We invite you to experience new, integrated and inspiring avenues to wellness!
What makes Soul Life unique to our community?
We teach tools for healthy living from a multidisciplinary and experiential approach. The goal is mind, body and heart balance. We combine and integrate psychology, family therapy, holistic health, nutrition education, art therapy, movement and soul expression through customized workshops, private wellness parties, therapeutic groups and our 12 week Transformation Program.
Check out the latest articles from Dr. Leeby on Psychology Today
3 Relationship Lessons from “The Bachelorette”
Reality dating shows like “The Bachelorette” still have mass appeal. What can we learn about building relationships from the show’s current season?
The Best Script for Strife and Struggle: The Great Reframe
The next time you are faced with a difficult situation, try asking yourself these questions to reframe the situation in a positive light. It’s called The Great Reframe.
35 Years After My Brother’s Suicide, I Give Thanks
The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, launched July 2022, offers confidential, free calls, texts or chats 24 hours/day, 365 days/year. As a sister of suicide, I am grateful for 988.
Our Mission is to empower YOU with a variety of joy-filled, creative practices to grow your SOUL LIFE and make it your WHOLE Life!
Other Soul Life offerings…
Wellness Workshops
Soul Life offers and sponsors Community Wellness Workshops to help you lead your Soul Life with Passion, Peace and Purpose.
Healing Groups
Join us for therapeutic groups that focus on cleansing, nourishing, and connecting the mind, body and soul.
Soul Shine
Soul Shine is Soul Life for teen girls in a structured, group format. Soul Shine teen and pre-teen groups focus on building confidence, self esteem and self discovery.
Additional articles from Dr. Leeby on Psychology Today
The Cacao Craze
Have you heard about cacao and cacao ceremonies? Could these circles provide the deeper connections we all crave? I give cacao circles an enthusiastic “Yes!”
An Antidote to Anger
Do you need a new tool to manage anger and other intense emotions? Try this 3-step formula to “cool off” and effectively experience and express emotion.
8 Essentials to Keep Your Relationship Vibrant and Healthy
The health of our relationships is the best predictor of happiness. But, how to keep our relationships in good standing?
Film Review: The Therapeutic Relationship in “Stutz”
The Netflix documentary “Stutz” paves a mindful path for allowing more transparent, reciprocal sharing and emotion while maintaining the integrity of the therapeutic relationship.
A New Metaphor for Therapeutic Self-Discovery
Do you describe therapy as peeling away the layers of an onion? It’s time we adopt a better metaphor to conceptualize self-discovery’s intricate and nourishing aspects.
What is a Soul Life Wellness Party?
If you have ever attended a jewelry or clothing party, you know our model. But, our product is Whole Life Wellness.
With Soul Life, you can plan your own workshop, invite your guests and Party Your Way to Wellness together!
Choose from our extensive list of options for your event or we can help you with the planning.
Our wellness parties are completely customized by YOU so you can create your own event based on your needs and interests.
We coordinate expert teachers and practitioners who provide hands on learning for each topic your choose.
Meet Dr. Leeby
Chez Leeby, Ph.D., LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Cheralyn Leeby, Ph.D., LMFT, (creator of Soul Life) has over 30 years of training and experience as a Florida Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She is an adjunct professor at the University of North Florida, Brooks College of Health, Department of Behavioral Health. She is a holistic psychotherapist specializing in creative, expressive, multi-modal therapies. She has specialized certifications and training in Jungian art and play therapy, mandala and color therapy, meditation, Toltec teachings, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, family systems therapy, attachment theory, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Holographic Memory Resolution, Parent Nurturing, yin yoga, Reiki, and more.
Dr. Leeby graduated from Vanderbilt University with both a Master’s and Bachelor’s of Science Degree. She earned her Doctorate from the University of Florida. Dr. Leeby is a trauma-informed specialist with experience in public and private psychiatric hospitals, substance abuse recovery centers, community mental health centers and she was the former the director of the Prince George’s County Rape and Sexual Assault Center in Cheverly, Maryland. Dr. Leeby has worked and operated a private practice in Florida since 2006.
Dr. Leeby created Soul Life as a platform for community intervention and wellness education. She leads workshops and retreats for adults, couples and teens in the USA and Mexico. Soul Life workshops teach tools for healthy living from a multi-disciplinary and experiential approach outside the therapy office. Dr. Leeby also works with The Goodness Tour, a global, non-profit organization bringing music and art to people facing adversity, as a clinical coordinator, researcher, grant writer, and program volunteer.
Dr. Leeby is regularly featured on local news programs, podcasts, and conferences to share her creative therapies and tools for transformation. She is a featured author in two internationally best-selling compilation books, “The Courageous Heart: Finding Strength in Difficult Times” (Schaefer, K. 2020) and “The Grateful Soul: The Art and Practice of Gratitude” (Schaefer, K. 2020). Dr. Leeby created many therapeutic games and prototype tools for her clients including, “Going To Court,” an interactive board game used to help children understand the legal system.
Artichoke Alchemy: A Journey to the Heart is her debut self-help book (not yet published). Move over onion, there’s a new metaphor in town for therapeutic self-discovery! No offense to Vadalia and her relatives but, we are so much more than smelly, flimsy skins that lead to nothing. With the artichoke imagery, we can envision uncovering the heart while honoring our armor (the protective, thorny leaves developed from experiences that shape us). Our true essence, like the artichoke heart, lies beneath our armor graced and crystalized by time, space, circumstance, pressure and pain.
Dr. Leeby is on a mission to Feed Hope to the world by helping others discover their gifts of the heart. She is ever evolving as an entrepreneur, educator, practitioner, writer, constant learner, wife of 30 years, mother of two grown children, and absolute lover of life.
Books with contributed content by Dr. Leeby…
The Courageous Heart
Finding Strength in Difficult Times, compiled by Kyra Schaeffer, 2020.
“A Stroke of Courage,” by Dr. Cheralyn Leeby, page 141.
The Grateful Soul
The Art and Practice of Gratitude, Compiled by Kyra Schaeffer, 2020.
“Thanks+Giving: A Recipe for Living,” by Dr. Cheralyn Leeby, page 48.