Supporting real, sustainable growth
Working with your experience, not against it.
You’ve done the mindset work. You’ve read the books. Maybe you’ve even spent years in therapy.
And yet, something still doesn’t quite shift. You may feel anxious, burned out, stuck in familiar patterns, or disconnected from yourself in ways you can’t think your way out of.
Most of us were never taught how to stay in relationship with our inner experience — especially when things feel uncomfortable, confusing, or charged. We learn about ourselves, but not how to be with ourselves in real time.
Somatic coaching supports a different kind of change. Rather than trying to override symptoms or fix parts of you, this work helps you rebuild inner connection — learning how to listen to your body, your emotions, and your nervous system in a way that restores trust, steadiness, and responsiveness from the inside out.
Together, we work with patterns that once helped you adapt or survive, and explore how to relate to them differently now — so more of you can be present, available, and engaged in your life.
If you’re curious, I’ve put together a short introduction to somatic coaching that you can explore (no opt-in required) to get a clearer sense of what this work looks like in practice.
Somatic coaching with Jess has profoundly improved my quality of life. I'm a better version of me, no doubt. Part of it is the modality itself, but I think a bigger part of it is her peerless way of holding space and guiding me through the process. After each session, I emerge feeling replenished and reenergized, no matter how depleted and emotional I felt going in. I don't want to sound hyperbolic, but this work is life changing.
— Naseem B.
What is Somatic Coaching?
Somatic coaching is a trauma-aware, present-focused approach to healing and growth. It’s not about over-analyzing the past or getting lost in stories about the present. It’s about learning to notice how stress and survival patterns are showing up now — in sensation, emotion, behavior, imagery, or meaning — and discovering how to relate to them with more clarity, steadiness, and choice.
Although the word somatic often gets associated only with the body, this work is not body-exclusive.
Somatic simply means of the living system.
That means this work includes the body, yes — but also the felt sense, your emotional landscape, inner images, meaning-making, and the subtle patterns that shape how you experience yourself and the world.
At its heart, somatic coaching is about rebuilding inner connection. It’s a space to learn how to stay in relationship with your experience — especially in moments that are uncomfortable, confusing, or charged — rather than overriding, fixing, or disconnecting from it.
This isn’t about fixing what’s “wrong” with you.
It’s about creating the right conditions for something new to emerge.
Through attuned presence, system-informed practices, and gentle, responsive guidance, you begin to shift not just how you feel — but how you relate to yourself, your patterns, and your life.
Working Together
I offer one-on-one coaching for people who want personalized support in building a steadier, more compassionate relationship with themselves.
Sessions are 60 minutes long and held over Zoom.
I begin with an introductory session ($75) so we can get a feel for working together.
From there, I typically work in 6-session containers at $150 per session. This allows enough space to go beyond insight and into real, experiential change. At the end of the six sessions, we check in together about what feels like the right next step.
If this feels like a good fit, you’re welcome to reach out to schedule an introductory session.
What Clients are Saying
FAQs
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Somatic coaching is a present-focused, whole-system approach to growth and healing.
While the word somatic often gets equated with “the body,” this work includes the body and the rest of your lived experience. Together, we explore how stress and survival patterns are showing up across your system — in sensation, emotion, behavior, inner images, and the meaning you make of what’s happening.
Rather than staying in thought loops or rehashing the past, somatic coaching focuses on what’s happening now, and how you’re relating to it. Through nervous-system-informed, relational practices, you learn how to stay connected to your experience in a way your system can actually respond to.
The goal isn’t to analyze yourself more — it’s to build inner connection, restore choice, and support change that’s felt, integrated, and sustainable.
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Somatic coaching and therapy can be deeply complementary, but they have different centers of gravity.
Therapy often focuses on understanding your history, processing past experiences, and working with diagnosis or symptom relief. Somatic coaching is present-focused and skill-based — it centers on how your system is responding now, and how you’re relating to your inner experience in real time.
Rather than analyzing why something developed, we work with how stress, protection, and patterns are showing up across your system today — in sensation, emotion, behavior, and meaning — and build your capacity to stay connected and responsive as they arise.
This work isn’t about fixing or pathologizing. It’s about strengthening your ability to be with yourself with steadiness and care, so change can happen from the inside out and actually integrate into daily life.
Many people come to somatic coaching after (or alongside) therapy when they understand themselves well, but want support turning that understanding into lived, embodied change.
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Not at all. Whether this is brand new to you or you’ve been on this path for a while, we’ll meet you where you are. I’ll guide you through the practices step-by-step — no pressure, no performance, no expertise required.
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Common themes include:
The weight of stress, burnout, or ongoing overwhelm
Feeling distant from yourself, your body, or the people around you
Life transitions or emotional waves that feel hard to navigate
Patterns of people-pleasing, perfectionism, or constant overthinking
Rebuilding a sense of safety and trust in your body
Uncertainty about your next steps or life direction
A sense of stuckness — like something’s looping or not moving
The frustration of repeating the same emotional or relational patterns
A quiet (or loud) inner voice of doubt, disconnection, or self-criticism
And also…
Stepping into a new chapter with clarity and confidence
Deepening your connection with your inner wisdom
Exploring your authentic path or creative calling
Expanding your nervous system’s capacity for joy, energy, and visibility
Cultivating self-trust and emotional resilience
Clarifying your values and living in greater alignment
Creating space for what’s next — without pushing past what’s here
That said, there’s no one-size-fits-all. Every session is tailored to you.
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Yes. This work is deeply rooted in a trauma-aware lens. We’ll move at your pace, honor your capacity, and never push your system where it’s not ready to go.
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Each 60-minute session is a blend of conversation, Inner Focusing, and somatic tools — like gentle inquiry, guided awareness, and attuning to sensation and felt experience
You’ll never be asked to do anything that doesn’t feel safe. This is a collaborative space where we follow your pace and your body’s cues. The intention is to help you reconnect with your inner landscape — and support change that arises from within.
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To get started, you’re welcome to reach out through the contact form.
We’ll start with a brief conversation to see whether working together feels like a good fit. If it does, I’ll share next steps for scheduling.
