Restorative Healing Haven LLC

04/02/2026

So excited for this! If youre interested in being a guest she shares how below!

04/01/2026

At Restorative Healing Haven, I intentionally keep my schedule small and carefully paced.

Because I live with chronic illness, working this way allows me to stay present, grounded, and fully supportive for the people I work with.

Most weeks I open 1–2 flexible session spots, depending on my health and capacity. These may be used for:

• Reiki sessions
• Mind-Body Trauma Healing
• Life Support sessions

Some weeks those spots go toward deeper trauma work. Other weeks they’re used for gentle nervous system support like Reiki.

Sessions may be in person, via telehealth, or through distance Reiki depending on the type of support you're looking for.

If you've been thinking about booking a session, you're always welcome to reach out and see if a spot is available.

📩 Text 269-767-8920

Healing work is most effective when it's sustainable for everyone involved.

03/31/2026

I think Reiki gets misunderstood a lot, so I want to explain how I look at it.

For me, Reiki is not about pretending life is easy, bypassing pain, or acting like positive vibes solve everything.

It is gentle, supportive energy work that gives the body and nervous system a chance to soften.

Sometimes people come in carrying so much tension, vigilance, grief, overstimulation, or exhaustion that talking more is not what they need first.

Sometimes they need quiet. Safety. Rest. A pause.

That is where Reiki can be really beautiful.

My Reiki sessions are less about conversation and more about allowing space for:
-calming the nervous system
-grounding
-emotional softening
-energetic support
-simply being cared for without having to perform or explain everything

I am trauma-informed in how I hold these sessions. I know not everyone relaxes easily. I know stillness can feel vulnerable. I know bodies can carry a lot.

So I don’t approach Reiki like some perfect spiritual performance. I approach it like a gentle offering for people who need a little help settling.

If you want a session that is quieter and more restorative, Reiki may be the better fit over Life Navigation or Mind-Body Trauma Healing.

And if you are not sure, that is okay too. You do not have to know perfectly before reaching out.

03/30/2026

03/29/2026

I used to think if a place was labeled “accessible,” that meant I could use it.

That hasn’t been my experience.

I’ve had my wheelchair get stuck on a threshold I had to jump over just to get inside.

I’ve pushed across surfaces that looked fine—
but had my wheels slipping and my arms hurting just trying to move forward.

And I’ve seen this over and over:

“Accessible… but…”

But there’s a step.
But the lift isn’t working.
But you might need help.

That “but” matters.

Because for many of us, that’s the barrier.

Accessibility isn’t just about meeting code.
It’s about whether someone can actually move through a space safely, without strain.

And something else that matters more than people realize:

Accurate information.

Disabled people rely on Google listings, websites, and photos to decide where we can go.

If that information isn’t up to date, it can mean wasted energy…
or not being able to stay at all.

The more usable our spaces are,
the more disabled people can participate in everyday life.

Work.
Connection.
Community.

Not because we suddenly became more capable—
but because the world became more accessible.

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03/29/2026

Sometimes people do not need deep trauma work first.

Sometimes they need help with the actual mess of everyday life.

That is where my Life Navigation & Support sessions come in.

These sessions are for the person who is trying to hold a lot at once and could use someone grounded in their corner.

This might be a good fit if you are:
-adjusting to chronic illness or disability
dealing with burnout
-navigating autism, executive dysfunction, or overwhelm
-coming out of a hard season and trying to rebuild
-stuck in indecision
-trying to create routines or next steps that actually match your real capacity
-needing support, but not necessarily wanting a full trauma processing session

These sessions are practical, compassionate, and honest. We can talk through what is happening, sort through what feels tangled, make a plan, adjust expectations, and figure out what actually helps instead of what sounds good on paper.

A lot of life advice out there assumes a person has energy, bandwidth, stability, executive function, childcare, money, transportation, good health, and a nervous system that is not already overloaded.

A lot of us do not have that.

So we build from what is real.

That’s a huge part of how I work in general. I am not interested in pretending life is neat. It isn’t. I am much more interested in helping someone find something sustainable, kind, and doable.

I’ve supported a lot of women in this kind of space over the years, both paid and unpaid. Sometimes the most important thing is not a breakthrough. It is having someone help you see your options, ground yourself, and take the next step without shame.

That is the heart of Life Navigation & Support.
I currently offer a small number of these sessions each week if that kind of support would help.

03/28/2026

A lot of people hear the words mind-body trauma healing and don’t really know what that means in real life.

So here is my plain-English version:

It means we are paying attention to the fact that trauma is not just a memory. It is often a pattern. A body response. A survival strategy. A shutdown. A people-pleasing habit. A freeze response. A constant sense of urgency. A body that does not know how to fully rest.
You can understand your trauma intellectually and still have a nervous system that reacts like the danger is still happening.

