Many clients come to this work with chronic pain, illness, or fatigue as their primary concern. Standard chronic pain coaching often focuses on eliminating symptoms, which can leave you feeling like a failure if the pain remains. I believe a deeply rewarding life is possible with or without pain. By shifting from ‘fixing’ to skillfully relating to your sensations, we take the fear out of the discomfort. This allows you to stop waiting for a ‘cure’ and start living into what you care about most, right now.

For clients where pain or fatigue is their primary focus, I offer a gentle mix of somatic coaching and pain reprocessing therapy: working with your sensations, energy, and nervous system, rather than against them. This can help you:

• Relate to pain and fatigue with more compassion and less struggle.
• Identify early signs of overwhelm to respond with skill rather than reaction.
• Pace yourself without the weight of guilt or self-blame.
• Rebuild trust in your body’s unique intelligence and signals.
• Engage in what matters without pushing past your physical limits.
• Reclaim inherent dignity that isn’t tied to your productivity.
• Set centered boundaries and express access needs without feeling like a burden.
• Unlearn internalized ableism and the pressure to “fix” yourself.
• Cultivate moments of ease and delight alongside the reality of your lived experience.
• Build a full, meaningful life—whether or not you are “pain-free.”

Clients Commonly Describe Experiencing Through This Work:

• Feeling more present and at home in their bodies
• Greater ease with asserting boundaries
• More self-compassion and less harsh self-criticism
• More access to joy, pleasure, awe and gratitude
• More clarity around their values, commitments and purpose
• Taking new, aligned actions in work, relationships, and daily life
• Deeper awareness of survival patterns and how past experiences shape the present
• Increased somatic awareness — learning to listen to the body as a source of wisdom and choice
• Less reactivity and more capacity to respond intentionally
• A deeper felt sense of dignity, safety, and belonging
• Self-care grounded in real capacity rather than pressure or burnout culture
• Feeling more connected — to themselves, to others, and to a sense of purpose
• Being supported in an inclusive, body-affirming space that honors diverse identities and lived experiences

Who do I work with?

I support people navigating the world in bodies and identities that are often undervalued or misunderstood. If you are tired of over-giving, neglecting yourself, struggling with chronic pain, and/or generally being a “meanie” to yourself, you are in the right place.

This includes people who are:

• Disabled, chronically ill, or living with chronic pain or fatigue
• Fat or larger-bodied
• Trans, nonbinary, genderqueer, or gender-expansive
• Neurodivergent
• Women or those raised as female
• BIPOC and
• LGBTQIA+

I especially love working with filmmakers, artists, cultural workers, community organizers, educators and activists, folks who are inspired to do the work of culture change. 

My work is trauma-aware, disability-, trans-, and neuro-affirming, and always adaptable to fluctuating energy levels.

When is it a good time to do this type of somatic work and when isn’t it?

While I have trained in and pull from a wide range of somatic modalities and approaches, the heart of my work is grounded in my training from the Strozzi Institute and from the many generative somatics teachers with whom I’ve studied “politicized somatics.” This approach is similar to life or leadership coaching — in that we orient towards the future, focus on what you’re longing for and work towards making that a reality — but, by working through and with the body, somatically, we create the conditions for sustainable change, also called “embodied transformation,” to occur. 

It’s not always the right time for this work. If you’re in a time when healing trauma is your primary focus, i.e. you’re feeling activated or overwhelmed most of the time, the type of somatic work I offer might not be your best option right now. I would recommend starting with a somatic therapist or a skillful Somatic Experiencing practitioner who are focused on healing trauma as it is held in the body. Once things have been processed to a point where you can begin to dream of a positive future and can feel into an inner calling for something more/better in your life, even if it’s just a glimmer right now, that’s where this work can be most effective. If you’re not sure, I’m happy to discuss more in a free intro call. I want to make sure you’re finding the best “tool” for the job.

Other signs that we might be a good match: 

• if you are passionate about building a more just and equitable world for all and find the current moves towards fascism deeply disturbing
• if you are open to integrating 10-15 minutes of body-based somatic practices into your day (adapted to your body)
• if the idea that purposeful, regular practice is key towards sustainable transformation feels right to you

Ways to work together

Individual coaching
One-on-one sessions provide personalized support, paced around your body, energy, and goals. This is a space for reflection, experimentation, and embodied integration.

Small groups
Small group sessions provide shared practice, reflection, and mutual learning.

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