About Margit Henderson
Margit lives in Denver, Colorado. She enjoys spending time with her family and friends, making art, taking long walks with her squirrel-obsessed dog (especially when she isn’t holding the leash) and skiing and hiking in the beautiful Colorado mountains. Margit has two adult children who keep her challenged, inspired and delighted, and she’s been happily married for 30+ years.
Margit’s core values are Integrity, Community, Intentionality and Wonder. Her most impactful teachers are Thich Nhat Hanh, Pema Chödrön, Resmaa Menakem, Jennifer-Lee Koble, Carlin Quinn, Justin Michael Williams and Martha Beck. Margit challenges herself to expand her emotional capacity for compassion and courage, while also seeking awe and joy. She is committed to building a world that celebrates the expansive expression of humanity and creates belonging and fairness.
As a therapist, Margit has been in private practice for 25+ years. Previously, she worked in community mental health and college counseling. She has been a speaker and facilitator throughout her career, teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as presenting at community events and professional conferences. Her published writing includes articles in peer-review research journals, blog posts and the publication of her first book, Optimistic Aging in 2014 and her second book, From Hope to Habit in 2020.
Margit is actively involved in the Denver community in progressive political action. Her political engagement emerges from seeing how unjust systems and prejudice drive the dis-ease she sees in herself, her clinical practice and beyond. She works to bring lasting civil courage especially to the disruption of racism in its myriad mutations.
Margit has especially poured her passion into the Denver charter school, the Girls Athletic Leadership School. GALS brings to the next generation the same principles of affirming diversity, lifelong learning, health, and meaningful community engagement that Margit embodies and teaches. She and her husband were honored to receive the GALS Power Award in 2019.
