Growing Harmony Within

08/12/2025

🍎 7 Days Until Finding Your Inner Calm 📚
School bells, packed lunches, and new routines: the “first-day jitters” don’t just belong to kids. They hit parents, teachers, and anyone who suddenly feels like they’re juggling flaming backpacks.

Before the next homework meltdown or 6 a.m. rush, try this bus-stop reset:

👉 The “First-Day Pause” 👈
1️⃣ Plant both feet and feel your shoes on the ground—like you’re the strongest tree on the playground.
2️⃣ Inhale for a slow 4 counts (imagine the scent of fresh crayons).
3️⃣ Exhale on a low “voooo” (as if fogging a cold bus window). Two rounds is all you need for your nervous system to whisper, “We’ve got this.”

🎒 Ready for a bigger backpack of tools?
Join me on August 19th for
Find Your Inner Calm: Stress Relief & Self-Trust
• Pay-what-you-can (as low as $5) accepted at the door.

What you’ll learn in 60 minutes:
• the “bird on a branch” mindset that turns morning chaos into confidence
• a live nervous-system reset you’ll use at drop-off, pick-up, and every parent-teacher email

🖍 Register today: choose “pay later” to pay cash at the door

Click the event link, DM me and let’s get this semester started from a place of steadiness instead of stress. Invite a friend who is looking for inner calm.

Sign Up Here: https://momence.com/s/119587277

08/11/2025

⏰ T-minus 8 days until Find Your Inner Calm kicks off.

Take a seven–day “landing-practice.” Today’s version is a 60-second Quiet Cooktop Reset”:

1️⃣ Feet on floor: notice the cool tile or warm wood beneath your socks.
2️⃣ Hand on heart & low voo: inhale softly through the nose; exhale a gentle “voooo” from your chest twice.
3️⃣ Notice the change: shoulders drop, jaw unclenches, breath deepens.

The signal to your body is simple: “Support is present; I can relax right here, right now.”

🛋 8 days left to grab your seat:
$20 or Pay-what-you-can option at the door ($5 minimum)
Bring the friend who says “I don’t have time to calm down.”

August 19th at 6pm Central Time.
Lock in your spot (pay at the door if desired):
https://momence.com/s/119587277

08/08/2025

🍎 11 Days Until Finding Your Inner Calm 📚
School bells, packed lunches, and new routines: the “first-day jitters” don’t just belong to kids. They hit parents, teachers, and anyone who suddenly feels like they’re juggling flaming backpacks.

Before the next homework meltdown or 6 a.m. rush, try this bus-stop reset:

👉 The “First-Day Pause” 👈
1️⃣ Plant both feet and feel your shoes on the ground—like you’re the strongest tree on the playground.
2️⃣ Inhale for a slow 4 counts (imagine the scent of fresh crayons).
3️⃣ Exhale on a low “voooo” (as if fogging a cold bus window). Two rounds is all you need for your nervous system to whisper, “We’ve got this.”

🎒 Ready for a bigger backpack of tools?
Join me in 11 days for
Find Your Inner Calm: Stress Relief & Self-Trust
• Early-Bird ticket: only $20 (reg. $40) until spots fill.
• Pay-what-you-can (as low as $5) accepted at the door.

What you’ll learn in 60 minutes:
• the “bird on a branch” mindset that turns morning chaos into confidence
• a live nervous-system reset you’ll use at drop-off, pick-up, and every parent-teacher email

🖍 Register today: choose “pay later” to pay cash at the door

Click the event link, DM me and let’s get this semester started from a place of steadiness instead of stress.

Sign Up Here: https://momence.com/s/119587277

08/08/2025

GHW - Growth & Healing: Join Our August Events 🌱✨

08/07/2025

⚡ Storms of life hit fast—angry emails, slammed doors, 3 a.m. worry loops—and suddenly you’re the tree bending so far you forget what “standing upright” even feels like.

Here’s a 60-second eye-of-the-storm anchor you can do anywhere—even in the grocery line:

👉 “Storm-Safe Breaths” 👈
1️⃣ Plant both feet; feel the solid floor (the earth is still underneath you).
2️⃣ Inhale slowly, count to 4—imagine gathering the storm clouds into one clear balloon of air.
3️⃣ Exhale on a low “vooo” sound, letting the balloon drift away. Do it 3×.
Your pulse slows, the wind quietens, and your body remembers: The storm isn’t me—I am the sky holding it.

🔍 If you’d like an hour-long Storm Toolkit that turns every future gust into proof you can stand steady, join me for:

Find Calm in the Storm
A 60-minute live workshop to reset the nervous system when the next squall hits.
- Early Bird: $20 (reg. $40).
- Pay-what-you-can at the door ($5 minimum).

You’ll leave with:
• an on-the-spot storm-reset you can pull out of any pocket
• the “bird in the tree” mindset that turns I can’t take this into I can navigate this

August 19th, 6pm at Old Central School in Grand Rapids, MN

No jargon, no experience needed—just tools that work.
🎯 Save your seat: choose “pay later” to pay what you can at the door.

Sign Up Here: https://momence.com/s/119587277

08/06/2025

✨ Feeling wound-up even in “quiet” moments?
Here’s a 60-second reset you can try right now—before the coffee finishes brewing:

👉 Hand on Heart + Soft Voo 👈
1️⃣ Place a gentle palm over your sternum.
2️⃣ Breathe in quietly through the nose.
3️⃣ On the out-breath let a low, humming “voooo” sound ripple from your chest (like fogging a window). Do it 3 times.

That vibration + the warm hand cue your nervous system that “support is here right now,” cutting the adrenaline spike that keeps you hovering like a bird afraid to land.

