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You're holding it
all together.
Who's holding you?
Therapy for women who are self-aware, capable, and
exhausted by it.
Hi, I'm Michaela​​​
—— YOU MIGHT BE HERE BECAUSE​
You hold everything together really well.
Which means most people have no idea.
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And that's probably one of the loneliest parts.
You keep thinking you just need to get through this next thing, but there's always a next thing.
And underneath all of it, something may be falling apart.
You can name your patterns, trace them back to where they started, and explain them to someone else.
And they still keep happening.
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You've tried the things people suggest like therapy, self-care, meditation. And none of it has touched whatever this actually is, Because whatever this actually is, goes deeper than habits and routines.
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"I understand my anxiety completely. It doesn't care."
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No matter how much insight you have, it still shows up. You're high-functioning on the outside and barely holding it together inside. Managing it every single day while looking completely fine from the outside is exhaistng.​
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02
"On paper everything looks fine. I hate that I can't just be happy."​
You have a good life. You know that. And yet here you are running on empty, quietly resenting things you feel you should be grateful for, having the same argument with yourself about it on repeat. The guilt about the resentment is its own whole thing.
You see your patterns clearly and repeat them anyway.​​
03
"I've tried everything and I'm still this tired."
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You see your patterns clearly and repeat them anyway.​​ You've done the things and the things haven't worked because the exhaustion underneath the exhaustion is not a habits problem. It's not something a routine can fix and you know that by now. That's why you're here.
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​"I don't recognize myself anymore. I don't know when that happened."​​
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Something changed in peri/menopause and the person you used to know — the one with opinions, energy, things she cared about — feels very far away. You're not sure who you are when no one needs anything from you. You're not sure you remember how to find out.
But something in you knows that this is not it.
YOU WANT MORE.
YOU WANT TO FEEL DIFFERENT.
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—— THIS IS DIFFERENT​
Therapy that honors
your intelligence and your nervous system.
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Your mind, body, your history, and your relationships all belong in the room. ​
Not as separate problems to fix one at a time, but as parts of one person who makes
complete sense when you actually look at the whole picture.
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Most therapy will help you cope. This work asks what you're coping with & why it's still here.
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—— WHO THIS IS FOR​
Intelligent, self-aware, motivated women
who are ready for something to shift.
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— THE DOERS AND THE GIVERS . You are exhausted by how much you carry and don't know how to put any of it down.
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— WOMEN CARRYING OLD TRAUMA that keeps showing up in new situations, your relationships, this seasons of life, or maybe as a new version of the same old pain.
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— WOMEN IN PERIMENOPAUSE AND MIDLIFE​. You're in the middle of something real and you need someone to take seriously what this season is actually doing to you..
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— WOMEN IN MAJOR TRANSITIONS You're in the middle of something you didn't choose. Maybe career change, divorce, loss, new chapter, wanting support that goes deeper than coping.​
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How I can help you​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​—— BEGIN HERE​
Free 20-minute conversation
is where most people start.
No commitment, Just a chance to see if this feels like a fit.​
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Not ready to book yet?
Start here.
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If you're still thinking about if this kind of work is what you need, the free guide is a good place to begin. It won't ask anything of you except a moment to slow down. And it won't try to talk you into anything.