I work with sensitive people who are frustrated by how hard it is to trust themselves.

Can you relate to any of these experiences?

  • When someone asks you to do something you really don’t want to do instead of saying, “Unfortunately, I can’t” you hear yourself saying, “Sure, I’d be happy to.”

    That combination of feeling guilty and not wanting to cause disappointment pushes you to do something you don’t want to do…again. Then, you beat yourself up … again.

    You’re angry at how this pattern persists, regardless of how hard you’ve worked to get rid of it. 

  • When making a decision, you feel lost … like a needle spinning in a compass.

    No clarity. Just anxiety, confusion or the fog of indecision. So, you push yourself to make a decision because you want the stress and tension to end.

    Or, you avoid the decision altogether, which offers temporary relief but keeps you stuck.

    Maybe, it’s even the anticipation of people’s reactions (judgement, criticism, disappointment…) that blocks you from acting. You’re tired of feeling stuck. You want change, but you don’t know where to start or what to do.

  • There are times when you truly know what feels right. Then, you voice it and are met with judgy comments like “that’s ridiculous” or “you’re too sensitive,” which send you tumbling into second-guessing and self-doubting.

    One moment you’re full of certainty and the next moment you’re full of uncertainty… back in the terrain of looping thoughts and sleepless nights.

    You wonder if this nauseating, back and forth maybe-I-should-maybe-I-shouldn’t nightmare will ever end.

  • When your partner, friend or family member asks you what you’d like to do or where you’d like to go, you end up answering with what you think they want to hear, rather than voicing what’s true for you.

    You quickly take in the tone of their voice, their facial expressions and past experiences to inform your answer.

    Once again, abandoning yourself and dismissing your needs to avoid causing disappointment.

  • You meet with a doctor or practitioner for help and are quick to follow their recommendation, even though it feels off.

    You convince yourself that their knowledge, training and expertise carries more weight than your inner knowing…. as if they know you better than you.

    Then when your body has a “surprising” reaction to their recommendation, you regret that you didn’t speak up and voice your concerns or seek a second opinion.

You just want to be able to trust yourself and act on your inner knowing…

what fits and feels right

regardless of what’s happening around you. 

  • The people who are most successful working with me are ready to slow down and turn inwards. They are seeking a safe space where they can listen to their feelings and value them! 

  • They want more than traditional therapy. No analyzing. No advising. No fixing. Instead, they want to find their way forward from within and stay true to themselves … especially amidst pushback.

  • They no longer want to go along, to get along. They don’t want to say “Sure!” when they feel a “No.” They want their inner feelings to match their outer actions.

  • They are done treating their sensitivity as a liability… as something that needs to be fixed, dialed down or gotten rid of. Instead, they want to embrace their sensitivity as a discerning super power to be trusted.

How I Work

So, now that you know more about the kinds of clients I work with and the issues I help them with, learn more about how I work. 

How I Work
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"I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well."


- Diane Ackerman