Heart In Balance

Heart In Balance Holistic Psychotherapy, Coaching, Hypnotherapy & Brainspotting https://rachelhipp.com/
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12/25/2025

Happy Holidays from our Heart in Balance family.
Whether today feels joyful, tender, complicated, grief-filled, peaceful, overwhelming—or a mix of it all—you are not alone.

We’re holding space for you.
For your heart.
For your healing.
For your becoming.

May you feel grounded, loved, and supported today in exactly the ways you need.

12/24/2025

You’re not failing if this season feels overwhelming.

Your system is carrying a lot, expectations, schedules, emotions, memories, other people’s needs.

Overwhelm is not a weakness.
It’s your body asking for regulation, rest, and compassion.

Inside our therapy rooms, we hear the truth behind the smile:
“I’m exhausted.”
“I’m trying so hard.”
“I just want to feel like myself again.”

You are not alone.
You are human.
And you are worthy of gentleness.

If you're ready for the support you deserve, call/text 616-699-5910 or email intake@rachelhipp.com

Grief doesn’t take holidays off.For many, this season isn’t just sparkles and cheer.It’s the empty chair.The memories.Th...
12/22/2025

Grief doesn’t take holidays off.

For many, this season isn’t just sparkles and cheer.
It’s the empty chair.
The memories.
The “I wish they were here.”
The ache that comes with love.

If this is you, your heart deserves softness.

A practice for today:
Place a hand on your chest.
Name what you’re grieving.
Name what you’re grateful for.
Let them sit together without forcing one to cancel the other.

Grief and joy can peacefully coexist when we give them both room.

DM us "READY" to speak with a member of our team!

Looking for support navigating holiday stress or inner child work?Our team specializes in deep, integrative healing, esp...
12/12/2025

Looking for support navigating holiday stress or inner child work?

Our team specializes in deep, integrative healing, especially during seasons that bring old wounds to the surface.

This week we’re highlighting:

🌿 Reba
Adoptees & Adoptive Parents • Caregivers • Helping Professionals
Shadow Work • Trauma-Conscious Support
20+ Years Experience • CAADC-Certified
Holding space for deep identity work, healing, and emotional integration.

🌿 Analise
Anxiety • Depression • Chronic Pain
LGBTQIA+ • International Clients
CBT • ACT • DBT • EMDR • Hypnotherapy
Supporting clients ready for clarity, empowerment, and mind-body healing.

Your healing matters. And you don’t have to carry the season alone.

Looking for support navigating holiday pain, stress or inner child work?Our team specializes in deep, integrative healin...
12/12/2025

Looking for support navigating holiday pain, stress or inner child work?

Our team specializes in deep, integrative healing—especially during seasons that bring old wounds to the surface.

This week we’re highlighting:

🌿 Analise

Anxiety • Depression • Chronic Pain
LGBTQIA+ • International Clients
CBT • ACT • DBT • EMDR • Hypnotherapy
Supporting clients ready for clarity, empowerment, and mind-body healing.

🌿 Reba

Adoptees & Adoptive Parents • Caregivers • Helping Professionals
Shadow Work • Trauma-Conscious Support
20+ Years Experience • CAADC-Certified
Holding space for deep identity work, healing, and emotional integration.

It’s okay if your healing looks like setting boundaries this year.You’re allowed to protect your peace.You’re allowed to...
12/10/2025

It’s okay if your healing looks like setting boundaries this year.

You’re allowed to protect your peace.
You’re allowed to say no.
You’re allowed to limit time in spaces that drain you.
You’re allowed to excuse yourself from conversations that feel activating.

Healing isn’t about being “perfect” in difficult dynamics.
Healing is about choosing yourself with compassion.

You are allowed to take up space and honor your needs.

It’s okay if your healing looks like setting boundaries this year.You’re allowed to protect your peace.You’re allowed to...
12/10/2025

It’s okay if your healing looks like setting boundaries this year.

You’re allowed to protect your peace.
You’re allowed to say no.
You’re allowed to limit time in spaces that drain you.
You’re allowed to excuse yourself from conversations that feel activating.

Healing isn’t about being “perfect” in difficult dynamics.
Healing is about choosing yourself with compassion.

