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Serendipity of the Soul

Where Inner-Child Healing Meets
Whole-Body Wellness
Your Future Self Is Counting On You Thankyou for being curious enough to have a look at my page. No joy.

I've worked in the wellbeing/social work/mental health field in all modalities for over 20 years. I worked predominantly in secondary colleges with challenging adolescents and also primary schools as the wellbeing worker. I have also worked as the youth counsellor at headspace, and in Adult Mental Health as a Mental Health Worker. In amongst all of that, I suffered a severe and prolonged traumatic event that had me believing my life would not be worth living again. The challenges I endured were debilitating. I thought my life would forever be in a state of survival. No future to look forward to. That is, until I learnt to listen to my body. To get out of my head and connect back to the body. To face my fear! The therapy I am certified in has literally changed the way my nervous system responds. I no longer sit in hypervigilance (which I thought was my “new” normal baseline). This form of therapy is specifically designed to support and help heal your body, that can operate differently after trauma. Once your body and soul knows it's healing, it craves more. If you had asked me if I was going to launch my own business, I would have said no way! But when I realised that while studying this therapy, I was actually healing myself. Once I knew how good and healing this was, I had to share with the world! Having this professional background and personal experience has supported me to become a compassionate, caring trauma-informed therapist using guidance and grace while connecting and holding a session with you. Something (or someone) led you to click on my profile, so let’s schedule a free phone call so I can hear your story and answer any questions you may have.

22/10/2025

I opened my current art book where I get to create doodles, calligraphy and/or write in, when I need to express but not sure what

So what comes out is what comes out (with a little bit of structure)

I had written this early last week when I was really struggling mentally. I had a dark cloud of sadness shrouding me and I was teary, feeling unworthy and unwanted. My feelings came out in the words below in the photo

I had my white gelly pen and i was going over the doodling i had done a while back when I couldnt ignore my mind chatter anymore and suddenly these words were formed on the paper in front of me.

I poured it out and it landed on the black page. I stared at it for a while. I took notice of the words and connecting the meaning of them connecting to me. I took a moment to acknowledge and accept that this is what my body needs to express. So thats what I did

I acknowledged each emotion and accepted that they are here because they need to be felt.

However, even though I sat in silence accepting this moment, there were voices yelling out to erase them. Scribble over them. Make them disappear

Shame came up! What would people think of me reading this? Ive exposed my insecurities and everyone's going to make fun of me and use it against me. Cover it up! Stop being vulnerable! It's not safe!

I heard them. I listened to them and I chose to leave it just as it is. Out in the open for the world to see

Reflecting on this right now and ive realised i have healed more parts of me without even realising i had. I was able to measure my growth. Post traumatic growth

That moment that I chose to accept and share my feelings with the world, to not cover them up, scribble them out, or make them disappear. I accepted a part of me just a little bit more today: by not covering them up, scribbling them out, or making them disappear. I accepted a part of me just a little bit more today, just as I am

Healing just doesn't happen in session, it can happen anywhere. By consciously choosing to do something different, to change your response, to get different results, you are creating a new pathway to walk down. A new you!

There are 3 voices in your head; fear, the others, and your higher self. So how do you know the difference? Your higher self only knows how to speak in love. You just need to quieten the other 2 to be able to hear it ❤️

16/10/2025

YOU MATTER!

I hope you heal the wounded inner child in you. I hope you heal from the childhood trauma that was caused to you, but no one apologised for. I hope you heal from painful words that were said to you that still haunt you

In my sessions we explore the following:
1). Somatic work - Letting your body do the healing when the words aren't enough
2). Inner-Child Work - Listening to the part of you that still needs comfort, safety, and/or validation
3). Attachment style - The reason you either cling, push people away, or never feel fully safe in love
4). Enmeshment - When your feelings were tied up in everyone else's - and you don't get to be you

If this speaks to you, know that you don’t have to walk this path alone. In my sessions, you’ll find a space where you feel safe enough to lean into the discomfort that leads to true healing, while also feeling supported, seen, and comforted.

I know this journey because I’ve lived it, and I’ll guide you forward with the compassion and certainty that comes from experience.

