Author: Daniel Belum

  • Echoes Within Welcome Saffron Mai!

    Saffron Mai (https://www.echoeswithin.org/saffron-mai/) is a trauma-informed guide, healer, and mentor devoted to holding sacred space for growth, embodiment, and deep reconnection. Her heart-led approach in somatic holistic practices are guided by compassionate and intuition. She works at the intersection of emotional healing, spiritual practice, and alternative relationship pathways.

    With more than a decade of experience in alternative lifestyles and conscious community-building, Saffron gently supports each person’s path with tenderness and curiosity as they navigate life’s tender edges—grief, trauma, identity, intimacy, and the ongoing return to self. Her offerings center authenticity, consent, and deep listening, creating a sanctuary where all parts of you are welcome.

    Whether you are seeking grounding touch, energy attunement, mindful reflection, or affirmation in your journey, Saffron walks beside you with warmth, reverence, and care.

    Why wait? No financial barriers to your mental wellness! Reach out today!

  • Sexual Assault Awareness Resource

    Recently we added a new resource to our existing Resource page called Helping Survivors

    Our mission is to assist anyone who has been victimized by sexual assault or abuse. Our website is a compilation of information around different instances of sexual violence. We offer resources to assist survivors and their families, and we will continuously be adding more. To see our organization and some of the helpful information we have made, check out the link below:

    Helping Survivors – helpingsurvivors.org

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    We will continue to share resources that can assist our community.

  • Wellness for the body as well

    Wellness for the body as well

    Did you know that fitness training can significantly reduce anxiety? It does so by releasing endorphins—natural mood-boosting chemicals that help lower stress levels.

    Regular physical activity also improves sleep, enhances focus, and provides a healthy outlet for built-up tension. Structured movement, like strength training or cardio, can create a sense of control and accomplishment, helping to counter feelings of helplessness that often accompany anxiety. Over time, it builds both physical and emotional resilience.

    Need guidance on creating a fitness routine that is right for you?

    Contact us! We have providers who specialize in just this!

  • Echoes Within Welcomes Anthony M!

    We are happy to welcome Anthony as our newest provider!

    “My passion is to enable people to be empowered in their space, that bubble which goes with them everywhere they go”

    Anthony brings a variety of expertise to us, including stress reduction using yoga, fitness training, and visualization.

    Find out more about Anthony

  • Treasurer Advisor position filled!

    We are happy to announce Donovan has joined the board as our Treasurer Advisor!

    Donavon is an experienced financial leader with over six years of progressive responsibility in public sector auditing and financial program management. He holds an MBA from Franklin University, where he specialized in financial management, strategic operations, and organizational leadership. Donavon has a strong background in overseeing multimillion-dollar budgets, streamlining financial systems, and ensuring compliance with GAAP and state regulatory standards.

    He is passionate about mission-driven work and is committed to transparency, accountability, and impact in nonprofit finance.

  • Meet Stacey, our new researcher!

    Meet Stacey, our new researcher!

    Echoes Within is happy to have Stacey join our team as our board Researcher.

    Stacey has been active in the long Island NY bdsm scene for over 25 years. She was a service top for a lot of that time until she married her submissive husband. Her passions are in receiving service, her sadism and the love of her partners. She is very excited to be apart of this new endeavor of echoes within.

  • Lucian Raven joins the team

    Lucian Raven joins the team

    Echoes Within welcomes Lucian Raven ( He/Him) to the Board as our Provider Liaison. He will assist with building and managing the relationships with our mental wellness and other related providers, as well as coordinates mentorship for peer supporters, and ensures ethical and effective boundaries in care.

    Lucian Raven is an openly queer and transgender Licensed Mental Health Counselor and bootblack from Sioux City, Iowa. He dedicates much of his time and service to marginalized communities, and Echoes Within mission to continue this service called to him. He is pursuing his Ph.D. and has dedicated his research agenda to improving provider and client relationships with an emphasis on clients who are authority transfer relationship dynamics seeking support.

    We welcome him to the Echoes Within team!

  • Become A Provider

    Would you like to join our team as a service provider, bringing your talents and skills to our communities?

