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Welcome to your Wellness Journey! Sara Gibson, LCSW~M.Ed.~RYT-200~INN Coach

Heart Mind Wellness utilizes an integrated, holistic approach to healing the body, mind, and soul through therapy, workshops and groups, yoga, expressive arts, and more!

01/06/2026

Today marks 3 years since my mother’s passing. I feel so fortunate to have had such a meaningful and close connection with my mother. I know not every mother & daughter do. We were 2 peas in a pod. We understood one another. It was as if there was an unspoken language between us. We could tap into each other’s creativity. If we went more than a few days without talking, it was odd.
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My mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease. It truly is the longest goodbye. I watched my mother fade away before my eyes. It was heartbreaking. The disease took her from me too early. My grief has been profound. Here’s something I have learned about grief over the past few years:
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❤️‍🩹 Grief never leaves. Some days it feels heavier. Some days it feels lighter.
❤️‍🩹 You learn to grow around the grief. It becomes part of your being.
❤️‍🩹 Grief becomes fuel to live and to love more deeply and fully in this brief time we have in this life.
❤️‍🩹 Grief comes in waves. When I feel it, I surf the wave, and give it the space to honor the loss and love.
❤️‍🩹 Profound Grief is transformative. I have more awareness of who I am and what I live for.
❤️‍🩹 Joy and Sorrow can and will often coexist.
❤️‍🩹 Spirit and Soul lives on in some way. We can weave the spirit of those we have lost into our daily lives. Soul can visit.
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Today I honor my Mama. I hold her in my heart. I shall knit and weave her spirit into my creations. I will bundle up and go shelling for her. Today I remember and love.

12/02/2025

Are you wintering? Every December, every year, this becomes a theme in my practice. I see so many clients grappling with societal expectations to keep the hustle going vs. what our bodies desire as the days get colder and the nights get longer.
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It is okay to want to go inward this time of year. Use this time for introspection. Sometimes the process is uncomfortable. It often is. It’s okay to slow down and get cozy. It is okay to say “no” to too many social engagements.
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I love Katherine May’s book, Wintering. There is a wisdom within that dan emerge during this time. With many of my clients, we discuss ways to support wintering, not to combat it. How are ways that you support your wintering?
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Also, there is a difference between wintering and Seasonal Affective Disorder (Depression) that can emerge for some folx during this season. It is important for you to speak with your therapist or a professional to discern between the two.
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11/23/2025

It’s been a minute since a more formal introduction to myself and my practice. Here’s a wee bit about me. What can you relate to? What else do you want to know? Thanks for being here!
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11/19/2025

The New Moon in Scorpio is upon us. To me, it feels like a return to Home (🌑 sign in Scorpio here 🙋‍♀️). It’s a chance to go within, embrace introspection, confront the shadows.
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Shadow work is not a new concept. We have seen this depicted in some of the most ancient sacred sites around the world. There is a gift in working with the Shadows. So much of us, we have hidden for safety, acceptance, belonging, to survive.
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Life is not all Love & Light. Shadow work is an integral part of Therapy and our Soul’s Journey. It can be simultaneously gut wrenching and liberating. It is an honoring of all aspects and parts of ourselves.
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What is your relationship with shadow work?
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11/04/2025

As it starts to get cooler and we prepare for the winter months to come, a gentle reminder that it is okay to experience wintering and cocooning. We are meant to slow down, to take time to reflect, to stay in and stay cozy.
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For some people though, the colder months and less sun, can be super challenging. Is it for you? There are lots of ways to help yourself through the colder months.
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I personally, start to take inventory of some of these practices this time of year in preparation to establish a healthy routine for the winter to support my well-being. What are some tips you could add to the list?
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11/01/2025

Inspirational Posts from October. ✨🍁🧚‍♂️
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I do not claim any of this art or posts as my own. If you are interested in the original accounts, please DM and I will provide.
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10/31/2025

