Professional Helpers & Healers
In-Person in Portland, Oregon
Human-First
Liberatory
Community
Connection
Magickal
Exploratory
Curious
Supportive
Human-First Liberatory Community Connection Magickal Exploratory Curious Supportive
A Community of Connection, Care & Being Witnessed
Welcome to a different kind of gathering.
PDX Professional Helpers & Healers is a monthly space for those of us who hold space for others: therapists, intuitives, bodyworkers, coaches, case managers, medical folks, energy workers, doulas, and everyone in between. Whether we meet online or in-person in Portland, these gatherings are slow-paced, nourishing, and real.
This isn’t business networking. It’s not about selling, pitching, or performing.
It’s about showing up exactly as you are: messy, radiant, tender, powerful. It’s about being reminded that you’re not alone in this work.
We reflect. We share what’s real. We pull a card or two. We laugh, cry, cuss, and connect.
These gatherings are rooted in collective care, sacred interconnection, and anti-oppressive values. We especially welcome queer folks, mystics, deep feelers, those doing liberation-focused work, and anyone devoted to meaningful healing.
If that sounds like you … you’re home.
We lovingly but firmly hold this as a space that de-centers capitalistic, patriarchal & dominant cultural values.
Which means we center community care, decolonial practices and anti-oppressive ways of being in business & community.
It’s held with care, boundaries and intentionality.
We close our circle for a reason: to foster privacy, trust and depth.
Who this is for…
✦ You’re a helper, healer, or hope-holder in or around Portland (or virtually connected).
✦ You’re craving real connection over performance.
✦ You’re tired of "networking" and want to be in a space where you can show up as a human-first professional.
✦ You share values of justice, equity, liberation, and collective care.
✦ You believe in the power of showing up as fully human: grieving, celebrating, and everything in between.
✦ You feel connected to healing work that is spiritual, intuitive, or witchy, even if you’re not sure you “belong” anywhere else.
✦ You want to build community, not just a contact list.
Come in your sweats or your work clothes. Come with joy or sorrow. Come as you are.
We’re Evolving.
Rooted in purpose, shaped by vision, driven by community care.
Welcome to a space designed for people to actually connect. With a focus on equity, decentering dominant patriarchal cultures and connection through abolishing white supremacy via caring for our fellow humans.
We're here to rebuilding a new way of being in this world.
I've been trying to figure out how our PDX Helpers & Healers community could be even better served.
And I kept coming up with the same thing:
Decenter myself as the only leader and invite folks to join me in shared stewardship of this incredible community.
I am constantly working to decolonize my life (personally & professionally), so decentralizing the leadership of this community felt like the next right step.
But I just wasn't sure how.
How can I do this in a way that feels regenerative?
Who would say yes to giving even MORE of themselves?
What would it even look like if people DID say yes?
When is the right time to do this?
Since starting PDX Helpers & Healers in 2023 when I moved to Portland, I've had a handful of members offer to lead the group if I was planning to be out of town, not feeling well or simply seemed a little tired …
I never took them up on it for a few reasons …
#1: I didn't believe anyone would want to do this, FOR FREE.
#2 I didn't believe anyone had the energetic capacity, beyond all the helping & healing work they already do.
#3: I was exhausted just THINKING about changing all the backend systems that are in place to make events happen.
And while I'm still navigating all the backend logistics (registrations, shared communication systems, getting office keys to folks who will host, etc - stay with me as I bumble through it all) …
It's finally happening.
In calling in folks from our community to share this leadership role, I am reminded of the words by Nike Aurea:
“Just because people share space, does not mean they share responsibility. And just because people like each other does not mean they know how to care for one another. Community is not passive, it requires participation. It asks something of us … not to just be present. But to remember that we are not only impacted by community. We also help shape it.”
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“I’m so glad I attended a PDX Helpers & Healers group - I’ve never felt so held in a space full of strangers like I did here. Robyn creates something I’ve never experienced: immediate ease with a room full of new people. As a HSP, that’s unheard of … until now. I’m so grateful.
Tanny | PDX Helper & Healer
✦ Folks who are primarily looking to market themselves or build a referral pipeline.
✦ People who need to pop in and out or treat this like a casual meet-and-greet.
✦ Those who are unwilling to explore anti-oppression, decolonization, or equity as central to healing.
✦ Anyone who dominates space, disregards consent, or drains the collective vibe (we’ll notice).
✦ People who just want to “talk shop” but avoid talking heart, soul, or truth.
Who This Is Not For:
Monthly Structure*
🌀 Monthly Gatherings – In-Person (Portland) 🌀
Capped at 10 humans.
We begin within 10 minutes of start time.
90 minutes total; 60 minutes of intros & 30 minutes of personal connecting
group photos (with consent)
Oracle card pulls for guidance or just for fun
Each gathering begins with a centering practice, then we move into introductions… everyone gets 4-ish minutes to share.
What you share is up to you:
What’s lighting you up?
What’s weighing you down?
What are you dreaming into being?
We share personally & from the heart first before ever offering up what we do as helpers & healers.
THIS IS ANTI-NETWORKING.
We close each gathering intentionally—no dropping in or bouncing out mid-way.
This is about presence, pacing, and honoring the container.
*Since there are a variety of facilitators, this structure may vary from month to month, to allow folks who to create & hold a container that offers different ways of being in community. How totally exciting!
What We Believe
✦ We believe healing isn’t just what we do, it’s who we are.
✦ We believe in brave space, shared humanity, and slowing down.
✦ We believe in listening. Laughing. Witnessing. And sometimes just being quiet together.
✦ We are #HumanFirst.
You’ll find us in all kinds of clothes and all kinds of moods.
No pressure.
No polish.
No performing.
Just presence.
We gather to:
Feel grounded again.
Share the invisible weight of our work.
Be seen for who we are … not just what we do.
Build relationships that nourish, not deplete.
Remember why we began doing this work in the first place.
✨ If You’re Feeling the Spark…
We’d love to have you join us.
Join us for a future in person gathering.
Invite your friends who get it (and leave the ones who suck the energy out of a room behind).
🧿 This is important, sweet, soul-deep work.
🌿 And you don’t have to do it alone anymore.
Welcome, I’m Robyn Cullen!
LMFT | Reiki Master | Community Gatherer | Fantasy Fiction Nerd (she/her)
Being in my mid 40’s, I’m finally living as my most aligned Self. The past decade has been a wild ride of transformation. I underwent a hysterectomy in 2016, ended a 12-year marriage in 2018, closed a successful couples therapy practice in 2020 to start over solo and moved 1,000+ miles away in 2023, to Portland, Oregon.
Along the way, I experienced a spiritual awakenings that changed everything. I embraced my true identity, came out as queer (pansexual), and proudly declared my magickal witchyness, breaking away from the Catholic religion I was raised in.
These experiences have fueled my passion for helping others through their own BIG moments. I've been supported by a community of soul friends, therapists, healers, and mentors all along the way. Now, I create tender spaces for you to find your people and feel a sense of belonging—just as I have.
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“This has become the one professional meeting I look forward to each month. Not only do I get new referrals but I walk away with a new friend to get coffee with or grab lunch with - it’s truly remarkable.”
Aaron | PDX Helper & Healer
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YOU ARE NOT ALONE
YOU ARE NOT ALONE