Your nervous system didn’t fail you.

It did exactly what it needed to do to survive.

The dissociation. The hyperfunctioning. The hypervigilance. The shutdown. The withdrawal. The overthinking. The perfectionism.

All of it was intelligence.

Your body remembered what your mind couldn’t name yet.

And in the same way it adapted to protect you, it also carries the wisdom to heal.

You are not broken.

You are not a self-improvement project.

You are not the one who has to force healing.

Your only task is to create the conditions.

To slow down.

To listen.

To feel safe.

To allow.

There is a deeper intelligence within you, beneath the trauma, beneath the survival roles, beneath the coping mechanisms, that knows how to return you Home.

Healing isn’t something you achieve. It’s something you receive.

When you stop fighting your symptoms and begin to trust your body’s pace.

When you soften into presence instead of pushing through pain.

When you become the safe space you never had.

Your nervous system learns to relax. To regulate. 

And these are the right conditions for healing to happen.

You are not doing it wrong.

You’re simply remembering.

And your system knows how to return to truth, because it never left. You just find the right way back to yourself.

May you trust the quiet wisdom of your body.

May you soften into the knowing that you are already on your way.

Healing is not becoming someone new, 

It’s coming Home to who you’ve always been.

If this speaks to your journey…

You don’t have to walk it alone.

I offer gentle, trauma-informed support to help you reconnect with your body, your truth, and your wholeness.

Whether you’re just beginning or deep in your healing, I’m here to hold space for you with presence and compassion.

Reach out to explore working together

Online sessions available and in person at the office in Traverse city.

For sensitive souls, women on a healing path, and those ready to return Home.

With presence,

Aniela 🤍