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Vera V. Chapman, LPC, BCC, CYT, experienced a deep transformation after losing her son to stillbirth in 2021. As a Holistic Wellness Coach in New York, she shares the powerful benefits of yoga, reiki, mindfulness, and sound with women healing from grief and trauma. Vera lives a vibrant life alongside her husband, their two very spirited living children, and two naughty dogs.
Friend, earlier this spring, we unexpectedly had to replace our entire air conditioning system. (I still have big feelings about it because the sticker shock is real 🤢.) The shiny new unit sits outside our house and connects through the attic, right beside my office. Almost immediately after it was installed, I started noticing I […]
Friend, you may have noticed that I have been a little quieter than usual this past month. Or maybe you didn’t. July has a way of doing that. I didn’t plan to take a break from writing. But as July arrived, it became clear that what I needed most was time living in the moment […]
Friend, last week, something rather extraordinary happened at my son’s middle school concert (really!), and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. It was one of those big spring performances where band, orchestra, and chorus all take turns on stage. The auditorium was packed. My son’s band opened the evening, and just before […]
Friend, for the last couple of weeks, my left eye has been twitching. Not now and then… constantly. Even in my sleep. (I asked my husband to check.) The little muscle beneath my eye had apparently decided it was going to do its own thing, and no amount of willing it to stop seemed to […]
Friend, lately, I’ve been noticing how many things are shifting all at once. Everywhere we look, conversations are unfolding that would have sounded impossible just a few years ago. When Everything Feels Like It’s Shifting News stories that blur the line between science fiction and reality. Ongoing conflict and uncertainty across the globe. Conversations about […]
Friend, I’ve been trying something a little different over the last few weeks with one of my clients: walking coaching sessions. If you’ve worked with me in any capacity, you know the body is always part of the conversation. We pause, breathe, notice, and listen for what the body is holding. Walking has simply become […]
Friend, an incredible scientific breakthrough hit mainstream media recently that I can’t stop thinking about. You know how we learned in school that plants take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen? I bet you didn’t know that they do that by breathing. Not in a poetic sense. Literally. For the first time, scientists have been […]
Friend, I just wrapped up a 12-week journey guiding a truly lovely group of humans through The Artist’s Way. I’ve been holding the ending of this deeply meaningful experience for a few days now, watching it settle like a snow globe. This was my first time teaching it, and I was completely blown away by […]
Friend, you might have noticed that I didn’t show up in your inbox on the 15th like I usually do. That’s because February 15th was our stillborn son, Hayes’s, fifth birthday in the stars. It is so hard to believe that five whole years have passed since we left the hospital with empty arms. (Somehow, it feels like yesterday and […]
Friend, lately, I’ve been noticing a thread running through so many of the conversations I’ve been having. It’s there in the emotional pauses with clients, in stories shared inside Circle, in our Artist’s Way discussions, even in everyday chats with friends and family. We don’t always have a name for it. Often, it shows up as frustration […]
