Wanderlust Counseling

Wanderlust Counseling Wanderlust Counseling is a nature/wilderness-based private practice counseling center located in Est

Happy Summer Solstice ☀️ May you always remember, you carry the light. ☀️
06/21/2026

Happy Summer Solstice ☀️

May you always remember, you carry the light.

☀️

06/18/2026

Books:
The Way Out - Alan Gordon
Unlearn Your Pain- Howard Schubert

In the Western world, John Sarno’s work was the first well-known doctor to talk about back pain being linked to the mind and emotions. Nichole Sachs became one of his students and is also well known in the mind-body world.

It’s also extremely normal to be frustrated about your pain. I usually work with frustration as a part- I validate it, let the part know I get it, and then move in with my compassionate Self.

06/17/2026

What if we’re all just here to heal each other?

We all have empathy - some of us to greater degrees than others, and some of us have blocked it. I’d also say it’s a skill or gift we can continue to hone. Empathy’s healing potential is more powerful than most of us can fathom. Being a witness to another’s pain, human-spirit connection, and compassion have healing capabilities greater than any medicine. And these are things we can all practice.

You’re a healer. We’re a healers. We can heal each other 💛

06/16/2026

I could have said the last part a bit better, so my apologies there!

We say “Gay Pride” for many reasons, but as an ally, I say “gay pride” to stand with the LGBTQIA + 🏳️‍🌈 community, let them know I see their struggles, the oppression, and where the system isn’t equal. I let my friends know that Inhave their back and will use my privilege to speak up for what is kind and right.

I also say gay pride because I am so grateful to the gay community for inspiring all of us be freer in our own self expression.

***r 🏳️‍🌈

06/09/2026

Nervous system regulation can be easy to skip. We want to figure everything out, get to the root, or sometimes even jump to manifestation practices. But really, you can’t do any of these in a healing way unless you find safety- an off shoot of Love-first.

06/02/2026

You don’t deserve to live in so much pain. A part of you knows that. This part still hold a spark, contrary to the firefighter part that doesn’t want to keep going, and if you just take a baby step up, first turn believing you don’t deserve to be in pain and then to believing that maybe, just maybe, it doesn’t have to be this ways… that is enough right now.

That spark is enough of a light to shift thinking slightly, to reach out for help, to give yourself some credit. To acknowledge what you’re going through is hard, and to give yourself the gift of compassion.

I love you. Keep going.

We worship a lot of false gods out here on the Western Side of the Hemisphere. But, so did the Greeks. Although we can a...
06/01/2026

We worship a lot of false gods out here on the Western Side of the Hemisphere.
But, so did the Greeks. Although we can at least learn a little something, examine our shadows, from the myths.
One way we give our allegiance to false gods is by praising talents- being good at sports and quick at solving math problems- over gifts: our natural attributes that inherently serve the world, like being thoughtful or a good listener, having the capacity to turn towards and sit with another who is hurting, and having deep empathy for all life.

Personally, this has always pained me- both seeing it played out in the world and in my own life. Especially as attention was taken away when I stopped “succeeding”. And as a deep lover, protector of the innocent, empath, and therapist- it hurts my heart knowing that this is another shadow side of society, the false god gets worshiped and the beauty of innocence and childhood gets lost.
It’s a wound most of us live with and the bandaid we tolerate.

Full post: https://substack.com//note/p-197770253 or link in bio

(I’m sorry… I had to with the song 🤣)

05/27/2026

Does your dog reveal aspects of your true self? Childhood parts that got left behind in trauma? Can your dog show you of your protective layers that are blocking you from being authentic?

Honestly, I don’t know. It’s my theory. But it’s fun to play a long!

I would describe Pacer as:
Adventurous
Sweet
Silly
Pack/family oriented
Protective
Snuggle bug
Athletic
Mischevious
Pawsitive Energy
Free
Leader
Unique
(And doesn’t give a F about what others think of her)
Unafraid to ask for her needs and wants
Lover

We definitely share a lot of similar traits. And I know she’s showing me some aspects of myself I haven’t integrated yet- showing me more of my potential, just by being her.

Dogs (and all animals) are such gifts! Dog 🐶 💛

05/16/2026

The depth of some who has faced mental health challenges doesn’t make them special necessarily, but it does speak to a unique gift they have to offer others: empathy. And so, even when if you are still struggling, this is a powerful gift. It’s the ability to see “me too” that lets another person know they’re not alone, someone else understands how they feel, and recognizes their pain. Together, we can hold each other in love and compassion, getting us through dark times.

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