About Mending Lives and Pangea Holistic Fellowship.
What began as a Dream is now a Movement — One Dedicated to creating a Sanctuary where Traditional Medicine, Modern Science, and Community come together in Wholeness.
Our Mission Statement.
We believe everyone deserves a safe space to heal. Together, we heal, awaken, and rebuild.
Our mission is to bring people together through shared healing, ancestral wisdom, and the strength of community. Mending Lives offers holistic wellness healing practices and educational programs rooted in respect for spirit, body, earth, and tradition.
With the support of our community, we are raising funds to acquire land and establish a permanent sanctuary —a living space for retreats, ceremonies, herbal gardens, sustainable farming, and holistic learning. This land will serve as a foundation for generations to gather, heal, and thrive together—reclaiming the ancient truth that we are all connected.
Our Vision
Our vision is to create a sacred sanctuary on the land — a living, breathing space where healing, ceremony, and community thrive in harmony with nature.
We dream of a place where ancestral wisdom meets modern understanding, where healing is not just an individual journey but a collective act of remembering who we are and why we are here.
This sanctuary will be a refuge for the soul — a place where those seeking renewal can rediscover their connection to the Earth, the elements, and one another.
We envision gardens thriving with medicine plants, spaces for reflection and ritual, and sustainable practices that honor the Earth as our greatest teacher.
Through Mending Lives and Pangea Holistic Fellowship, we are cultivating a sanctuary where people of all walks of life can reconnect with themselves, with one another, and with creation.
Together, we are planting the seeds of a legacy built on resilience, harmony, and wholeness — a living ecosystem of healing that will flourish for generations to come.
Our Story
Mending Lives was founded by Jennifer L. Hillier, M.A., LPC-S, with a simple but powerful truth at its heart — everyone deserves a safe space to heal.
Pangea Holistic Fellowship was founded by Bob Stead, M.S., born from the vision that together, we heal, awaken, and rebuild our communities and the world around us.
After more than a decade of providing trauma-focused counseling and holistic care, we’ve learned that healing is not linear — it’s relational. True restoration happens when body, mind, spirit, and community come into harmony.
Together, our paths converged into a shared purpose:
to restore the sacred connection between people, the land, and spirit — creating spaces where healing is not only possible, but inevitable when nurtured in unity.
Mending Lives and Pangea Holistic Fellowship now stand as one movement: a bridge between traditional and modern healing, science and spirituality, inner work and collective transformation.
Because healing ourselves and healing the Earth are one and the same.
Who We Are
Mending Lives is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to creating sacred spaces where healing, tradition, and community thrive. We believe that true healing takes root when people gather in harmony with the Earth — honoring ancestral wisdom while shaping a legacy of balance, compassion, and connection for generations to come.
Pangea Holistic Fellowship, an initiative of Mending Lives, expands this mission into a living practice — weaving together modern therapeutic understanding with ancestral, land-based, and spiritual traditions. Pangea serves as a bridge between worlds: where ceremony meets science, where trauma transforms into wisdom, and where community becomes medicine.
Together, Mending Lives and Pangea Holistic Fellowship embody one unified vision — to restore sacred connection between people, spirit, and the Earth.
We are a movement of healers, teachers, and seekers devoted to awakening the heart of humanity through holistic wellness, education, and collective renewal.
Our Core Values
Ancestral Wisdom
We honor the traditions and teachings of those who came before us, carrying forward practices of healing, ceremony, and sacred connection.
Sustainability
We commit to caring for the land and all living beings, creating practices that honor the earth and ensure future generations can thrive.
Community
We believe healing is not meant to be walked alone. We foster belonging, mutual support, and shared growth within an inclusive community.
Integrity
We walk our path with honesty, transparency, and respect, ensuring that our work aligns with our words and values.
Holistic Healing
We embrace the whole person—spirit, body, heart, and mind—through practices that restore balance and harmony.
Sacred Space
We protect and cultivate environments where people can gather, heal, and connect in safety, respect, and reverence.
Mending Lives and Pangea Holistic Fellowship exists to create sacred, inclusive spaces where ancestral healings, holistic wellness, and community connections can occur. We integrate spiritual traditions, ceremonies, and sustainable living to restore balance within individuals and communities.