About HeartScapes
For those who know something is shifting and want to honor it rather than hustle through it.
Welcome. I'm Julie Cardoza. HeartScapes is where I explore creativity, nature connection, and threshold wisdom. While much of my work speaks to the passages of midlife and menopause, the practices here—nature mandalas, seasonal reflection, embodied presence—are for anyone learning to trust their own cyclical wisdom,
What You'll Find Here
In Seasons is my blog—a collection of seasonal reflections on transformation, nature mandalas, embodied wisdom, and the passages we move through when the culture tells us to stay the same.
I write about:
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Cyclical nature as teacher (winter wisdom, seasonal living, honoring fallow time)
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Creativity reclaimed (nature mandalas, embodied practice, making without producing)
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Community and connection (occasional workshops, shared experience, no hustle)
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This is where neuroscience meets what some call "woo"—the 40,000 neurons in your heart, the intelligence of your nervous system, the wisdom of impermanence made visible in mandalas you create and release.
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I bring over 30 years of experience as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in trauma-informed care, EMDR, and somatic approaches. I'm also IWHI Certified in Perimenopause & Menopause Coaching, a Certified Morning Altars Facilitator, and a Registered Yoga Teacher.
But HeartScapes isn't my clinical practice—it's where I write, teach, and create from a different place. It's where I invite you to slow down, pay attention to your body's seasons, and trust that wholeness includes the unmaking.