Trauma Recovery & Emotional Wellbeing

You don’t have to live in survival mode anymore.

I help women with complex trauma release self-doubt, guilt, and people-pleasing so they can feel safe in their own skin and trust themselves again.

  • Do you overthink often, torn between what you feel and what you think you should feel?

  • Do you feel guilty for wanting rest, space, or support, like you’re asking for too much?

  • Do you catch yourself people-pleasing, apologizing, or shrinking yourself to keep the peace?

  • Do you often blame yourself when things go wrong — even when it’s not really your fault?

  • Does your body feel tense or on edge, even when nothing bad is happening?

  • Do you sometimes wait for the “other shoe to drop,” like calm moments can’t last?

  • Have you been hurt or confused by a church, spiritual community, or leader leaving you questioning your worth, your beliefs, or spiritual connection?

  • If you nodded yes to any of these, you’re not broken —your brain and body learned to survive by adapting to unsafe environments. Healing means remembering you’re safe to live, trust, and be fully yourself.

You might notice it in things like:

  • Feeling emotionally overwhelmed — or sometimes, feeling numb instead

  • Staying constantly busy so you don’t have to slow down and feel

  • Worrying, replaying things in your mind, or second-guessing yourself

  • Avoiding certain situations or emotions that feel too hard

  • Distracting yourself to cope or stay in control

  • Struggling to connect or feeling misunderstood in relationships

  • Pulling away and isolating, even when you crave closeness

  • Living with anxiety, sadness, or a sense of emptiness

  • Experiencing chronic pain, tension, digestive issues, or poor sleep

These aren’t signs something is wrong with you, they’re signs that something happened to you. The pain, trauma, and wounds have to go somewhere.
Healing begins when you start listening to what those symptoms are trying to tell you — and offer yourself the care and compassion you’ve always deserved.

You’ve Been Surviving, Now It’s Time to Feel Safe Again.

You’ve been doing your best to keep moving, even when it’s been hard. Maybe what you need isn’t to try harder, but to finally feel seen, heard, and truly supported.

You may have lived through painful or overwhelming experiences that affected you more deeply than you realized. Those experiences don’t just disappear, they can quietly shape how you think, feel, and relate to the world.

When pain from the past hasn’t had a safe place to heal, it can show up as patterns or symptoms that leave you wondering what’s wrong with you, when really, your body and mind are just trying to protect you.

Change and Healing are Possible. You don’t have to struggle alone.

I want you to know: you don’t have to keep doing this alone.

With a gentle, trauma-informed, body-based approach, I’ll help you reconnect with safety, self-trust, and inner calm, without having to relive painful memories or rehash your past.

Our work together honors your story and moves at the pace your nervous system can handle.

Through this process, you’ll begin to:

  • Feel more grounded and safe in your own body

  • Quiet the constant self-doubt and inner criticism

  • Build self-compassion and confidence

  • Find calm in moments that used to feel overwhelming

  • Reconnect to joy, rest, and relationships that truly nourish you

    I know healing is possible because I’ve lived it.

    I’ve been where you are. Questioning my worth, wondering if change was even possible. But I’ve also learned through my own healing and training that our bodies and brains are designed to heal. No matter how long you’ve struggled or how many things you’ve tried, healing can happen — one gentle, supported step at a time.

    You don’t have to heal alone.

    Healing happens in connection. Research shows that even one safe, supportive relationship can help your nervous system begin to heal. It would be my honor to hold space for you, to walk beside you as you rediscover safety, hope, and the freedom to live fully as yourself.

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