You might be trying many strategies attempting to calm your mind, relax your body, or think positive thoughts. Do you judge yourself for experiencing stress, anxiety, or depression without being able to turn the tide? Does it all seem like really hard work? 

I help sensitive people who are grappling with emotional pain and unravel chronic patterns like depression, anxiety, general stress, and stubborn patterns of self-criticism and addiction. Beneath these struggles often lie unexplored layers that are waiting to be known, nurtured, and liberated through our shared conscious attention. 

Are you familiar with coping mechanisms like distracting yourself to feel better and pleasing other people while hiding behind a mask? These are all very understandable ways to manage an underlying sense of lack and unsafety. But now it's time to lower the mask and receive the gift of true attention. With an in-depth exploration we go beyond surface strategies and compassionately meet your needs at the root. Receiving directly what no strategy can deliver. 

Almost all clients that I see struggle with an underlying sense that there is something wrong or lacking about them that they need to compensate for. This is a very common illusion held in place by a body and mind that is overwhelmed and under-nurtured. With the deepening of inner clarity, you are meeting yourself through the layers where stories of self-deficiency fall away like waking up out of a bad dream. 

When seeing yourself through the lens of the mind you automatically have a reduced sense of self. This is because the mind can only think in terms of labels and fixed objects that don't capture the depth of what you are. When we look at ourselves as this fictitious 'object', no matter how good, bad, or amazing we believe ourselves to be, it will always create a tiring pursuit of self-worth that needs to be earned and maintained. Only when we allow ourselves to sink beyond the stories that our mind has about us does the endless game of comparison, self-doubt, and self-improvement come to an end. 

• Breathing exercises

• Meditation exercises

• Rituals and routines

• Mental tricks

• Substances and foods 

• Pleasures or distractions

And there is nothing wrong with these ... unless we use these practices against ourselves. We then use even the most beautiful strategies to temporarily 'fix' our state instead as ways to meet those parts that truly need attention. 

When you are spinning in cycles of well-meant exercises and self-care routines without an increasing sense of ...

• Connectedness

• Freedom

• Rest

• Empowerment

• Appreciation of yourself and others

• Vitality

.. it could be a sign that you need another approach. One that helps you to let down your long-held armor and stop the endless pursuit of a better you. When you are tired of trying to feel better and it all seems like hard work, it could be that now is the time for your body to be leading the way.