Special offer: 30 minutes of free coaching for 30 minutes sharing current challenges & what support would look like. No strings, just a conversation.
I was a client, first. Getting through daily life on the outside, but cycling through insomnia, numbness and a general sense of life feeling unsustainable. I also didn't have any clue why some days were great, full of magical sparkles and unicorns, and others felt like slogging through pea soup. There had to be a way to feel better, consistently!
So began my search. I sampled diverse flavors of psychotherapy, mindfulness and spirituality, realizing eventually that my ticket to deep change wasn't through meditation or analyzing my experience. Though both brought important insights and helped me manage my experience, what changed the underlying patterns was working directly with my felt experience, meeting the stuck energy where it lived: my body. When I found someone I felt I could trust to support me, I dove in.
As I began to gain familiarity, language and insight into my experience through my body, I began to feel shifts, and more of my true self came online. My boundaries got better, my emotional capacity grew, and life started to sparkle a little more. While getting trained in group facilitation techniques, I found out that building 1:1 relationships of support and transformation was where my heart was leading. Having seen what was possible when people get the presence and attunement they need, I was hooked on building the skills to bring that to others.
So, I began getting trained in the core approaches that helped me find my greater aliveness, helped me live a truer and brighter version of myself. That was in 2018, and I haven't looked back!
training:
somatic and nervous-system-based approaches to healing (Somatic Experiencing advanced student, Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Certificate)
Jungian-psychology-based training in the hidden signals of our bodies (Process Work winter intensive)
spiritual accompaniment (certified spiritual director through Still Harbor)
discernment / making purposeful life decisions (Decision Making from the Soul facilitator)
movement coaching (NASM-certified personal trainer)
experience:
somatic coach for people outside the mainstream (lgbtq+, neurodivergent, complex conditions, etc.) in Massachusetts and Wisconsin
improvisational dancer (Contact Improvisation)
social worker in community mental health
designer and facilitator of workshops and body-based practices for adults of all ages -- young adult to elder
childcare provider (and mentor) to young people of all ages
and then an eclectic mix of roles doing wage labor for small businesses, supporting spiritual communities, doing community organizing... the list goes on!