The Joyful Empath

Dear all, here is the final article in the intro self love series "Healing as an Empath: The Sacred Path of Self Love, Part 3". In the upcoming weeks I'll be sharing more articles on self love, empaths, and tips and practices to integrate into your life. https://phoenixsongtherapy.com//empath-sacred-path-self-l/

As this incredibly challenging time continues, and many of us in CA are struggling with the impact of climate change through the escalation of wildfires, here is a balm of Self Love for your soul. Part 2- Healing as an Empath: The Sacred Path of Self Love https://phoenixsongtherapy.com//the-sacred-path-of-self-l/

As we continue to navigate this painful time, many empaths, intuitives, and HSPs may find themselves especially struggling. This series is for you - heart and soul care for these times. May this serve you on your path of joyful embodiment and self-love! https://phoenixsongtherapy.com//sacred-path-of-self-love-/

Dear all, this is an invitation by myself, a white therapist, for other white folks who wish to learn about and work to dismantle white privilege and white supremacy within themselves and their communities. I list some things you can start with now to begin the life long journey of addressing this within you and beginning to create change around you. You can message me on IG or facebook to let me know what questions you are holding and what you would like to explore. I am on this path too, and I do not have all the answers. But I am honored and grateful to hold space for the discussion to happen and to continue. https://youtu.be/ypD2Gug9HX0

As a white therapist, I acknowledge, recognize, and bear witness to the historical, present day, and intergenerational legacies of trauma that Black people carry. I acknowledge, recognize, and bear witness to the enormity of impact this has on individuals, relationships, and communities - and how these most recent murders and acts of violence against Black people (straight, and trans identified) add upon the already unbearable amount of trauma they are already carrying. I con...demn this violence on all levels. In addition, I acknowledge, recognize, and bear witness to the multiple ways I contribute to the oppression of Black people through being a white person in a white supremacist society, as well as being a licensed therapist in a field that has and continues to perpetuate oppression against Black people. I acknowledge, recognize, and bear witness to the ways these oppressions and violence within the white supremacist system, as well as within the therapy field, occur against other people of color and identities as well - but this is a time to center the impact on Black people. I will be posting resources soon offering multiple ways of receiving support and/or creating change during this time. I will be posting resources that uplift and center Black health, healing, wellness, worth, joy, and love - created by and for Black people. I will be posting resources that offer education, self reflection, community support, and opportunities to practice and engage in change - created for white people and other people of color who may benefit. I will continue to gather these resources to post here and on my website, so that tools and resources may be available and accessible at all times. In addition, I am creating a video dialogue for white people to reach out and ask questions about whiteness, white privilege, white supremacy, and what they can do to effectively create change - starting within themselves. Please feel free to reach out with any questions you may wish to see addressed in that series. It is my deepest wish that we walk through this time, those of us who need to do the work doing the work, and those who need to rest, heal, and receive reparations honored and uplifted and rightfully given the space to do so. For white people: May we all find the courage to change. May we make the ongoing commitment to do our part, through our every day lives, and not just when we witness things continue to escalate. May we use our paths to help create a more just and sacred world, in which all may live.

Dear all, please enjoy this live, Earth Based healing meditation I offered through my colleague Nick Venegoni's Peace in the Storm meditation circle. I hope it may serve you during this time!

"It is normal and expected to feal fear, denial, grief, anger, and shock during this time. But we do not have to live in that place. We do not have to let our fear take over. We are all connected - we heal together, we hurt together, we love together, we grow together - and we can protect and uplift each other now with our actions, no matter how small or seemingly insignificant they may be. You are not alone."... http://phoenixsongtherapy.com//we-heal-together-covid-19-/

dear all, if music speaks to you in any way, take a minute or two and listen. allow yourself be nourished in these times. i will be posting more resources on my page in the next few days. in the meantime, i will continue to offer these gathered moments of healing and inspiration, like wildflowers spotted in the forest - bright, radiant, shining with their own unique healing medicine. in all of our journeys through this time, may we each remember to practice the art of true receiving. allow yourself to receive the offerings for your own heart and spirit-care - however much you can, whenever you can, whoever you may be, wherever you may be.

dear all, i know this is a scary and painful time. please remember - we are all connected, and we can all create what is needed to get through this together. we can make mindful and informed choices that create safety, nourishment, and care for ourselves and all those around us. i have shared some ideas on how to best take care of yourself during this time below. please take what works and leave the rest. https://phoenixsongtherapy.com//heart-care-for-the-time-o/

dear all, i've recently returned to writing after a long hiatus. as i began the messy and vulnerable process of again putting words to paper, i realized - so much of what we as humans are learning about is love. not love like we see in the movies or fantasies - but love that is like us, messy and vulnerable. what better way to learn about love than to begin practicing the art of receiving love within ourselves? may this offer you support on your journey. https://phoenixsongtherapy.com//02/17/to-love-ourselves-h/

profoundly honored to share this interview from my magical friend and colleague @holisticqueerhealing ! it was a pleasure speaking with him about my path to this work, my practice, and how i connect with spirituality, healing, and this sacred Earth. take a listen and feel free to share below - how do you connect with the sacred healing powers of the Earth? #Repost @holisticqueerhealing with @get_repost Listen to episode 26 of The #QueerSpiritPodcast - Receiving #Healing ...from the #Earth with Phoenix Song @phoenix.song.therapy @earth.based.wisdoms Listen @ theQueerSpirit.com (Link in Bio) Or find it on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, GooglePlay, YouTube . . . . . #instaqueer #queersofinstagram #gaysofinstagram #instagay #oneofthem #gay #LGBTQ #queer #spirituality #gayspirituality #queerspirituality #gaycoach #ecotherapy #ecopsychology #shamanism #animism #lgbt #lgbtq #queerwitch See more

be gentle with yourself. give yourself all the time, space, and fiercely loving compassion you need to heal, learn, and grow. we all make mistakes. over and over again. there is no shame in this. indeed, making mistakes and making the loving commitment to learn from them, is how we grow. by facing our mistakes we learn how to love ourselves more fully- our wounds, our shadows, and our light. . quote from my article Loving Ourselves Through Our Mistakes, link in profile. . #...healing #selflove #hope #relationships #phoenixsongtherapy See more

today we have access to the tremendous energetic transformation of a solar eclipse. this can be a potent time to turn our light towards all that lives in the shadows within us. this week i am leaning into the shadowy presence of shame. all the twisty ways we try to hide and cover up our own unique and complex being. our fear of seeing and being seen in the whole messiness of who we are, and of being rejected, punished, or abandoned in return. the ways we then rej...ect, punish, and abandon ourselves, and then others. how the cycle continues on and is passed down through cultures, communities, families, and generations. many of us learned early on to hide parts of ourselves, to punish ourselves first before anyone else could, or even to give away parts of ourselves we deemed bad or unwanted. what messages have you learned throughout your life that keep you small, afraid to shine, afraid to be seen? where did you receive these messages? how have they shaped the way you allow yourself and others to be known, fully and completely? with the powerful energies of today’s eclipse, i invite you to explore what you have hidden, hurt, or given away. what is needed to call these parts back? what healing do they need to stay? how can you build trust in your own light even when the darkest night calls and you cannot see your own shine? may this eclipse hold us in all our light and our shadows, that we may learn to hold ourselves there too.