Your healing, your growth, your freedom; it’s all possible, and it begins with one brave step. DM me "ready". Jo💛✨

09/10/2025

Childhood trauma check
This Self-Acceptance Exercise So Powerful most people cry by Step 3
Step 1. Face yourself (literally in the mirror)
Stand in front of a mirror. No distractions, no filters, no 'fixing' your hair. Just look! Notice how quickly your mind jumps to criticism. Let the thoughts come - but don't engage. This is you, right here, right now.

Step 2. Name the truth out loud. Say your name. Then say, "I am here". Feel the weight of the words. You're not reciting a role (parent, partner, professional). You're addressing you.

Step 3. Speak to yourself like someone you love. Here's why most people cry. Look into your own eyes and say, "I forgive you. I accept you. I'm not leaving you". Say it again until the voice steadies. Until your body believes it.

Self-rejection hides in subtle ways - the tome you use with yourself, the goals you never celebrate, the way you look away from the mirror. When you break the pattern, your nervous system finally stops bracing for attack - from yourself.

When you try it, if your voice shakes or your eyes well up, that's not weakness, that's release

A study shown in 1997 that 85% of parents believed physical punishment was necessary for discipline.

That generation grew up with VCR's and violence and weren't allowed to speak about it. Cartoons in the morning and chaos at night - and the truth is most of us carry trauma we didn't even know had a name.

60-70% of us had at least 1 adverse childhood experience. 1 in 6 had 4 or more. That's not rare - thats an epidemic!
..and now, we're adults trying to parent while still parenting the child inside of us.

We're breaking cycles we never agreed to. Healing wounds we didn't cause. Choosing love and gentleness and giving our kids the best shot at not having to heal this type of hurt

If this speaks to you, know that you don’t have to walk this path alone. In my sessions, you’ll find a space where you are safe enough to lean into the discomfort that leads to true healing, while also feeling supported, seen, and comforted.

I know this journey because I’ve lived it, and I’ll guide you forward with the compassion and certainty that comes from experience. Your healing, your growth, your freedom; it’s all possible, and it begins with one brave step. DM me "ready". Jo💛✨

02/10/2025

Patterns run deeper than pain. Pain can fade, but if the same cycles keep repeating, nothing really changes... 🛣

True healing comes when you say no more... When you choose differently, respond differently, and stop letting the past write the same story over and over.

That’s the hard part… breaking patterns. But it’s also the most powerful. Because the moment you do, you step into freedom. 💜✨

02/09/2025

September mantra

B E K I N D F I R S T ! 😇❣️

30 day challenge (well 28 now)...and if i make it through, it'll be ongoing

Whose with me?

Ask yourself "what would love do?" Then become it!

Also, ask yourself..."is it truthful, is it necessary and is it kind?"

Sometimes we are the toxic ones. Learn to recognise it in ourselves and hold ourselves accountable.

It's ok to stuff up, but if we dont course correct, we are bound to keep repeating the mistakes, just in new settings and relationships and call it fate!

Adult up!

28/08/2025

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This explains the difference between hypnotherapy and traditional therapy

In Root-Cause Therapy you are taken on a time-line regression journey that acts in similar way to hypnotherapy creating new neural pathways almost instantly. So moving forward your programming has been rewired to operate from a place of safety, self-empowerment. This is creating the internal feelings that you project into your world at the frequency of authenticity. The highest form of self

Who's ready to dive into this exciting transformation. DM me and we can take it from there. Jo 💛✨️

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25/08/2025

Find those parts and give them the love they've been seeking all along

Your body is whole. Its not meant to have "fractured" part split off from us through "mistakes".

Welcome the survivors home. This is how they'll feel the love that they (you), deserve ❤️

22/08/2025

If you're not in therapy, here's nearly everything you need to know in 50 seconds;
1. Your triggers aren't proof you're broken, they're proof you're still carrying pain

2. What is called "overreacting" is often your nervous system remembering something you forgot. If its hysterical, it's historical

3. You dont need to earn rest, love or safety: you are always worthy

4. Boundaries aren't selfish. Silence isn't peace. And coping isn't healing

5. You can't think your way out of feelings. You have to feel your way though and that doesn't mean you become that feeling. Just notice what it feels like in your body

6. Healing isn't becoming someone new. It's remembering who you were before the world told you to shrink

7. You dont have to work hard to earn a rest. You should ask yourself ; "have i rested enough to be productive today?"

8. Healing doesn't change your past. It changes your future.

9. When your body starts healing, it craves more

10. The opposite side of that painful step, is the life you crave, craving you too.

Hope this helps. Let me know if you want to add anything or what stands out for you. Jo 💛 ✨️

20/08/2025

Whether it's, PTSD, CPTSD, Trauma or low self-worth. The way to get to feeling 'safe in the body' is through it!

