There was a season of my life I was not sure I would make it through.
I became a Christian in college, but I didn't understand my own nervous system or why I responded the way I did. So many of my behaviors were protective responses that I couldn't name or understand.
Then I found myself in an abusive situation. Every day was a fight to survive emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. I had no sense of purpose, no desires, just a singular focus of getting through to the next hour with what felt like no end in sight.
I was still a Christian through all of it, bu this is where my relationship with Jesus reached a depth I had never known before.
If you know anything about abuse, you know that isolation is one of its most powerful tactics. In the midst of my own isolation, I discovered on a much deeper level, that not only was I not alone because Jesus was with me, but to what lengths He was willing to go to save me. Obviously, my mind already was aware of this, but now the deeper parts of me were experiencing this Truth.
I remember the story of the bleeding woman (Matthew 9:20-22) coming to my mind. It's a nice story to read, but this time I lived like I was that woman. Reaching for the hem of His garment and clinging to that single thread for dear life. And with it came Biblical hope. The kind of hope where you're certain, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that things will change, that I would be free again, that I would see the sunshine in my life and thrive.
That understanding changed everything for me
and it is what led me to you
My Story
As I walked through my own healing journey, I found it difficult to find support that understood both my faith and my experience. I reached out to Christian communities during some of my hardest moments and, though their hearts were in the right place, the guidance I received did not account for what was actually happening in my body and my nervous system and I know I'm not alone in that.
As I began to learn about the nervous system and the body God created for us, something started to come alive in me. The science was not contradicting my faith. It was confirming it. It felt like biology was simply catching up to what the Scriptures had been saying for centuries.
Leaving, however, was not the end of the story. It was just the beginning of a new one.
My Training
I am a Certified Somatic Trauma Informed Coach, certified through The School of Healing and Growth (formally The School of Trauma Informed Positive Psychology). This training equips me to understand how your body holds and responds to stress and trauma, and how to support you in working with your nervous system rather than against it.
I am currently pursuing my Trauma Informed Positive Psychology Practitioner certification, deepening my ability to support healing from a strengths-based, whole-person perspective.
Looking ahead, I am also pursuing Biblically grounded certifications because I believe the Word of God is not separate from this, but is the foundation.
My mission is to walk alongside Christian abuse survivors and those who love them, helping them understand what their body and nervous system are telling them and begin healing in the way God designed them to. Through trauma-informed, somatic coaching grounded in Scripture and science, I am here to offer the kind of compassionate, accessible support that God so freely extends to all of us.
Mission Statement
Vision Statement
My hope is that every abuse survivor feels seen, supported, and equipped to heal within their church. Where the body of Christ understands that healing isn't just spiritual or mental, but physical and physiological as well. Where survivors are met with both spiritual truths and practical tools that honor God and how He created our bodies.
Statement of Faith
I believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. I believe that Jesus Christ is both fully God and fully man and that through His life, death, and resurrection He made a way for every one of us to be restored and made whole.
I believe the Bible is the inspired, infallible Word of God and the ultimate authority for how I live and how I serve. It's the foundation everything I do is built on.
I believe God designed the human body with intention and with purpose and that understanding how He made us is not separate from faith, but an extension of it. Science doesn't threaten what the Bible says. In my experience, it keeps confirming it.
This is the lens through which I show up for every person I work with, with integrity, with compassion, and with a deep commitment to Truth.
