Hello!

I’m Natasha

education and learning is healing

 

I’m passionate about helping others heal and consider it an honour to do so. 

I’m here to support you with empathy, experience, and expertise. 

 

More About Me

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My Journey

From having a child at 19, to living in Asia, to traveling to more than fifty countries, my story has been anything but ordinary. Along the way, I’ve learned to navigate the difficult alongside the beautiful.  For the majority of my life, I was unknowingly impacted by complex trauma without realizing it. I know what it feels like to keep trying to make things work – to read all the books, to try all the things – yet keep coming up short. Trauma recovery was the essential missing piece for me that allowed me to sooth my nervous system, gain capacity, and begin healing. This in turn allowed me to actually integrate what I knew, believed, and valued. 

 

I know what it’s like to: 

  • feel like you’re drowning with nobody to help you
  • feel like there’s no space for you because you need to take care of everyone and everything else
  • feel like nothing you do is ever enough
  • feel like *you* are not enough
And

 

  • I know what it’s like to come back from all of that
  • to find joy in life again
  • to find balance in supporting yourself, as well as others (yes, no matter what your situation, it is possible)
  • to prioritize your own well-being without guilt
  • to start to notice just how much you’re getting right, instead of overfocusing on how you feel you don’t measure up
  • to gain the capacity and space and freedom to think and move differently in the world
  • to make friends with your feelings and become familiar with how they exist in your body
  • to turn to yourself with tenderness instead of harsh criticism
Let’s work together to increase what is possible for you.

My Approach

Connect

Trauma recovery is rooted in connection and a sense of safety. I meet you where you’re at so we can move forward together at a pace that feels right for you.

Support

This time is for you to get the support you need – whatever that looks like for you. 

Develop

Together we will co-create your path forward using the tools you find most helpful.

My Background

MEd in Social Justice Education

2018

My M.Ed from OISE at the University of Toronto allowed me to focus on equity and human rights, something I bring to my coaching practice. I believe that justice, education, and healing are intertwined.

International Association of Trauma Recovery Coaching

2024

The IAOTRC 

 

CAMH Research Family Advisory Committee

2024

As a member of the CAMH Research Family Advisory Committee (FAC), I support research in Canada’s largest mental health teaching hospital. FAC members have firsthand experience supporting loved ones with mental health care needs and work with CAMH to drive quality improvements.

Sashbear Peer Facilitator

2024

The Sashbear Foundation is a charity focused on supporting families with mental health challenges and suicide prevention. As a peer-facilitator of the Family Connections Program, I collaborate with other facilitators to offer skills, support, and hope through an international, evidence-based program.

 

Somatic Embodiment & Regulation Strategies

 

In Progress

Linda Thai’s certification course focuses on connecting with the body and utilizing somatic techniques that support regulation. The three-part course focuses on:

  • strategies for managing the nervous system that can help us deal with anxiety, overthinking, emotional flooding, and being overwhelmed
  • cultivating self-awareness around past behaviors, thoughts, and emotions
  • bottom-up self-regulation, co-regulation, expanded window of tolerance, and interoceptive awareness