It's not as scary as you think. Ive walked this line time and time again. I really surprised myself with what I achieved when I surrendered to the fear, to find out it was never as fearful as my mind perceived it to be

Brains are not 'prediction machines', not a 'truth machine'. It does not see the world the way it is.
It sees the world as it expects it to be based on past experiences.

Those gut feelings and automatic thoughts, they're educated guesses, not gospel

Your thoughts are not facts. You can have a thought without having to believe it, obey it or even like it. Learning to notice thoughts instead of fusing with them is the key to freedom.

Your comfort zone is your cage. Growth feels uncomfortable by design.

If you always avoid discomfort, you avoid the exact experiences that would make life worth living. You are not your thoughts but your behaviour will shape your identity

Thinking about running wont make you a runner. But acting in line with your values repeatedly, that builds who you become.

Emotions are data, not directives. They tell you something about what matters to you, or what feels threatening. But they do not always tell you whats true. You can feel anxious but still be safe. You can feel guilty and still be right

Behaviour shapes feelings more than feelings shape behaviour. Waiting to feel motivated is a trap. Action often creates the emotion that you're waiting for. Do the thing and the feeling follows

Lastly, your mind is built for survival not happiness. Its wired to scan for danger, replay mistakes and imagine worst case scenarios, (guilty!), because thats what kept our ancestors alive.

Happiness takes deliberate practice. Your brain wont just drift there by default

If this speaks to you, know that you don’t have to walk this path alone. In my sessions, you’ll find a space where you are safe enough to lean into the discomfort that leads to true healing, while also feeling supported, seen, and comforted.

I know this journey because I’ve lived it, and I’ll guide you forward with the compassion and certainty that comes from experience. Your healing, your growth, your freedom; it’s all possible, and it begins with one brave step. DM me "ready". Jo💛✨

16/08/2025

5 Daily Affirmations and Pairing them with these Nervous System Anchors

1. "My body responds to safety, not force" ➡️ then for 60 seconds place hand over heart. Breath and stillness. Your body will learn to soften

2. "Every slow breath i take brings me closer to healing" ➡️ set a 3 x daily reminder to pause and do the 4-7-8 breathwork exercise. This calms the vagus nerve, shifting you out of fight, flight, freeze and fawn (f,f,f,f)

3. "Rest is productive. My body heals when I slow down" ➡️ build a 'nervous-system buffer' into your day, preferably in nature, to recalibrate. (Tech-free zone)

4."I am safe to feel what i feel" ➡️ 5 minutes of journalling. Focus on 1 emotion you're holding onto. This gives your nervous system a chance to process and release stored energy

5. "Healing starts when I feel safe in my own skin" ➡️ before sleep do a 2 minute body scan meditation. Gently guide attention through your body to reconnect and create calm (or msg me to guide you through this)

Talk to your nervous system " We are safe, my body is perfect. Let me show you. Trust this"

We weren't designed to be this overstimulated, over worked, under-touched, under-loved, constantly performing and rarely pausing.

The body was never meant to stay in a chronic state of f,f,f,f
We are in a world that normalises disconnection; from the land, from the breath, from the Divine, from our own intuition - nervous system chaos becomes the background music of our lives
We scroll more than we pray. We react more than we reflect. We run from the silence and call the ache anxiety.

When really, it's spiritual homesickness. We dont "just" need medication
We need reconnection
Reconnection to breath
Reconnection to stillness
Reconnection to God/Universe/Source - whatever name your soul recognises
Reconnection to the body, as sacred
Reconnection to others, not through performance, but presence
Regulation begins when remembrance begins
Not just remembering who you are
You were never meant to carry this alone
The world cannot heal on cortisol and caffeine
It heals through communication with Source, with self, with one another
So if your nervous system is screaming - listen!
It might not "just be" trauma.
It might be a divine invitation back home!

