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Tending Psyche

Tending Soma

Tending Earth

Hilltending facilitates a deep archetypal integration of psyche, soma, earth, and cosmos, leading to ecopsychological wholeness, holistic wellness, and clarity of purpose in our connection to the natural world.

Hilltending Publications
Jungian & Ecotherapy Sessions
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Hilltending

An Archetypal Field Guide

This Archetypal Field Guide offers a precise three part path from chaos to wholeness. We directly confront the core source of modern dis-ease: the detrimental psychic-somatic disconnection that creates a pervasive sense of rootlessness. Born from my own ecotherapy practice, this book reveals how confronting internal Chaos (unintegrated psychological content) and integrating the pillars of Psyche, Soma, Earth, and Cosmos drives profound ecopsychological development and clarity of purpose. With core concepts and practical exercises, the Hilltending method empowers you to consciously cultivate a lasting, tangible wholeness necessary for complete holistic vitality.

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About Dr. James Liter

I began my work as an ecotherapist in 1999. Working one-on-one in the natural world with clients has been deeply rewarding, and I continue those consultations with passion and commitment on my ecotherapy campus/lavender farm and at the Holistic Health Collective in Grand Rapids, MI. Over the years, I realized that while my one-on-one sessions remain vital, I've been looking for a wider and more tangible form of expression—a space for a wider dialogue in finding natural wellness in our relationship to the Earth.

Writing and leading workshops, which I have always done, have now become a rediscovered central taproot. This focus provides the means to share the profound insights I've discovered with a community far beyond my campus. My mission is evolving to create and hold a space for that wider dialogue to unfold, while still offering my established one-on-one client work. The Hilltending Notebooks, and future works, are my invitation to you, wherever you are, to engage your own ecological individuation. I invite you to join me in exploring how the psyche, the body, and the Earth are always waiting for us to continue the journey toward holistic health and finding authentic meaning that is already present in our lives, right here, right now.

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Publications and Media
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Hilltending: A Three-Part Path to Wholeness of Psyche, Soma, Earth, and Cosmos

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From Stories of Home to Stories of Homecoming

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The Intentional Clinician Podcast

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Landscape and Story: Ecopsychological Reflections on a Day in the Burren

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In These Hidden Places: An Ecology of Wild Places

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A Language We Once Knew

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The Hilltending Services Ecosystem

My Hilltending consultations offer a full spectrum of specialized services to deepen your life and/or your professional practice. With deeply transformative, one-on-one consultations in both Jungian/Archetypal work and ecopsychology, Hilltending consultations provide personalized roadmaps for wholeness and clarity.


Additionally, I lead public workshops for personal growth, as well as custom professional training programs for practitioners and organizations, ensuring you or your team can integrate advanced concepts to achieve and tend to lasting holistic well-being.


Hilltending: Nature’s Path to Wellness – Ecopsychological Consultations

Reclaim your inner balance and cultivate profound well-being with a personalized 1-hour Ecotherapy Consultation. This unique session offers a guided journey to explore your personal relationship with nature, identifying how its healing power can be intentionally integrated into your daily life to reduce stress, improve mood, and foster clarity. Whether you’re navigating a specific challenge, feeling disconnected, or simply seeking a sustainable path to mental wellness, we will collaboratively design simple, actionable practices that harness the therapeutic benefits of the natural world, empowering you to access tranquility and resilience wherever you are. (Appointment booked with Lavender & Leaf)



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Hilltending: Jungian and Archetypal Consultations

Unlock the deeper patterns shaping your life, relationships, and decisions with a personalized 1-hour Jungian/Archetypal Consultation. This session moves beyond surface-level issues to explore the rich landscape of your unconscious mind using the profound insights of C.G. Jung. We utilize classic Jungian methods—such as dream work, active imagination, and the exploration of archetypes—to interpret recurring themes and symbols in your experience. The goal is to illuminate your current struggles, catalyze the process of individuation, and empower you with a comprehensive, holistic understanding necessary for meaningful personal transformation and greater emotional wholeness. (Appointment booking handled by Lavender & Leaf)


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Hilltending Workshops 

Hilltending workshops and seminars are experiential deep dives dedicated to bridging the gap between psychological theory and practical, embodied living. These sessions are designed to equip participants with tools for tending Psyche and tending the Earth. Each workshop leverages the serenity of nature and the wisdom of Jungian concepts to guide attendees through the essential process of ecological individuation and the cultivation of authentic, integrated wellness.

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Hilltending Training for Profesionals

Elevate your organization’s expertise or your individual practice with our specialized, custom training programs. Designed to meet your team’s or your own specific professional development requirements, we offer bespoke workshops focused on either Jungian Concepts or Ecotherapy Methodologies. Participants gain the tools to authentically integrate these powerful concepts directly into their client care—whether by exploring archetypal patterns and shadow work (Jungian focus) or by harnessing nature-based techniques for systemic healing (ecotherapy focus). Invest in specialized professional development that is precisely tailored to enhance client outcomes and deepen the profound impact of your work. Call for pricing.

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Living Hilltending

Hilltending is not confined to the written word or consulting sessions; it is deeply rooted in a belief that holistic wellness requires the integration of the mind, the body, and the Earth. My work in ecopsychology has invited me to live the principles I write and teach about, turning the abstract idea of the ecological psyche into tangible, sensory reality. The below projects are the living laboratories and extensions of my own practice of Hilltending, where the ancient wisdom of the land is actively applied to the modern psyche.

Cloudscape Hill Lavender Farm and Regenerative Campus

Cloudscape Hill is more than a lavender farm; it is the physical incarnation of the Hilltending ethos. The act of cultivating and processing lavender—a plant that is well known for calming the nervous system—is an example of an ancient form of ecotherapy. Amidst the lavender fields, Cloudscape Hill serves as a vital regenerative campus, offering ecotherapy spaces, a diverse range of workshops, and guided experiences that anchor participants in the healing rhythms of the Earth.

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Lavender & Leaf Holistic Goods and Wellness Provisioning

Lavender & Leaf is a retail shop in the Grand Rapids Holistic Health Collective and is the bridge between the land and your daily life. It is where the calming properties of the lavender and other natural elements are crafted into tangible products that actively support the conscious tending of the psyche. Every product is an invitation to engage a moment of sensory wellness, helping you resist the external chaos of the modern world and restore your internal balance.

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