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Heidi Michelle

Coach | Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner

 

Body-Based Coaching for Lasting Change

The body speaks. Learning to listen is where lasting change begins.

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A Body-Based Approach

Lasting change doesn't happen through insight alone. It happens when the

whole nervous system is invited in.

The body naturally moves toward greater well-being when met with patience, safety, attunement, and the right conditions.

Many of us become remarkably skilled at managing life. We push through stress and overwhelm, often unaware of the patterns that shape our lives. Beneath the surface,

our nervous systems may be

working harder than we realize.

As we slow down and notice—with curiosity rather than judgment—awareness begins to grow. Awareness creates agency.

Agency opens the door to choice.

Over time, those choices

become lasting change.

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Does any of this feel familiar?

  • I'm overwhelmed.

  • I keep repeating the same patterns.

  • I push through my days, but something still doesn't feel right.

  • I don't trust myself the way I'd like to.

  • I want to feel more like myself again.

  • I feel anxious and I don't know why.

Change begins with noticing.

What It's Like to Work Together

Our work together begins exactly where you are—not where you think you should be.

Together, we become curious about what you're experiencing—not to judge it or fix it, but to better understand it.

 
There is no right way to do this work. We simply begin with what's here.

Often, the first changes are surprisingly simple. You may notice a little more space before reacting, a growing sense of curiosity, or a different relationship with responses that once felt automatic.
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Meet Heidi

For much of my life, learning to listen to my body has been my own healing journey.

Each chapter of my personal and professional life has added another layer of understanding what it means to be human. Leadership development, movement, mindfulness, functional nutrition, health coaching, and Somatic Experiencing® have each shaped the way I live and work today. Together, they allow me to meet each person as a whole rather than through a single lens.

 

For 20+ years, I've had the privilege of being invited into some of the most vulnerable and meaningful moments in people's lives. I've watched relationships deepen, confidence grow, and definitions of success evolve. I've seen people discover a greater sense of ease, respond to life with more choice, and experience profound shifts in the way they relate to themselves and others.

 

These experiences deepen my belief that lasting change unfolds over time and that, by creating the right conditions—curiosity, safety, attunement—we often discover that we already carry much of what we need within us.

My approach is never about applying a formula—it's about listening for what each person uniquely needs.

Professional Background

  • Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner (SEP)

  • Master Leadership Trainer | Rapport Leadership

  • Certified Integrative + Functional Nutrition Coach

  • Holistic Health Coach | Institute for Integrative Nutrition

  • Certified Yoga Teacher (2008)

  • Trauma-Informed Yoga + Somatic Healing

  • Meditation + Mindfulness Guide

  • Workplace Wellness Facilitator

  • Entrepreneur, Writer + Public Speaker

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Ways to Work Together

Each session is a private, 60-minute,

one-on-one time for exploration and discovery.

Our work is not only conversational, we also pay attention to what your body is communicating, allowing the work to unfold at a pace that feels supportive rather than overwhelming.

We may incorporate awareness practices, gentle movement,

or other body-based modalities.

• Individual Session — 60 minutes - $110

 

• Five-Session Package — $510

 

• Six-Week Immersion — Twelve sessions over 6 weeks for those who would benefit from consistent support, deeper exploration, and the opportunity to immerse themselves more fully in the process - $1,250

 

Sessions are available in-person and virtually.

Testimonials

"Heidi is an amazing coach! She has a way of asking the right questions that make me feel safe and comfortable…

both with her and also with myself.  Heidi creates a safe environment to express all emotions.  I have benefited from these months of working with her in many ways:

spiritually, emotionally, and intellectually "

~ Courtney. Coaching Client

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Somatic Experiencing®

Listening to the Body

Have you ever noticed that understanding something doesn't always change how you feel?

Our bodies know things our minds haven't yet put into words.

Somatic Experiencing® (SE™) is a gentle, body-based approach developed by Dr. Peter Levine after decades of studying how the nervous system responds to stress and overwhelming experiences. Rather than focusing only on thoughts or memories, it invites us to notice what the body is already communicating.

This isn't about reliving the past or forcing change. It's about slowing down enough to notice what is present, allowing the body to do what it naturally knows how to do when met with curiosity, safety, and attunement.

Over time, many people experience greater regulation, resilience, and well-being—not because they've learned to override themselves, but because they've begun to reconnect with themselves.

Our bodies know things our minds haven't yet put into words.
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