Each week we will explore a different topic, including:

WEEK 1: July 21 Somatic/Mood/Nervous System Care/Awareness

WEEK 2: July 28 Conscious Connections/Relationships/Communication

WEEK 3: (IN PERSON Option Philadelphia) August 4 Exploring Creativity/Art Therapy

WEEK 4: August 11 Safe Space/Home/Sanctuary

WEEK 5: August 18 Self-care/Health/Self-Love

WEEK 6: August 25 Life Purpose/Passions/Action

WEEK 7: Sept 1 Forgiveness/Gratitude/Abundance

WEEK 8: September 8 Pleasure/Joy/Women’s Health

The Women’s Healing Collective

An 8-Week Therapeutic Journey of Self-Discovery, Connection & Embodied Healing

Facilitated by Monica & Jamie

Healing is not about becoming someone new—it's about remembering who you have always been beneath the expectations, conditioning, stress, and life experiences that have shaped you.

This eight-week therapeutic immersion has been intentionally designed to support women in reconnecting with themselves through evidence-informed mental health education, somatic healing practices, mindfulness, experiential exercises, meaningful conversation, creative expression, and the power of authentic community.

Each gathering offers a safe, compassionate space to slow down, reconnect with your inner wisdom, and cultivate lasting tools that support emotional well-being long after the program ends.

Every session follows a thoughtfully curated flow:

• Opening grounding meditation

• Community check-in

• Psychoeducation & therapeutic teaching

• Reflection & partner/group dialogue

• Guided experiential practice

• Integration exercise

• Weekly home practice

Participants will receive practical resources, and evidence-based tools to continue integrating each week's learning into everyday life. Schedule is subject to change based on the needs of the group and the individuals in the container.

Week 1 • July 21

Returning to Safety

Somatic Awareness, Mood & Nervous System Regulation

Theme
Before we can heal emotionally, we first learn to create safety within our bodies.

Many of us spend years living in survival mode without realizing it. Stress, anxiety, burnout, people-pleasing, perfectionism, and emotional overwhelm are often nervous system adaptations—not personal failures.

This opening session introduces the foundations of nervous system awareness while helping participants reconnect with the body's innate capacity for regulation, resilience, and healing.

Together we'll explore

• Understanding the nervous system through a trauma-informed lens

• Recognizing fight, flight, freeze and fawn responses

• Emotional awareness through body sensation

• Understanding the window of tolerance

• The connection between mood, stress, sleep and emotional regulation

Therapeutic Experiences

• Guided body scan meditation

• Somatic exercise

• Breathwork for regulation

• Grounding practices

• Small group reflection

Integration

Participants leave with a personalized "Nervous System Care Plan" including daily regulation practices.

Week 2 • July 28

The Art of Connection

Conscious Relationships & Authentic Communication

Theme

The relationship we cultivate with ourselves becomes the blueprint for every relationship we experience.

Together we'll gently explore attachment, communication patterns, boundaries, emotional needs, and relational healing while learning practical skills that create healthier, more fulfilling connections.

Together we'll explore

• Attachment styles

• Emotional safety

• Boundaries without guilt

• Conscious communication

• Repair after conflict

• Receiving love and support

Therapeutic Experiences

• Attachment reflection

• Values-based boundary exercise

• Communication and active listening

• Reflection and integration

Integration

Bring awareness and application to you Personal Core Values and Boundaries.

Week 3 • August 4 (In Person for participants local to Philadelphia.)

Includes light refreshments and snacks. Location TBD. If you are participating on Zoom, please have paper, scissors and any art mediums you want to work with (paint, watercolors, markers, crayons, etc).

Exploring Creativity with Art

Art as a Pathway to Healing

Theme

Creativity reconnects us with parts of ourselves words cannot always reach.

Through dance, music and intuitive art making and creative exploration, participants are invited to express emotions, discover insight, reduce self-judgment, and reconnect with joy.

No artistic experience is required!

Together we'll explore

• Creativity as emotional processing

• Releasing perfectionism

• Intuition

• Symbolism

• Play

Therapeutic Experiences

• Gentle guided intuitive movement

• Music and free movement / expression

• Intuitive art therapy

• Creative reflection

• Group witnessing 

• Snacks / tea, social time

Integration

Participants leave with a completed artwork representing their healing journey.

Week 4 • August 11

Creating a Safe and Soothing Sanctuary

Cultivating Safety Within & Around You

Theme

Healing requires environments and rituals that allow the nervous system to soften.

Together we'll explore how our homes, routines, relationships, inner dialogue, and daily habits either nourish or deplete our emotional well-being.

Together we'll explore

• Internal versus external safety

• Rituals as healing

• Easy Feng Shui and Energetic tips for you and your space utilizing the Five Elements

• Finding Blocks and Permission to create a safe, nourishing space for yourself

• Creating small daily rituals that support regulation

Therapeutic Experiences

• Environmental wellness assessment

• Designing your healing sanctuary

• Reset rituals to incorporate into your day

• Space clearing

Integration

Design your Personal Sanctuary Outline

Week 5 • August 18

Coming Home to Yourself

Self-Care, Health & Self-Compassion

Theme

Self-care becomes transformational when it grows from self-worth instead of burnout.

