Just bring water. After burning out of corporate America, I was fortunate to take a year off to heal and rebuild my life in a way that felt authentic and meaningful. I trained for certifications in yoga and trauma recovery coaching so I could support others on the healing path. In addition to working with a great therapist and establishing a consistent movement and breathwork practice for myself,
a major piece of my own healing was uncovering the neurodivergent traits, vulnerabilities and gifts I’d buried under years of trauma and feelings of rejection. I was diagnosed with ADHD in 2017 and finally Autism (ASD 1) in 2021. These realizations changed my life for the better. I now understand that my deep empathy and ability to understand human emotions are the hard-won gifts of my unique traumas and neurodivergence. Understanding this about myself taught me self-compassion and has allowed me to retrieve missing pieces of my soul. If you relate to this, it would be an honor to support you. For those who might be seeking an adult Autism diagnosis, I can connect you with those resources. I don’t only work with Autistic and ADHD folx, however. If you don’t already know this, complex trauma (CPTSD) is a neurodivergence that shares many interesting crossovers with some common Autistic and ADHD traits. I’ve practiced yoga for nearly thirty years. I love nature, music, reading, animals, humanity, deep conversations, witnessing and supporting others in their time of need, and celebrating their moments of joy. I also enjoy sensory-friendly home interior design. I live in the Austin area with my loving partner and our two dogs. If you’d like to connect to see if we’re a good fit, just reach out. I can support you virtually or in person. I AM NOT A THERAPIST
Working with a therapist can be a critical step towards healing, giving us an understanding of our trauma and opportunities for relational attunement. My clients have typically worked with a therapist or have done deep inner work on their own and already understand the origins of their trauma. A therapist focuses on the past and present, helping clients understand and heal emotional trauma. As your emotional resilience coach, we'll focus on how you can optimize your life today by uncovering and understanding the role your emotions want to play in your life, and you'll carry that wisdom into your future. As a coach, I’m not qualified to analyze you or tell you what your feelings might mean. You have those answers inside of you. How I can be valuable is by using my empathic gifts, knowledge, experience and training to give you a safe, supported place to conduct your own inner discovery and build your own emotional resilience. Trauma isn’t just in your mind. If it was, our bodies would feel amazing as soon as we understood the origins of our physical and emotional pain, anxiety or numbness. Cognitive processing alone will not relieve the discomfort you feel in your body. As your coach, we’ll focus on the present and future, and I’ll help you identify goals and take action. As a yoga teacher, I incorporate movement and breathwork into my work for clients who want that,, and I find that combining my emotional resilience coaching with movement helps my clients embody and integrate what they’re learning about themselves both inside and outside of our sessions.
