Emma Toms - The Confident Wellness Coach

Emma Toms - The Confident Wellness Coach My Story
My own path to wellness began 30 years ago with an Autoimmune Disease diagnosis. Thank you for being here.

Emma Toms- Glasgow
The Confident Wellness Coach
IEMT Practitioner
SSP Provider
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https://g.page/r/CYpaWCu_JRGeEBE/review As an Integrated Wellness Coach, IEMT Practitioner, Reiki Master Teacher, and Certified SSP Provider, I guide clients on their journey to rebuild balance, discover resilience, and reconnect with their true nature. Through this challenging time, I discovered Reiki and Somatic practices, which opened the door to profound inner healing and the rebalancing of my body, mind, and spirit. Over the years, I've worked across various healthcare settings, building comprehensive knowledge in Wholistic Wellness. My journey took an unexpected turn when I was diagnosed with Graves' Disease following periods of chronic stress. This led to transformative life changes, including relocating from Lincolnshire to Glasgow. My Approach
I deeply believe that we all possess the innate capacity for wellness and balance. However, we often become trapped in cycles of stress, emotional discomfort, and chronic health conditions because we've lost touch with our body's wisdom. By learning to listen more deeply and reconnect with ourselves, we can unlock our natural healing potential and nurture lasting and sustainable growth. This understanding has not only transformed my own life but shapes how I support my clients. Guiding them to access their inner strength and resilience isn't just my profession—it's my passion and purpose. Witnessing the powerful changes in those who choose to work with me is an honour. Experience & Qualifications
My clients benefit from both my extensive professional training and personal healing journey. I bring over 20 years of industry experience, including:

Reiki Master Teacher certification
Integral Eye Movement Therapy (IEMT) Practitioner
Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) Certified Provider
200-Hour Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training
12-Week Root Cause Practice
50-Hour Yin and Trauma Informed Restorative Yoga
50-Hour Yoga Nidra Teacher Training
50-Hour Meditation Facilitator certification
Kundalini Yoga Level 2 (Mind and Meditation)

My Commitment
I am dedicated to supporting clients in reconnecting with their presence, purpose, and true nature. Through our work together, you'll discover tools and practices that empower your health and wellbeing journey. I look forward to supporting you on your path to wellness.

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I’m not here to fix you.And I’m not here to motivate a body that’s already done too much.I work with people whose system...
16/01/2026

I’m not here to fix you.
And I’m not here to motivate a body that’s already done too much.

I work with people whose systems have been running on effort for years — holding life together, managing symptoms, staying functional while something deeper quietly asks for relief.

Autoimmune illness taught me this the hard way: pressure doesn’t heal a stressed system.
It hardens it.

What restores isn’t force or positivity or discipline layered on top of exhaustion.
It’s safety.
It’s rhythm.
It’s giving the nervous system enough steadiness to stand down.

This work is slow by design.
Because bodies don’t unwind on deadlines.
They respond to consistency, trust, and being met where they are.

There’s no bypassing here.
No fixing narrative.
No separation of mind, body, and meaning.

Just practical tools, grounded education, and embodied practices that rebuild capacity over time — the way healing has always worked.

If you’re tired of pushing and curious about a steadier way forward, you’re welcome to explore my work.

The link’s in my bio.
You’re not behind.
You’re listening.

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16/01/2026

One session review.

January is Thyroid Awareness Month.For many, thyroid disease is reduced to numbers on a blood test.TSH. T3. T4. Adjust t...
16/01/2026

January is Thyroid Awareness Month.

For many, thyroid disease is reduced to numbers on a blood test.

TSH. T3. T4. Adjust the dose. Review in six months.
But living inside a thyroid condition tells a much bigger story.

I was diagnosed with Graves’ disease, an autoimmune condition where the immune system attacks the thyroid and drives the body into a state of relentless overdrive.

It wasn’t just a “fast metabolism.”

It was a heart that wouldn’t slow down.
Sleep that disappeared.
Anxiety that arrived without a reason.
A body that no longer felt safe to live inside.

And for a long time, none of that made sense to the people meant to help.

Like many, I was told it was stress.
That I needed rest.
That once the thyroid numbers settled, I would too.

They didn’t.
Because thyroid disease is not a single-gland issue.
It is a whole-system experience.

