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Text Ms. Puterbaugh at
​(503) 386-4674
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Contact Ms. Puterbaugh
Rebecca Puterbaugh, CARC
rebecca.puterbaugh@arcstofreedom.com
(503) 386-4674
*Please TEXT me as I am usually in online classes or coaching sessions. I'll get back to you soon :)
Ms. Puterbaugh's Story
Hello and bright blessings!

My name is Rebecca Faythe Puterbaugh, and I'm a mom, writer, C.A.R.C. and lifelong student, living in the Pacific Northwest. I love to spend my days reading, writing, knitting, gardening, having dance parties and tea parties and art parties with my daughter, hiking in the forests of PNWonderland, and seeking continuous education. I've been a dirt-worshipping tree-hugger since I was a tiny barefoot wild child in the Alaskan summer, and in that respect at least I haven't changed!

Though my life now is full of loving stability and blessed rootedness, it wasn't always that way.

Growing up, I frequently felt I needed to bend and twist and shapeshift myself into versions that others would like, love, or at least be interested in. This led to a constant state of both people-pleasing and avoidance as an adult.

Confused about who I was and what I wanted in life, and too scared to commit to anything long enough to find out, I instead let unconscious survival tactics and outdated behavior patterns lead the way. This led me to homelessness, to toxic codependent relationships and friendships, ill physical health, unstable living situations, and tanking mental health.

My fear of facing myself long enough to heal and learn healthy boundaries and commit to what I really wanted, sabotaged all I secretly dreamed of. 

Finally, I couldn't take it anymore. When a dear lifelong friend of mine passed away tragically at the end of 2018, it was a wake up call. Something had to change.

I began thinking about what life might be like if I was a healthy person, inside and out.

But I still didn't really know how to do that. I could see myself repeating unhealthy cycles, almost unconsciously, and would only notice that they were repeated cycles in retrospect - I didn't know what to do about it.

I was at a loss, I was sick of my own BS, and I wanted to be a better person - for myself, and for my daughter.

Then, as the pandemic started rolling into the United States in Spring of 2020, I found ARCS and decided to give it a try. I kept showing up to class each week. I kept plodding onward, doing the work incrementally, at my own pace, stopping when I would get too overwhelmed and then picking back up where I left off when I felt ready to.

One step at a time, up the mountain from the valley, looking only at the next step, never too far ahead, just trusting that I was going somewhere that would make it all - my past,  my mistakes, my wounds - worth it.

Bit by bit, things started to change, almost without me noticing.

Two years later, I found myself with my certifications in hand, at the top of that mountain, and I realized how different my life was because of ARCS. Things I had never thought were possible for me, were now reality:

  • I'm in a healthy, loving marriage thanks to my new openness to commitment and healthy love.

  • I'm a good, reliable, loving mom, thanks to the healing of my own inner child and the reinstating of my inner adult into a position of sacred power.

  • I have a résumé that reflects my deep care for the right to healing and health that each person has, thanks to my newfound courage to apply for jobs that align with that, jobs I never felt worthy of before.

  • I invest time and energy into what lights me up, and I care deeply for myself when I feel down, and I balance it all with taking care of responsibilities, never letting any part of my life run into the extreme.

Responsibility! Balance!... Words I was terrified of just a few years ago, now fill me with a sense of peace:
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  • I went from feeling adrift to feeling a sense of belonging and rootedness.

  • I went from a seed floating in the wind, never landing for long, to a rich garden of nourishment and beauty.

  • I went from feeling like an outsider to knowing what it is to be a part of a community.

All because I decided to show up, week after week, open to the possibility that things could be different.

My story is why, as a C.A.R.C., I have a belief that each and every person on this green earth deserves a rich and vibrant life.

Our pasts matter, but not in the ways we think it does when we're at our lowest: our pasts are simply the ground on which we build our future.

Our lives are a garden, and with the right tools and support systems, we each have the power to design it in whatever ways we can imagine, filled with love and nourishment.

In my coaching practice, I want to help you identify and learn to use the inspiration and tools that enable you to compost (heal) your past; name and plant the seeds of your hopes and dreams; and cultivate, care, and maintain the sanctuary of your own self while finding and participating in a community that lifts and lights you and others up.

You are worthy of a thriving life, whatever that looks like for you. Let's grow that garden together!
Online Class Information
Women's Class
TUESDAY, 7-8:30pm
Pacific Time Zone
*Please adjust for your time zone.
Men's Class
Full
*Contact me for Men's Class options.

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*Ms. Puterbaugh will text your access info a few hours before her classroom opens.
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