• Private Sessions
    • Restorative Empathy Sessions
    • Ancestral Healing Sessions
  • Online Gatherings
    • Online Gatherings
  • Words of Support
    • Articles
    • Resources
      • Feelings List
      • Needs List
  • Client Experiences
    • Restorative Empathy
    • Ancestral Healing
    • Community Gathering Participant Experiences
  • Welcome from Angela
  • Let’s Connect

Restorative Empathy

Transforming Domination Culture from the Inside Out

New Summer Full Moon Ritual Divinations

May 17, 2026 By Angela Watrous

Hello, dearest! Fourteen years ago today, I taught an Intro to Nonviolent Communication (NVC) workshop at the Ann Arbor Food Co-Op. At the end of that offering, someone approached me and asked if I offered private empathy support sessions. A month later, I had a Restorative Empathy website, six new clients, and the most nourishing […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

How is Ancestral Lineage Healing Different from Family Constellations?

September 21, 2025 By Angela Watrous

Join us Mondays from 2-4 pm PT, starting TOMORROW September 22, for our Autumn Ancestral Healing Circle. REGISTER TODAY Before I came to Ancestral Lineage Healing in 2020, I spent seven years deeply tending intergenerational trauma, mostly through Family Constellations. A lot of people ask how these two powerful modalities overlap and differ. *Both approaches are powerful paths […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

You are never alone

September 9, 2025 By Angela Watrous

Join us Mondays from 2-4 pm PT (note our new meeting time), starting September 22, for the Autumn Ancestral Healing Circle.   When I was a small child alone in my bedroom, I could sense I was not actually alone. “Don’t contact me,” I’d say, quietly.   For decades, that was my relationship with the […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Autumn brings our ancestors closer: Register for Autumn Ancestral Healing Circle today!

August 22, 2025 By Angela Watrous

  I was thrilled by this message from June, a participant in my recent ancestral lineage healing course: “I’m getting so much out of the ancestral healing classes. In surprising ways. I feel like my prayers and wishes have been a little supercharged. I’ve witnessed small but noticeable transformations (I would say miracles, if you […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Ferocious Warmth for Chilling Times

May 2, 2025 By Angela Watrous

  Hello, dearest. Today I’m feeling into the power of fire, sending up a flare, calling you to gather with me on May 17 to begin cultivating Ferocious Warmth for Chilling Times. Today is Beltane, the Celtic beginning of summer, traditionally celebrated around a bonfire. Today is also May Day, an international celebration of labor solidarity. This day […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • …
  • 7
  • Next Page »

Let’s connect online!

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Stay in touch with Restorative Empathy!

Welcome to Restorative Empathy!

My work is inspired by a rich lineage of nonviolence, the neurobiologically healing power of empathy, and diverse spiritual traditions. I approach personal and social healing as inextricably linked. Read More…

Article Archive

  • May 2026
  • September 2025
  • August 2025
  • May 2025
  • January 2025
  • September 2024
  • August 2024
  • May 2024
  • April 2024
  • February 2024
  • January 2024
  • November 2023
  • October 2023
  • August 2023
  • November 2022
  • February 2018
  • February 2017
  • April 2016
  • February 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • September 2015
  • January 2015
  • September 2014
  • May 2014
  • January 2014
  • December 2013
  • November 2013
  • September 2013
  • August 2013
  • June 2013

Copyright © 2026 · Restorative Empathy · Portrait Photography by Jennifer Yin