My Approach: Somatics, IFS & the Science of Lasting Change

I blend Internal Family Systems (Level 3), Somatic Coaching, Effortless Mindfulness, and lineage-respectful ritual with clear, current science. Two anchors shape how we work: Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB) and Memory Reconsolidation. In practice, we create safe, precise, embodied experiences that let your nervous system rewrite old emotional learnings and integrate new possibilities.

Interpersonal neurobiology (plain language)

IPNB explores how experience and relationship sculpt the brain. The aim is integration—different aspects of you communicating and cooperating. In session, that looks like co-regulation, attuned pacing, body-based awareness, and meaning-making. As your system integrates, you gain flexibility under stress, steadier boundaries, and more choice.

Memory reconsolidation (why change sticks)

Emotional learnings can update when a contradictory, lived experience lands in safety (a precise mismatch). Together we surface an old template (e.g., “If I speak, I’m unsafe”) and pair it with a felt, embodied counter-experience (curiosity, protection, voice). When the mismatch is precise and the body feels it, the old pattern can dissolve rather than just be managed.

How this maps to IFS & Shamanic Parts Work™

In IFS, parts are networks of experience your system organized for protection, and Self is the awake, compassionate center. With expanded states (sessions, journeys, dreams), we keep somatic anchors so insights stick.

  • Unattached Burdens: we test for belonging, invite non-coercive release, and restore energetic boundaries.

  • Guides/Allies: we practice discernment, consent, and right-relationship so guidance becomes practical and ethical.

What it feels like

Change tends to feel quiet and obvious, not effortful: more ease in your body, kinder inner dialogue, boundaries that hold, triggers with less charge, and creative flow that returns. You respond instead of react—and translating insight into action becomes natural.

Ethics & scope

Trauma-informed, consent-based, lineage-honoring, do-no-harm. I offer education and integration; this is not a substitute for medical or psychiatric care. I do not provide, supply, or refer for illegal substances. When appropriate, I collaborate with licensed providers and will suggest resources if clinical care is needed.

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