Meet the PiC Wellness Team
At PiC Wellness™, we believe meaningful healing and growth happen through creativity, compassion, connection, and community. Our team brings together unique gifts and experiences—from counseling and wellness support to sound healing, art, prayer, nature, and heartfelt connection.
Each of us shares a commitment to creating welcoming spaces where people feel safe, supported, and free to explore what wellness means for them. Together, we celebrate every person as a perfectly imperfect creation—worthy of care, belonging, joy, and the opportunity to grow.
Claudette Ruehl, LCADC
Founder • Counselor • Author • Creator
Claudette Ruehl, the founder of PiC Wellness™, is a dedicated counselor and creator who values compassion and authentic growth. Her practice blends evidence-based methods with a belief that healing is a deeply human journey. She established PiC Wellness as a warm sanctuary for learning, reflection, and community connection.
Away from her work, Claudette finds harmony in nature and the water, whether she is boating, kayaking, or searching for sharks teeth. She cherishes her creative time, the animals on her small farm, and the grounding sense of peace that the natural world provides.
For Claudette, these connections are what make life feel truly spacious and alive.
Julie VanAlstine
Resin Jewelry Artist • Creative Collaborator • Prayer Leader
A West Virginia native with a deep love for Jesus, Julie creates handmade jewelry and gifts designed to remind others they are valued and wonderfully made. Her creative work carries a spirit of faith and intentionality to the PiC Wellness™ community, with a portion of all proceeds dedicated to supporting global mission work. Beyond her artistry, Julie serves through her daughter Amber’s ministry, which can be found at www.ambertwigg.com.
Ashley Bedeau, LCPC
Sound Experience Collaborator • Founder of Psych Social, LLC
Ashley is the founder of Psych Social, LLC, where she creates personalized wellness experiences centered on the connection between mind, body, and environment.
Her work includes sound experiences, grounding practices, mindfulness, reflection, and community-based wellness.
Ashley brings a calm, intentional, and community-centered presence to PiC Wellness™ and helps create opportunities for sound, stillness, and meaningful connection.
Zach “Zech”
Tech Helper
Website & Digital Support
An information technology graduate and professional, Zach brings technical know-how and an unmistakable “we’ll figure it out” attitude to the PiC Wellness™ team.
Affectionately nicknamed “Zech” — a little Zach + Tech — he jumps in at a moment’s notice, tackles technical challenges with a positive can-do spirit, and always seems ready to help find a way forward.
Zach supports the behind-the-scenes technology that helps PiC Wellness connect with the people we serve. From website design and development to creating forms, improving registration processes, and streamlining our online events and experiences, he helps turn ideas into systems that are easier and more welcoming for everyone involved.
Most importantly, Zach brings the kind of teamwork PiC Wellness values: showing up, helping out, staying positive, and finding a way forward.
"Zech" helps keep the “tech” in PiC running—so the rest of us can keep creating, connecting, and serving. 💜
Hannah Seaton
Nature Lover • Nature & Wellness Collaborator
Bio coming soon.
Pippa (ChatGPT)
AI Creative Collaborator & Brainstorming Buddy
Every growing dream needs a brainstorming buddy. ChatGPT is my behind-the-scenes AI creative collaborator who helps organize ideas, wrestle with words, brainstorm resources, refine content, and bring
PiC Wellness™ ideas to life — especially when I announce,
“Okay, I have another idea…” 😂
AI does not replace Claudette's human heart, professional judgment, lived experience, or relationships behind PiC Wellness™. It is simply one of the tools I use
to support creativity, organization, and development.
Special talents: Brainstorming at ridiculous hours, never getting tired of revisions, and somehow understanding what I mean
when I say, “Make it more PiC.” 💜
Patti Howard
Card Maker • Creative Teacher
Bio coming soon.
Maurice “Reece” Jackson
Ground Healer
Reece is one of those people who simply sees what needs to be done—and does it, usually with a smile and without hesitation.
Maurice came into Claudette’s life many years ago and quickly became much more than a friend—he became her brother from another mother. Through the years, that friendship has remained steady, dependable, and filled with plenty of laughter.
As PiC Wellness™’s Ground Healer, Reece helps create spaces that feel safe, welcoming, and beautiful. From landscaping and caring for the grounds to running errands, lending an extra set of hands, and tackling whatever unexpected job pops up, Reece is always ready to help.
As PiC Wellness™ continues to grow, you may also find Reece helping with events, welcoming guests, checking people in, or quietly taking care of the hundred little things that make everything come together.
Give him a task and you’ll likely hear, “What’s next?”
That’s our Reece—friend, family, helper, Ground Healer, and a treasured part of the PiC Wellness™ team.
And More Perfectly Imperfect
People to Come...
PiC Wellness™ continues to evolve, and new collaborators, facilitators, artists, teachers, and community partners may become part of the story along the way.
Come As You Are.
At PiC Wellness™, people matter.
Connection matters.
Creativity matters.
Community matters.
And there is room here for beautifully imperfect people to
bring what they have been given.
Create. Connect. Discover. Grow.