That is the gap this kind of work tries to honor.
In my Mind-Body Trauma Healing sessions, I am not trying to diagnose you, fix you, or replace psychotherapy. This work is complementary to therapy. I believe deeply in therapy. I also know that for many people, there comes a point where they understand what happened, but they still feel stuck in the same responses.

This work can help if you notice things like:
you keep repeating patterns you swore you were done with your body gets overwhelmed fast you freeze, fawn, shut down, or spin out even when part of you knows what’s happening chronic illness and trauma seem tangled together you are self-aware but still not free I come to this work with both education and lived experience. PTSD and complex trauma are not abstract topics to me. Neither is living in a body that gets overwhelmed and has limits.

So no, I’m not coming from some perfect healed pedestal over here. I’m coming from, “I know these patterns. I know how real they are. And I know what it’s like to need support that actually sees the full picture.”

That’s what these sessions are for.
I do keep my availability small, but I currently have room for 1–2 sessions a week.

03/26/2026

03/26/2026

About two years ago my body worked very differently.

After my divorce, I bought myself a kayak and a motorcycle — small ways of reclaiming independence and enjoying a new chapter of life. At the time I could lift my 80-lb kayak myself and spent about a year enjoying the freedom of riding.

Over the past year and a half, my health has shifted significantly as dysautonomia and other chronic conditions have progressed.

Many everyday things now require more planning and energy management. I take baths instead of showers, often need help with cooking, and use electric carts or pickup orders at stores. Inside my home I now use a wheelchair to help manage my heart rate and prevent crashes.

Recently I had a syncope episode (passing out) simply walking to the fridge. My cardiologist has me wearing a continuously monitored Holter monitor so that if another episode happens it can be recorded in real time.

Because of changes like this, I also made the decision this fall to sell my motorcycle — partly due to finances and partly because my body isn’t able to ride safely anymore.

Chronic illness doesn’t always change slowly. Sometimes bodies shift dramatically in a relatively short period of time.

Adapting means learning new rhythms, new tools, and new ways to live within a changing body.

And if your body has changed over time too, you’re not alone in learning how to navigate that.

03/26/2026

I’ve been posting more lately about chronic illness, accessibility, nervous system stuff, advocacy, and just the reality of trying to live in a body and a world that do not always cooperate.

So I want to ground this back into something simple:

I still offer sessions. I still support people. And yes, I do have a little availability right now.

The main ways I currently work with people are:

Mind-Body Trauma Healing
This is for the person who knows they’ve been through a lot, understands some of their patterns, but still feels like their body is stuck in survival mode. These sessions are more layered. We might explore nervous system patterns, body-based awareness, emotional responses, shutdown, overwhelm, people pleasing, survival habits, and the ways trauma can still live in the body long after the mind has named it.

Life Navigation & Support
This is for when life is just… a lot. Chronic illness, burnout, autism, executive dysfunction, major transitions, grief, overwhelm, trying to hold a family together, trying to function in systems that don’t fit. These sessions are more practical and supportive. Less “deep dive into trauma roots,” more “how do we help you navigate real life from where you actually are?”

Reiki
This is gentler, quieter support. Less talking, more regulation, rest, settling, and care. For some people, Reiki feels like the safest place to start because it doesn’t require them to explain everything.

Sound Healing
My sound healing sessions are in person and focus on deep rest, regulation, and nervous system support through sound. I often weave in gentle somatic awareness and grounding, but it is not the same as a coaching or processing session. It is more about helping the body soften.

I don’t do any of this from a place of “I have life mastered.” I absolutely do not. I still overdo things. I still get frustrated. I still live inside the same broken systems the rest of us are trying to survive.

But I also have lived experience with PTSD, complex trauma, chronic illness, and neurodivergence, and I’ve been supporting women for around eight years in both formal and informal ways. Some in sessions. Some through accountability. Some through being the person helping them make sense of a pattern they could not see on their own.

So if you’ve been reading my posts and thinking, “okay, but what does she actually offer?” — that’s the answer.

I usually only hold space for 1–2 sessions a week, but I do have some room right now. If you would like to know more please feel free to send me a message or shoot me a text at 269-767-8920

03/23/2026

Before disability became part of my own medical reality, accessibility already mattered to me as a designer.

Part of that came from my time working as a CNA, where I saw how much effort simple movements can require and how much the environment around someone’s body affects what they’re able to do.

Part of it also comes from how I experience environments as an autistic person. It’s not that others can’t notice lighting, noise, or spatial layout — but I tend to feel those things strongly in my nervous system.

Universal design resonated with me because it recognizes something important:

Spaces shape how bodies function.

And meeting the minimum code requirements doesn’t always mean a space is truly usable.

In this week’s blog post, I share why accessibility mattered to me long before disability entered my own life.

Read the full post here:
www.restorativehealinghaven.com/the-restorative-blog