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Healing Together: Stories, Skills & Collective Care
At Walk Intuit, we believe that personal healing is the root of collective transformation. This blog is a space where we share resources, reflections, and practices—from trauma-informed insights and coping tools to community events and behind-the-scenes moments with our herd. Whether you're walking your own path or walking alongside others, you're not alone here.
When Children Carry the World's Weight: Understanding and Supporting Kids Through Vicarious Trauma
Vicarious trauma (also called secondary trauma) occurs when children develop genuine trauma symptoms from exposure to others' traumatic experiences—without directly experiencing the trauma themselves. Research shows children may be traumatized by exposure to the trauma material of others, creating the same neurobiological changes as direct trauma would.
World Mental Health Day 2025
There's a moment that happens in therapy when someone realizes they're allowed to feel what they feel. That their reaction makes sense. That they're not broken. That you’re not broken.
When Everything Feels Heavy: A Teen’s Guide to Vicarious Trauma and Taking Care of Yourself
This post discusses vicarious trauma, violence, disturbing media content, and secondary traumatic stress in detail. If this content feels overwhelming, please prioritize your immediate safety.
When the World's Pain Becomes Yours: Understanding and Healing from Vicarious Trauma in Adults
This post discusses vicarious trauma, violence, disturbing media content, and secondary traumatic stress in detail. If this content feels overwhelming, please prioritize your immediate safety.
Suicide Prevention Month: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Hope, Healing, and Community Connection
This post discusses suicide, mental health crises, and related topics in detail. If you are currently struggling with thoughts of suicide or self-harm, please prioritize your immediate safety.
Understanding Grief: Your Journey Through Loss and Healing
Grief is the natural human response to loss, yet it often feels anything but natural when you're experiencing it. Whether you're mourning the death of a loved one, processing a divorce…
Honoring Ember: A Circle of Closure and Care
At Walk Intuit in Orange County, we came together to honor Ember, our beloved chicken, with a reflective mandala ceremony on the ranch. This ritual offered a vital moment of closure—an acknowledgment that grief matters, whether for humans or animals…
Healing The Healer: Help Leo The Therapy Horse Breathe Better
As a gentle therapy horse, Leo has helped children, teens, and adults find peace, confidence, and emotional strength through equine-assisted therapy. His calm presence…
Sympathy vs. Empathy: Quiet Power of Presence
In a world of seemingly endless means of social connection, we can often find ourselves standing at the crossroads of two emotional paths: sympathy and empathy. Both are well-intentioned, yet they lead us to two very different destinations…
Walk Intuit Shines in the L.A. Times
We are excited to share that Walk Intuit was recently featured in the Los Angeles Times for our role in the grand opening of the Ranch Community Center at the OC Fairgrounds.
Returning to Our Roots: Walk Intuit’s Staff & Therapist Retreat
At Walk Intuit, we believe that tending to ourselves is not separate from supporting our clients, it’s foundational…
Healing in Connection: Equine Therapy at Walk Intuit
Somatic Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP) offers a transformative space to reconnect with the body, emotions, and the present moment…
Walking Through Grief Together: How Walk Intuit Supports Grief & Loss Healing
Grief touches existential and spiritual dimensions. While our work is grounded in evidence-based care, we create space for clients to explore meaning, connection, and personal beliefs…