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Mental Health Clinic focused on healing, growth and creating positive changes you want for your life and well being.

04/03/2026

✨ THE MORE YOU CELEBRATE BEING ALIVE, THE MORE LIFE GIVES YOU TO CELEBRATE ✨

Gratitude isn’t just a feeling—it’s a practice that shifts everything. When you pause to notice the good, even in the smallest moments, you create space for more joy, more connection, and more abundance to flow into your life.

At Lakes Counseling & Wellness Center, we believe healing and growth begin with awareness—and gratitude is one of the most powerful places to start. 🌿

Today, take a moment to reflect:
What are you grateful for right now?
A person? A fresh start? A quiet morning? Your strength through something hard?

The more you acknowledge what’s already here, the more life expands in beautiful, unexpected ways. 💫

Drop one thing you’re grateful for below—we’d love to celebrate with you. 💚

04/02/2026

🎙️ New Episode: Anxiety in Real Life

In this week’s episode of Mind | Body | Soul, Rachel and Jen revisit their conversation on anxiety—but this time, through the lens of real life.

From parenting and business ownership to relationships and self-growth, they share honest updates on what they’ve been navigating and how anxiety is showing up day to day. This isn’t just something they talk about—it’s something they actively work through.

They dive into what it looks like to use tools in real time—grounding in moments of overwhelm, practicing self-compassion, and learning to move through anxiety instead of fighting it.

A big takeaway? Slowing down matters. Creating space to actually feel and process emotions can be one of the most supportive things we can do for our nervous system.

They also explore how anxiety shows up in the body—and how recognizing those signals can help you feel more supported and in control.

If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed or stuck in overdrive, this episode is for you. 💛

🎧 Listen now: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5aAqdozDHpbb9G1K5TbteC?si=8f3313vxROyDzpGOYc7-lw&pi=Z2WFUH7-TEGla&t=0

✨ The Well Woman Series | Perimenopause Reset ✨
Are you feeling off lately—struggling with sleep, mood swings, brain fog, or just not quite like yourself? You’re not alone.

Join us May 29th from 8:00–9:45 AM at Lakes Counseling & Wellness Center in Spirit Lake for a supportive and empowering morning focused on navigating perimenopause.

This collaborative session includes:
🧠 Insight into mental & emotional shifts
🧘‍♀️ Gentle movement + nighttime somatic practice
🥗 Nutrition support for this stage of life

Perfect for women feeling overwhelmed, fatigued, or looking for natural ways to feel better.

⚠️ Space is limited
💲 $50 (pre-registration required)
📲 To register, contact Jen at 319.325.5075

You don’t have to navigate this alone—you deserve to feel like you again. 💫

03/31/2026

Your body is talking… are you listening?

Stress doesn’t just live in your mind—it shows up physically:
• Tight shoulders & jaw clenching
• Racing heart & shallow breathing
• Digestive issues
• Constant fatigue or low energy
• That lingering feeling of anxiousness

When stress builds up, your nervous system stays in overdrive—and your body never gets the chance to truly rest and heal.

✨ That’s where Yoga Therapy comes in.
Through intentional movement, breathwork, and guided release, you can regulate your nervous system and finally let your body exhale.

If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, tense, or stuck—this series was designed for YOU.

🧘‍♀️ Emotional Release Yoga – 4 Part Series
📅 Sundays | 1:00–2:00 PM
📆 April 12th – May 5th
📍 Lakes Counseling & Wellness Center
507 18th Street | Spirit Lake, IA

📞 Contact Jen Schaben to register (limited space):
319.325.5075
jenschaben@kw.com

03/30/2026

✨ The Well Woman Series | Perimenopause Reset ✨

Are you feeling off lately—struggling with sleep, mood swings, brain fog, or just not quite like yourself? You’re not alone, and this class was designed with you in mind. 💛

Join us on May 29th from 8:00–9:45 AM at Lakes Counseling & Wellness Center (507 18th Street, Spirit Lake) for a supportive and empowering morning focused on navigating perimenopause.

This collaborative session brings together three incredible experts to support your mind and body during this transitional stage:

🧠 Rachel Wassenaar, LISW – Owner of Lakes Counseling & Wellness Center, sharing insight into the mental and emotional shifts that often come with perimenopause.
🧘‍♀️ Jen Schaben – Yoga therapist-in-training, guiding you through a gentle, accessible morning movement routine plus a nighttime somatic practice to help release stress and improve sleep.
🥗 Darlene R. DeWitt, MS, RD, LD – Outpatient Dietitian at Spencer Municipal Hospital, discussing nutrition, nourishment, and dietary support for this stage of life.

👉 This class is perfect for women who are:
• Experiencing perimenopause symptoms
• Feeling overwhelmed, fatigued, or not sleeping well
• Looking for natural, supportive ways to feel better
• Wanting to better understand what’s happening in their body

✨ Walk away with practical tools, deeper understanding, and a sense of connection—you don’t have to navigate this alone.

⚠️ Space is limited
💲 Cost: $50 (pre-registration required)
📲 To register, contact Jen at 319.325.5075

Take this time for yourself—you deserve to feel like you again. 💫

03/27/2026

Every time you take another brave step forward…
Every time you choose presence over perfection…
And every time you learn to love yourself just a little bit more…

You are healing in ways you may not even see yet.

