Retreat Into Wellness

12/26/2025

Sometimes we wait for the “right” time to start, when life feels settled, when we feel ready, when we think we’ll have more strength. But growth often begins in the middle of the mess, in small moments of honesty, a deep breath, or the quiet decision to try again.

You don’t have to have it all figured out to begin.

You just have to begin, right where you are.

💭 What helps you take that first gentle step when things feel heavy?
Your words might be exactly what someone else needs to hear today 🌿
Share one small way you’ve begun again lately, even if it felt imperfect.

retreatintowellness • mindfulhealing • gentlegrowth • emotionalwellness • connectionmatters • selfcompassion • greybrucecounselling • everydayhealing

12/23/2025

Hi, I’m Amanda, the therapist behind Retreat Into Wellness. 🌿 I’m a Certified Play Therapist, integrating EMDR and CBT approaches to support children, youth, and adults as they heal and grow. My work is grounded in compassion, curiosity, and the belief that healing begins when we feel safe enough to be ourselves.

For over a decade, I’ve supported children, youth, and adults in healing from trauma, anxiety, and the patterns that keep them feeling stuck. My approach weaves together EMDR, CBT, and Play Therapy, meeting each person where they are, with compassion and curiosity.

Whether we’re exploring big feelings, old patterns, or small everyday moments, my role is to listen, guide, and hold space for meaning to unfold, one gentle step at a time.

💬 When you think of the word “healing,” what feeling or image comes to mind?
There’s no wrong answer, just what feels true for you.
Comment below, when you think of healing, what word or image comes to mind?

retreatintowellness • playtherapy • EMDRtherapy • CBT • greybrucecounselling • compassionatecare • healingjourney • emotionalwellness • trustbuilding

12/19/2025

Even before healing begins, regulation can be felt. It lives in soft light, gentle colours, the comfort of a familiar face.

When a child feels safe, their whole body exhales.

That sense of calm is what we aim to create in every session: a space that quietly says,
✨“You’re safe here. You can just be yourself.”

💭 What helps your child (or you) feel grounded at the end of a long day?
Share one calming ritual that helps you or your child feel grounded 🌿

retreatintowellness • emotionalwellness • childtherapy • mindfulspaces • safeconnection • playtherapy • greybrucecounselling • calmparenting

12/17/2025

It might look like “just play,” but through every tower built, story told, or scene imagined, children are sharing what words can’t.

Play is their way of saying, “This is how I feel.”

It’s their language of safety, connection, and healing.

✨ If you could describe your child’s play in one word, what would it be? (There’s no wrong answer. Each word tells its own beautiful story.)
Comment with one word that describes your child’s play style, curious, imaginative, gentle, bold… anything that feels true.

playtherapy • childdevelopment • mindfulparenting • emotionalexpression • healingthroughplay • amandawallacetherapy • greybrucecounselling • connectionmatters • retreatintowellness

12/11/2025

In the playroom, every choice tells a story. A tower built, a doll placed carefully, a world created from imagination, these are more than moments of fun. They’re how children communicate what’s happening in their hearts.

Through play, children express what words can’t.

Our role is to listen, to notice the meaning behind the movement, the choice, the story they create.

💭 If your child could “speak through play,” what do you think their story might sound like right now?
There’s no wrong answer, just curiosity, wonder, and love.
Share this with someone who believes in the power of play.

playtherapy • retreatintowellness • meaninginplay • mindfulparenting • childcounselling • emotionalexpression • greybrucecounselling • therapeuticplay

12/09/2025

Healing doesn’t end with us, it expands outward. When one person learns to pause before reacting, to speak kindly to themselves, or to listen with empathy… those small shifts touch every relationship around them.

These quiet changes are how generational patterns begin to heal. They start within us, and slowly, gently, they flow outward.

💬 Have you noticed a small shift in yourself that’s changed how you connect with others?
Save this for the days you forget how far you’ve come.

retreatintowellness • generationalhealing • emotionalwellness • mindfulparenting • innergrowth • greybrucecounselling • healingjourney • connectionmatters

12/08/2025

11/16/2025

One of the greatest gifts we can give a child is to take their world seriously.

To lean into what lights them up — not because it’s our passion, but because it’s part of who they are becoming.

When a child feels their interests are worth our attention, something powerful settles inside them. They learn that their joy is not inconvenient, their excitement is not “too much,”
and their inner world is worthy of being seen.

That kind of presence plants a deep knowing:
I matter. My voice matters. What I love matters.

Every child deserves to grow up with that kind of certainty. ❤️

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11/14/2025

Teach your kids that confidence isn’t loud — it’s grounded.

It isn’t found in being the best in the room, but in no longer needing to measure themselves against anyone else.

Because when they stop comparing, they make space for authenticity — for quiet self-trust that doesn’t rise and fall with someone else’s opinion.

Real confidence is calm. It’s the kind that lets them cheer for others without losing themselves, that lets them rest in their own timing, their own rhythm, their own becoming.

They don’t need to chase, compete, or prove.

They’re already on their path — with their own pace, their own light, their own unfolding.

And that will always be enough. ❤️

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11/02/2025

Parenting doesn’t mean never losing your cool — it means learning how to find your way back.

When we manage our frustration with awareness and repair, we’re modelling something powerful for our children: that emotions can be messy and managed.

You can explore more on supporting emotional regulation (for both you and your child) here: Managing Big Feelings, a Toolkit at link in comments ⬇️ or via Linktree Shop in our Bio.

11/02/2025

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