Approach & Values
The Story
What We Carry
Unprocessed loss, grief, and trauma - whether our own or in our lineage - can stifle our creative capacity for life and self-expression. When our creative capacity is withheld, our entire life can feel diminished. We can feel incomplete or unfulfilled, dimmed or drained, without a clear sense of why.
People who have been impacted by systems of supremacy, such as patriarchy and colonization, know this experience well. Most of us carry old wounds and stories that don’t belong to us, or are no longer in alignment with who we are or how we want to be. At the same time, we are often the first in our lineage to be able to choose a creative and liberatory path. And while there is great possibility in this, it can also feel scary of confusion to move forward without guidance or a map.
When we live our lives carrying the untended loss, trauma, and grief of our families and communities, it can feel like we are moving through life with unknown ghosts, embedded in our hearts and our bones. We feel stuck or disconnected. We witness ourselves repeating patterns and behaviors that don't quite feel supportive or aligned. We yearn for safe and meaningful connection, and long for the joy of our own full and liberated aliveness.
I know this story because it is also my story.
Exactly As You Are
You deserve to be free from stories that were never yours to carry. You deserve to self-determine your own healing and live a full and autonomous life. You deserve to express your creativity, your being, and your voice, exactly as you are. You do not have to stay stuck or small and you do not have to do it alone.
In our work together, I provide a safe and sacred container for you to be witnessed and held with compassion and care. Writing, Somatic Experiencing, and spiritual practice and care offer ways to slow down and sink into our deeper knowing. From this place, we are able to connect with what is present and true for us, and the infinite love and support that exists within and and all around. With a greater sense of connection and resource, we open to the possibility of our own freedom and aliveness.
Wild, Alive, and Free
Having a conscious relationship with life means having a conscious relationship with death. Our loss, grief, and wounds are not only places that carry pain. They are places that carry the wisdom and information we need to free ourselves, and connect to our own capacity to heal, create, and honor (our own) life. You are the holder of unique and magnificent gifts that are desperately needed to bring forth healing and creativity at this time.
Life does not end at the wound. You deserve to continue on living — wild, alive, and free. There are pathways forward and beauty along the way.
My Approach
I hold over 15 years of training and practice in anti-oppression, trauma-informed, and popular education models of facilitation, and integrate writing, earth-based spiritual practice, and Somatic Experiencing techniques to facilitate healing and provide meaningful, holistic support — I am a grounded and therapeutic presence. I provide a safe, welcoming, and sacred container and support you to self-determine your own path and process — with gentleness, compassion, and love.
My approach is heart-centered, intersectional, and honors the inherent sovereignty and wisdom of those I work with. Our work together is collaborative, relational, and emergent - together we will be with and learn from what is present, and consciously navigate how to hold, shape, and / or transform what arises.
Guiding Values
Right to Be
All living beings have the right to be. We have a right to live, grow, and make mistakes. We have a right to heal and change. We have a right to the whole of our human experience. To be works in progress. To be welcomed and accepted, exactly as we are.
Sovereignty & Self-determination
Each of us holds the inherent wisdom and capacity we need to self-determine our own healing and creative process. As sovereign beings, we are the ones who are best positioned to make decisions over how we live, heal, create, grieve, and when possible, how we die.
Relationship
We exist in relationship. With the plants and trees and birds outside our home. With the earth, the moon, the sky. We exist in relationship with each other and ourselves. With our past, present, and future ancestors. We are accountable to and strengthened by this interconnection.
There Are Many Right Ways
There is no one right way to heal, grieve, live or create. It is okay to know and not know, and to do the best we can with the information we have. I offer space to honor what feels true and aligned, while acknowledging that it’s okay for things to shift, change, and evolve.
Multiplicity
We are complex and multidimensional beings. We carry complicated histories, lived experiences, and lineages, which means we hold multiple and often contradictory truths. We do not exist in binaries and boxes. We are multiple and expansive and there is room for all our parts.
“The support made me feel seen and heard.”
— Paige Chung, Writing Consultation Client
