If you are exhausted from trying to think, push, and pace your way into recovery without any lasting relief, I want you to know something: It makes sense why you feel this way. And there is a gentler way forward.
I know this because I lived it.
For most of my life, I felt like I was carrying something no one else could see. I was born with chronic illness and pain, and over time, repeated experiences of stress and trauma left my nervous system in a constant state of overwhelm.
Even though everything looked "fine" on the outside, I rarely felt safe in my own body. I couldn't understand why everyday life seemed so much harder for me than it did for everyone else.
For years, I tried to push through and keep up, while feeling increasingly disconnected from myself, my life, and the people around me. I didn't have the words for what I was experiencing, and I certainly didn't know there was another way to live.
Everything began to change when I discovered somatic trauma healing.
For the first time, I understood that my body wasn't working against me—it was carrying years of unresolved survival stress. Learning how to gently work with my nervous system, instead of constantly fighting against it, transformed my relationship with myself and with my life.
As I slowly began unwinding deep patterns shaped by trauma, I experienced something that had always felt out of reach: a genuine sense of safety. Safety in my mind and body. Safety in my relationships. Safety in my purpose. And safety in simply being myself.
That healing didn't erase my chronic illness, but it completely changed the way I live with it. Instead of spending my energy battling my body, I learned to listen to it, support it, and build a life that honors its needs. Today, my life feels deeply connected, meaningful, and aligned in ways I never thought were possible.
About Me
Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Complex Trauma & Chronic Illness Coach
Living with chronic illness and chronic stress is incredibly difficult. My goal is to help you move through it with more ease, presence, hope, and connection.
Healing doesn't mean you never experience stress or difficult emotions again. It means you no longer have to live in a constant state of survival, anxiety, or overwhelm.
It means having the capacity to meet life's challenges without feeling consumed by them - and being able to move through emotions like grief, anger, and fear much more quickly and easily, without feeling trapped in them.
It means being deeply present to what you're doing and being able to fully enjoy it, even in the midst of chronic symptoms or pain.
Instead of simply pushing through each day, you can begin building a life that feels fully aligned with who you are and what your mind and body truly need - a life based in thriving instead of just surviving.
And the exact same can happen for you, too.
CURIOUS ABOUT MY TRAINING?
I have studied and trained in many different trauma-informed programs and/or modalities that all largely inform the work that I do. These include:
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Somatic Experiencing Practitioner -- Dr. Peter Levine’s 3 year intensive trauma-resolution training program
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Certificate in Traumatic Stress Studies -- Trauma Research Foundation (led by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk and featuring 25 of today's leading trauma experts)
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Somatic Attachment Theory -- Dr. Diane Poole Heller’s DARe program
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The Foundations of Polyvagal Theory -- The Polyvagal Institute
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Attachment, Relational, and Developmental Trauma -- NARM Training Institute
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Touch Skills Training for Trauma Therapists, Module One -- Kathy Kain (Ph.D, SEP)
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Trauma-Informed Healing Course, "Your Healing Toolkit" -- Sarah Baldwin (SEP, trauma-informed coach)
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Nervous System Regulation Course, "Smart Body Smart Mind" -- Irene Lyon (SEP, MSC)
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Scientuitve Educator Beta Module -- Irene Lyon (SEP, MSC)
Feel free to click on the tab below to learn more about these modalities!
