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Root and Thrive

Trauma-informed events and services designed to support healing and empower women to embody their most whole, authentic and thriving selves.

Offerings include Somatic Coaching, workshops, retreats and community events.

01/28/2026

We learn regulation in relationship - with people and the living world around us.

Nature invites us to co-regulate, again and again, reminding us what safety feels like - what a healthy, responsive nervous system feels like.

01/21/2026

Self-regulation is powerful — but it’s not always the starting point. 📍

For many, especially those with chronic stress or trauma, accessing a felt sense of safety isn’t always available on command, no matter what tools we know.

Trying harder often reinforces the loop of effort > collapse > shame.🫣

This is where co-regulation or passive nervous system regulation comes in handy.

Gentle, attuned work (like tuning forks) can invite your system into a regulated state without effort, performance, or needing to “do it right.” It can be an entry point — or a companion — to deeper healing. 🚪

Regulation doesn’t have to be earned, you can receive it.

This is nervous system work - with me.

01/12/2026

If you’ve done the inner work but still feel stuck — your body might be holding the missing piece. 🧩

That’s what my upcoming workshop Inner Motion: the Embodiment of Ease is all about.
We’ll explore gentle somatic practices to shift from survival mode into something softer, safer… more you.

✨ Ready to feel the difference, not just think about it?

Come join us on Sunday, February 22 at

Details & signup on my bio site — it’s the first link waiting for you.

12/20/2025

‘‘Tis the season …… that has many of us running on empty. 😓

Family time or lack of healthy family connection, hectic schedules or loneliness can all cause us to feel extra stress over the holidays. Not to mention lack of daylight for those in the northern hemisphere. 🌫️

For times like these, I find a “containment” practice feels deeply comforting. I wrap up, give myself a hug with a fuzzy blanket, close my eyes and let myself feel held. It helps me feel comfort in chaos (internal or external).😌

12/08/2025

Still soaking in the magic of our recent workshop, Exhale, and all the community workshops and gatherings from 2025. 💫

Thank you to my rock star co-facilitator
for your soul nourishing magical tea to share
for sharing your gorgeous light-filled sanctuary
 To everyone who showed up with open hearts — thank you. Your presence, your tears, your laughter, the shared meals, and every beautiful moment of learning together… it means the world. 🌎🙏🏼
 It’s an honour to hold space with you, learn with you, grow and heal together. 💗

More workshops and events are coming in 2026. Stay close 💌

11/10/2025

Why is it so hard to rest? 😔

Because your nervous system might not feel safe enough to slow down — unless someone is holding space for you.

🌀 Anxiety
🧠 Racing thoughts
📱 Constant stimulation
📋 Endless to-do list
💬 Other people’s nervous systems
…all keep you stuck in go-go-go-mode.

But rest isn’t something you have to earn.
It’s something your body already knows - you just might have forgotten or re-programmed your nervous system through years of urgency and hyper vigilance.

At my upcoming retreat, we’ll explore how to reconnect to the rhythm o rest — so rest becomes part of your everyday, not just something you squeeze in when you’re burnt out.

✨ Ready to relearn the rhythm of rest?
📍The Studio at North South Travel
📆 November 30th, 10am - 3pm

🔗 Link in bio to join us

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10/14/2025

Hows your BQ? Having healthy boundaries is an essential part of wellness. It’s a complex topic that weaves its way into so many aspects of our lives, often invisibly. Boundaries have direct impact on our:

✅ Relationships
✅ Sense of safety and agency
✅ Energetic field
✅ Emotional wellness
✅ Sense of self worth
✅ Authentic expression

People often think of boundaries as walls or protections but it’s more than that. Boundaries are also about being able to receive, to connect and have real intimacy. Sometimes we need boundaries for the outer world, sometimes we need them for our inner world. For example, I’ve been learning to set boundaries with my inner critic and no longer believe everything she says. ☺️

Boundaries are a lifelong learning. It’s a rich and nuanced world!

Just a few more days before we gather to explore and learn practical tools that help identify and set boundaries to help you free yourself from the weight of what holds you back!

There are a few spots left to join us at Expand: Boundaries to Free Your Authentic Self in Vancouver - 🌟🌟🌟THIS SUNDAY, October 19. 🌟🌟🌟

If you’re ready to truly show up in your life and relationships, come join us! 💗

workshop ❤️

10/11/2025

Boundaries are about protecting your peace? ☮️ Sometimes. There’s so much more to this topic, and so many layers that make this topic a rich and lifelong learning- cultural influences, personal history, gender differences, nervous system and personality types, privilege … it’s a rich and powerful subject.

About 15 years ago, I’d say I had few boundaries in my personal relationships. As a compulsive people-pleaser, I over-functioned, over-explained myself and had no ability to hold a boundary if it upset someone else. 15 years later, I’m pretty clear with boundaries but still learning how to set them and catch myself in old habits. It’s a lifelong learning!

Wherever you are in your boundaries skill, next weekends workshop, Expand, you’ll have the opportunity to explore mindful enquiry, practice tools and explore your somatic experience of boundaries.

One week to go!!! 💗

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09/17/2025

Announcing Expand! 🌟 Join me and the fabulous for a transformative workshop this October. Early bird tickets available until October 1! Seats are limited to a small group to provide an intimate, spacious experience. DM to inquire or check out link in bio.

08/25/2025

This “sign” landed on my lawn this morning, courtesy of a local black bear. 🐻 For those of you who have always wanted to know if bears really do $h*t in the woods, now you know. Not always. Sometimes they hit up my yard, leaving my husband and I to a high-stakes game of rock-paper-scissors to decide who’s going to deal with it. 😅 How is this a sign for me? I’ve taken a long break from social media to regroup and work on some new projects. I’ve had a few internal nudges to start posting again but have been overthinking what to post. Any of you other solopreneurs out there feel me? 🤔🙇‍♀️😵‍💫 I saw the giant (I mean, this thing was weighty) p**p on our lawn and thought, “there’s the sign, time to start posting some $h*t again.” Do you believe in signs? 🪧

08/26/2024

Hello community! After a month of nourishing my introverted side, I’m back and excited to connect in community ritual once more. September 6th kicks off another series of monthly gatherings to honor our need for rest, heart-centered community and time to connect deeply with your inner voice/intuition/soul. 💚❤️🌑. Information is up on my website, through the link in bio, or feel free to DM. I look forward to connecting soon! ❤️

07/30/2024

Early this summer, I started spotting hearts all over the place. ❤️💚🩶

What started seemingly by accident has become a regular practice for me. "Heart-spotting" has helped me regulate my nervous system, taking me from states of stress or tension into states of gratitude, appreciation and calm. 🙏🏼🥰

Regular "heart-spotting," has given me a new way to notice my habitual thought patterns like worry, and helped me shift my thoughts and emotions and feel a greater sense of connection to nature and the world around me. 🤔🌿🌎

I really look forward to going out to "heart spot." I find hearts not only in nature, or crushed gum on the sidewalk, I see hearts shining in the wagging tails and facial expressions of every dog I pass (well, almost every dog since I am a huge dog lover). I also notice hearts shining through other people in their smiles, bursts of laughter and acts of kindness. If I wasn't deliberately looking for these moments, I wonder if I might not notice them. 💗💫😍

I would love to hear where you spot your next heart! 👀🩵

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