Your Nervous System Knows
Reclaim Your Truth
Lead Your Healing
Trauma-informed nervous system coaching for people done second-guessing themselves,
people-pleasing, and carrying emotional loads that were never theirs to begin with.
My Story: From Fragmentation to Wholeness
In 2020, I had abandoned my true self. My inner voice was cruel, and I felt deeply fragmented.
For over 30 years, I suppressed my anger and relinquished my self-worth, allowing others’ opinions to dictate my reality. I struggled to trust people, feared judgement, and isolated myself. My solution was to escape internal suffering through addiction.
In 2021, a close family member was in a near-fatal accident that forced me into action. I lost everything in an instant and had to make decisions that would alter the course of my life. That’s when I discovered meditation and breathwork, immersed myself in psychology and spirituality, and finally sought the help I had been conditioned to believe would bring condemnation and shame.
By 2023, I had developed the courage to face myself – my emotions, passions, spirituality, and sexuality. I found the strength to stand up for my values, leave unhealthy relationships, and implement boundaries where I once had none.
Today, I’m comfortable with who I am. My inner voice is kind. I believe in myself, no longer seek external validation, and finally feel whole.
Now I support others in discovering their own power and reclaiming their sense of self.
If you’ve experienced trauma or live with anxiety – if you know what it’s like to keep going while feeling disconnected, overwhelmed, or numb on the inside – I see you. And I want you to know that it doesn’t have to stay that way.
Essential Learning
In our blog, we explore polyvagal theory, attachment patterns, and trauma-informed approaches to nervous system regulation. We share practical education on boundaries, emotional regulation, and breaking cycles – grounded in real experience and evidence-based practice.
These resources are available to everyone. For deeper work with guided support, explore Embodied Practice.
Your Nervous System Journey Starts Here
When Love Taught Me To Disappear
Fear was planted in me like a seed. The world is dangerous. People can’t be trusted. You’re too fragile to survive alone. I believed I needed protection from everything – except the person teaching me to be afraid. My body knew – the dissonance when my memory was rewritten, the discomfort when fear was dressed up as love – but I’d been trained to ignore it. Until I didn’t.
The Anger That Saved My Life
I was conditioned to believe anger made me horrible. It didn’t. The absence of anger made me a ghost. I suppressed the one emotion that could have saved me. My body had been trying to warn me – sharp needles in my shoulders, a weighted feeling when I was being manipulated – but I’d been taught to ignore those signals. Until the day I finally listened.
Emotional Regulation Isn’t What You Think It Is
There’s a particular feeling that happens in your chest when someone is trying to make you doubt your own reality. A tightness. A panic. Your nervous system screaming: back down, apologise, make it stop. For years, I always did. Until the day I didn’t.
About Anna
I’m a trauma-informed nervous system coach specialising in polyvagal theory and Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) principles. I guide people in developing the capacity to stay present with discomfort, recognise their own patterns, set boundaries, and reclaim their voice after years of suppression.
Through nervous system regulation, somatic awareness, attachment work, and values-based action, you will learn to trust your body’s signals and choose yourself without guilt.
Qualifications
Psychology & Coaching
• Diploma in Psychology & Counselling
• Trauma-Informed Coach Certification
• Life Coaching Certification
• Polyvagal Therapy Certification
• Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) Training
• Hypnotherapy Practitioner Diploma
• NLP Master Practitioner
• Certificate in Mental Health
Somatic & Breathwork
• 80-Hour NZAB Breathwork Training
• Currently completing 400-Hour Breathwork Facilitator Certification (Sacred Breath Academy)
• Certified Meditation Coach
Nutrition & Culinary
• Mental Health and Nutrition (University of Canterbury)
• Professional Chef Training (Level 3 Catering Certificate)
My Approach
I integrate polyvagal-informed nervous system work with ACT principles and somatic practices. My approach also honours the spiritual dimensions of healing – ritual, energetic awareness, and the practices that hold personal meaning for you – because effective nervous system work acknowledges both science and soul. This isn’t either/or – it’s both/and. Nervous system science meets embodied spirituality.
Grounded in authenticity, compassion, and deep respect for your self-authority, I walk alongside you – honouring your pace, your choices, and your inner knowing.
Our work together is NOT:
✘ Guru culture or spiritual bypassing
✘ Toxic positivity or performative healing
✘ A place where you must prove your pain
✘ Somewhere your autonomy is overridden
Our work together IS:
✔ Trauma-informed and boundaried
✔ Supportive of your nervous system, not overriding it
✔ Compassionate without bypassing
✔ Recognises you as the expert of your own life
START HERE
Free Community ⇢ Learn foundational practices in The Integration Space
Foundation ($54/month) ⇢ Build your practice foundation
Supported ($166/month) ⇢ Guided integration with coaching
Immersive ($414/month) ⇢ Personalised deep work
