When Understanding Yourself Isn’t Enough: My Journey Into Somatic Coaching
I’m writing to you today to share a bit of my personal story with the hope that you may connect with it too.
I have spent many, incredibly valuable years in therapy. During this time, I addressed things from my past that I had stuffed down, learned to understand my triggers and where they came from, and began speaking up for myself more.
Eventually, though, I felt like I hit a wall in my development. I had all of this deep understanding of myself, but I knew there was still more growing left to do. I started seeking out alternative therapies and enjoyed each one I came across. Around this time, I was experiencing daily migraines, struggling to sleep, and getting stress hives. I had the fortune of working with an incredible healer who helped me understand something that seems so simple now, but had never fully clicked before: all of these things were connected.
Despite telling everyone I was doing good, my body was making it clear that I wasn’t. Then, the book The Body Keeps the Score came into my life, and I remember thinking, “Wow, yeah… that’s why my body is so tight all the time.” I reached a point where I understood that my body was carrying past experiences and stress, but I had no idea what to do with that information. The word somatic kept popping up, and eventually, I followed that whisper and landed at the Somatic School.
Somatic Coaching has helped me personally release so much of what has lived in my body simply by giving it space to be acknowledged and heard. It has helped me become more curious about my body and gain deeper insight into situations that trigger me. It has helped me bridge the gap between my mental understanding and my physical experience—integrating everything I’ve learned about my past and making it useful in my present.
If any of this resonates with you, I created The Landing Place for those of you who have intellectualized all that you can, who know you carry tension in your body, but don’t know where to go from here. The Landing Place is a 3-month somatic coaching container that includes six bi-weekly sessions where we’ll slow down, get curious about what’s present, and build a deeper relationship with your body.
Somatic Coaching starts with whatever is present for you in your life right now, and then gets curious about what your body has to say about it too. Through this gentle, curiosity-led approach, our goal is to help you find a steady place to land within your body, so you can approach life’s stressors with more capacity and stay grounded through it all.
Thank you so much for being here and allowing me to share a piece of my story with you.
If any part of this resonated with you and you’re curious about The Landing Place, I’d love to connect. I’m happy to hop on a discovery call, answer any questions you may have, and explore whether this work feels like the right next step for you.