Growth isn’t always loud or obvious. Sometimes it looks like setting a boundary, taking a deep breath instead of reacting, or simply getting through the day with a little more compassion for yourself than yesterday.

Those small, intentional moments? They add up. They matter. They are shaping a stronger, more grounded version of you.

Keep going. You’re doing deeper work than you realize 🤍

— Lakes Counseling & Wellness Center

03/25/2026

Anxiety isn’t just something we think about — it’s something we live with.

In this week’s Mind | Body | Soul episode, Rachel and Jen circle back to their conversation on anxiety and share real-life updates on how they’re navigating it while balancing parenting, business ownership, relationships, and everyday stress.

This isn’t a “we have it all figured out” conversation — it’s real, honest, and grounded in what it actually looks like to work through anxiety as it shows up.

They talk about:
✨ Practicing self-compassion instead of self-judgment
✨ Slowing down and acknowledging what you’re feeling
✨ Creating space to process emotions instead of pushing through
✨ Using simple tools to regulate in the moment

One of the biggest takeaways?
Sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is give yourself permission to pause.

If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed or stuck in overdrive, this episode is a reminder that you’re not alone — and that small, intentional shifts can make a big difference.

🎧 Listen now and take what you need. Podcast Link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6SU4pWwEsBkMPj0FMqpQ31?si=iL66KgF0RbKhzODPF1W_BA&t=0&pi=jNN1KesIRvGmN

03/24/2026

If you’ve been feeling the pull to slow down, reflect, and grow, here are three books we often recommend for anyone on a healing journey 🤍

📖 Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown
This book beautifully maps out the language of human emotion—helping you better understand what you’re feeling and why. It’s a powerful guide to building deeper connections with yourself and others.

🌿 The Garden Within by Anita Phillips
A soulful blend of psychology and faith, this book explores how tending to your inner world—like a garden—can lead to emotional healing, resilience, and peace.

🧘‍♀️ The Secret Power of Yoga by Nischala Joy Devi
This gentle and inspiring read shares the deeper spiritual teachings of yoga, focusing on love, compassion, and inner harmony beyond just the physical practice.

Wherever you are in your journey, these reads offer wisdom, comfort, and a path inward.

✨ Happy healing ✨

03/23/2026

🌿 Emotional Release Yoga (4-Week Series)

Feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or like you’re carrying too much?

Your body holds onto unprocessed emotions—stress, grief, anxiety—and it shows up as tension, tightness, and fatigue.

✨ This 4-week series is designed to help you gently release it.

Each week we’ll focus on where emotions live in the body:
• Neck, shoulders & jaw
• Chest & breath
• Hips & low back
• Full-body release

🧘‍♀️ No flexibility needed
💛 No experience required
Just come as you are.

Each class includes a short teaching, 40 min of yoga + deep relaxation.

📍 Lakes Counseling & Wellness Center
🗓 April 12 – May 3
🕐 Sundays | 1–2 PM
💲 $71 (full series)

✔️ Limited spots – registration required
✔️ Replay available if you miss a class
✔️ No refunds

Your body is asking you to slow down—this is your chance. 🤍

📩 Jen Schaben
jenschaben@kw.com
| 319.325.5075

03/20/2026

WHY IS RESTING SO HARD?

Because somewhere along the way, you started to believe that rest = unproductive…
and unproductive = unworthy.

And that belief runs deep.

Maybe it showed up in the praise you received for always being busy.
Maybe it came from environments where slowing down wasn’t safe.
Maybe you learned that your value was tied to achievement, output, or how much you could carry without breaking.

So now, when you try to rest…
your mind doesn’t quiet — it questions.
It whispers: “Shouldn’t you be doing something?”
It tells you that slowing down means falling behind.

But here’s the truth:

Rest is not proof that you are doing less.
Rest is not laziness.
Rest is not a lack of ambition.

Rest is your nervous system asking for regulation.
Rest is your body asking to be heard.
Rest is how you sustain the life you’re working so hard to build.

Sometimes, rest is the most productive thing you can do —
because it allows you to return with clarity, energy, and presence.

And sometimes…
rest is simply proof that you are finally listening to yourself.

You are allowed to pause.
You are allowed to breathe.
You are allowed to exist without constantly proving your worth.

📞 712.336.8126
Lakes Counseling & Wellness Center

03/18/2026

Anxiety doesn’t just live in your mind—it lives in your body, too.

In this week’s episode, we continue the conversation on anxiety and get real about what it actually feels like, why it shows up, and how fear, change, and lack of control can amplify it.

We’re sharing:
✨ Personal stories
✨ Signs your body might be experiencing anxiety
✨ Simple, grounding tools to help you cope

AND—we’re bringing this work into real life 💛

Join us for Yoga + Therapy at Lakes Counseling and Wellness Center, where this month’s focus is ANXIETY. Jen will guide you through a calming, grounding yoga flow to help release anxious energy from your body.

🗓 March 27
⏰ 8:15–9:30 AM
📞 319-325-5075 to register (limited spots!)

🎧 Listen to the episode now + take the next step in caring for your mind and body. Podcast Link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5YJ3sXf3TcAVxgHwfZGb1d?si=Hs16suI7QQ6WqizIOv94ng&pi=VhFVbWAjQBCef&t=1

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Spirit Lake, IA
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Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 12pm

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+17123368126

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http://www.lakescounseling.org/

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