“Hope is an embrace of the unknown.”
Rebecca Solnit from her book Hope In the Dark
My Practice
With a background in documentary filmmaking and human rights, I left the film industry to become a somatic coach. I integrate somatic {body-centered} techniques, the mind body connection and an understanding of the stress cycle into the personal and professional development of my clients.
I employ traditional coaching and somatic healing techniques with stress physiology education, in order to help my clients create a newfound sense of trust and belonging within themselves, so they have the emotional wellbeing, clarity of vision and energy to go for something new, make a change, take some risks or reconnect with the thing that got them motivated in the first place.
My offering includes: Developing body awareness and literacy, education around stress and the nervous system, inviting sensorial, emotional processing, release and appreciation through mind-body techniques, identifying unconscious beliefs that drive negative behavior that keep us stuck, and transforming those beliefs by developing new core values and strengths, uncovering and utilizing your own creativity and, finally, envisioning what you’d like to create more of in your life, personally or professionally.
I employ different modalities like mind-body coaching, parts work, focusing, motivational interviewing, strategizing etc… so you practice understanding the wisdom of your whole body, mental/emotional states, thought patterns, stress cycles and underlying needs; and how this bottom up approach can support your goals, dreams, or whatever interests you may bring to the session for exploration.
In the past, I’ve worked with creative professionals, activists, people with disabilities and chronic health issues, entrepreneurs and creative executives, young workers and people transitioning into retirement. I’m open to collaborating with all genders and backgrounds, and believe that finding freedom for ourselves is deeply tied to the work of healing communities and collective liberation work.
Learning how to self-support, better communicate with others and build resilience are top goals I have for all my clients in need of some support.
Maybe you want to launch a business; or share a creative project with the world; or want to have more clarity and confidence within your chosen field; or pivot into something different.
Maybe you just need someone to listen and help strategize…