I Felt Triggered By My Kids, Husband & Parents

When we first connected, I was just starting the legal separation process with my husband. I was experiencing a very busy schedule with full-time parenting, part-time working, navigating the legal process and my grief.

I knew that I struggled with unhealthy adaptations from childhood and I wanted support to diminish the frequency with which I felt triggered by my kids, husband, and parents.

I was feeling a bit nervous before our first session but mostly hopeful and excited for the positive changes to come. Following that first session and the creation of my goals, I felt even more hopeful and validated that I was on the right track!

Coaching has helped me grow my ability to be compassionate with myself through inner parenting, which is a game changer in my ability to manage my feelings. I've continued to develop my awareness of my feelings much earlier on and I now allow myself to feel them, without judgement.

I have also improved my ability to have boundaries with my co-parent. My confidence and self-worth continues to improve. And my ability to speak up and advocate for myself for the first time in my life has been soaring!!

I surprised myself the most during the series by witnessing how impactful it was to talk out loud to a photo in order to release emotions.

My biggest insight was my need (and ability) to release stuck feelings from childhood. They got stuck because I didn't have a safe place or person to process those feelings with and the fact that I remained able to release these decades later was quite incredible!

Given what I got out of it, I believe that following the coaching series structure and having Lavinia as a source of knowledge and ability was definitely worth it!

~ Andrea Ellison, fitness coach & mama, Canada