Integrative team approach to supporting your health & wellness in SW Portland.
12/18/2025
We’re excited to share that our founder, Jen Owen, NP, has officially passed the Lifestyle Medicine Certification Exam through the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine. 🎉
Lifestyle medicine has long been the foundation of care at The Flourish Center—supporting whole-person healing through evidence-based, sustainable approaches to health. This certification reflects Jen’s deep commitment to treating the root causes of symptoms and caring for all aspects of life so our patients can truly flourish.
12/17/2025
Preparing for the Holidays (Mind + Body)
The holidays can be meaningful and joyful — and they can also be overstimulating, emotional, and disruptive to routines. Preparing ahead of time isn’t about doing more. It’s about supporting yourself before things get busy.
Mental + Emotional Prep
• Set realistic expectations
• Notice your triggers and patterns
• Plan recovery time between events
• Give yourself permission to say no or leave early
• Keep sleep and meals as consistent as possible
Nervous System Support
• Slow your breath when things feel rushed
• Take short walks or step outside
• Limit constant noise and screen time
• Remember: reactions are information, not failure
Helpful Things to Stock Up On
• Easy, nourishing foods for busy days
• Hydration support (teas, electrolytes, mineral water)
• Blood-sugar-friendly snacks
• Medications and supplements you rely on
• Comfort items that help you feel grounded
You don’t have to “do the holidays right.”
Small, steady support makes a big difference 🤍
12/16/2025
Need extra support over the holidays?
The holidays can bring connection and joy—but they can also stir up grief, stress, family dynamics, old patterns, and emotional exhaustion. If this season feels heavy, you don’t have to carry it alone.
At The Flourish Center, our therapists offer compassionate, grounded support to help you navigate whatever is coming up—whether that’s anxiety, relationship stress, trauma, loss, or simply feeling overwhelmed.
Jody Cecil, LPC
Jody offers a body-centered, trauma-informed approach that honors your story and your nervous system. Her work is collaborative, gentle, and rooted in curiosity and self-compassion—supporting healing at a pace that feels safe and sustainable.
Julia Chapman, LMFT
Julia works with individuals and couples navigating life transitions, relationships, family-of-origin dynamics, trauma, and perinatal mental health. Her style is warm, relational, and affirming, with an emphasis on strengthening connection and agency.
Support is available—and you deserve it.
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12/15/2025
Here’s a little sneak peek from our team’s recent photoshoot. It was so fun, and we can’t wait to keep sharing all the beautiful images we captured together.
12/12/2025
Finding Peace This Holiday Season
The holidays are often portrayed as joyful and magical—but for many, they also bring stress, old patterns, and emotional overwhelm. In our newest blog, Licensed Professional Counselor **Jody Cecil** reflects on why this season can feel so heavy and how to meet it with greater awareness and self-compassion.
This piece offers gentle guidance on recognizing familiar survival strategies, untangling emotional and relational needs, and practicing kindness toward yourself when expectations run high. Peace, as Jody reminds us, isn’t about perfection—it’s about finding small pockets of stillness and allowing yourself to be present, even when the season feels full.
If the holidays feel complicated this year, you’re not alone.
Read the full blog at theflourishcenter.co 💛
12/11/2025
Read our new blog at theflourishcenter.co ✨
Take a Moment to Pause & Reflect on This Year
Written by our Medical Assistant, Elissa Cibu, B.S. Public Health
At our last team meeting, we did a year-reflection mapping activity—and it was such a powerful reminder that most of us move through life without ever pausing to look back. Elissa realized she hadn’t truly reflected on her year until that moment, and the exercise helped her see not just the challenges she faced, but the growth she’s earned along the way.
In the blog, she walks you through the same reflection practice so you can do it, too. Grab a piece of paper, write “2025” in the center, choose the categories that defined your year, and begin mapping your experiences—your wins, your lessons, and even the messy in-betweens.
This simple pause can help you step into the new year with more clarity, gratitude, and intention. 💛
Read the full blog at theflourishcenter.co
12/10/2025
Restore & Revitalize Monthly Women’s Circle
with Jen Owen, N.P. ✨
Restore & Revitalize is a once-monthly women’s circle led by Jen Owen, N.P. at The Flourish Center—a safe, healing space to gently move your body, reset your breathing, clear and tend to your pelvic bowl, balance your chakras, and boost your energy alongside a supportive community of women. This circle is perfect for anyone craving regulation, grounding, and a chance to come back home to themselves on a regular basis.