    Click here to fill out the general interest form!

    What Sort of Providers?

    Currently, we are looking for anyone that is skilled at helping our marginalized and alternative community members with growth, reducing anxiety, helping transformation and more: this would include mindfulness instructors, meditation teachers, hypnotherapist, transformational guides, mindset mentors, empowerment strategists, personal development advisors, goal-setting consultants, success facilitators, spiritual counselor, and more.

    What about psychologist and licensed counselors?

    Not yet. As we grow, we will examine our options to include these services. But they add great layers of complexity and limitations which we are not ready for (today).

    How do I get compensated?

    Clients will have a variety of options:

    1. Pay the service providers standard fee.
    2. Make use of a sliding scale option.
    3. Donation based.
    4. No cost service.

    If your service is ‘standard fee’ only, then when the organization has funds, you’ll get clients referred to you. If you accept additional options, we’ll be able to refer more clients your way.

    We require a minimum of two hours donation or no cost services per month for any provider we are hosting.

    What do you require of Providers?

    1. You’ll have a conversation with the Board of Directors to review the education, experience, and (if any) related certifications.

    2. We expect you to be part of the communities – marginalized and/or alternative – we provide service to. That encompasses a lot of people and groups – our website focus should give you a good feel for our target clients.

    3. We require you to sign our ethical and philosophical alignment document.

  • Join the Provider Advisory Board

    Join the Provider Advisory Board

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    Are you a wellness provider passionate about helping others thrive?

    We are looking for volunteers to join a provider advisory board to help us shape the direction of a new non-profit, Echoes Within.

    ​Echoes Within is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting mental wellness and personal growth among marginalized and alternative communities. We offer donation-based sessions to help reduce anxiety, build self-acceptance, and provide tools for life transformation.

    We’re forming a Provider Advisory Board and inviting non-clinical providers such as hypnotherapists, body-based practitioners, energy workers, personal mentors, and others working in integrative or holistic modalities to join us.

    Note: This opportunity is specifically for non-licensed providers. We are not including licensed clinical counselors or psychologists at this phase.

    As a Board member, you’ll:

    • Help ensure our offerings are clear, valuable, and community-centered.
    • Share your insight from personal and professional experience.
    • Contribute to shaping accessible, meaningful wellness programs.

    The commitment for the Provider Advisory Board is only a few hours total.

    If you’re interested, go to echoeswithin.org and click on the heading Join the Provider Advisory Board or just click here.

    For more information on becoming a provider, click on the link for Become A Provider on our website or just click here.

    FAQ

    What specifically do we need to do?

    Meet with us from 1 to 3 times and provide feedback on what we are looking to do – is Echoes Within something you could see clients using? What is missing? Is this something you’d like to see at events? Via remote?

    Are you providing doctors and psychologist?

    No. This is the ground between ‘talking to a friend’ and ‘seeking a clinician’ Echoes Within services focuses on advisors, mentors, consultants, guides, facilitators and more. And only provides people to assist from within our communities who share our experience.

  • Client Advisory Board

    Client Advisory Board

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    We are looking for volunteers to join a client advisory board to help us shape the direction of a new non-profit, Echoes Within.

    ​Echoes Within is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting mental wellness and personal growth among marginalized and alternative communities. We offer donation-based sessions to help reduce anxiety, build self-acceptance, and provide tools for life transformation.

    As a client advisory board volunteer, you’ll meet with the board of directors and other members of the Echoes Within team to help us make sure that our offering are clear, useful to the community, and sought after.

    FAQ

    What specifically do we need to do?

    Meet with us from 1 to 3 times and provide feedback on what we are looking to do – is Echoes Within something you would use? What is missing? is this something you’d like to see at events? Via remote?

    Are you providing doctors and psychologist?

    No. This is the ground between ‘talking to a friend’ and ‘seeking a clinician’.
    Echoes Within services focuses on advisors, mentors, consultants, guides, facilitators and more. And only provides people to assist from within our communities who share our experience.

    Want to be a part of the Provider Advisor Board?

    Join our newsletter for an announcement of when we are kicking off (sometime in later April, 2025)