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At Evolve In Nature, we understand that each individual's healing journey is unique. Our practice

03/21/2026

👆🏼Link in Bio to sign up and learn more! 🌿 Led by Noel Estopinal MA, LPCC — Psychotherapist, this 90-minute closed group hosted at our office in Boulder, CO blends Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emotion regulation skills, mindfulness practices, and a structured somatic framework to support you to learn to notice, identify, feel, and regulate your emotions.

This group is ideal for adults (18+) who feel easily triggered or flooded by emotions, tend to shut down or disconnect when emotions arise, or find themselves intellectualizing feelings without fully experiencing them in their body 🌱

It is especially helpful for individuals seeking to build greater emotional awareness, tolerance, reduce reactivity, and stay present during emotional challenges.

👆🏼Link in Bio to sign up and learn more!

03/20/2026

Author Mattheiu Ricard, molecular genetics PhD turned Buddhist Monk, regards happiness as something we cultivate over time instead of a fixed destination.

In his book titled, "Happiness, A Guide to Developing Life’s Most Important Skill,” he describes the practice of happiness as a series of small intentional shifts and mental habits.

These include moments of awareness, attention, self-regulation, emotional awareness, Lovingkindness, compassion, cognitive reframing and altruism... all of which shape our mind over time and orient us toward well-being.

Ricard describes that "pleasure is fleeting but happiness is a way of being." Of course, this only holds true if we are not bypassing our authentic emotions, or ignoring the challenge we experience in our lives. So, what small micro-shifts could you make in your thinking that might affect your moment-by moment happiness? How could you emphasize helpful reframes over negative thought loops?

03/18/2026

Note: The manifestations explored here are not an exhaustive list and may be experienced by all genders and non-binary folks. 🫂

Depression is complex. It can be an ongoing mental health condition that affects individuals regardless of gender. However, it is increasingly recognized that depression can manifest differently in men compared to other genders. Societal expectations and gender norms can significantly impact how depression is expressed.

By understanding the societal and cultural factors that influence how men express their emotions, we can work towards creating a more inclusive and supportive environment for mental health. Encouraging and participating in open conversations, promoting emotional literacy, and challenging oppressive gender norms can help men (and all people) feel more comfortable seeking help, accessing mental health resources, and finding healthier ways to cope with depression and improve overall well-being.

This post is an excerpt from our Evolve in Nature Blog, written by Jamie Lococo, MA, MFT-C. If you'd like to read the full blog post, navigate to our blog page via our website-- Link in Bio 👆🏼

03/14/2026

Allowing sunlight to light up our eyes and brush our skin feels instinctive, effortless, and deeply satisfying. It serves as a simple, natural way to lift our mood and reconnect with ourselves. 🌞

💡Tip for getting the added benefits of sunlight in our days: Get sunlight within the first 1–2 hours after waking. Even 10–30 minutes outdoors can help reset your internal clock, boost energy, and reduce evening anxiety.

Working with a trusted therapist alongside taking steps toward finding earth-based support in nature is always what we recommend. Sunlight is not a cure-all and will not instantly heal your trauma, but it is a powerful, accessible, and free support for your mental health. 🌱

By intentionally reconnecting with natural light, you’re empowering your body and brain rather than working against them. Sometimes, the smallest shifts like stepping outside in between meetings, opening a window at breakfast, pausing to breathe in the sun, can make a meaningful difference.

03/12/2026

👀Following curiosity is one of the simplest ways to invite play back into everyday life. Sometimes that looks like something small and familiar — dancing in your kitchen to one song, moving your body without choreography or purpose, just because it feels good.

Many of the things that regulate our nervous systems are the same things we naturally gravitated toward as children: movement, music, rhythm, imagination, and spontaneity 🍭

Returning to these moments of play can gently shift the body out of stress and into regulation. When we allow ourselves to follow curiosity, even briefly, we create space for joy, creativity, and ease to re-enter the day.

03/05/2026

What a beautiful idea. We think in poetry and when we journal our thoughts, we are essentially writing poetry. How would you orient to your journal if you approached your practice as poetry?

That's not to say we need to exert effort to make our thoughts and journalings "poetic." It's to believe that our innermost feelings, thoughts and ideas are already poetry, and to honor each layer of ourselves as such.