The thyroid sits at the crossroads of the nervous system, immune system, hormones, and metabolism. When it is under attack, everything downstream feels it — energy, mood, digestion, cognition, identity.

Medication was essential.
But it wasn’t the whole answer.
What changed my health was learning how deeply chronic stress, nervous system overload, and unresolved survival patterns feed autoimmune disease.

How a body that has spent years in vigilance will eventually speak through symptoms.

Healing did not come from pushing harder.
It came from listening differently.
From regulation.
From safety.
From understanding my body as intelligent rather than broken.

That path reshaped my life and my work. It’s why I now support others living with thyroid and autoimmune conditions — people who are tired of being told they should be “fine by now,” when their bodies are still carrying too much.

So this month, thyroid awareness isn’t about ribbons or slogans.

It’s about telling the truth.
That thyroid disease is complex.
That healing is not linear.
And that people don’t need more pressure — they need informed, compassionate, whole-body care.

If this resonates, know this:
You are not weak.
You are not imagining it.
And your body is not failing you.
It is responding, as it always has, to what it has been asked to carry.

And with the right support, it can learn a new way forward.

Join me at our new local support group in Glasgow starting 28th January. Details in comments

If You’re Done Pushing Your Body to HealIf you’re exhausted — not just tired, but worn down from constantly trying to ma...
16/01/2026

If You’re Done Pushing Your Body to Heal
If you’re exhausted — not just tired, but worn down from constantly trying to manage symptoms, emotions, and expectations — this is for you.

Many people arrive here after years of effort.
Trying to stay regulated.
Trying to stay well.
Trying to stay functional enough to keep life moving.

From a physiological perspective, this makes sense.
When the nervous system has been under chronic stress, it adapts.
Stress hormones remain elevated, the body stays alert, and systems that support repair — digestion, immunity, sleep, emotional processing — are deprioritised.

At some point, the body stops responding to effort.
Not because it’s broken or resistant — but because it has learned that effort equals pressure.

When that happens, pushing harder doesn’t help.
The nervous system doesn’t interpret force as motivation.
It interprets it as threat.

Healing doesn’t require urgency or intensity.
It requires support that matches the nervous system’s capacity now.

This is why awareness and pacing matter so much.
When the body no longer feels under constant demand, it can begin to soften.

When it softens, energy shifts from defence into regulation and repair.

Sleep stabilises.
Reactivity reduces.
Capacity slowly returns.

There isn’t one “right” way in.
Different forms of support meet different needs at different moments.

If you’re ready to stop pushing and start working with your body, these options are available:
– 1:1 Coaching — paced, attuned support when symptoms feel complex or overwhelming
– IEMT Sessions — for emotional imprints and patterns that stay stuck despite insight
– Free Workshops — gentle education and orientation without pressure
- Thyroid UK Support Group - community in action, working together

There’s no rush to decide.
No timeline you need to meet.
No fixing required.

Just support — available when your body is ready to receive it.

"Formation, not traumaEarly life stress is often spoken about in the language of trauma — dramatic events, obvious ruptu...
15/01/2026

"Formation, not trauma

Early life stress is often spoken about in the language of trauma — dramatic events, obvious ruptures, identifiable moments. But for many people, the deeper imprint was not a single incident. It was atmosphere.

Tone.
Pace.
Consistency.
Attunement.
Absence.

The nervous system of a child is not asking philosophical questions. It is asking practical ones:

Am I safe here?
Will someone come if I signal?
Is the world predictable enough for me to soften?"

https://emmatoms.substack.com/p/what-the-body-learned-before-words

One of the most overlooked skills in healing is discernment.Not everything is for everyone.And not everything is for now...
15/01/2026

One of the most overlooked skills in healing is discernment.

Not everything is for everyone.
And not everything is for now.

More support isn’t always better support.
The right support is what matches your current capacity.

Free resources are often most helpful when you’re:
– orienting and finding your feet
– learning new language around the body and nervous system
– building awareness without pressure
– gently testing what feels safe

Group work can be powerful when:
– your system is stable enough for shared space
– co-regulation feels supportive rather than overwhelming
– you want structure, rhythm, and connection without intensity

1:1 support is usually most appropriate when:
– symptoms feel complex or overwhelming
– your nervous system needs attunement and pacing
– patterns feel stuck, repetitive, or deeply personal

There’s no hierarchy here.
No “better” or “worse.”
Only readiness.

