Mind-body System
The world hurts when individuals hurt.
We've never been taught embodiment, been encouraged to prioritize our emotional self-care or told to see ourselves as energetic beings.
As a result, we default and react to our lives as solely thinking beings at the great expense of disconnection from the wholeness of being human.
This dysregulation in our mind-body system manifests in different ways including unbearable stress, anxiety and overwhelm, unhealthy habits or addictions, chronic pain symptoms, lack of meaning, difficulty in our relationships and problematic patterns that continue to repeat in our lives.
Our emotional energy impacts our brain, hormones, immunity and autonomic nervous system. It matters.
Transforming your hurt into vibrancy is absolutely possible. It's what you are meant to do. The right support can be the catalyst for this evolution to begin.
The time has come to prioritize healing ourselves, and in so doing, we can heal the collective.
Emotion is not just some "primitive" remnant of an earlier reptilian evolutionary past. Emotion directs the flow of activation (energy) and establishes the meaning of representations (information processing) for the individual. It is not a single, isolated group of processes; it has a direct impact on the entire mind.

-Dan Siegel
Our Powerful Mind-body System
Here's some science to soothe your more cerebral parts
When we discuss the mind-body system, we can reference the field of psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) which is a scientific discipline confirming what traditional and alternative healing practices have always understood - we are not separate parts, but a unified system of emotional and physiological functions which are related, influenced by and dependent on one another for wholeness, health and wellness.

This unified system consists primarily of our brain, nervous system, hormonal structure and immunity apparatus, but also includes fascia, secretions, receptors, energy and other connecting mechanisms. In addition to the unified system within us, the mind also includes the energetic fields that exist between us making our relationships to other humans, living things and our environment of paramount importance to our health.

This work also recognizes that we experience the world first through our senses and intuition, and those experiences are filtered through emotional centres in the brain before they are interpreted by our cerebral cortex and 'thinking' parts of the brain. What that means for you in your human experience is that e-motions (energy in motion) as they are felt in the body are central in impacting how you believe, feel and act which creates the life that you are living. Emotions matter and you dismiss them at your peril.

Luckily, you don't need to be a scientist to understand how your mind-body system impacts your life. Embodiment has existed for as long as humans have been in the world, so your work is re-membering your wholeness and coming back to a somatic experience of life.

When you are embodied, you:
⬧ have awareness of your emotions coming up while holding the belief that you are safe
⬧ have the capacity to endure the physical manifestations of the emotions if they are uncomfortable  
⬧ have an understanding that experiencing emotion is a normal part of being human so you can let go of any fear or judgement about it showing up
⬧ have a willingness to learn what the emotions are trying to tell you when they surface and potentially allowing them to inform your actions
How many mental health problems, from drug addiction to self-injurious behavior, start as attempts to cope with the unbearable physical pain of our emotions? If Darwin was right, the solution requires finding ways to help people alter the inner sensory landscape of their bodies. Until recently, this bidirectional communication between body and mind was largely ignored by Western science, even as it had long been central to traditional healing practices in many other parts of the world, notably in India and China. Today it is transforming our understanding of trauma and recovery  

-Bessel Van Der Kolk
Our Powerful Mind-body System
You are not broken
You've simply forgotten your natural state as the cultures and systems we live in have prioritized and valued different parts of your human experience. My intention is to use these truths to help you at a practical level to find peace, freedom and surrender uplevelling your daily life.

Transformation doesn’t have to take years—it simply requires presence, genuine recognition of past patterns, and the readiness to intentionally redefine your relationship with the object of your limiting belief.

You know that you are ready to make space for healing to happen, so you begin living the most authentic and meaningful life available to you. Let's go.
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Letting go of the past
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Let this FREE GIFT support you in making space for new expressions of yourself to come in. From a deeply embodied place, this guided audio will lead you to embrace change; let go of past energy which isn't serving you; make space for the beauty coming in; and bolster trust in yourself. Give yourself permission to take just under 30 minutes and relax into this guided practice - perfect for before bed or midday when you need to pause and separate from the bustle of your day.
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Fun Fact: Cognitive behavioural coaching is an energetically masculine practice while embodiment work is energetically feminine. Most people orient more toward one over the other and the magic of this work is in creating better balance between our masculine and feminine.  In my Embodied Integration coaching practice, we move between cognitive behavioural coaching and embodied processing and enquiry all within the safe and trusting attunement of our relationship. We will co-create your personal coaching ratio of CBC to EP to correspond to what you need.
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What does 'doing the work' mean?

‍Doing the work is what's required for healing. In the West, we often chase happiness as the ultimate goal, but I believe that true healing means embracing our wholeness—allowing the full range of our emotions with radical acceptance.

‍Life gives us plenty of reasons to NOT be happy, and for many things, we shouldn't be.

‍Wholeness encourages us to be with difficult emotions like anger, sadness, and guilt when they arise, building resilience and a deeper capacity for feeling.

‍It also helps us recognize when our suffering is unnecessary, guiding us toward a healthier path.
The path to Wholeness

‍The word "healing" actually means to make whole.

‍And our path to wholeness is a returning to the primal—a bottom-up approach rooted in raw bodily sensations.

‍Having spent much of my life in my head, I know that deep conscious breathing can make this process more accessible for 'thinkers' who’ve lost touch with their bodies.

‍My embodied integration coaching meets you where you are and gently guides you toward wholeness at a safe and nurturing pace.

Your natural state is healing; we just need to create the right conditions.
‍‍Feeling skeptical?
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‍That's okay! And totally understandable.

‍The real magic of embodied integration is in the experience of it.

‍I love seeing the relief (and surprise) that my clients experience after a session, like the calm after a massage—an emotional self-care massage.

‍Honest, compassionate and non-judgemental support makes space for healing. It is truly a game-changer for our wellness. Yet, it's not something we are taught to value, so unfortunately, most of us don't prioritize this work.

‍You CAN heal — don't let our outdated narratives about health and wellness lead you to believe that you can't.
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