Angela Schellenberg Counseling/ Coaching

09/28/2025

Your body remembers what your mind forgets.
When nurturance, protection, and guidance were missing, your nervous system learned how to survive instead of how to feel safe.

This is what Kelly McDaniel calls Mother Hunger©—and it doesn’t just live in your story, it lives in your body.

💔 You may find yourself numbing instead of reaching for care.
💔 You may stay hypervigilant, even when you’re safe.
💔 You may doubt your own inner compass.

This isn’t about “bad mothers.”
It’s about women raising children while carrying their own Mother Hunger©, their own nervous systems shaped by survival.

The good news? Healing is possible. Every time you offer yourself nurturance, protection, and guidance, you begin to break the cycle. Your healing is not just personal, it’s generational.

Comment UNLEARN to explore my Mother Hunger course.

09/27/2025

When grief meets beauty, the nervous system remembers what safety feels like.

From the moment we arrive at the Healing with Horses Somatic Grief Retreat in Malibu, the sign reads Healing with Horses. Blue skies, ocean air, and sacred spaces remind us that healing isn’t just about what we feel inside, but also where we are held.

Inside, we begin learning about grief, trauma, and the window of tolerance. We weave in Conscious Grieving (Claire Bidwell Smith’s beautiful work) and the truth that grief is trauma because it is a break in attachment.

Outside, the land itself holds us. The koi pond, the sweeping views, and the giant tree where we gather remind us of our belonging. Then the horses meet us. They mirror our emotions, attune to our bodies, and offer pure presence without judgment. Their electromagnetic field literally regulates ours, helping us release what words can’t touch.

And as the day closes, we are wrapped in sound. A floating sound bath with and carries us deeper into rest and repair.

This is why I bring grief and beauty together. Because the body heals in safe places, with safe people, and through safe experiences. ✨

👉 Comment MALIBURETREAT to join me next time.

09/26/2025

Grief isn’t a straight line or a deadline. It’s love with nowhere to go, and it asks for honesty, not hustle. Save this for the days you doubt yourself, then come back to it when you need language that makes your experience make sense.

Want grief tools you can actually use? Comment WORTHY for my free Starter Kit.

For 1:1 support, DM UNTANGLE.

To book an equine session in Malibu, comment EQUINE.

09/26/2025

Horses don’t judge. They don’t ask you to explain your story. They meet you right where you are, in the language of the body.

After trauma, safety isn’t something you can be talked into, it has to be experienced. Horses help us feel safety through presence, breath, and connection. Their calm nervous systems invite ours to soften, reminding us what it feels like to be attuned to without words.

Working with horses in grief and trauma isn’t about fixing. It’s about remembering. Remembering that you are not broken, that your body can learn to feel safe again, and that healing begins with felt experience.

Frankie and the herd at teach us daily: safety is not told, it’s felt.

Type EQUINE to book an equine session with me in Malibu.

09/25/2025

Firstborn daughters, this one’s for you.

So often, healing begins when we gather in circles of conversation and community. If you’ve carried the quiet weight of responsibility, felt the drive to care for everyone else, or known the pressure to get everything “right,” I invite you to join me for a special webinar designed just for you.

Together, we’ll explore the unique neurobiology of firstborn daughters, the patterns that shape us, and how to soften self-criticism. Most of all, we’ll create a space to name what we carry, and to be seen and supported.

Mother Hunger & Firstborn Daughters Webinar
Tuesday, October 7
5 pm EST / 2 pm PT
$45

Join us to find clarity, compassion, and connection.

Sign up to join us via the link in my bio. Replay links will be sent to everyone who registers but cannot attend live.

09/25/2025

Yes

"Whether grieving the loss of our own life, or another’s, we each have the capacity to see past the veils of separation. If our hearts are willing, grieving becomes the gateway to loving awareness, the entry into our own awakened nature." ~ Tara Brach

09/25/2025

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