LifElevated Wellness

02/03/2026

01/28/2026

There is something about the ocean that reminds us we don’t have to carry everything alone 🌊

Excited to be part of the Spring Retreat in Surf City, NJ, offering an experiential beach session designed to cultivate belonging, regulation, and connection through shared presence with nature and community.

Can't wait to see you in April!! 🩵🤎🦔

Sometimes the question is not whether to step away, but whether it is finally okay to say yes to yourself.

This April, from the 16-20, we will gather in Surf City, New Jersey, for the Jersey Shore Spring 2026 Retreat. The house sits along the water, where mornings unfold slowly and evenings settle into the rhythm of the tide. The environment does not demand attention or effort. It simply holds space.

This gathering is for those whose lives have been shaped by separation, by missing or withheld origins, or by truths that surfaced long after they should have. The retreat is structured with care and steadiness, allowing connection to develop naturally. There is no expectation to disclose, perform, or move faster than your own internal pace.

Our time together includes guided sessions led by a trauma-aware facilitation team Judith Belton, Peter Boni, Amy Ebbeson, Victoria Hill, B.K. Jackson, and Hope Sacher. These sessions are balanced with ample unstructured time for rest, quiet conversation, reflection, or being near the water.

People arrive with different needs. Some are ready to engage thoughtfully. Others need distance from daily demands and room to breathe. Both experiences are equally welcome. This retreat respects boundaries, honors lived experience, and meets each person where they are. All identities are welcome. Every story is treated with care.

A small number of spaces remain. If this feels like a place you have been quietly looking for, you can find more details on our website. And if sharing this helps it reach someone who has been searching for a space like this, that matters too. https://www.hiraethhopeandhealing.com/spring-2026-retreat

01/20/2026

Today, the nurse strike brought everything into sharp focus for me, and for the nervous system I fought for years to heal, after decades at the bedside.

It took everything I had to recover from what a career in healthcare quietly took from my body.

Today made one thing painfully clear: no amount of money is worth sacrificing health … mine or yours. When care becomes a business, something sacred is lost.

This is bigger than a strike.
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Today the nurse strike found me, text messages asking me if I want to go to NY. Waving an insane amount of money per week across my eyes definitely got my attention. It’s moments like this that bring up a lot of emotion. Patients in hospitals needing care and nurses strike leaving them even more v...

01/18/2026

You're not alone in grieving the death of a beloved animal. I'm leading a monthly Companion Animal Grief Circle at Nottely Oaks Animal Hospital beginning February 11th. It's been a year and half since I graduated from the Compassion Consortium Animal Chaplaincy Course, something I haven't talked much about here, though I discuss it in my book-in-progess. Grief support has been, and still is, important to me in my own journey through grief.
🗓 2nd Wednesday of each month (starting February 11, 2026)
⏰ 6:00–7:00 p.m.
📍 Nottely Oaks Animal Hospital (Restorative Therapy entrance)
All are welcome. Come just as you are.

01/11/2026

Grief doesn’t move in straight lines … It dances. Sometimes it sweeps us off our feet, other times it lingers quietly.

If you’re feeling the weight of grief, know this: you can move with it, express it and honor it.

In my latest blog, I share an invitation to dance with me, from gentle movement and journaling to mindful rituals, creative expression and ways to safely release emotion.

Read the full reflection and open your invitation here: https://www.lifelevatedwellness.com/post/the-dance-of-grief
✨ Step into the dance. Explore ways to hold, feel, and move through grief with care. Come back here to share how you’ve learned to dance with grief 🖤🤍

Yin. Yang. Darkness. Light.Winter. Summer.Loss. LoveSeverance. Birth.I woke up Wednesday morning, the day after my birthday, feeling amazing. Light, happy and unburdened. The sun shone brightly, the air felt clearer. As I reflected on this, I felt the clear difference in how I felt the day before. W...

01/09/2026

New year. No pressure to become someone else.

RECLAIM Journey is a trauma-aware, live online seasonal wellness experience offering space to slow down, reconnect, and begin the year with care.

This is not a resolution or a self-improvement program.
It’s a slower, grounded way to care for yourself through the winter-to-spring transition.

🗓️ Starts January 22
⏰ Thursdays, 6–8 PM ET
💻 Live online · 12 weeks

Facilitated by Hope Sacher, RN, NC-BC, RYT, KMOG
Details and registration available in the event. https://www.hiraethhopeandhealing.com/workshops-offerings https://www.lifelevatedwellness.com/

01/06/2026

The greatest gift is the feeling of being witnessed and held, which requires vulnerability and the willingness to be seen 💜

And I'll cry if I want to. This year, I am choosing to celebrate... or so I thought...This year I'm being very intentional on how I spend my "birth"day. Forty-eight years and it has been a roller coaster of birthdays. Being a child I remember not liking my birthday being in January. Living in New Yo...

01/04/2026

A New Year, An Inner Turning: Setting Intentions from Within

As a new year unfolds, there’s often a collective pressure to fix, improve, or be better. Resolutions tend to arrive with rigidity and expectation, asking us to leap forward before we’ve taken time to listen inward. This year, what if we chose a softer, more sustainable beginning?

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A New Year, An Inner Turning: Setting Intentions from WithinAs a new year unfolds, there’s often a collective pressure to fix, improve, or be better. Resolutions tend to arrive with rigidity and expectation, asking us to leap forward before we’ve taken time to listen inward. This year, what if w...

09/14/2025

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