🗓️ Every 2nd Saturday in 2025
⏰ 9:30–11:30am
📍 The Flourish Center
💰 $27 per circle
Register at theflourishcenter.co 🌿
12/09/2025
Team Member Spotlight ✨
Today we’re celebrating Megan Brill (she/her), our Project Manager & Support Staff. Megan supports the center in countless ways—from helping with projects to stepping in as our PRN clinic staff whenever needed. Her grounded presence and steady support make such a difference in the flow of our days here.
Originally from California and happily rooted in Portland since 2009, Megan loves being part of the Multnomah Village community where she lives and works. After experiencing the powerful impact of yoga, meditation, and mindfulness on her own well-being, she’s become a true believer in holistic medicine and the mind-body connection.
Thank you for everything you do, Megan. We’re so grateful for you. 💛
12/08/2025
Area of Focus: Codependency
with Julia Chapman, LMFT
Coping with a family member, partner, or friend’s addiction—or the ripple effects of it—can feel scary, confusing, and overwhelming. Even without substance use, many people develop patterns that mirror addiction dynamics, creating strain and frustration in relationships.
Codependency often looks like difficulty saying no, people-pleasing, feeling responsible for others’ happiness, losing touch with your own wants and needs, or feeling unable to leave negative relationship cycles. In therapy, Julia frequently hears clients describe feeling “stuck,” as though they’re repeating the same patterns again and again.
Julia helps clients build self-esteem, strengthen boundaries, ask for what they need, understand themselves with compassion, and create healthier, more satisfying relationships.
Learn more and book with Julia at juliachapmanpsychotherapy.com.
12/05/2025
A little decor update at The Flourish Center ✨
We’ve been refreshing the space bit by bit, creating an environment that feels peaceful, welcoming, and aligned with the care we offer here. It’s always amazing how even small shifts can help the whole place feel renewed.
Wishing everyone a beautiful, restorative weekend. 🌿💛
—The Flourish Center
12/04/2025
Restore & Revitalize Monthly Women’s Circle ✨
with Jen Owen, N.P. at The Flourish Center
Give yourself a gentle reset before the holidays fully take over. This month’s Restore & Revitalize Women’s Circle is a nurturing space to move your body, reset your breathing, clear your pelvic bowl, balance your chakras, and boost your energy in community with other women. 🌿
🗓 December Session: Saturday, December 13, 2025
🕤 Time: 9:30–11:30am
📍 Where: The Flourish Center
💫 Cost: $27 per circle
Expect grounding movement, breathwork, guided pelvic bowl + chakra practices, and time to reconnect with your own inner wisdom in a safe, healing space.
Space is limited so you can truly drop in and be held.
Sign up at theflourishcenter.co to save your spot. 💛
12/03/2025
Elissa has been busy doing our herb inventory here at the center today 🌿✨
These small behind-the-scenes moments help keep our apothecary well-stocked, organized, and ready for the healing work that happens in this space every week.
We’re grateful for the care and intention she brings to the details that support our whole-person approach to wellness 💚
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Hi. I’m Jen Owen. I’m an Integrative Medicine Nurse Practitioner, Primary Care Provider, Herbalist, Functional Medicine expert, and Pelvic Floor Specialist.
After almost 28 years of working with health and wellness, I have seen just about everything.
Here are the truths I know:
1. No one is broken.
2. No diagnosis is a sentence.
3. Hope and compassionate care make a difference.
4. Conventional (modern) medicine is not better or worse than natural medicine. There are benefits to both. Why not utilize all both have to offer to find the perfect balance for you?
5. There are no cookie-cutter solutions for any problem. It’s best to find the right path/program for each person individually.
6. Nurse Practitioners are a great choice for care. We are nurses first, so we understand how health can affect life. We are medically trained and licensed to diagnose conditions, order testing such as radiology and labs, prescribe treatments, including prescription medications, and serve as your primary care provider. We are bred from a holistic approach of looking at the whole person and how each aspect of life affects wellness.
7. I am here on this earth to help people. I do this with smart, comprehensive care based on love. I treat my patients as I would my own family--every time.
Whatever you’re working with, I promise to listen fully to your whole story, honor your own intuition and judgment about what is happening, and work with you to design a plan that won’t add even more stress to our already stressful world. I believe in a practical, least-invasive, and doable approach to serving my patients.
I’m here to help you with a specific issue or take care of all of your basic medical needs using my integrative approach. I’m currently building my FLOURISH Family of patients who I’ll work with for the duration of my career. I’d be honored to welcome you to my family.
