Through my training with IFS Institute as an IFS Informed Coach and my own experience getting past Complex-PTSD, I’ve learned that anxiety and depression are these young parts of yourself showing up and taking over agency of your thinking and actions. Loving them through release of the pain is the best way to allow those child parts of you to heal so you can feel more at ease and create the life you want and deserve.

I’ve learned that anxiety and depression are these young parts of yourself showing up and taking over agency of your thinking and actions. Loving them through release of the pain is the best way to allow those child parts of you to heal so you can feel more at ease and create the life you want and deserve. You wouldn't let your 6-year-old self make choices that require adult decision-making skills. Yet, this is often what is happening.

You know what I loved? My mom taught me at a very young age to always be ready with a bug-out bag and money that was my own. I have been ready to flee since I was 4. My mom, sisters, and I exercised that readiness countless times – rushing to leave to go live with an aunt, my grandma, my mom’s friend, etc. I loved the power in knowing that I didn’t need anyone. Ever.

Sometimes a high ACEs score or history of trauma can have you feeling stuck. You see patterns playing out around you and 'to you' and you can't seem to get yourself out of it. I've been there. I've also gotten myself out of it and used all kinds of tools to do it. I am a certified coach who believes in providing people with tools of their own to move into a place of self-leadership. We all have the capacity to heal. It takes work, self-reflection, ownership of our own behaviors and...