Hi, I’m Andie (they/them).
I facilitate spaces for hope holders.
We’re taught that being a healing practitioner means
endless giving, staying quiet, and hiding behind the title of
“provider.”
But silence doesn’t pay the bills (sadly), and perfectionism
just burns you out. Le sigh. We’ve all been there.
You don’t have to be small to be a healer.
At Spiral Tending, I believe your business can be an extension of
your healing, not another source of stress or experience of burnout.
Maybe you’re struggling with provider anxiety. Maybe you feel isolated in
private practice. Maybe you’re exhausted by the hustle, unsure how to make
enough money, or wondering how to build a business that actually supports
your life.
You don’t have to do it alone, truly.
We’re doing care work inside systems that often ask us to give more while offering us less: less time, less support, less money, less humanity. Big tech, AI, insurance companies, and other forces of commodification aren't making this easier.
I don’t believe we have to accept that as inevitable.
I offer radically honest mentorship that blends practical business strategy with deep emotional support. Together, we untangle the stories and systems keeping you small so you can build a career that aligns with your values, your nervous system, and your life.
Care work is real work.
I’ve been in the mental health field since 2016, working in high-crisis settings, homeless services, community mental health, private practice, and policy. Before social work, I was a nanny supporting exhausted parents.
I know what depletion feels like.
And through my own spirals, I’ve learned to ask a different question:
How do we remain care workers while also honoring our physical, emotional, spiritual, and financial health?
I believe care work is missing a crucial piece: structured spaces where the people holding hope for others can be held, too.
Spaces where we can co-regulate, tell the truth, share resources, tend our businesses, nourish ourselves, and remember that we are not meant to carry all of this alone.
Because caring for other people shouldn't require abandoning ourselves.
That's what we're tending at Spiral Tending.
My Approach
Authenticity
In a field that often requires ‘perfection,’ and asks us often to not be human, I show up as my full ass self. I hope you feel like you can also be your full self, take care of yourself, and my gosh ~ be human. What kind of care can we offer when we are ourselves?
Feelings are information.
Creativity
So often, the feedback I receive from group members is that their creativity can be re-engaged with. Care work is a whole-body experience. How might our relationship to ourselves, and in return to our work, shift if we feel creative? Care work is a craft… after all.
Curiosity
When I support care workers, I try my hardest to remain curious. What you need is a challenging question under capitalism. Can we make space for expansiveness and growth? Can curiosity lead us to new ways of being?
Gentleness
If you’re a healer of any kind it’s most likely you might have said, ‘Can you be a little bit more gentle with yourself?’ Truly though… Can we healers be more gentle with ourselves? What does that look like? What grief & joy might emerge as we acknowledge the shame but not let it guide us?