We'll explore how physical health, emotional health, nervous system regulation, boundaries, and self-compassion work together to support sustainable wellness.

Together we'll explore

• Burnout

• Compassion versus criticism

• Emotional nourishment

• Healthy habits

• Whole-person wellness

Therapeutic Experiences

• Self-compassion meditation

• Wellness and values assessment exercise

• Reflection and goal setting

• Future Self visualization

• Reviewing affirmations

Integration

Develop your Personalized Self-Care Prescription.

Week 6 • August 25

Living with Purpose

Passion, Meaning & Inspired Action

Theme

Purpose often emerges when we begin living in alignment with our deepest values.

Participants will reconnect with what energizes them, clarify their vision, identify internal barriers, and begin taking intentional action toward a more intentional life.

Together we'll explore

• Personal values

• Purpose

• Limiting beliefs

• Vision Boards and your Home as a Vision Board

Therapeutic Experiences

• Exploring Ikagai (A reason for being)

• Purpose and strengths

• Goal setting

• Feng Shui concepts for Fame and Career

Integration

Create your Personal Purpose Roadmap.

Week 7 • September 1

The Practice of Letting Go

Forgiveness, Gratitude & Abundance

Theme

Healing creates spaciousness.

Together we'll gently explore forgiveness—not as forgetting, but as releasing the emotional burden that keeps us tethered to pain. We'll also cultivate gratitude, resilience, and an abundance mindset that supports emotional flourishing.

Together we'll explore

• Self-forgiveness

• Compassion

• Gratitude science

• Scarcity beliefs

• Emotional freedom

Therapeutic Experiences

• Loving-kindness meditation

• Gratitude practice

• Letter-writing exercise

• Release ritual

• Utilizing the Wealth Gua (area) in your home

Integration

Develop your Daily Gratitude Practice.

Week 8 • September 8

Embodying Joy

Women's Health, Pleasure & Whole-Person Wellness

Theme

Pleasure is not indulgence—it is an essential aspect of vitality, connection, and healing.

Our final gathering explores reconnecting with the body through compassion, curiosity, and appreciation while honoring the many dimensions of women's health.

Participants will celebrate how far they've come and leave with practices to continue supporting their growth long after the program concludes.

Together we'll explore

• Body wisdom

• Women's physical and emotional health

• Hormonal awareness

• Rest

• Bringing joy both into your life and your home

• Pleasure

• Integration

Therapeutic Experiences

• Guided embodiment meditation

• Gratitude circle

• Future Self letter

• Feng Shui for Joy

• Gratitude closing and reflection cirle

Integration

Participants will celebrate the completion of the eight-week journey together and end in joy.

Guided by Jamie Joy + Monica Bookbinder

Our goal for creating this space came after realizing the limited support that’s available in the community for women who may be struggling with their mental health, connecting with others, personal development and more.

Meet Jamie Joy, a Licensed Nurse Practitioner, Double Board Certified in Family Medicine and Psychiatry. With over a decade of clinical experience, Jamie blends the science of Western medicine with the wisdom of Eastern holistic practices to support mental and emotional well-being.

Her personal spiritual journey into psychology, yoga, art, meditation, and sound healing was shaped by transformative life experiences with teachers, in community, global travel, inner work, & deep integration work with plant medicine. Guided by a profound curiosity about the intersection of psychology and conscious awakening, Jamie’s integrative approach honors the mind, body, and spirit connection, in meeting each individual exactly where they are on their healing journey.

Through evidence-based care and soulful practices, Jamie creates spaces for individuals to slow down, reset, and reconnect with their true self. Intentionally inviting individuals to explore purpose/consciousness, creativity, self expression, connection, self-care, and healing through alternative modalities of art, movement, breath, meditation, and frequency. Find out more about Mind Over Mood Mental Health and Wellness.

Meet Monica Bookbinder, a Certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Founder of Raw Monje Healthy Treats, Artist, Birth Doula + Yogi. Raw Monje is a Healthy Lifestyle Brand that produces and sells organic superfood drink blends and hosts community events including Smoothie classes. She assists humans to Bloom and Thrive in all areas of life. At the heart of what she does is invite people to show up to their lives with authenticity and integrity. She helps others shift energy in their bodies, lives and homes using the power of BTB Feng Shui, high vibrational superfoods, music and other holistic modalities.

Her goal is to help people clear negative energy and patterns and get very intentional with creating lives they love instead of letting this World define their paths. She helps others to see and create beauty in their homes, minds and lives so they can live their best, authentic, happiest lives with ease.

Please arrive with an open heart and mind and a journal and pen. All of you is welcomed in the safe space. We can’t wait to have you.