Before I could help other women understand their patterns, I had to learn how to see my own.
About Me
I didn’t enter this work because healing was an interesting subject. I entered it because I needed to understand my own life.
For a long time, I could look at the different parts of my life and explain each one separately. What I couldn’t see was the pattern connecting them.
I didn’t recognize how often I questioned my instincts, adjusted myself to accommodate other people, or made decisions based on keeping the peace. I couldn’t yet see how those patterns influenced the relationships I was drawn to, the choices I made, and the person I was gradually becoming.
From the outside, I appeared capable and accomplished. I had built a career in finance, lived abroad, become a mother, and managed the responsibilities in front of me. But internally, I felt increasingly disconnected from myself.
Eventually, I had to face a difficult truth: I no longer recognized the woman I had become.
That realization changed the questions I was asking. Instead of only asking why certain relationships had affected me so deeply, I began asking why particular dynamics felt familiar. Why did I override what I knew? Why was I so quick to doubt myself? Why did I feel responsible for other people’s emotions? And how had those habits shaped nearly every area of my life?
Once I began to see the patterns, I couldn’t unsee them.
I started learning about trauma, the nervous system, attachment, narcissistic abuse, and the ways we adapt in order to feel safe and connected. I also began to understand that insight alone wasn’t always enough. I could understand something intellectually and still feel its effects in my body, my reactions, and the choices I made.
That understanding led me to pursue professional training in trauma-informed coaching and the practices that now inform my work. It also led me to sound healing—a quieter way of creating space for the body to slow down when words and analysis have reached their limit.
Today, I work with women who may look capable on the outside but privately feel unsure of themselves, disconnected from their needs, or unable to trust their own perceptions.
I don’t believe my role is to tell you who to become. My role is to help you notice what may be difficult to see from inside your own experience, understand how those patterns developed, and begin making choices that are no longer shaped by fear, self-doubt, or someone else’s reactions.
This work is personal to me. I know what it is to look at your own life and wonder how you arrived there. I also know what can change when you finally begin to understand the patterns beneath it.
What It’s Like to Work With Me
I pay attention not only to what you say, but also to the patterns, contradictions, and questions underneath it. I may notice where you minimize an experience, take responsibility for someone else’s behavior, or dismiss what your own instincts are telling you.
I won’t hand you a formula or tell you how your life should look. We’ll examine what is happening with honesty and curiosity, without shaming the ways you learned to protect yourself.
Our work may include conversation, nervous-system awareness, somatic practices, practical tools, and questions that help you see your circumstances differently. The approach will depend on what you need, what feels manageable, and where you want to begin.
You can expect me to be compassionate, direct, and fully present. I’ll support you, and I’ll also gently challenge the beliefs and patterns that may be keeping you in the same place.
Training and Qualifications
Lived experience brought me to this work, but I knew that understanding my own life wasn’t enough to qualify me to guide someone through theirs. I take the responsibility of this work seriously and have pursued extensive training in trauma-informed coaching, narcissistic abuse, the nervous system, and complementary healing practices.
My training and qualifications include:
Certified Somatic Trauma-Informed Coach™
Narcissistic Abuse Specialist™
Quantum Human Design™ Specialist and Coach
Quantum Alignment System™ and EFT Practitioner
Hypnotherapy
Trauma-Informed Sound Healing Practitioner
Trauma-Informed Positive Psychology Coach
My approach draws from this training without assuming that every client needs the same tools. We’ll use what is relevant to you and leave behind what isn’t.
My Work Beyond Individual Sessions
Some conversations need more room than a single session can hold. Writing and podcasting have allowed me to explore these experiences in a way that women can access privately and in their own time.
The Savvy Girl’s Guide to Thriving Beyond Narcissistic Abuse
I wrote The Savvy Girl’s Guide to Thriving Beyond Narcissistic Abuse for women who are trying to understand what happened, why certain patterns have been so difficult to break, and what it might look like to move forward without allowing the past to define them.
AwakenHER Podcast
On the AwakenHER Podcast, I’ve shared honest conversations about relationships, self-trust, healing, and the experiences that shape who we become. The podcast is currently on pause, but past episodes remain available.