Healing moves more smoothly when we choose what matches our capacity — not what we think we should be able to handle.

If you’re unsure where to begin, that’s not a problem to fix.
It’s information to listen to.

Message me if you’re unsure where to start.
We’ll find the right fit — not the fastest one.

We often speak about stress as if it belongs to the present moment.Deadlines. Responsibilities. Workload. Modern life. A...
15/01/2026

We often speak about stress as if it belongs to the present moment.

Deadlines. Responsibilities. Workload. Modern life. And yes—those things matter.

But the body tells a longer story than the calendar allows.
Many of the patterns adults struggle with are not responses to what is happening now, but echoes of what was learned much earlier.

Fatigue that does not resolve with rest.
Anxiety that appears without a clear trigger.
Immune systems that flare, overreact, or turn inward.
Nervous systems that never quite settle, even when life appears “safe enough.”

These patterns rarely begin in adulthood.
They begin as adaptations.
When a child grows within an environment that feels unpredictable, emotionally unsafe, overwhelming, or chronically demanding, the body does exactly what it is designed to do—it adjusts.

Hormonal rhythms shift. Stress responses become more easily activated.
Immune vigilance increases.
Neural pathways favour speed and protection over rest and repair.

Not because the child is damaged.
Not because something has gone wrong.
But because survival required it.

This is not psychology in the abstract.
It is biology.
It is the shaping of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis.
The calibration of cortisol and adrenaline.
The conditioning of the autonomic nervous system.
The immune system learning what level of alertness keeps the organism alive.

Over time, those early calibrations can persist—quietly, faithfully—long after the original conditions have passed.

What once protected becomes exhausting.
What once kept us safe becomes restrictive.
What once worked begins to cost us.
And yet, the body is not stuck in the past.
It is responsive to the present—when the present feels safe enough.

This is the part that is often misunderstood.
Healing does not require reliving.
It does not require excavation.
It does not require reopening wounds in order to prove they existed.
The nervous system updates through experience, not analysis.
Through consistency, not catharsis.
Through safety, repetition, and regulation.

Coming up on Substack, I’m beginning a new series exploring early life stress and adult biology—the long echo the body carries, and how patterns shaped in survival can soften when the system learns, slowly and respectfully, that it no longer has to stay on guard.

This work is not about blaming the past.
It is about understanding the body’s intelligence.
You don’t have to relive anything to heal.
The body doesn’t work that way.

🔗 New Substack series begins today

https://open.substack.com/pub/emmatoms?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=18e95h

Reiki is often misunderstood.It’s not about bypassing life, avoiding difficulty, or floating above the body in search of...
14/01/2026

Reiki is often misunderstood.
It’s not about bypassing life, avoiding difficulty, or floating above the body in search of peace. At its core, Reiki is about presence — and real presence requires safety.

From a nervous system perspective, healing only happens when the body does not perceive threat. When a system feels unsafe, it mobilises to protect: bracing, dissociating, shutting down, or staying hyper-alert. No amount of intention or energy can override that biology.

This is why grounded Reiki practice is so powerful when it’s taught and held responsibly.

Reiki works through co-regulation — one steady nervous system supporting another. The practitioner’s ability to stay present, regulated, and embodied creates conditions where the other person’s system can soften.

This is not symbolic. It’s physiological.
And that steadiness is not accidental.
It is trained.

Understanding the body and nervous system matters. Without that understanding, spiritual practice can unintentionally drift into bypassing — mistaking dissociation for calm, or detachment for healing. True Reiki does the opposite. It invites us into the body, into sensation, into reality — without overwhelm.

This is where lineage, attunement, and education matter.
They teach practitioners how to stay with what arises: sensation, emotion, silence, discomfort. Not to fix or impose, but to hold space without leaving themselves.

Reiki is not something you do to people.
It’s something you embody.

In my work, Reiki training is trauma-aware, nervous-system-informed, and rooted in responsibility — to your own regulation first, and then to those you work with.

This isn’t about becoming “healed” or special.
It’s about becoming trustworthy — in your presence, your energy, and your care.

The Reiki Practitioner Pathway is open for February intake
Details are in the bio.

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