Joy Faith Wellness

Joy Faith Wellness Somatic Therapist and Embodiment Coaching
For sensitive adults tired of self-abandonment
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Slow stepsChoosing the flattest rocksto catch my tender fleshCold and happy feetCareful but wildAnd the woods understand...
05/28/2026

Slow steps

Choosing the flattest rocks
to catch my tender flesh

Cold and happy feet

Careful but wild

And the woods understand

And here

I belong

Recently a client signed up to be in a play again after 15 years. They had lost touch with their passion for theater.Ano...
05/26/2026

Recently a client signed up to be in a play again after 15 years. They had lost touch with their passion for theater.

Another client, who was upset that she couldn’t get herself to paint, painted with me. She looked at me and said, “I’m so proud of myself that I’m painting.”

Sometimes healing looks less like becoming someone new and more like being able to return to the parts of ourselves that were waiting for us all along.





The Depressed Girl’s BookclubI recently realized that most of the books I read when I was 14 dealt with adult themes lik...
05/22/2026

The Depressed Girl’s Bookclub

I recently realized that most of the books I read when I was 14 dealt with adult themes like addiction, su***de, s*x, obsession, madness, and longing.

I laughed and thought that it could have been called The Depressed Girl’s Bookclub, but I was the only one reading the books.

I was drawn to the human psyche very young. I am not afraid of my own depths and I’m not afraid of yours.

My clients come to me because they know they need to go deep within themselves, but it’s scary to go alone. I love going there with them. Like a sherpa.

Pink’s lyrics might be true…

“I’ve ALREADY seen the bottom, so there’s nothing to fear. I know that I’ll be ready when the devil is near.”

The worst of it already happened. You survived that. There’s an art and a skill in journeying to and from those depths. And in that journey, transformation takes place.

Have you read any of these books?

It’s pretty radical to be able to stay with your own experience, especially if you weren’t raised that way or if surviva...
05/18/2026

It’s pretty radical to be able to stay with your own experience, especially if you weren’t raised that way or if survival meant abandoning your inner reality.

It’s radical- to just feel and let yourself exist as you are in the moment. Not to perform a certain mood or suppress what’s living inside. Not to run away from it with numbing. But to be able to just be in the moment – present, alive, feeling, messy, and whole.





The garden- wild, yearning to grow, striving.Me- seeking to control, assert my vision, also wild, yearning, and striving...
05/17/2026

The garden- wild, yearning to grow, striving.

Me- seeking to control, assert my vision, also wild, yearning, and striving.

Learning to slow down. Pull out the garlic mustard- and what to do with the debris? And the grief? And knowing more will grow anyway?

Can I let my vision be informed by reality- without seeing it as defeat or failure?

Honestly, though invasive, it was prettier with the garlic mustard.

This theme of balance through surrender and assertion- current reality versus future possibilities.

Walking a beam or balancing scales is so much easier. But when balance is largely intuitive- not so obvious.

This is my work in the garden, in my own life, and with my clients. What is the journey of seeking balance when balance is abstract? What kind of presence is needed? How does relationship with self and the environment matter? And where do we put the garlic mustard?

“I know the difference between my brain and my body now,” a client said from our work together.That’s a profound shift.
05/09/2026

“I know the difference between my brain and my body now,” a client said from our work together.

That’s a profound shift.

Some conversations happen better while walking.
05/08/2026

Some conversations happen better while walking.

I found this from 2009.Same teacher.Same work — expression and depth have always been part of it. But something has shif...
05/04/2026

I found this from 2009.

Same teacher.

Same work — expression and depth have always been part of it. But something has shifted.

I used to guide people into an experience — through movement, structure, the practice.

Now I stay with them inside it, working with what’s actually happening as it arises — in the body, in the moment, in real time.

It’s less about getting somewhere
and more about being with what’s already there.





Making space for my light and my dark.Most of my life I’ve isolated and compartmentalized each.I am so tired. My body is...
05/01/2026

Making space for my light and my dark.

Most of my life I’ve isolated and compartmentalized each.

I am so tired. My body is breaking. I haven’t rested enough — I’ve been in hyperdrive finishing my dissertation.

And now this old part of me that I know so well comes back.

I finally have a few hours free now. I’m starting to commit to changes in my schedule that give me more space.

I need that space.

I wander around the house with a sh*tload of things on my to-do list, but nothing urgent right now. And as I slow down, I can feel space opening inside me too.

I didn’t just finish my dissertation.
I’m about to graduate with my PhD.
I bought my first house with my husband.
I have my private practice out of it.

I’ve been wanting this life for almost two decades.

I’m exhausted. And I’m still a little stuck in push mode. But my body is hurting, reminding me I don’t actually have a choice anymore.

So I walk to the window and look outside — the barn, the land, the life I’ve imagined for so long.

And I remember…

I didn’t only push to get here.

I made space for rest.
I prioritized my spiritual practices and play.
I trusted the universe and worked with her.

I worked so hard to get here.

And now I’m here.

Yesterday someone told me my energy has been heavy.

And I noticed how quickly I made that a bad thing.

But the truth is — I am heavy sometimes. I have a lot of dark, serious energy.

And that part of me teaches me to rest, creates space for me, and protects me so that I can actually be light.

I’m starting to see that the part of me I call dark is actually the part that brings me back to myself.

Writing my PhD dissertation. My research is on attachment, looking at how practicing the Discipline of Authentic Movemen...
02/14/2026

Writing my PhD dissertation.

My research is on attachment, looking at how practicing the Discipline of Authentic Movement impacts relationships.

I think I’m almost done. 😰 🤞 🤔

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