To be whole
we need to recognize and befriend
both our beautiful radiance and the shadowy parts within us.
Learning to recognize the gifts and
integrate the challenges
takes each of us on a different journey,
and we need
courage, love, and support
on the path.
I am happy to take your hand and
make the journey with you,
in individual sessions, a class or group, or an astrology reading.
Let's talk!
we need to recognize and befriend
both our beautiful radiance and the shadowy parts within us.
Learning to recognize the gifts and
integrate the challenges
takes each of us on a different journey,
and we need
courage, love, and support
on the path.
I am happy to take your hand and
make the journey with you,
in individual sessions, a class or group, or an astrology reading.
Let's talk!
Counseling
The truth is, as Zen teacher Shunryu Suzuki said,
"Each of you is perfect the way you are . . .
and you can use a little improvement."
You may need help to recognize our own beautiful wholeness,
especially if it hasn't been appreciated & acknowledged.
And you may need practical support to change the
conditioning, trauma, confusion, and other 'stuff'
that gets in the way of your healthiest, happiest life.
It is my joy to offer support as you do this.
Rather than traditional therapy or counseling,
I share a combination of embodied experience & teaching.
Each session may include one or a few of these approaches--
mindfulness,
body awareness & movement,
creative practices,
resonance & tenderness,
shadow & inner child work,
conversation and insight,
parenting and re-parenting.
We work together to help you know your beautiful wholeness
and unlock and heal stuck energy and patterns that you’ve been holding.
And while that sounds kind of vague and woo-woo,
the experience is likely to feel practical and grounding.
"Each of you is perfect the way you are . . .
and you can use a little improvement."
You may need help to recognize our own beautiful wholeness,
especially if it hasn't been appreciated & acknowledged.
And you may need practical support to change the
conditioning, trauma, confusion, and other 'stuff'
that gets in the way of your healthiest, happiest life.
It is my joy to offer support as you do this.
Rather than traditional therapy or counseling,
I share a combination of embodied experience & teaching.
Each session may include one or a few of these approaches--
mindfulness,
body awareness & movement,
creative practices,
resonance & tenderness,
shadow & inner child work,
conversation and insight,
parenting and re-parenting.
We work together to help you know your beautiful wholeness
and unlock and heal stuck energy and patterns that you’ve been holding.
And while that sounds kind of vague and woo-woo,
the experience is likely to feel practical and grounding.
Parent Support
I'm not here to judge you
or your child.
Parenting, for me,
has been the most intensely humbling and growthful experience of my life.
I struggled, and my actual behavior as a parent was
often out of sync with my values and hopes.
There were so many days that I was reactive, exhausted, and out of control.
Then once my kids were finally asleep
I would wish I could do things over!
But I didn't know how to change.
Over the years, I've learned how important it is to
slow down, pause, and tend to my emotions;
practice curiosity rather than judgment, getting the the 'why' behind a child's behavior;
build a foundation of strong attachment and connection;
start over and forgive myself; and
understand that parenting is a long game.
These practices changed,
and continue to change,
me and my family.
My work is rooted in what I've learned.
I listen deeply and offer practical tools that will help you parent your child.
Our work is likely to help you tend to the emotions--expressed and repressed--
that come up in your parenting.
We will help you to build connection, trust, leadership,
healthy boundaries and discipline
(which is not the same as control) with your child.
Contact me to learn more about any or all of this and
to talk about what's up in your family.
or your child.
Parenting, for me,
has been the most intensely humbling and growthful experience of my life.
I struggled, and my actual behavior as a parent was
often out of sync with my values and hopes.
There were so many days that I was reactive, exhausted, and out of control.
Then once my kids were finally asleep
I would wish I could do things over!
But I didn't know how to change.
Over the years, I've learned how important it is to
slow down, pause, and tend to my emotions;
practice curiosity rather than judgment, getting the the 'why' behind a child's behavior;
build a foundation of strong attachment and connection;
start over and forgive myself; and
understand that parenting is a long game.
These practices changed,
and continue to change,
me and my family.
My work is rooted in what I've learned.
I listen deeply and offer practical tools that will help you parent your child.
Our work is likely to help you tend to the emotions--expressed and repressed--
that come up in your parenting.
We will help you to build connection, trust, leadership,
healthy boundaries and discipline
(which is not the same as control) with your child.
Contact me to learn more about any or all of this and
to talk about what's up in your family.
Astrology
A natal chart is the map of the sky the moment you take your first breath.
Each planet & celestial body
and the relationships between them tells a part of the story about
your natural gifts and skills,
hidden gifts,
the challenges you're likely to face,
what you’re here to learn,
and conditions that will help to express yourself fully.
Your chart doesn't define who you are or how your life will be,
but it offers some basic information that can make it easier to care for yourself.
It will affirm some things you know about yourself,
and it's also likely to surprise you,
offer gentle insights,
give you a sense of the high and low side of traits,
and help you to understand yourself more fully.
What fascinates me about astrology,
is that when we approach even the 'hardest'
chart or transit or lunar cycle
with respect, curiosity, and collaboration,
it can be wonderful.
Dancing with the astrology, rather than resisting it,
is empowering and freeing.
I offer natal astrology readings for people of all ages,
solar return readings (a birthday reading about the year ahead),
transit readings about what's going on in the world now and how it impacts your chart,
and also offer integrated counseling & astrology, and astrology-based coaching.
Each planet & celestial body
and the relationships between them tells a part of the story about
your natural gifts and skills,
hidden gifts,
the challenges you're likely to face,
what you’re here to learn,
and conditions that will help to express yourself fully.
Your chart doesn't define who you are or how your life will be,
but it offers some basic information that can make it easier to care for yourself.
It will affirm some things you know about yourself,
and it's also likely to surprise you,
offer gentle insights,
give you a sense of the high and low side of traits,
and help you to understand yourself more fully.
What fascinates me about astrology,
is that when we approach even the 'hardest'
chart or transit or lunar cycle
with respect, curiosity, and collaboration,
it can be wonderful.
Dancing with the astrology, rather than resisting it,
is empowering and freeing.
I offer natal astrology readings for people of all ages,
solar return readings (a birthday reading about the year ahead),
transit readings about what's going on in the world now and how it impacts your chart,
and also offer integrated counseling & astrology, and astrology-based coaching.
About Gloria
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When I sat down for my first ever astrology reading, my astrologer friend looked at me and said,
“You’re here to do a lot of emotional work!” That was hard to hear, and also such a relief to feel seen and have that named! I was already off the beaten path in my teens, studying healing and flower essences in my 20’s, practicing mindfulness every day starting in my 30’s, really ‘getting’ emotional work and doing deep emotional healing in my 40’s, and am diving deep into new ways of understanding ourselves in my 50’s. Through all of these years I’ve been a teacher, working with people of every age as a classroom teacher, mindfulness/meditation teacher, parenting educator, and counseling teacher. I love my work, which I understand as meeting you where you are and helping you get where you need to go. |
Please explore these pages to learn more about my offerings
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or contact me to set up a meeting or a free phone consultation.