Many Samhain Blessings to you. Samhain is a Celtic Holiday. It is the marking of the end of the Wheel of the Year. The Celtic Wheel of the Year follows the seasons and is guided by nature.
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This is a time when the leaves fall. The Earth in many areas prepares to hibernate, for dormancy. We can learn from the land. This is a time to reflect on the past year. What are you still holding onto that you can let go? What are you hiding from?
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The Veil between realms is thin now. This is a time to honor those whom have come before us. To explore the shadows and glimmers from our ancestors. To learn, reflect, and grow. A time of shadow work within ourselves.
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10/29/2025

Perspective: it’s easy to lose it. It’s easy to get stuck in the day to day grind. To hyperfixate. And whenever I find myself there, I know what it will lead to-increased stress, anxiety, dysregulation of my body, and eventually sickness.
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I know that I have to zoom out, take in the vastness of my Soul’s landscape, to truly gain clarity in my perspective. I love vistas like this one. To peer upon the millions of years of mountains, rivers, valleys. It is a reminder that I am connected and part of something much greater.
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I find that in my sessions with clients. It’s easy to get in the weeds, to have tunnel vision, to hyperfixate. Especially in what often feels like a world gone mad. And there’s a reason for the activation of the nervous system. We have our danger antennas for a reason. They serve to protect us.
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But for solution and clarity, we also have to have creative thought and embodiment.
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I love this time of year. Celebrating Samhain, shedding what no longer serves me in preparation for the new Wheel of the Year. Honoring my ancestors and listening to their wisdom. It’s a reminder as the days get colder and shorter that I am not alone. We are all connected.
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10/13/2025

“We need to be still and let love discover us.” ~John O’Donohue
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I am still integrating all that I experienced and learned during my trip to Ireland and Wales. To say that it changed my life is an understatement. The land, the spirit, the connection touched my Soul and nourished in ways I still have yet to understand.
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I am reminded of the importance of ritual, to create the sacred practices in my daily life, to tend to the earth, to tend to my ancestors. There is so much wisdom in circle and community. There has been so much wisdom in our ancestors. We don’t have to do this alone.
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Be Present. Be Here Now. Listen to the Soul Speak.
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10/11/2025

One question I have been asking myself over the past year is “what can I, as one individual do, to create change?” Living in a country that continues to become more divisive has been a challenge to the fibers of my being. And I know, I’m not alone in that. I hear it from my clients every week, every day, the struggle.
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I used to think my sensitivity was a curse, something that was bad and kept me separated-a deep feeling of disregard. While in Wales, as I expanded and connected with the land around me, the spirit within everything, it became abundantly clear that the feeling of deep disregard is the thread that continues to keep us separated.
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Your sensitivity is your superpower. It’s all of ours. Embracing it as the magic within you, is liberating and healing. Desensitizing and suppressing keeps us divided.
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I’m not saying it’s easy to feel so deeply. Sometimes it’s euphoric and calming; sometimes it’s messy, chaotic, and full of grief. And it’s also something you cannot do alone. That aloneness perpetuates the divide. So find the places, the people, the communities, the things that connect you to this unbreakable net.
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Embracing magic within you, is the true catalyst of change.
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10/07/2025

Yesterday I visited a magical fairy glen. I sat in reverence of the beauty surrounding me taking it all in. And then my lesson came.
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After emerging from my blissful meditative state, I wandered over to a very large boulder down the river. As I peered toward the top of the boulder I thought about how lovely the view would be from the top. It was my goal to climb it. But the teacher of the glen had a different plan.
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I approached the boulder and realized that I could scramble up but would have to slide back down. Normally, this would not be difficult for me but I am still recovering from my broken foot.
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I stood at the base of the boulder and looked up to the top. Then slowly shifted and chose to lay on its base. As I lay, the lesson emerged-I did not have to climb to the top to experience the boulder’s magnificence.
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I don’t have to always put that extra effort to climb to the “top” in life. I don’t have to push myself just because I know that I have before. I don’t have to always work so hard. I already saw the view. I already experienced the magic of the fairy glen. Now I can rest and receive. I can lean into support. I don’t have to push myself body just because I’ve done that before and can.
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I have a choice. I have sovereignty.
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87 Union Avenue , Suite 105
Manasquan, NJ
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