You are allowed to take up space and honor your needs.

If you need support, reach out via text or call at 616-699-5910 and our team is beyond grateful to assist you.

When you go home for the holidays, your inner child usually goes with you.Family gatherings have a way of activating the...
12/08/2025

When you go home for the holidays, your inner child usually goes with you.

Family gatherings have a way of activating the younger parts of us, the parts that felt unseen, responsible for keeping the peace, or afraid to take up space.

A simple practice to support your inner child this week:

✨ Before entering a stressful space, pause.
✨ Imagine your younger self beside you.
✨ Whisper gently: “I’ve got you now. I’m the safe, strong adult.”
✨ Place a hand on your heart and breathe.

You don’t have to respond from old patterns this year.
You can show up as your grounded, wise self, one breath at a time.

12/08/2025

When you go home for the holidays, your inner child goes with you.

Family gatherings can have a way of activating the younger parts of us—
the parts that felt unseen, responsible for keeping the peace, or afraid to take up space.

A simple practice to support your inner child this week:

✨ Before entering a stressful space, pause.
✨ Imagine your younger self beside you.
✨ Whisper gently: “I’ve got you now. I’m the safe, strong adult.”
✨ Place a hand on your heart and breathe.

You don’t have to respond from old patterns this year.
You can show up as your grounded, wise self—one breath at a time.

If you’ve been wanting to start therapy before the new year, this is your sign.We have a few December openings for those...
12/05/2025

If you’ve been wanting to start therapy before the new year, this is your sign.

We have a few December openings for those wanting deeper, holistic work:

🌿 Christina Mangold, LMSW
Shadow work • Trauma • Spirituality
IFS • EMDR • DBT • Reiki • Meditation • Sound healing
Limited openings for clients ready to explore the deeper layers of self.

🌿 Mae Gunner - Zoerman, LMSW
Children & Teens • Young Adults • Neurodivergence
Polyvagal Informed Care Reiki • Neurobiological Development • Play Therapy

🌿 Taylor Bonga (Life Coach)
Short-term December coaching packages available
Perfect for those craving clarity, grounding, or support through holiday stress.

🌿 Hastings Location
Noel (Couples/Gottman Level 1)
Whitney (Brainspotting, anxiety, LGBTQ+ clients), and our team have openings for individuals and families.

If you’re ready for a space that holds your whole self—mind, body, and spirit—we’re here.

intake@rachelhipp.com or DM us "READY"

Many millennials are doing something revolutionary: healing themselves while raising their children.Instead of repeating...
12/03/2025

Many millennials are doing something revolutionary: healing themselves while raising their children.

Instead of repeating patterns they grew up with, they’re slowing down, getting curious, and learning to understand their own nervous systems. This is reparenting — offering yourself the care, compassion, and boundaries you may not have received, while also nurturing your child with more presence and emotional attunement.

This dual path isn’t easy. It takes courage to look inward while also showing up as a parent. But it’s powerful.

✨ When we heal, we parent differently.

✨ When we learn to regulate our nervous system, our children learn too.

✨ When we break cycles, we create new pathways for the generations after us.

At Heart In Balance, we support this kind of transformation through nervous system informed psychotherapy and somatic healing — gentle, body-aware approaches that help you reconnect with safety, wholeness, and self-trust.

Because when you tend to your own inner child, you make room for your real self — and for your children to be fully themselves, too.

You’re not just raising your child.

You’re raising yourself, too.

And that is profound.

🧠 Your nervous system doesn’t know it’s the holidays.This time of year asks a lot of your mind, body, and spirit.And whi...
12/01/2025

🧠 Your nervous system doesn’t know it’s the holidays.

This time of year asks a lot of your mind, body, and spirit.
And while the world speeds up… your nervous system may be asking you to slow down.

If you’re feeling extra anxious, sensitive, overwhelmed, or “on edge,” nothing is wrong with you. This is your body communicating.

💫 A grounding practice to try today:
1. Place one hand on your heart and one on your belly.
2. Take a slow breath in through the nose, long exhale out of the mouth.
3. Repeat 5 times.
4. Feel your body soften like a flower petal.

You deserve to move through this month at your own pace.
You deserve gentleness.

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