Try this: journal one page while leaving your inner critic at the door. Just for one page, can you allow your thoughts to "stream of consciouaness" flow out of you, without judgment? Don't try to re-read them or judge them after. Pay attention to the quality of how you feel after the practice. Close your journal, and try again tomorrow.

Remember, just as poet Naomi Shihab Nye says, journaling is a practice.

03/02/2026

Ever heard of Sand Tray as a therapeutic modality? Check out www.OnlineSandtray.com to try it out yourself, always for free! 🏖️

The Sandtray process provides a non-verbal, symbolic way for you, as a client, to communicate things that might be hard to put into words, and it can be particularly useful for people who find talk therapy limiting.

Using platforms like OnlineSandtray.com, you can create scenes between sessions in a private, self-paced way, allowing images, themes, and emotions to emerge organically. This online tool mirrors the physical sandtray experience with virtual sand and objects, allowing users to create scenes symbolically. 💭

🌱Your therapist here at EIN can work with you on a Sandtray you created at home, or might invite you to create a Sandtray depiction of a scenario or theme happening in your life. You'll be supported through the processing of images, themes and emotions that arose during the process.

Big thanks to Dr. Karen Fried, LMFT for creating and offering the free online sandtray platform created by LMFT Dr. Karen Fried for clients and therapists: https://www.onlinesandtray.com/

02/26/2026

Each person’s grief is unique. Our individual grief experiences are shaped by many factors. Grief is not always about death. Grief is characterized by a perceived loss that may or may not be recognized by the friends, the family, the culture or the society of the person grieving.

Someone can grieve the loss of a job or the loss of a relationship: a friend, a family member, pet (whether or not they've died), loss of safety, security, hope, independence, health... and much more.

Grief is not easy to understand contextually. It can arise even during our moments of happiness. We may grieve the loss of a relationship during a happy time in our life because we wished this special relationship or aspect of our life was still with us.

There is still so much more to learn about grief. Learning about grief helps us validate our own experience of grief as well as that of others. Our therapists at EIN are trained to provide human-centered care and a landing place for your grief. If you're working with collective or personal grief, book a session with one of our therapists today. Our Blog page also hosts extensive material on grief. Link in Bio👆🏼

For more grief resources like the ones discussed in this post, navigate to www.speakinggrief.org, part of a public broadcasting platform of Penn State University.

Get help now: 988 Su***de & Crisis Lifeline

02/21/2026

Each February, as we reflect on Black History and the efforts taken by Black people to move toward more equity, justice and love, we also look forward to celebrate rich Black futures and the power in collective imagining for the Black liberation movements that lie ahead 💭

This month is a call to action where we visualize and bring alive more justice, love, inclusion, and equity. We imagine a collective vision of a future shaped by creativity, resilience, self-determination, freedom, and the brilliance of the Black community. ✊🏿

This Black Futures Month, consider supporting the network of Black organizations committed to nurturing the power of Black futures, like

“M4BL is an abolitionist, Black q***r feminist, anti-capitalist ecosystem of hundreds of organizations nurturing a broad political home where Black people can find an opportunity to learn, organize, and take action. For M4BL, the future of Black love requires a reimagining of life as we know it and a revolutionary transformation of the beliefs, norms, and systems that reject our humanity. The future of Black love requires a society grounded in trust, collective care, and abundance that prioritizes the dignity and power of Black people.”

✊🏾

02/18/2026

Behavioral Activation is the idea that action shifts our state of mind and body. Once the body begins moving toward the task at hand (in just small ways), motivation often follows 🎯

The concept of Behavioral Activation demystifies the idea of motivation, and how to increase it. Motivation may be low for a variety of reasons. Not having motivation to complete the tasks important in our lives does not mean you're a failure, or that you'll never get them done 🥾

Motivation can be low for protective reasons such as nervous system depletion, burnout, overwhelm, low mood, grief, sleep disruption, or fear of failure — None of these mean you’re lazy or incapable, though this is often how we interpret low motivation. Often our system is conserving energy or avoiding perceived threat, which is why small, supportive action can help shift the state without shame.

🌱Sometimes we only need to change our approach to our tasks, and the motivation will follow.

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Boulder, CO
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Monday	7am - 7pm
Tuesday	7am - 7pm
Wednesday	7am - 7pm
Thursday	7am - 7pm
Friday	7am - 7pm
Saturday	9am - 3pm

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https://www.evolveinnature.com/

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