I am an intuitive channel, artist, mother and mystic. My sun sign rests deeply in Aquarius, my moon thoughtfully in Gemini, and Ascendant nurturingly with Cancer.
I explore the art of Burlesque performance as Ophelia Gushing, as a form of both creation and body self-love. In addition to burlesque, I create in mediums that call to me, such as photography, paint, yoga, ceramics, cooking, and more. I have come back to myself through art in every phase of my life and understand the importance of it for all people, in all bodies and encourage you to do the same.
As an Intuitive Eating Principles and Health at Every Size counselor I have perceived that nourishment and body satisfaction is necessary to thrive. I endeavor to initiate the shift in our society's female-oppressed world towards one that embraces all bodies and genders; to empower the feminine in all of us to rise through radical self-knowing and acceptance where devotion supplants discipline and satisfaction usurps disquiet.
Welcome!
My name is Meg Angela, aka Ophelia Gushing
My experience and education are in nutrition and dietetics (BS, MS, RDN, LDN), cultural and biological anthropology (AS), and the study and practice of yoga, herbalism, and meditation. I became a mother at age 20 and again at age 24 while working and going to school, only to eventually understand that my own body dysmorphia and disordered eating patterns that had been a part of me since my teen years were impacting my ability to nourish myself and thrive.
Phases [Collective] has been birthed from rebellion against lives pregnant with deprivation, dejection, and discomfort. I hold brave and supportive spaces for femininity to flourish and rise through curiosity and self-devotion.
My Approach
You are the dreamer of dreams….
I will be your dreamscape guide
My work is client-led, providing insights, education and awareness to improve one’s relationship with food and self. I focus on cultivating within my clients a realistic understanding of nutrition science relevant to one’s own body’s needs - as no two snowflakes are alike, similarly no two bodies function identically.
Within our sessions we identify hormonal cycles, mental state, physical state, and ultimate goals for your wellness journey with me through weekly counseling sessions which generally include a recap of the week’s atmosphere, goal accomplishments and intuitive eating principle of the week. My focus is comprised of clients that wander under the radar of disordered eating patterns. Those of us that live a life imprinted with diet-culture, restrictions, dismissal of hunger and fullness cues, emotional eating on all levels, etc. For those with diagnosed eating disorders (ED) (current or historically) that are appropriate for outpatient care, some approaches to recovery will differ as needed.
Considering support for any aspect of your evolution is a brave thing and I am so excited to support you in this.
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