Are you caught in the daily grind?
Have you lost touch with the vibrant, loving part of you?
Are you holding it all together for everyone else?
Wondering if this is all there is?
You're not alone. As a caregiver, healer, or helper, you pour everything into others- your work, your family, your community. But at the end of the day, you are feeling:
Exhausted.
Pulled in every direction.
Disconnected from yourself.
Depleted & BURNT OUT.
Your own needs are last on the list, buried under the endless demands of a giving career, home, and responsibility.
The needs feel relentless, making it nearly impossible to find what you crave:
Space to breathe.
Space to feel fulfilled.
Space to remember who you are.
That longing for something more?
It’s real. And it won’t go away.
I see you. I've been there. I get it.
And that’s exactly why I created Refuge Circles -
A place where you don’t have to hold it all together, where you can finally exhale, take up space,
and remember the deeper rhythm and wants
of your own life.
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A safe space to BE.
Refuge Circles are a sacred invitation to reclaim your life. Here you can step into a space to reconnect with your intuition, trust yourself fully, and move through life again with renewed clarity and depth.
Through reflective art-making, meditation, and meaningful discussion, you’ll explore burnout, self-compassion, and your intuition while learning soulful, practical ways to restore your energy and realign with what truly matters.
These circles are more than self care - they are a sanctuary. A space to slow down, tune in, and weave your inherent wisdom into your daily rhythm so you can navigate life’s demands with presence and ease.
With Refuge Circles, you join a community of wise women that want to reclaim their vibrant, centered version of themselves beneath all that that overwhelm.
How It Works
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IN REAL TIME
Each circle is live, online. No recordings. Just like a real gathering, but without any hassle or commute.
You are welcome to bring tea, a blanket, wear your cozy clothes....whatever you want for comfort.
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NON JUDGMENT
Bring your listening ears, non-judgement, a willingness to share your experience, and a thick piece of blank paper + art supplies.
We practice holding space with curiousity and simply being with ourselves, each other, and our collective wisdom.
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STRESS FREE
Circles run every month, and don't last over 4 weeks. They are low commitment, but big impact. They don't require work outside of the allotted time either.
Show up, get filled up, and that is it.
Your Invites
Weekly Circles
Drop in weekly as needed to refill your well and then return to life with renewed clarity, ease, and strength.
These midweek gatherings
are grounding, souful, fun, and creative.
Each week offers a guided or sitting meditation, or an art prompt designed to help you access your own insight and inner calm.
Held on the first three Wednesdays of each month from 5:30-6:30p MT.
Upcoming in August:
Week 1: Intuive Art
Art prompt -What am I holding that is not mine?
Week 2: Guided Imagery Letting go of what you can't control
Week 3: Meditation
Connect with your own inner refuge, learning to use it as an anchor throughout your day.
Monthly Circles
Unlike the weekly circles, which can be 'drop in', these 4 Sundays are with the same members for the month.
This allows for deeper connection and a richer understanding of ourselves and the theme.
Monthly circles offer a rich blend of meditation, art-based practices, and shared reflection to experience and engage with the topic in a soulful way.
Held on the first 4 Sundays of each month, 5:30-6:30p MT.
Upcoming themes:
August: Meditation with the Mess - how to practice presence in real life chaos
(Aug 10 start)
September: Self-Compassion with art making and guided imagery
October: Meditating with Difficult Emotions - what to do when it feels like too much
+ More Yummy Bits
I get it, sometimes you just want some solitude and want to go thru on your own timeline.
You have your own
little spot here.
The Self-Paced Corner is a growing resource full of short courses, meditations, and expressive art invitations.
There is also a place for you to share your own wisdom in
Pass It Along
Videos, rituals, mindsets, wins, art, and anything else that has been critical to you is offered up
- by you -
so we can all benefit.
You will find a vision statement, in case you are ever lost and need reminded of what you stand for.
What to Expect
• Begin with Grounding + Setting an Intention
You’ll be guided through a short grounding practice to help you settle in, land in your body, and arrive in the space. We take a moment to connect with what brought us here. You’ll be invited to notice a silent intention for yourself.
• Experiential Practice + Insight
There may be a meditation practice or art-based exploration, and a touch of teaching. The practices are designed to help you reconnect with your own inner wisdom, especially when life feels overwhelming. Many have a practical application you can try during the week.
• Optional Sharing
There’s always space to share, but no pressure. You’ll be invited to speak from your heart or simply listen. Your presence matters, whether or not you say a word.
• Closing
We end with a gentle practice to gather what you’ve experienced and bring it with you as you return to the rest of your life.
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Hi, I’m Rachel, your guide for the Refuge Circles.
I graduated from Naropa University in 2005 with a dual Master’s degree, in both Transpersonal Counseling and Art Therapy.
I have always been a lover of the arts and psychology, and feel blessed that my profession, is a hybrid of the two. The word creativity is wide and expansive, and the metaphors inherent in the term, can be applied to any person, anytime, in any stage of development. Simply stated, we are all creating our own lives, ‘one stroke at a time’ much like a painting gets created, ‘one stroke at a time’. It is these small, but incremental and consistently made choices, that determine what our life looks like.
The metaphors in creativity, and the process of art making itself, ground the work I do. I am passionate about helping you discover and master your own creative spirit.
In this role, I am not a therapist, although many people will likely (and hopefully) find it beneficial.
It all began, when...
A while back, I had a rare opportunity to travel to Japan. Have you been there? It is an amazing country, but so busy! So incredibly busy. Coming from a small town, I was not prepared for the visual assault of media and billboards, or the constant movement of the metro. There were thousands of people shifting non stop.
Miraculously, there are also hundreds of shrines and temples completely accessible to anyone, right smack in the middle of this chaos. Once your foot crosses over from the sidewalk into the temple, you are immersed in a state of calm, mystical, other-worldly space. It was quiet. It was respectful. It was slow. It gave you time to think about what was important.
I admired how easy it was to transition from this state of hurry to a state of slow-ness and meaning making.
I thought, 'how wonderful it would be to make this transition easy within'? How many times do I see the hurried, frenzied amazing woman who pours her heart and soul into others but ignores her own Self? To be honest, I've been there too. I think we all have, and we continue to be there despite our best efforts to do it different. There are so many demands.
I created Refuge Circles so you can take an easy step into your inner temple. So you can start to hear yourself think, remember what matters, and feel ready to manage this thing called life.
Get my latest thoughts and soulful practices
(arriving only 1x weekly)
to help you slow down + reconnect
with what truly matters.