Shelby Leigh : Embodied Trauma Healing

Shelby Leigh : Embodied Trauma Healing Neurocomplex. Somatic Therapist, Nervous System Support, ND Affirming Adult Autism Assessment. Trauma Trained Specialist. Coach & Consultant.

Somatic Psychotherapist. Nerd for Trauma Informed Practices Worldwide.

Part II of my conversation with Nyck Walsh is live now on the podcast, and I’m really looking forward to sharing it with...
04/09/2026

Part II of my conversation with Nyck Walsh is live now on the podcast, and I’m really looking forward to sharing it with you.

It’s been months since we recorded part I, and since then Nyck and I have kept talking, reflecting, learning, and becoming friends in the process. So this conversation feels especially alive to me — like a continuation of something ongoing, personal, and deeply meaningful.

We explore safety, neurodivergence, somatics, masking, healing, diagnosis, labels, power, and what it means to support people in ways that are actually collaborative, human, and non-pathologizing.

And I’m also celebrating Nyck’s new book, Neurodivergent Somatics in Therapy, which is such an important contribution to this conversation. You can find a link to order his book (with a discount) in the episode show notes.

So grateful for Nyck, for this dialogue, and for all of you who care about creating safer, more affirming spaces.

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2cO2Om2Sv6P9bFOpYpg6D1
Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/relationship-as-medicine/id1590566920

Part II of my conversation with Nyck Walsh is now live on the podcast, and I’m so excited to share this one.This convers...
04/09/2026

Part II of my conversation with Nyck Walsh is now live on the podcast, and I’m so excited to share this one.

This conversation is rich, honest, nuanced, and deeply important. We talk about neurodivergence, somatics, safety, masking, diagnosis, self-identification, non-pathologizing care, therapist self-care, and the harm that happens when people are misunderstood through trauma-only or pathology-based lenses.

Nyck brings so much thoughtfulness, humility, fierceness, and care to this conversation, and I’m really grateful for the depth of what we got to explore together.

Also — Nyck’s beautiful new book is now out:
Neurodivergent Somatics in Therapy

A book I’m truly so glad exists in the world. Find links to order it (with a discount) in the podcast show notes.

Can’t wait to share this episode with you.

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2cO2Om2Sv6P9bFOpYpg6D1
Listen on Apple podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/relationship-as-medicine/id1590566920

Life changed in a flash last year. Been holding it all close to my heart. Been spending these last few seasons stopping....
03/26/2026

Life changed in a flash last year. Been holding it all close to my heart. Been spending these last few seasons stopping. Stopping living by rules that were made for me by strangers. Stopping the old loops filled with “shoulds” and “what if’s” and “what could have been’s?”

This has been a time of true radical permission to find who I am. Underneath the masks, underneath the politeness, underneath the noise.

Still keeping it all close to my heart but so much has been cooking. Just wanted to touch in here and say hello.

This year, more than ever, I’ve had so many folks (whether highly sensitive, neurodivergent, experiencing burnout, or en...
10/23/2025

This year, more than ever, I’ve had so many folks (whether highly sensitive, neurodivergent, experiencing burnout, or entering perimenopause) in my spaces wondering why they're so exhausted even though they're doing all the "right" things.

And I've seen so many make the mistake of doing more - more therapy, more focus on trauma, more courses, more trying to fix themselves - thinking they just haven't found the right solution yet. It feels really counter-intuitive, but they have it backwards. Doing more is not the solution.

So I'm thinking of putting together a gentle self-assessment guide (for free) that would help people like you get out of survival mode without the endless self-improvement hustle.

Would this be of interest to you? Leave a comment with a quick ‘yes please’ if it would!

✨ New Podcast Episode ✨Neurodivergence isn’t something to fix - it’s something to honor.In this week’s Relationship as M...
09/05/2025

✨ New Podcast Episode ✨

Neurodivergence isn’t something to fix - it’s something to honor.

In this week’s Relationship as Medicine episode, I sit down with the brilliant Nyck Walsh ( ) - counselor, creator of the Neurodivergent Somatics model, with a book coming in March published by Norton Professional Books.

We talk about:
🌿 Shifting from a pathology lens to a wholeness paradigm
🌿 The relief + grief of late-in-life identification
🌿 Masking, authenticity, and radical permission
🌿 Why intersectional awareness is essential in neuro-affirming care

This conversation is tender, honest, and so needed - a reminder that neurodivergence is not a deficit, but deeply whole, wise, and worthy.

🎧 Listen now.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2cO2Om2Sv6P9bFOpYpg6D1
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3nkLzaA

If you’re deeply sensitive, intuitive, creative, intense…You might have wondered (more than once):“Why does this feel ha...
08/27/2025

If you’re deeply sensitive, intuitive, creative, intense…

You might have wondered (more than once):

“Why does this feel harder for me than it looks for other people?”

You feel everything.
You notice everything.
You hold so much for others.

But when it comes to staying on top of it all - the admin, the energy, the expectations - your system is already stretched thin.

Let me say this clearly:

There is nothing wrong with you.

