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First of all, what is Somatic Trauma Coaching?

I believe a somatic embodied approach to health is the only approach that gets to the root of our health challenges – especially for those of us living with C-PTSD. It’s also the only approach that takes the effects of trauma into account when working with the physiological processes and capacities of the cell to function optimally for the sake of our entire body and minds.

The first way we experience the world is through sensing our whole body. It’s the most primal form of inner communication that directs all thought, feeling, and action. Soma means “the living body” and somatics refers to practices of being in dialogue with the living body. We explore these practices as a means to embody them. To embody means to manifest – to make it visible, tangible, and real. Embodiment is a process of realizing each aspect of our self — of feeling and experiencing its connection to the whole.

As the unapologetic expression of that full self, embodiment can be understood as the antithesis of oppression & helplessness.

A somatic approach to coaching can be referred to as bottom-up coaching. Most health coaching approaches begin in the head – in the upper corticoid regions of the brain. This is what’s referred to as top-down work. This is where we educate, visualize, share in narratives, and work with our cognition, stories, and beliefs. Top-down methods are also very important work and it’s where most people feel safest, for two different reasons: 1. It’s the space where our culture tends to direct us and where most of our institutions and environments cater, therefore, it’s what’s normalized in the day-to-day. And 2, the mind is where many of us retreat to when the body’s sense of threat becomes too much for us to handle.

Due to trauma, chronic illness, accumulated stress & dysregulation, many of us have become habituated to various forms of disembodiment, making embodiment and somatics feel particularly unsafe, even if we’re unaware of it. This is why I practice a combination of top-down AND bottom-up and I go at a pace that each woman feels safe with moving. Going into the body’s many messages at a pace that is too quick can backfire and create extra stress in a woman’s system, so I meet each client where they’re at and always use both top and bottom approaches accordingly.

Somatic coaching is a specific set of skills that must be intentionally learned and practiced in today’s top-down world. Therefore, a somatic approach to nutrition and health coaching isn’t super common. But simply because it’s not common doesn’t mean it’s not needed!

For those of us living with traumatic stress, being inside our bodies can feel overwhelming or out of control. Sometimes this presents as feeling anxious or tense inside. Other times our bodies feel numb and shut down, perhaps even dissociated. Sometimes we go back and forth between feeling numb or flooded by our felt experience.

Regardless of how our traumatic experiences show up in our bodies, one thing remains the same: Being “inside ourselves,” with our thoughts, sensations, and emotions… can feel scary, confusing, and painful. This can make eating well and healthy behavior and lifestyle choices feel much harder, if not downright impossible to a lot of us.

When we feel confident in our ability to navigate both our inner and outer worlds, our bodies, and the feelings and experiences they contain, we start to feel safer. This is the place from which I coach. Always starting with safety and attunement.

Purposefully creating a sense of safety, security, and vitality inside of ourselves can be likened to a sense of ‘returning home’ to our True Selves. The more often we return home, the more familiar this home and True Self becomes, and the greater capacity we have for self-regulation, self-nourishment, and authentic self-expression! 

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What you’ll get

  • 12 60-minute Zoom calls, usually spaced out weekly or bi-weekly, depending on payment plan
  • HTMA analysis + additional lab interpretations & nutritional/lifestyle guidance for metabolic health
  • A Personal NeuroSomatic assessment & custom applied-neuro drill protocol
  • Emotional Guidance & Ongoing psychobiological Education
  • Personalized Attachment guidance and ongoing support in building internal security & relational connection
  • Support with recognizing and shifting cognitive patterns, such as distorted thinking, OCD loops, rumination, etc
  • A dedicated partner in your healing journey

What is required of you

  • A commitment to the full package of weekly or bi-weekly coaching with me.
  • Showing up to each coaching call, willing to be present with what needs attention.
  • A strong desire to learn about yourself, and your nervous system, and to grow 
  • An openness to making potentially difficult dietary, relational, lifestyle, and behavioral changes.
  • A commitment to pay for all sessions as outlined in the client agreement & contract you sign.
  • A desire to work with me in particular, as my work resonates with you in some way
  • A desire to know, love, and remain curious about your internal world
  • A willingness or interest to work slowly with the nervous system at a pace that creates deep safety & security over time (this is not quick-fix work!)
  • A commitment to the inherent vulnerability of addressing any trauma patterns you may have to heal, grow, and self-regulate long-term.

What is My healing Philosphy?

Nutritionally, I take a functional and BioEnergetic approach to health, meaning I take the energy production, distribution, and utilization within the body’s cells to be of the utmost importance. I look at the impacts of stress, in all forms, on the cells’ ability to create energy efficiently based on a woman’s demands for energy. I work with my clients to recognize ways that we can mitigate stress & improve energy levels using nutrition, demineralization, and other lifestyle tools.

My healing philosophy is also rooted in trauma-informed somatic nervous system regulation & I pull from many different life experiences, and trainings in these areas to cater to my client’s needs for safety – metabolic safety, emotional safety, psycho-neurobiological safety, and relational safety. 

I am working primarily with women who know or suspect they have C-PTSD and are seeking to get to the root of some of their most difficult and long-term patterns.

My healing philosophy caters to women as biologically distinct from men. This distinction is important due to the lack of female-driven research in health sciences. Still, it is also important as the world culture is changing rapidly for women & often leads women into roles and behaviors that drive them to exceed their biological capacities to compete with or feel safe and equal to men. This needs to be recognized and explored to understand what is and isn’t working for women, individually and collectively.

My primary focus

  • Nutritional & lifestyle coaching
  • C-PTSD Coaching via Parts Work, NARM, Attachment, NSI
  • Psychoeducation
  • Daily Embodiment Practices
  • Neuro Assessments & Drills for Regulation
  • Relationship skill-building, Somatic Attachment Coaching

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