SoulShift for Carers

SoulShift for Carers SoulShift for Carers offers an exclusive support program to parents and carers of people with a disability - because you deserve to thrive too!

Jade | Nervous System Repair for Special Needs Mums
🧠 Carer burnout is a nervous system injury (not a self care problem)
🧡 Somatic support for autism mums and complex needs parenting
âś… Start here: Free Toolkit
💬 Message “BOOK” for session availability Our 1:1 holistic support aims to help you to reclaim your identity, restore and sustain mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing and rise into empowered, purpose-driven living. I know first hand the impact on your whole self that caring for a loved one has and want to support you to live the life you deserve with a sense of peace and purpose. Our goals:
- Improve mental health and emotional resilience
- Build a supportive and understanding community
- Provide trauma-informed holistic healing therapies for carers
- Empowerment & life design guidance
- Support spiritual growth
- Prevent and reduce carer burnout
- Address and reduce the risk of addiction or maladaptive coping strategies
- Support grief and chronic sorrow

I have 12 years of lived experience having a daughter who has a severe disability/rare genetic disorder and years of professional experience supporting families. I also ran a successful business providing support to families and respite for people with a disability. My qualifications include:
- Holistic Wellness Practitioner
- Advanced Transformational Life Coaching Practitioner
- Inner Child Healing Practitioner
- Mental Wellness Coaching Practitioner
- Mindfulness Coaching Practitioner
- Polyvagal Therapy Practitioner
- Certificate in DBT (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy)
- Certificate in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Quantum Healing Practitioner
- Crystal Energy Healer
- Certificate IV Alcohol & Other Drugs
- Certificate IV in Training & Assessment
- Certificate III Community Services
- Bachelor of Arts - Youth Studies
- Mental Health First Aid
- First Aid Level 2
- ASSIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training)
- Currently completing Graduate Diploma in Counselling

A special needs mum said something to me recently that hit hard:“I want a life that exists outside of caring.”And I know...
31/03/2026

A special needs mum said something to me recently that hit hard:

“I want a life that exists outside of caring.”

And I know so many women will feel that deep in their body.

Because this is not about loving your child any less.
It is about what happens when years of stress, hypervigilance and carrying too much start swallowing you whole.

If your whole identity has become managing, surviving, anticipating, preventing, holding it all together…
of course you feel lost.
Of course you feel flat.
Of course part of you misses yourself.

That does not make you selfish.
It makes you a human being whose nervous system has been under pressure for far too long.

This is why so many forms of self care do not touch the depth of it.
Because the issue is not that you need more candles, baths or time management.
The issue is that your body has been stuck in survival for so long that rest does not actually feel like rest anymore.

You cannot mindset your way out of a body that feels constantly on alert.

This is why I care so much about somatic healing.
Because when we work with the body, not just the thoughts, things start to shift.
You begin to feel safer.
Softer.
More present.
More like you again.

You are allowed to be a devoted mum and still want more for your life.
You are allowed to want joy, space, identity, breath, peace.
You do not have to disappear in order to love your child well.

I made a short video explaining why somatic healing can be such a missing piece for burnt out special needs mums.

Comment WATCH and I’ll send you the link x

30/03/2026

Have you ever wondered how much trauma your body is still holding?

This is why I do somatic healing.

Because trauma gets stored in the body.
And when it stays there, it can look like overreacting, shutdown, rage, anxiety, numbness, constant tension, or a nervous system that never fully settles.

Somatic healing is about helping the body release what it has been holding for far too long.

Gently.
Safely.
A little at a time.

So your body can stop acting like the danger is still happening.

Can anyone else relate to that feeling?

Comment RELEASE if you want me to talk more about this.

30/03/2026

Fun fact - at the time she was 11th in the world to be diagnosed and it didn’t even have a name - just the number of the gene NAA10.
It now sits under Ogden Syndrome.

