or deep breaths to release tension. You can also connect with your doctor or therapist. These interrupt the impulse and remind you that the wave will pass—you’re worth protecting. ❤️ All other crisis hotlines can be found here: befrienders.org

01/14/2026

🧠 How to Respond to Negative Inner Voices (Without Fighting Them)

When a critical thought shows up, the goal isn’t to argue with it or make it disappear — it’s to change how you relate to it.

Here are a few gentle ways to start:

✨ Name it
Try: “I’m noticing a critical thought,” instead of assuming it’s true.

✨ Get curious
Ask: What is this part of me worried might happen?
Curiosity helps calm the nervous system.

✨ Set a compassionate boundary
You don’t have to obey the voice — or fight it.
Try: “I hear you. I’m safe right now.”

🌿 Gentle Bilateral Stimulation (BLS) You Can Use at Home

BLS simply means engaging both sides of the body in a calm, rhythmic way. When used gently, it can help with grounding and emotional regulation.

A few options:
• Slow left-right tapping on hands or thighs
• Walking and noticing your steps
• Pressing one hand into the other, then switching
• Soft alternating sounds (music or nature)
• Tracing a slow line with your finger (“Follow the Line”)

You can pair any of these with:
👉 “I’m here, now. My body is safe.”

These tools are for grounding and settling, not trauma processing.

💛 Reminder:
Supporting distress tolerance also means caring for your nervous system through sleep, nourishment, gentle movement, sunlight, connection, and small meaningful moments. When your brain has more support, it can stay present with discomfort instead of shutting down. Call and schedule a free consult, I can help! (253) 234-5787

You’re not doing this wrong — and you don’t have to do it alone.

01/12/2026

💙 I’m wearing blue today 💙
for Wear Blue Day—to stand against human trafficking and to stand with survivors.

From a mental health and victim advocacy perspective, trafficking isn’t just a crime—it’s a profound violation of safety, autonomy, and dignity. Survivors often carry invisible wounds long after the harm ends: trauma responses, anxiety, depression, shame, dissociation, and deep mistrust of systems that were supposed to protect them.

Wearing blue today is a reminder that:
🔹 Survivors are not to blame
🔹 Healing takes time, safety, and compassion
🔹 Prevention happens when communities are informed, connected, and willing to speak up
🔹 Supportive adults, culturally responsive care, and trauma-informed systems can change lives

Advocacy isn’t only about awareness—it’s about believing survivors, reducing barriers to help, and building systems rooted in dignity, choice, and healing.

If you’re wearing blue today, thank you for standing with survivors.
If you’re learning more today, thank you for being part of the solution.

💙 Awareness saves lives.
💙 Compassion supports healing.
💙 Community creates protection.

💙

12/29/2025

📚✨ New Year Reads ✨📚
If you’re heading into the new year wanting more calm, clarity, healing, or growth, one of these might be just what you need:
• Atomic Habits by James Clear, small changes that really add up
• The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins, a reminder to stop carrying what isn’t yours
• Poet Warrior by Joy Harjo, grounding, soulful, and deeply human
• Music as Medicine by Daniel J. Levitin, healing beyond words
• Unstressable by Mo Gawdat & Alice Law, practical tools for calmer days
• Healing the Soul Wound by Eduardo Duran, healing wisdom
• Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl, a timeless perspective on resilience
✨ You don’t have to read them all, just let the right one find you.
📖💛 What book are you starting the year with?

12/12/2025

Honored to support the Salish Cancer Center’s 2025 Giving Hope Gala 💛
Good Medicine Counseling is donating the Good Medicine Resilience & Renewal Package to support cancer patients, caregivers, and loved ones navigating life’s most challenging seasons.
This wellness-focused offering includes virtual grounding and stress-regulation sessions, a guided relaxation experience, and a self-care bundle designed to support calm, balance, and resilience.
Grateful to stand alongside community partners bringing hope, care, and compassion to our community. wwww.goodmedicinecounseling.site

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12/05/2025

From Aaron Paquete:

For All My Relations,

Always give before you take.

It could be a gift, the to***co, a prayer, a song, whatever you have. Give first before receiving.

Always be kind.

You never know the journey someone else has had to take, and they don't know yours. We all have burdens. If we are kind we lighten all our loads.

Always be in prayer.

Thank the Creator for your life and for all life on this beautiful Mother Earth. Our time is short, but we can make our mark last forever.

Always live in your purpose.

If you don't know what it is, then serve. Serve others and your purpose will find you. But serve as a warrior, not as a slave. Serve to strengthen others through your example, do not weaken them by doing everything for them.

Always honour the hoop.

We live together, we die together, we laugh together and we cry together. No one is higher, no one is lower.

Always speak in your true voice.

There is strength in you the world has never seen. Show your strength. Build it. Use it to create peace and as a blessing to those around you.

Always drink clean water

Water is Mother Earth's milk. Drink deeply many times a day and clean your body.

Always exercise your body.

You have been given a vessel to house your spirit. Treat it with the deepest respect and give it the gift of health, stamina, and endurance.

Always sleep deeply.

Sleep long and sleep deep, for it is in your dreams inspiration comes. Give the Creator ample time to speak to you.

Always, always love yourself.

If you will find one good thing about yourself and another and another, you will learn to fulfill your purpose. And when you love yourself, you will know how to honestly love another.

Hiy hiy.

--Art & Words: Aaron Paquette

12/04/2025

Our community deserves programs and services that show up, stay present, and truly meet the needs of our people. Showing up is sacred work — and it is our responsibility.

Your voice matters. Your wellbeing matters. And our existence as service providers only has meaning when we are consistently present and accountable to you.

As a community member myself, my heart is rooted in servant leadership — leading with humility, presence, and a commitment to caring for our people first. I take that responsibility seriously. I represent and hold 🙌🏾 myself to this standard in all the work I do, striving to balance this for you!

I invite you, not discourage your voice!

I hear you. I value you. Thank you for the beautiful feedback of how I show up for you! And I will continue showing up — fully, visibly, and with purpose — for our community!