Emily Rose (she/her)

Vice President

I came to this work through a personal calling—one rooted in a lifelong devotion to healing, spiritual inquiry, and building spaces where people can return to themselves with gentleness and truth. The Gathering Place feels like a living embodiment of those values: a refuge, a circle, a shared breath in a world that moves too fast.

I joined the board because I wanted to support something that feels deeply aligned with my soul’s work—a place where accessibility, integrity, and collective care are at the center. In my role, I support the visioning process, help with long-term planning, and hold space for big dreams to be shaped into tangible action. I bring my love of systems, creativity, and intuition to everything I do here, always asking how we can serve the whole, not just the parts.

Beyond my roles, I see myself as a bridge-walker. I move between the visible and invisible, the practical and the spiritual. I’m someone who listens deeply, feels deeply, and believes in the sacredness of becoming. I am shaped by my grief, my joy, my ancestors, and the moments I’ve had to choose myself over and over again. My core values—compassion, truth, reverence, and relational healing—guide everything I offer, and they show up in how I lead, how I create, and how I walk through the world.

Professionally, I am the founder of Mystic Rose Medicine, where I offer integrative healing to sensitive, high-achieving, neurodivergent folks who are navigating inherited trauma, karmic patterns, and the complexities of emotional overwhelm. My work is about returning people to the truth of who they are—not through force, but through deep listening and presence.

That calling—of helping others find their way back to themselves—runs through everything I do at The Gathering Place. Here, I get to bring that devotion into a community setting, helping to shape programs and pathways that make healing accessible for those who often feel unseen in traditional spaces.

My journey has been full of thresholds. From serving in the military, to navigating personal trauma and burnout, to rebuilding a life rooted in slowness and soul—I’ve learned that transformation doesn’t always come with a roadmap. It comes from the willingness to sit with discomfort, to let yourself unravel, and to trust that the light returns. Those lessons continue to shape how I show up here—with reverence, compassion, and an understanding that healing is both personal and collective.

One quote that’s carried me through is from Rumi: “Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” This quote reminds me that healing is not about striving—it's about softening, allowing, and remembering what was always true underneath the fear.

I find inspiration in the earth, in silence, in poetry, and in the wisdom of my ancestors. I’m most alive when I’m in circle with others, when I’m listening to Spirit, or when I’m creating something that invites people into deeper connection. I return to inspiration through ritual, music, deep belly laughter, and the ordinary magic of being human. At The Gathering Place, I feel that same magic—of weaving a life where healing belongs to everyone, and no one is left behind.