Your transformation starts NOW.
I’ve walked through my own darkness, faced my deepest battles, and risen into the highest version of myself; a version rooted in strength, self-love, and unshakable worth.

And now it’s your turn. If you’re ready to rise, claim your power, and finally live the life you deserve, DM me “ready” and let’s begin your transformation today. Jo 💛✨

15/08/2025

"I've walked the path we all fear...and i know the way out!"

This year feels different. I'd describe it as charged, alive, unstoppable.

The old timelines are done. It’s time to release, rise, and reclaim your power.

If you’re feeling scattered or emotional, you’re not falling apart…you’re breaking through.

Step forward. Wide awake.

With the solar storm pouring over the Earth, the atmosphere itself is charged and alive. Im sentient, so i feel this enery in my body. The solar storm isn’t just in the sky, it’s in us. We are our Universe

Physically. Energetically. Spiritually.

This is the moment to release the timelines we’ve outgrown.
To let go of what no longer serves us.
To call our power back.
To rise into the truth of who we are. No more hiding, no more playing small. We’ve reached a threshold.
A divine reset.
A sacred invitation to choose growth, truth, and love.
So if you’ve been feeling tired, scattered, emotional, unwell or even heavy lately… you’re not broken.
You’re shifting. You’re expanding. You’re breaking through.
Let’s step forward together, wide awake, into what’s next.

It’s now my life’s work to hold that same space for you.

In my sessions, you will be supported when it feels too heavy, challenged when it’s time to rise, and safe every single step of the way.

Because I know what it’s like to claw your way out of the darkness, and I also know the beauty that waits when you realise you were never in a tomb… you were preparing to be born again.

Your rebirth is waiting. And you will not walk it alone.

Your next chapter is ready to be written.
The pen is in your hand.
Start now and know that you won’t walk it alone. Send me a message to get started! Jo 💛 ✨️

13/08/2025

The journey that broke me also built me... now let’s transform yours.

I’ve walked through pain so deep it stripped me bare, faced losses I never thought I could survive, and met myself again and again in the fire. What I discovered wasn’t just survival; it was transformation. My scars became my strength, my darkness taught me light, and now I guide others to do the same. If you’re ready to stop carrying the weight alone and step into your own rebirth, I will walk beside you every step of the way.

When life throws a curveball you never saw coming, it can feel like the ground disappears beneath your feet. I know, because I’ve been there. I’ve stared death in the face with my spirit team by my side. I’ve walked through my own personal hell and somehow made it out breathing. Each time, I thought the hardest part was behind me. Yet, each time, I learned that healing has layers.

These past 12 months have been a paradox; beautiful, new, and exciting, while also scary, hurting, and confusing. I’ve lost things and friends I never thought I would lose and gained blessings I once only dreamed of. There’s been joy, deep confidence, and moments where I felt self-assured, yet fears, exhaustion, and roadblocks were never far away. I once expected myself to rise above it all, to not let it get to me. But expecting an empath to disregard their emotions is like expecting a child to regulate themselves perfectly. Impossible!

Now, I’m faced with an invitation: to trust fully again, to surrender even deeper, to meet myself exactly where I am. It feels daunting and overwhelming at times. Some parts of me whisper that it’s safer to stay here in the predictable, because predictable feels safe. But my heart longs for stillness, for rest, for laughter. I crave lightness, ease, and simplicity.

I didn’t ask for more challenges, hurdles, or hurt. This chapter has exhausted and depleted me. Yet, even in the midst of pain, I see how much I’ve grown. The conscious love I’ve cultivated with my higher power and my inner world is immeasurable.

I’ve prayed to the Universe for strength, for an end to my suffering, to be on the other side of all this. And I realize now: my prayers have been answered, just not in the way I expected. I was brought through it all while still here. I’ve shed, cocooned, and transformed, again and again. My integrity and authenticity are unshakable. And this, this here right now, is the ending I was seeking. Not the end of my life, but the end of my suffering for that chapter.

I am still here. And I will meet myself, again and again, until lightness returns.

If you’re standing in your own fire right now; exhausted, unsure, longing for the other side, know that you don’t have to walk it alone. I’ve been where you are. And I know the way forward. Let’s take the first step together.

The longer you wait, the heavier it feels. Take the step your future self will thank you for. Message me now and let’s begin. Jo 💛✨️

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