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Transforming Domination Culture from the Inside Out

What does it mean to “transform domination culture from the inside out”?

May 21, 2024 By Angela Watrous

  Twelve years ago this week, I made my first Restorative Empathy public offering. I had no idea I was stepping across a threshold into the most meaningful, joyful, connecting work of my life. From the start, the Restorative Empathy tagline has been: “Transforming Domination Culture from the Inside Out,” because patriarchy, white supremacy culture, capitalism, […]

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Where can I help you get unstuck?

April 23, 2024 By Angela Watrous

Illustration of person sitting alone in a deep rut.

Dear one, have you been feeling stuck lately? —Are there painful memories or thoughts looping in your head, hurting you over and over? —Do parts of your life get consistently neglected because it hurts to turn toward them? —Are repeating relational patterns wearing you down? —Do your biggest dreams keep getting back-burnered? If yes, I have […]

Filed Under: Collaboration, Companionship, Empathy, Resonant Empathy, Uncategorized, Warm Resonant Support

What would your life be like if you were loved everywhere it still hurts?

February 23, 2024 By Angela Watrous

Fault lines and colorful layers in sandstone.

Trauma is like sedimentary rock—a mixture of unheld harms, losses, devastations, violence, neglect, disappointments, and aloneness that in the absence of warm loving accompaniment can harden and become the conscious and unconscious foundation for your life. Healing comes with warm welcome and loving accompaniment that soothe the parts of you who still hurt—whether that hurt lives in […]

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What dreams are you wanting to tend this year?

January 3, 2024 By Angela Watrous

A close-up of two people's hands holding each other, as they face a beautiful valley at sunrise.

Welcome to 2024, dearests! What are you dreaming into this year? Are there areas of your life that feel stuck where you’re longing for movement? Are your heart and your dreams needing more loving, attuned, responsive support? 

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Dreams can guide your life, if you let them

November 18, 2023 By Angela Watrous

Five years ago, I dreamed I was at a large gathering, where we were directed to close our eyes and receive a psychospiritual message. Dream me did that, and those of us in the back row were asked to share our experiences. I went first, taking the mic and explaining (and this is all real-life […]

Filed Under: Ancestral Healing, Collaboration, Intergenerational Trauma

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