Last week I shared some thoughts on a word that gets thrown around often—healing. But let’s pause for a moment and ask: healing from what? To really understand what healing means, we have to look at the root of the pain. And for many of us, that root is trauma.

Over the next several weeks, I’ll be reflecting on trauma—specifically the how and why of its imprint on the body. Because trauma doesn’t just live in our stories or our minds. It lives in our bodies.

We’re often told that healing is something we arrive at. A place we reach once we’ve “done the work,” moved through the pain, and left the hard stuff behind.

But I don’t believe we can be healed—not in the clean, final way that word suggests.

I’m not exactly sure what this post will become, but I am trusting that this is the right place to start. So—welcome. It means a lot that you’re reading this.

I’m a Licensed Independent Social Worker and Clinical Psychotherapist, but those words only scratch the surface of who I am and what I do. I work with clients who are ready to go deep—not just into the roots of their anxiety or depression, but into their soul. Into a blueprint they can feel but haven’t yet fully accessed—or perhaps lost touch with along the way.

My work is body-based, trauma-informed, and soul-centered.