Healing Hearts Counseling Center

02/10/2026

When a dear friend was facing a significant illness, the writer John O’Donohue sent a letter that included the words: “May you find in yourself a courageous hospitality toward what is difficult, painful, and unknown.”

What we need the most amid personal challenges is hospitality.We often believe that personal change will come through persistence—by pushing harder, seeking insights, and doing more. But often, that persistence is actually leading us further away from the core issues we need to address.

Outsourcing our needs to others and relying on will power are tenuous solutions. The more sustainable option is to teach ourselves that, even in our deepest vulnerability, we can become the soothing, safe, and secure presence we need.

Without personal hospitality, we risk using other people as sanatoriums and seeking quick fixes to profound questions that, if given the space to be processed, could transform us.

Hospitality may feel slower, but the healing and growth it fosters are far more profound—and in the long run, faster.

01/30/2026

When you lack a solid connection to yourself, you end up using other people to feel solid. How can you tell if your connection to yourself has room to grow?

If you fall apart when you’re alone, find yourself angry when someone doesn’t come through for you, grow angsty when people disagree with you, or feel insecure about the amount of money, power, or attraction you possess, these are all signs that your sense of self has room to develop.

The insecurities we feel in our external world are always a reflection of the insecurities we feel within. We think the solution is to attain or achieve more, but it’s not.

The antidote is a desire to develop greater intimacy with the self.

01/29/2026

12/31/2025

🎉 NEW YEAR, GENTLE START 🎉
✨ Small steps. Real change. Kind goals. ✨

🌟 Set Intentions You Can Actually Keep
The new year doesn’t need a full life overhaul — just compassionate, doable steps that support your well‑being.

🎯 Easy, Achievable Goals for 2025
🚶‍♀️ Take a 10‑minute walk a few times a week

💧 Add one extra glass of water a day

📵 Choose one “no‑phone hour” each week

🌙 Create a simple morning or bedtime ritual

📚 Read one chapter of a book each month

🧘‍♂️ Practice saying “no” when you need rest

🎉 Plan one fun activity each month

✨ Write one gratitude note each week

🗂️ Declutter one drawer or corner at a time

🤝 Reach out to a friend once a month

🎊 Celebrate Every Small Win
Growth doesn’t have to be loud.
Every tiny step counts.
Every moment of effort matters.

💛 Wishing you a peaceful, hopeful, and healing new year. 💛

12/31/2025

12/31/2025

🎉✨ Holiday Hours Update! ✨🎉
Healing Hearts will be closing early today at 1:00 PM so our team can enjoy a little extra time to celebrate the season.

We’ll also be closed for New Year’s Day and will reopen on Friday with our regular hours — refreshed and ready to support you in 2026.

Wishing our community a joyful, safe, and hope-filled New Year! 💛

Send a message to learn more

12/19/2025

🌨️ Weather Advisory – Healing Hearts Counseling Center

Despite the winter weather, Healing Hearts is open and providing services today. Our team is here and ready to support you.

Please use caution while traveling. Give yourself extra time, drive slowly, and stay aware of changing road conditions. Your safety matters.

If you have any questions or need to adjust your appointment, please call our office at 419‑528‑5993.

Stay safe and take care.

12/19/2025

🌿 Word of the Day: “Respair”
Meaning: A rare, old English word meaning a return to hope after a period of despair; the act of breathing hope back into oneself.

It’s one of those forgotten gems that feels tailor‑made for the work you do—helping people find their footing again, helping teams reconnect, helping communities feel seen.

✨ Reflection
Where in your lifework, relationships, or within yourself—do you feel a quiet spark of respair beginning to form, and what might help you nurture it into something steady?

12/16/2025

🌿 Word of the Day: Resonance
Meaning: The quality of something that continues to echo, linger, or make an impact long after the moment has passed.

Reflection Question
What is one small action I can take today that I hope will resonate with someone long after they leave our space?

12/15/2025

🌿 Word of the Day: Patience
In a world that moves fast and demands even faster responses, patience can feel like a quiet superpower. It’s the steady breath in the middle of chaos, the gentle reminder that growth takes time, and the grace we offer ourselves and others when things don’t unfold on our preferred timeline.

Sometimes the most meaningful progress is happening beneath the surface, long before we can see it.

💭 Reflection Question:
Where in your life could a little more patience create more peace or clarity today?

12/12/2025

🌿 Recovery Word of the Day: Reclaim
Meaning: To take back something that belongs to you—your peace, your voice, your health, your future. Recovery isn’t about becoming someone new; it’s about returning to the person you were always meant to be.

💭 Reflection Question:
What is one part of your life, identity, or wellbeing that you are ready to reclaim today, even in a small way?