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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.
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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Sylvia integrates trauma-informed spiritual counseling, nature connection and ancestral wisdom to support you to heal and reclaim yourself and your families.
(Originally posted on FB 4/19/21) 8 months in, many familias remain in RV’s and hotels. Those who’ve found apartments outside of their hometown are paying 2-3 times what they paid before. Everyone pulling together as usual. In hopes that this
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
(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
(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
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,
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
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
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
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
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