The Nourished Self, LLC

01/29/2025

Coming soon...
More breathwork, meditation, and yoga events.
Check back for registration info!

01/25/2025

Thanks to 7 Notes Natural Health for the beautiful event space.
We had an intimate, relaxing, and restorative evening of community connection, breathwork and meditation.

I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to hold sacred space for the participants who braved the cold last night.

07/08/2022

12/22/2021

"Snow creates that quality of awe in the face of a power greater than ours. It epitomizes the aesthetic notion of the sublime, in which greatness and beauty couple to overcome you—a small, frail human—entirely."
-Katherine May

❄ Happy Winter Solstice. ❄

I love the richness and beauty of Michigan winters.
Crisp white snow and its blanket of quiet gentleness.
Sunshine's winter angle casts a perpetual golden glow.
Providing a cozy crispness of comfort.

I admire the cyclical patterns of Nature. This season she tells us it's time to slow down.

Winter is a time of hibernation and reflection. Perfect for turning inward and healing wounds as well as languorously savoring the senses of the season.

What do you appreciate about Yuletide?

10/02/2021

Happy October 1st, Loves!

During the last week here in Michigan we've been enjoying my favorite weather: sunny with a sight breeze and the low 70s. Absolute perfection!

I made the most of it and went for a hike with one of my dearest friends at the local state park. It was the medicine my soul needed and I've felt more grounded and balanced as a result. We've agreed to keep this going at least once a week because we felt so wonderful afterward.

What are you doing this autumn to support your connections to yourself and the world around you?

                                        

03/09/2021

Sometimes we need to flip the script of our inner and outer self-dialogue from disparaging to encouraging. Positive affirmations like these can help. 💜

Posted • Shout it from the rooftops! You are worthy of accomplishment, success, and abundance. 🙌🏼 [written by ]

03/09/2021

Happy International Women's Day 💜

Posted • Happy ! What I hope for every woman is that she invests in her own healing to eventually arrive to a place that she believes she has all the love she needs for herself ... within herself. This eliminates feeling threatened in any way by anyone and eliminates accepting less than what she truly deserves in all her relationships.

When we come upon this understanding it’s easy and magical to love other people ... especially other women in a real way. We gotta do better by one another but it will only happen by doing better with how we treat ourselves. Only then can we hold each other’s hand and serve the greatest good together. ONE WOMAN IS ... EVERY WOMAN✨💖✨

03/09/2021

Happy International Women's Day 💜

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Let us remember those that came before us to fight for our rights and those who fight for our rights as women+ to this very day! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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As we do this work to free and heal q***r and trans Black women+ remember that when we achieve this, EVERYONE gets free in the process. Our fight is not a selfish one.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Let's celebrate today (and every damn day) by:

✨centering + amplifying Black women+ online AND in person

✨prioritizing womanism instead of white-washed feminism

✨ learning herstory from ALL sides (not just the side of the oppressor)

✨ PAYING BLACK WOMEN+.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Head to the link in our bio to contribute to our fund in support of Black women + femme's liberation and healing.

We need to raise $100,000 by April 1st to make our RECLAIMING OUR BIRTHRIGHT: LIBERATION + HEALING FOR BLACK WOMEN & FEMMES 3-MONTH COLLECTIVE happen (where Black women + femmes are PAID to heal)!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Contribute + share today. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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MICROREPARATIONS ARE OWED!!

Remember if your feminism isn’t intersectional, then it’s BU****IT. xo R and Team RR⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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PS - Join me and for an IG Live in honor of this day, and our love of Black women + femmes, today @ 1230PM PST / 230PM CST / 330PM EST. See ya soon! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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ID: Quote from Combahee River Collective that says, "If Black [women+] were free, it would mean that everyone else would have to be free since our freedom would necessitate the destruction of all systems of oppression" on pink background.

03/09/2021

Happy International Women's Day 💜

Posted • i wrote this poem during women’s month back in 2013 or 2014. 😊♥️ at the time i was becoming aware of a few things:

1. i realized that out of any compliment i could receive nothing felt as good as hearing the word pretty 😒 and i hated that...

2. the compliment i gave to girls and women most often was about their looks. “omg you look so good. you’re so pretty. you’re so beautiful”. now- there’s nothing wrong with telling someone how great they look... but these girls and women were doing so many incredible things in their lives. they were making moves that were changing the world and here i was complimenting their looks as if that was the greatest thing about them. of course that wasn’t my intention- but i wanted to be more thoughtful in my compliments and make sure i was amplifying all aspects of those i loved- especially the aspects that aren’t visible.

so this idea began to cook inside me. it cooked and cooked and cooked until it became a poem that demanded to be written. but thennnn i avoided writing it for months- thinking the basis was silly and no one would get it.

the more i ignored it...the louder it became. the poem played inside my head like a song on repeat.

i eventually wrote it down not because i thought it was worth reading... but because i wanted to get it out of my system. i wrote it down and i tossed it aside.

i had no plans to let this poem see the light of day and yet it’s somehow become the most widely read piece i’ve ever written. soooooo in conclusion i realize that sometimes (or a lot of the times 😂) i don’t know s**t. andddddd i’d do well by spending less time doubting myself and more time trusting in the universe.

happy women’s history month ♥️ i love you

02/19/2021

Interested in learning how to cope more effectively?

Join me for an 8 week workshop to learn Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Skills.

The worshop begins on Tuesday, March 2nd and runs until Tuesday, April 20th.
Sessions will meet via Zoom from 7-8:30pm.
Total investment is $360.
Registration is completed via my website above.

DBT Skills have been thoroughly researched and are evidence based. When practiced and utilized DBT Skills help us to:

🔸️ Quiet the racing thoughts in our minds
🔸️ Speak honestly and have our needs met
🔸️ Shift away from "all or nothing" thinking
🔸️ Tolerate stress & anxiety in safe & healthy ways
🔸️ Take care of our physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual wellbeing
🔸️ Live a life of balance & joy, despite the chaos that surrounds us

Comment below or DM for more information! 💜

02/18/2021

02/16/2021

As a client, what can you expect if you choose to work with me, Samantha, as your therapeutic health & wellness coach?

🌱 First and foremost, a safe space to identify and explore YOUR own lifestyle goals. Not the ones you think I, or anyone else, have for you.

Lifestyle goals may include:
🔸️ Nourishing eating habits
🔸️ Enjoyable exercise activities
🔸️ Improved sleep routine
🔸️ Anxiety & stress management
🔸️ Effective coping skills
🔸️ "Work-Life Balance"
🔸️ Trauma healing
🔸️ Deeper connection to spiritual & creative self
🔸️ Communication skills to have your needs met
🔸️ Anything specific to you

🌱 A humorous approach to healing and growth. The work of changing lifestyle habits and learning new skills can be daunting. Let's laugh and enjoy what we can along the way.

🌱 Weekly support & accountability between individual sessions. I'm available for email & text support during the work-week.

🌱 Program packages in 1-, 3-, and 6-month time frames. Lifestyle change doesn't happen over night. It's a daily choice and commitment to yourself. This ultimately leads to a joy that comes only from living a life of authenticity and balance. We work together to get you there.