Most professional spaces weren’t built for sensitive, fast-burning, deeply complex minds. They expect you to perform, regulate on demand, and tuck in your edges.

But what if your edges aren’t the problem? What if the problem is trying to work in a way that was never made for you?

That’s why Body of Work exists.

Fall 2025 enrollment is open now - less than 2 weeks until we begin.

✨ Less is more.

www.shelby-leigh.com/body-of-work/

You’ve taken (so many) trainings, you’ve read the books, you know how to be with your clients through grief, fear, anger...
08/26/2025

You’ve taken (so many) trainings, you’ve read the books, you know how to be with your clients through grief, fear, anger, dissociation, shutdown, overwhelm.

But here’s the quiet truth I see again and again:

Therapists are holding all of this… with nowhere to place their own weight.

That’s why I built Body of Work, now in its 9th year.

Because I saw a deep need in the therapists I support for a place where they are allowed to be all of themselves - tired, complex, wise, all at the same time. A place where difference and neurodivergence isn’t something to hide or override. A place where presence matters more than performance.

That’s what Body of Work is.

It’s a supportive space for integration that’s consistent, somatically rooted, deeply trauma informed, neuro-affirming, and real. A place for you to bring your client questions, to bring your human self, a place to remember that you’re already whole, and you don’t have to do this alone.

Fall 2025 enrollment is now open and 6 places remain. We start in early September.
If your next step isn’t more... it might be less.

✨ shelby-leigh.com/body-of-work/

Therapists: You don’t need another training.
You need a space to feel steady, supported, and enough. 🌿 Body of Work is a...
08/23/2025

Therapists: You don’t need another training.

You need a space to feel steady, supported, and enough.

🌿 Body of Work is a 9-month, small-group program for therapists who are ready to:

✔️ Prevent burnout
✔️ Steady their nervous system
✔️ Support trauma and neurodivergence with clarity
✔️ Integrate what they already know

Enrollment is open now for this small online group. We start Sept 8.

👉 Only a few spots left — join today. (Link in bio)

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Not sure if Body of Work is your cup of tea? Let’s chat and you can grill me.If you’re anything like me, you're extremel...
08/22/2025

Not sure if Body of Work is your cup of tea? Let’s chat and you can grill me.

If you’re anything like me, you're extremely skeptical of being guided by others in any or all settings. You’re skilled, you know how you like to be held and don’t like to be held. You want only the absolute best for yourself, your business, your clients and your nervous system. Mind, heart, body all welcome and honored.

If you’ve been seeing the posts and emails about Body of Work or maybe even glanced at the website a few times and you’d just like to have a zero pressure (truly) chat, I’d love to have a call with you.

I’d also love to hear about you, your work and what needs tending there.

If you’re wondering, what the heck is Body of Work?! It’s for therapists and coaches and it’s truly a beautiful and grounded space of support - you can check it out on my website.

And, if you’d like to have a chat with me, let’s do it. Body of Work starts in 3 weeks.

Click here to find a time: https://shelby-leigh.as.me/body-of-work

I look forward to getting to know you a little!

The therapy field is shifting. Clients are asking for trauma-informed, neuro-affirming, embodied care, and therapists ar...
08/20/2025

The therapy field is shifting. Clients are asking for trauma-informed, neuro-affirming, embodied care, and therapists are realizing they need spaces of their own to deepen, integrate, and sustain this work. Body of Work exists to meet that need.

Join us when we begin on September 8th.

www.shelby-leigh.com/body-of-work/

Therapists + coaches, it’s not the tool that creates safety.It’s the togetherness.
The nervous system connection.
The wi...
08/19/2025

Therapists + coaches, it’s not the tool that creates safety.

It’s the togetherness.

The nervous system connection.

The willingness to be real, human, and present.

This is what Body of Work offers: a place to be held while you hold others. A space to practice what you long to give your clients — safety, honesty, connection — in lived experience, not just theory.

Enrollment is open now (limited spots). We begin soon.
✨ Join us before Sept 6: Link in Bio

You’ve taken (so many) trainings, you’ve read the books, you know how to be with your clients through grief, fear, anger...
08/16/2025

You’ve taken (so many) trainings, you’ve read the books, you know how to be with your clients through grief, fear, anger, dissociation, shutdown, overwhelm.

But here’s the quiet truth I see again and again:

Therapists are holding all of this… with nowhere to place their own weight.

That’s why I built Body of Work, now in its 9th year.

Because I saw a deep need in the therapists I support for a place where they are allowed to be all of themselves - tired, complex, wise, all at the same time. A place where difference and neurodivergence isn’t something to hide or override. A place where presence matters more than performance.

That’s what Body of Work is.

It’s a supportive space for integration that’s consistent, somatically rooted, deeply trauma informed, neuro-affirming, and real. A place for you to remember that you’re already whole, and you don’t have to do this alone.

Fall 2025 enrollment is now open and 6 places remain. We start in early September.

If your next step isn’t more... it might be less.

Find out more and join us here:
www.shelby-leigh.com/body-of-work/

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