Deep, lasting emotional healing is a transformational experience of body, mind, and spirit. It can be an exciting time and also uncomfortable, challenging, disorienting, painful or downright scary. And for those of us called to inner healing and growth, it’s a necessary passage.

In order to truly change and experience deep, lasting transformation, we need to process our experience, not just understand it mentally. Knowing and re-telling our “story” jut keeps us stuck where we are. We need to process what’s happened to us on a subconscious level. In my experience, our bodies know what we are carrying subconsciously - and somatic tools can unlock this wisdom.

Trauma (and everyone has trauma on some level whether personal and/or collective from living in a patriarchal, colonized culture which is, by nature, traumatic) impacts the healing process. In a broad sense, “trauma” can be thought of as undigested experience of something we perceive as dangerous (this includes emotional/relational threats).

Trauma wires patterns of physical and emotional response into our nervous system that protect us - but also make it harder to regulate our emotions and choose our behaviour.

When we carry unprocessed trauma, we stay stuck in fixed patterns of protection that create automatic (and often unwanted) changes in our posture, breath, mood, emotions and behaviour. These fixed patterns are just that - fixed. They stop us from accessing states of growth, flexibility and change.

It’s important to change the things in our external world that keep us stuck, of course, but if we don’t change what’s happening under the surface - in our subconscious - we will keep encountering the same unwanted emotions and outcomes over and over.

Having the right support, at the right time, has been essential for me to find the strength, compassion and capacity necessary to do my own healing and truly transform how I feel and experience life. I’m still doing my inner work of understanding and transforming my subconscious patterns.

Where do you start if you’re looking for the right support? It’s important to find someone you can build a foundation of trust with, who listens to understand, who takes time to clearly explain the process of their modality, and who uses a modality that resonates with your values and supports your choice and safety. It’s important to interview potential coaches/healers/guides/practitioners.

I know it’s not only possible to heal and change, it’s possible to live with ease, compassion, joy, love, freedom, and confidence.

With your invitation and permission, I’ll pack some supplies (trauma-informed coaching, somatic embodiment and other healing tools) and together, we will share the journey from self-criticism, doubt, shame and feeling stuck to confidence and empowerment.

If you’re ready to transform your relationship with yourself and others, to embrace habits that support your goals and values, improve your overall wellbeing, and live with more vitality and joy, I’d love to work with you.

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