As they worked with Amy, they started to see how much they’d been masking, people pleasing, and erasing themselves, and recognized the toll it had taken on them.  They started noticing how often their inner critic was silencing and berating them, and grieved the casual inner cruelty they’d normalized for so long.  

As they worked with Miranda, they learned to slow down and listen to the tiny, muffled voice of their desires, stuffed down and buried for so many years.  They realized how frightening it had been to live at the whim of their overactive nervous systems, and began practicing self-compassion and conscious neuroception so they could stay present instead of abandoning themselves.

As a short-hand, we say that Amy works from the skin out, helping people to understand their needs and limits and build a life that supports them better.  They work with clients to nourish their relationships (family, friends, coworkers) and navigate systems (school, work, community).  They work with unmasking in the real world and the friction that can come with it.  They work with unmasking in the real world and the friction that can come with it, and provide a consensual, nonjudgmental space to really hear each client and reflect back what matters most to them.

Miranda works from the skin in, helping clients build a relationship with their own nervous system and mental constructs or beliefs about themselves and the world.  They teach people the practical skill of feeling feelings safely and effectively.  And they help people make sense of the ways their neurodivergence and trauma history have interacted, and how to move forward from here.

What we found was that working with BOTH of us provided a unique alchemy that allowed our clients to progress faster and further than we’d experienced working separately.  Amy would create a roadmap and overview of what was needed, instilling our shared values of authenticity, compassion, and self-acceptance.  When clients hit against resistance or a snag on the path, they could work with Miranda to untangle it.  Often these somatic deep dives would unlock old beliefs and patterns, freeing them up to live more authentically and easily moving forward.  With Miranda, they increased their ability to stay present for difficult situations.  With Amy, they navigated those situations with guidance and support.  They learned to take care of themselves WHILE living in the real world.  It was a winning combination.  

The personal growth we have been honored to witness in our clients this year has been inspirational.  The shift from self-consciousness to self-awareness.  From “if I just do x,y,z I’ll be good enough” to “I’m allowed to exist just like I am.”  When we consider the difference in trajectory. . .where our clients will be after they’ve gotten to live this way for five, ten, or twenty years. . . Years with self-compassion in place of self-loathing, and providing care to their sensory and nervous system needs instead of pushing through intolerable situations.  It’s mind-blowing.  And it’s exactly what we hope for, for all of us.