🔍 Want the bigger picture?
I’m running a 60-minute mini-retreat Find Your Inner Calm: Stress Relief & Self-Trust designed so you’re not stuck in “hover mode” any longer.

- Early Bird: $20 (reg. $40) until spots run out.
- Pay What You Can (min. $5 cash at the door) if money’s tight.

You’ll walk away with:
• the simple “bird on the branch” mindset shift that instantly lowers tension
• a live nervous-system reset you’ll feel in real time
• a cheat-sheet for calming yourself after the meeting, toddler tantrum, or late-night spiral

No fancy terms, no prior experience—just practical tools and a lot of compassion.

August 19th, 6pm at Old Central School in Grand Rapids, MN

🎯 Save your seat: choose “pay later” at checkout to pay at the door. Bring a friend who needs this too.

Sign Up Link: https://momence.com/s/119587277

08/02/2025

My hands-on education hasn’t happened only in classrooms; it’s happened in muscles, heartbeats, and breath that catches in the throat.

What “Somatic Training” actually is

Somatic Experiencing—beginner through advanced—taught me how impulses live in the body long after the moment has passed. I learned to help nervous systems finish what they couldn’t finish: the step that never got taken, the sound that never got made, the protective gesture that froze mid-air. We do this by slowing the story down to millisecond speed and releasing the tension one small, safe piece at a time, rather than reliving the whole storm at once.

Add to that:
- Extra study with Dr. Peter Levine on dreams and the felt sense, so nightmares and repetitive imagery can be metabolized through the body—not analyzed away.
- NeuroAffective Touch training, which weaves gentle touch into the process for babies, children, or adults whose very first injuries happened before they had words.

These are the attachment wounds that whisper, “I have to earn being held.” We answer with nervous-system level reassurance instead.

How it shows up in regular sessions or classes
Whether we’re unpacking panic attacks or the aftershocks of foster care or chronic emotional overwhelm, SE and NAT aren’t side dishes—they’re the plate. Together they let us:
- Track the flutter in your diaphragm to find the moment your body locked in “freeze,”
- Use hand on the back to teach your system what safe contact feels like, or
- Let a dream replay at 5% speed so the body can complete the motion it never got to finish.

No modality is more important than your own innate capacity to heal; these trainings simply keep that capacity on speed dial.

Join my newsletter to follow along. The link to join is in the comments.

07/30/2025

We had some storms over the last week.

Some of my sunflowers are bowed to the ground, some lean like they’re thinking of lying down, and one stands straight, face open, roots deep.
This is what I remind every client (and myself):

The storm doesn’t ask permission; it simply arrives.

The calm isn’t in stopping the wind—it’s in knowing the stem can bend, the roots can hold, and tomorrow’s bloom still belongs to you.

Wherever you are today—face down, tilted, or steady—come rest in the garden. You’re still growing.

07/28/2025

This little five-line list has lived on the inside cover of every journal I’ve filled for the last few year. It’s my quiet reminder that feelings are allowed, they have names, and they don’t need to be fixed—only noticed.

I didn’t grow up knowing what I felt. These steps were the bridge between “I’m numb” and “I’m human.” I still stumble, still grab the feeling wheel when the words won’t come, and that’s okay.

If you’re standing in that same fog, maybe tuck these five steps in your pocket and see what happens.

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07/25/2025

Ever notice the same fight pattern showing up with a partner, friend, or even your kids—and wonder why the same small comment feels like a punch to the gut? That’s attachment wounding at work. Old “I’m not safe / not enough” stories get wired into the nervous system, then hijack our reactions before we know what hit us.

The good news? You can spot it in real time: a sudden clench in the chest, a flash of anger that feels bigger than the moment, the urge to shut down or people-please. When we learn to pause and name what’s happening, the pattern loosens—and calm returns.

That’s exactly what we’ll practice on Monday, August 19th at 6:00 PM at the Old Central School in my studio. In “Find Your Inner Calm,” we’ll use a quick, body-based tool to decode those triggers, reset the nervous system, and rewrite the old scripts that keep us stuck.

Bring a friend—healing is easier together.
$20 reserves your seat (or pay-what-you-can at the door).

👉 Tap the Event link or DM me to register. Share this post and tag someone who’s ready to trade reactivity for real connection.

Event Link: https://momence.com/s/119587277

07/24/2025

Look at this young apple tree—laden with fruit so heavy the branches bow low. It’s already thriving, already producing. Yet the weight of its own abundance could break it without a hand. So we wove gentle supports beneath the limbs—cradling the bounty, not correcting the tree.

TENDING TOGETHER is that same act for us: a free, 30-minute Zoom circle where we gather the weight of overwhelm, shame, or shut-down and hold it together—through rewriting the story with simple somatic practices—so we can keep bearing fruit without breaking.

August & September sessions:
• Aug 14 – 5 pm PT / 7pm CT
• Aug 27 – 8 am PT / 10am CT
• Sep 11 – 5 pm PT / 7pm CT
• Sep 16 – 8 am PT /10am CT

Register to get your zoom link: https://appt.link/meet-with-kimberly-erickson/tending-together

07/23/2025

🌙 Your dreams are knocking—answer them twice.

1️⃣ Replay Available
Missed the July live? Grab the 90-min Dream Workshop Replay (somatic tools + IFS parts work + guide). Watch anytime, forever.

2️⃣ Join the Circle
August 11th – a cozy, live-only gathering for anyone ready to feel their dreams instead of just think about them. We’ll ground, explore, share, and leave with a body-based next step.

BUNDLE DEAL: Sign up for the Dream Compass Circle and get the replay 50 % off. A discount code will be emailed to you after you register for the circle.

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