There is nowhere near enough research.. so I do my best to do my own.

If you have been doing all the things you are “meant” to do…taking breaks when you cantrying to get more sleepseeing a c...
30/03/2026

If you have been doing all the things you are “meant” to do…

taking breaks when you can
trying to get more sleep
seeing a counsellor
telling yourself to slow down
trying so hard to keep it all together

…and you still feel cooked in your body

this is why.

Long-term caregiving stress does not just make you tired.
It keeps your nervous system switched on.

So even when the house is quiet
even when nothing is technically wrong
even when you finally sit down

your body still does not feel safe enough to actually let go.

That is why rest helps
but does not always restore.

That is why burnout can linger for so long.
And why so many special needs mums keep thinking they need to try harder
when really, their body is just stuck in survival mode.

This is the exact reason I created these supports.

The Calm Mum Toolkit is where I’d start if everything already feels like too much.
It is free.
Simple.
And gives you nervous system tools you can actually use in the middle of real life.

The Regulation Circles are for the mums who are tired of carrying this alone.
A space to breathe.
To downshift.
To be with women who get it.
And to give your body repeated experiences of safety, because that is how we start changing the baseline.

And if you are ready for deeper support, the Anchored Mum Project is there for that too.
That is where we go further into the patterns underneath the burnout
so your whole life does not keep feeling like one long stress response.

Because you do not need more pressure.
You do not need another generic self-care tip.

You need support that actually helps your body exhale.

Start with the toolkit.
Come into the circles if you want live support and connection.
And if you are ready to go deeper, the Anchored Mum Project is there too.

Comment ANCHOR and I’ll send you some resources

The hard part is the isolation does not always happen all at once. It happens slowly. You say no a few more times.You st...
30/03/2026

The hard part is the isolation does not always happen all at once.

It happens slowly.

You say no a few more times.
You stop explaining.
You stop reaching out.
You get used to holding it all on your own.

And after a while, that starts to feel normal.

That is why this matters so much.

Because when you have been carrying this life for a long time, you do not just need somewhere to vent.
You need a space where you feel understood.
A space where your body can soften.
A space where you are not the only one holding this kind of mental and emotional load.

That is what the Regulation Circle is for.

Not just support.
Not just coping.
But healing. Nervous system repair. And real connection with women who actually get it.

If this post felt a bit too familiar, please do not brush it off and tell yourself you will deal with it later.

Comment CIRCLE and I’ll send you the details.

29/03/2026

For some special needs families, they bring relief.
No school battles. No school refusal. No forcing a system that is clearly not working for your child.

But for other families, the lead-up to school holidays can feel like pure dread.

More demands. More transitions. More noise. More mess. Less routine. Less support. Less breathing room.

And your body knows it.

That tight chest.
The irritability.
The jaw clenching.
The constant scanning ahead.
The feeling of bracing before it has even started.

This is what so many mums are carrying quietly.

If this time of year stirs up fear, anxiety, guilt, grief, or just that deep exhausted feeling of “I do not know how I’m going to get through this again”… you are not the only one.

That is exactly why I created the regulation circles.

A space where you do not have to explain everything.
A space to come down out of survival mode.
A space to be with women who actually get it.

Camera optional. No pressure. Just support, nervous system downshift, and a reminder that you are not doing this alone.

Comment CIRCLE and I’ll send you the info.

You don’t need another holiday.You need your nervous system to stop living like everything is an emergency.That is why s...
29/03/2026

You don’t need another holiday.

You need your nervous system to stop living like everything is an emergency.

That is why so many special needs mums get a break and still come home feeling wired, depleted and two seconds from snapping.

Because burnout is not just exhaustion.

It is your body getting stuck in survival mode.

And until that changes, nothing really changes.

Somatic healing helps shift the baseline.

So you can feel calmer in your body, less reactive, and actually able to cope with real life again.

Comment BASELINE and I’ll tell you how to start.

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