Family of Origin
Come Home to Yourself – even when Family is Hard
Coaching & Breathwork for Adults Navigating Difficult Family Relationships.
Many of us believe that family is the most important thing… but often the truth is that being around them doesn’t always feel good.
You leave conversations feeling misunderstood.
You fall into the same old roles — the peacemaker, the problem child, the scatterbrain, the invisible one – even though you’re a fully grown adult with a life of your own.
Maybe it’s with your parent. Maybe it’s with your sibling. Maybe your adult child.
Conversations feel strained, guarded, or unpredictable.
You feel unfairly criticised or blamed for something you don’t fully understand.
You leave interactions feeling hurt, frustrated, or unseen.
You walk on eggshells—or avoid contact altogether.
Or perhaps something has changed in the family, and you don’t know how to move forward. It might be:
Discovering a secret in the family.
A dreaded family gathering coming up.
Feelings of bitterness towards your parents after having children of your own.
A grandparent being cut off from their grandkids.
Struggling with the duty of caring for an unwell family member that you have deep resentment towards.
These scenarios and many more disrupt family dynamics and bring up practical challenges and emotional upheaval.
Even if you’ve done years of personal work, or achieved success in life, something about your family can still pull you right back.
Families can be complex: each person playing out patterns that were formed long ago.
The good news is: those patterns can change.
Grow. Heal. Thrive.
This work is for you if…
- You feel disconnected from a parent, sibling, or other people from your family of origin
- You keep having the same unresolved conflicts
- You feel triggered, anxious, or shut down in interactions with them
- You struggle to set boundaries without guilt or backlash
- You overthink conversations or replay interactions for hours (or days)
- You feel like a different — smaller, less confident — version of yourself around family
- You want connection, but not at the cost of your wellbeing
Somatic release
What makes this different:
Most approaches focus only on communication strategies.
But when your nervous system is activated, no script will work.
My work is gentle, intuitive, yet powerful. It combines coaching + breathwork + nervous system regulation so you can:
Feel calm and grounded in real-time interactions
Understand your emotional patterns without judgment
Respond intentionally instead of reacting automatically
Build self-trust and set clear, grounded boundaries
Communicate with clarity, confidence, and compassion
Shift the dynamic – when you change how you show this can shift the whole relationship
Meaningful change
How we work together:
Regulate Your Nervous System
Your body holds the imprint of past experiences. Through guided breathwork and somatic exercises, you’ll learn how to shift out of stress responses and into a calm, grounded state from which to respond.
Let go of old Patterns
We explore the emotional patterns that have kept you stuck, and we release them from your mind and your body.
Rebuild Self-Trust & Boundaries
You’ll learn how to honour your needs, set boundaries that feel aligned, and stay connected to yourself even when others push back.
Transform Communication & Conflict
You will build and practice a toolkit for conflict resolution and new ways of relating to family and others.
The Result
Imagine:
Feeling calm and steady in conversations that used to overwhelm you
Saying what you mean without guilt or over-explaining
Letting go of the need to fix, prove, win or please
Relating to your family as the adult you are — not the child you once were
Feeling clear and comfortable with family, even through their big emotions or outbursts
Having an easier, more enjoyable relationship with family
This is what becomes possible when you reconnect with your own clarity and power.
Duration:
Sessions run for approximately 75 minutes.
This is deep work, which does not usually resolve in a single session. I suggest you plan for at least three sessions so you have space to begin making a real shift in your relationship with family.
All sessions are designed to be supportive, practical, and deeply transformative.
Location:
Sessions are held Online or at my studio in Tweed Heads.
Investment:
Single session: $120
Three-session package: $295
You don’t have to keep reliving the same patterns.
Change doesn’t come from trying harder.
Change comes from understanding yourself, and learning how to respond differently.
Are you ready to feel more like yourself – even around your family?