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The Healing Threads Wellness Collective

The Healing Threads Wellness Collective is a woman-led, multilingual, multicultural nonprofit organization providing culturally responsive, trauma-informed creative wellness spaces rooted in the belief that mental and emotional well-being are nurtured through connection, expression, and care.

 

We offer reflective, hands-on experiences that support emotional regulation, confidence-building, and personal growth through creative outlets. Our work invites people to slow down, explore their inner world, and reconnect—with themselves and with others—using accessible practices such as art-making, journaling, beading, photography, and guided conversation.

 

We are deeply committed to reaching underserved and historically marginalized communities by offering welcoming, culturally responsive programming that meets people where they are. Our approach honors lived experience, recognizes the impact of stress and trauma on everyday life, and creates space for individuals to feel supported, grounded, and seen.

 

Healing Threads is designed for individuals navigating life transitions, emotional overwhelm, identity exploration, or simply seeking a gentler way to reflect and reset. Our workshops and curriculum are intentionally inclusive, heart-centered, and grounded in care, creativity, and community.

Services are available in English/Spanish/Creole

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Our Philosophy

A healing thread is the quiet connection that holds us together — to ourselves, to one another, and to the stories that shape who we are.

 

Like the threads in a garment, our lives are woven from experiences, relationships, and moments we may not always see, yet they give structure, strength, and meaning to the whole. When these threads intertwine, they forge resilience — much like the roots of a tree, individually fragile yet collectively strong, grounding what grows above them. When one thread is pulled — by trauma, loss, injustice, or life transitions — the seam can begin to loosen. What once felt secure may unravel. What was hidden may surface. What held us together can feel fragile.

 

The Healing Threads Wellness Collective exists in that unraveling.

 

We honor the truth that healing often begins when something comes apart — when we slow down enough to notice what has been stretched, frayed, or disconnected. Through creative expression, guided reflection, and community connection, we support individuals as they gently tend to the threads of their own lives — not to erase what has happened, but to understand it, strengthen it, and weave it back with care. As with roots beneath the soil, this tending is often quiet, unseen, and gradual, yet essential.

 

A single thread may feel small, but together, threads create warmth, protection, and resilience. When we gather as a collective, each person brings their own thread — their story, their voice, their creativity. In shared space, we do not fix or replace one another; we weave alongside one another, forming a shared foundation from which growth can continue.

 

Healing is not about returning to how things were. It is about reweaving — with intention, dignity, and choice — so what we carry forward is stronger, more flexible, and more true to who we are becoming.

Meet The Team

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Adama Stewart

Co-Founder/Co-Director 

  • Certified Art Therapist

  • Certified Community Health Worker 

  • Tea and Wellness Facilitator

  • Certified in Holistic & Eastern Wellness Modalities

  • Programs and Events Coordinator

  • Workshop Facilitator

  • Languages: English & Creole

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O'mayra  Rivera
(Maya)

Co-Founder/Co-Director

  • Certified Life Purpose Coach

  • Certified Community Health Worker  

  • Certified Photographer

  • ​20+ years of community outreach & engagement experience 

  • Workshop Facilitator

  • Languages: English & Spanish

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Malia Stewart 

Youth Ambassador 

  • Youth Community Ambassador

  • Peer Engagement & Outreach

  • Workshop Facilitation Assistant 

  • Media Content Assistant

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