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Sylvia integrates trauma-informed spiritual counseling, nature connection and ancestral wisdom to support you to heal and reclaim yourself and your families.

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Supporting our youth’s discernment

Trust your heart. Trust your gut. Revolutionary words I’ve said to my children for years. Not, “what I think” “what I say” but what they sense deep within is good and true for them. When I work with youth, I

Sylvia May 15, 2021May 15, 2021 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

Reciprocity and Receiving

(originally written and posted on Facebook January 25th, 2021) The other day la familia that stayed with us, who now have their own apartment, invited us over for dinner. Though we’ve stayed in touch because we are familia now, we

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Resilience in the face of fire

(These are FEMA trailers) I’ve been making home visits since I was 22 and had to flip through a giant book of maps (aka Thomas Guide) to figure out where I was going! I’ve always loved being with people in

Sylvia May 15, 2021November 24, 2025 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

Circle magic

Something beautiful that happens in my ongoing (now zoom) circles because we walk together in the ups and downs of life, is when someone gets triggered into the lies of insecurity, unlovabilty, feeling stuck/disempowered, we can help. We say, “No,

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The Mariposa way

When I was 10 years old, I had been placed in one foster home but had requested to move to another where my sister was, nearby. Having coped by being a pleaser (and as a natural empath), I had been

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Telling Stories

Angelica Florio is a gifted leader and storyteller with beautiful insight on the need for and potency in mutual aid/helping each other. I’m honored to be included here. There were and continue to be SO MANY MORE caring people rising

Kristy Cronkrite December 23, 2020January 1, 2021 Almeda Fire No Comments Read more

Blessed Solstice

The lights in the dark this week have been all of the truly thoughtful, generous, caring souls who have come my way, beginning with those who have gone ABOVE and beyond the call caring for and adopting familias. Local folk

Kristy Cronkrite December 21, 2020November 24, 2025 Almeda Fire No Comments Read more

Rest and Solace

It’s hard to pause when there is still so much need. So I’m not doing a great job, but I am slowing down and seeing how much my nervous system has needed it. But the fact is as long as

Kristy Cronkrite December 15, 2020January 1, 2021 Almeda Fire, Relationships & Community No Comments Read more

Remembering Foster Youth

When I was a 19yo, emancipated foster youth navigating my way through college life and depression, I got connected to Friends of the Foster Children. They were one of the first to show me the value of having ordinary people

Kristy Cronkrite December 7, 2020October 1, 2025 Healing, Relationships & Community No Comments Read more

Holiday reality and how you can help!

We had so much fun with this sweet familia decorating their hotel room! I don’t usually show pics but they wanted to share 🙂 We went on a mission together to see how we could cheer up their small space,

Kristy Cronkrite November 30, 2020December 7, 2020 Almeda Fire, Relationships & Community No Comments Read more
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