“Healing is not a destination. It is a process, a return to your heart, your body, and your truth.”
Welcome to Heartmind Balance
Trauma-informed, culturally rooted counselling therapy and coaching for women in emotional pain, anxiety and depression, or identity crisis.
Let us make our time together, time for reconnecting with your innervoice and set your self as a priority. I used to tell my children “if mama is well then everything is well” so working on myself become as important as being there for others.
Blanca Salvatierra
MA, Registered Therapeutic Counsellor
Hello, I'm Blanca
“Healing is about returning to yourself. Your story deserves to be heard with care and presence.”
Heartmind Balance was born out of my own transitions, moments where I had to stop, listen inward, and begin again. I created this space to offer others the same kind of grounding, healing, and reconnection I have sought and found. Whether you’re navigating emotional stress, relationship endings, cultural shock, or a quiet longing for more. I am here to walk with you, to listen, to guide.
My practice integrates tools from narrative therapy, somatic awareness, intergenerational healing, mindfulness, and body-based awareness. I draw inspiration from the teachings of Judith Herman, Brené Brown, and Marianne Williamson, as well as Resmaa Menakem, Thomas Hübl, and Gabor Maté, and just as deeply, from my mother, my ancestors, and the women I meet in circle.
You don’t need to have it all figured out. You just need a space where your truth is welcome, your pain is held with care, and your voice is invited to rise.
The Process
It’s Time To Take Back Control Of Your Life
Every process begins with Yes! I can and follows with a conversation. Making time for you as a priority!
I offer a free 15-minute call so we can explore if we are a good fit. If we decide to work together, sessions are guided by your pace and your story, not a formula.
Whether we meet for counselling, coaching, or retreat, I hold space for you with presence, compassion, and a goal. To go from the pain you are feeling to where you would like to get, a more balanced and united you. We go step by step, honouring your culture, your rhythm, and your wisdom.
What I Can Support You With
You Don’T Have To Carry It All Alone
• Going through difficult life transitions like immigration, separation, menopause, grief or personal reinvention
• Feeling overwhelmed, anxious or emotionally exhausted, even when you keep showing up for everyone else
• Wanting more clarity in your relationships, your identity, your motherhood or your sense of direction
• Carrying unspoken emotional pain from your family history, your culture or the spaces where you feel stuck
• Wanting to feel whole again, present in your body, balance in your emotions, and patience with yourself
What I Do
Create a Space for Truth, Healing & Self-Compasssion
You arrive carrying stories, some still unfolding, others long-held.
I meet you there, without judgment.
What I do is hold space for women who are in motion: grieving, awakening, or quietly seeking something more.
I bring together therapeutic skills, coaching tools, and embodied practices rooted in over two decades of working with women, community work and lived experience.
My approach is gentle but honest, intuitive yet structured and goal oriented. Where you are held at the center of the conversations to recover, heal and grow.
Whether you are navigating a life transition, emotional pain, anxiety and depression, or identity crisis, I am here to walk with you.
Services
Counselling Therapy
For women seeking support through anxiety and depression, pain from loss and grief, life transitions, or identity crisis. Grounded in trauma-informed care, these sessions generate a space to heal from emotional pain and find a more balanced self. Guided by caring and practical tools, to grow self-compassionate and move forward.
Life Crisis Coaching
An action driven space for women ready to develop the skills to move forward and away from life crisis and painful transitions (immigration, divorce, new career, retirement). Make time to become the priority and take concrete steps to grow and live crisis behind. Become a new you more fully and integrated, while feeling centered and supported.
Healing Retreats
Once a year, I host in-person retreats in Peru, Nicaragua or Portugal. These are not just trips – they are self-healing, embodied journeys. Rooted in local culture and mindful practice, each retreat invites women into rest, reflection, and sacred community. An opportunity for self-discovery and empowerment.
From My Journal – Substack Blog
When inspired, I publish reflections for women navigating emotional change, cultural shifts, grief, and healing. These short bilingual posts weave together therapeutic insight, poetic storytelling, and honest reflections from my own life.
Let these letters meet you wherever you are with tenderness, clarity, and warmth.
Recent posts:
A Letter to the Self That is Becoming / Carta a la Mujer Que Se Está Convirtiendo
Dear Blanca, I see how there are mornings you wake up with a weight in your chest,like the silence before a storm,even when you know you are...
Understanding Emotional Change: Why It Feels So Hard
Some mornings, I wake up remembering how it felt during the time I chose to leave my marriage. I knew, in my mind and heart, that it was the right...
To the Woman in Transition / A la Mujer en Transición
I’m Blanca Salvatierra, a registered counsellor, coach, writer, and community educator. Born in Nicaragua and rooted in Canada for over 30 years,...
Let’s Stay Connected
Healing begins with a conversation. Whether you’re curious, hopeful, or unsure, your voice is welcome.
Blanca Salvatierra
MA, Registered Therapeutic Counsellor
You are not alone. Let's begin your next chapter, together.
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+1 604 833 4024