Healing into Wholeness

Healing into Wholeness Healing into wholeness is a page that I created with the hope of bringing awareness to mental health and spiritual growth. Together we are very strong.

Please feel free to spread the love and healing that is at the crux of this page and my intention. This is an inspirational page stemming from the work I do as a psychotherapist in Portland, OR. I am passionate about growth work and see our task as taking the path of becoming conscious human beings, living with intention and finding our purpose and passion in this life we have been given. I am constantly inspired by the beauty and the suffering we encounter in our daily life. I would like to share my thoughts, my moments of awe and wonder with whomever might be called to read them and send me their own thoughts and realizations. This life we have been given is precious beyond measures, we just need to slow down enough to notice the many gifts, to take them in, and offer our own to add to the magnificent beauty we get to witness and embody. On another note I would like to let everybody know that none of the photos belong to me. When I know the source I make sure to give credit to the photographer or the original source. Same with the quotes, credit is always given when I do have the information. When you don't see any credit it is because I don't have this information. If you happen to have it and feel inclined to share it please do so.

“When I look at the world, I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people, I am optimistic.” Carl Rogers
03/06/2026

“When I look at the world, I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people, I am optimistic.” Carl Rogers

"All the wars, all the hatred, all the ignorance in the world come out of being so invested in our opinions. And at bott...
03/05/2026

"All the wars, all the hatred, all the ignorance in the world come out of being so invested in our opinions. And at bottom, those opinions are merely our efforts to escape the underlying uneasiness of being human, the uneasiness of feeling like we can’t get ground under our feet. So we hold on to our fixed ideas of this is how it is and disparage any opposing views. But imagine what the world would be like if we could come to see our likes and dislikes as merely likes and dislikes, and what we take to be intrinsically true as just our personal viewpoint." Pema Chodron

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony." Mahatma Gandhi
03/04/2026

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony." Mahatma Gandhi

"If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything."
03/03/2026

"If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything."

“Very rarely will the mind confess to us it has no idea what's going on.” Adyashanti
03/01/2026

“Very rarely will the mind confess to us it has no idea what's going on.” Adyashanti

I have spent the last week studying with the founder of IFS( internal family system) the iconic Dick Schwartz in Costa R...
02/28/2026

I have spent the last week studying with the founder of IFS( internal family system) the iconic Dick Schwartz in Costa Rica , along with dozens of magnificent humans from all walks of life. Though this model started as a therapeutic model, it has now evolved into a model of psycho-spiritual growth work. I felt held in a web of love like never before. What I want to share here is that healing is not a luxury but a necessity in today’s world. I was proud to be amongst kindred spirits who know that by healing themselves they are healing this world that is suffering in ways I have not seen in my own lifetime. I am proud of all the men who showed up , not working as a therapist but just wanting to feel their best so they can give their best to the world. Imagine a world where people are waking up to their inner life and tending to it with love and compassion. I am committed to this path more than ever before. I hope you can find your own healing circle and dedicate your energy to this sublime cause. 🙏

“ Whenever you are feeling an extreme emotion, whether it be anger, hurt, despair, or even bliss, and you act on that fe...
02/27/2026

“ Whenever you are feeling an extreme emotion, whether it be anger, hurt, despair, or even bliss, and you act on that feeling, there can be no clarity. The feelings are here to be felt. True action or inaction has to come from what lies beneath all feelings…In the core of the matter, in the core of any emotion, however horrendous, there is peace.” Gangaji

"Uncovering the stories I told myself to get by has been painful at times, but an important part of the process of self-...
02/26/2026

"Uncovering the stories I told myself to get by has been painful at times, but an important part of the process of self-discovery, soul retrieval, and homecoming. The darkest moments of truth-telling and facing my shadow became the fertile ground where something new could be born.

There continues to be moments of self-doubt and discomfort as I maneuver through this territory where “vulnerability,” and “authenticity” are the new currency. But faith keeps me on this path, and each day I meet others, who, like me, are making difficult choices about how to work and live differently.

Stripped of the names, roles and defenses that once defined me, I am closer to my truth now, to the woman inside who I am now proud to be, and I am dreaming back the stories that are longing to be told."
Kristen Roderick

“Many of us spend our whole lives running from feeling with the mistaken belief that you can not bear the pain. But you ...
02/25/2026

“Many of us spend our whole lives running from feeling with the mistaken belief that you can not bear the pain. But you have already borne the pain. What you have not done is feel all you are beyond that pain.”
Kahlil Gibran

“May your heart be like a lake--with a calm, still surface and great depth of kindness.”  Lao Tzu
02/24/2026

“May your heart be like a lake--with a calm, still surface and great depth of kindness.”
Lao Tzu

“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”       ...
02/23/2026

“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”

`“There will always be voices that promise you greatness and glory:They call out from the worldly marketplace;They call ...
02/21/2026

`“There will always be voices that promise you greatness and glory:
They call out from the worldly marketplace;
They call out from the spiritual marketplace;
They call out from the fill-your-holes-marketplace;
They call out from the bigger-better-more marketplace.
Do not buy their false promises, or purchase their ephemeral wares;
What fulfills for a moment is not worth the price of your soul.
There are heights that will lift you, but not when you try to ascend them;
There are powers that will fill you, but not when you make them your own.
There are treasures, and there are imitations of treasures.
If you have lost your true gold, at least turn away from the glitter.
Want only what is true.
This will lead you to the well of your deepest sorrows.
Follow that passageway, all the way down;
Become the dark emptiness of your absent core.
Be still. Don’t measure the waiting.
Be still. Let the waiting become a fire.
Be still. Let the fire show you its secret heart:
A strand of clear light running through you.
Gather yourself there, and the luminous universe opens.
In that vast expanse, fathomless, infinite ocean of light,
Lose yourself, and find yourself, and become what you already are.”

Jennifer Welwood
Art: Folra Aube

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