I Felt Disdain For My Husband And Older Daughter

When we first connected, I had a baby and I was tired.

I was struggling the most with anger/criticizing/micromanaging my husband and older daughter - I almost felt disdain for them. I didn't see a way out and it seemed like our family would just collapse into a vortex of pain and anger. I didn't love my husband. I needed help releasing that anger.

Before our first session together, I felt a combination of determined and hopeless. It seemed unlikely that anything could help me but I wanted to give it one last shot. After years of therapy, I just felt desperate for something to break through.

Since coaching, my relationship with my husband has been totally renewed - I like to look at his face again, and I feel calm, more trusting and loving of him. I thought the best it could get was for me to stop criticizing him, but actually I feel so much love for him.

Now, when something hard happens, I can recognize when I should journal and do a somatic session for myself and I frequently picture my inner parent riding in the passenger seat of my car reassuring me when I feel overwhelmed with my kids.

I surprised myself the most during the coaching series by how I have become more confident and assertive, which is not something that I realized I needed to work on. I now feel more grounded in myself in all aspects of my life, but especially as a Mom.

My biggest learning was that I was carrying a lot of fear and sadness - much more than I thought, as I had spent years in therapy talking about my childhood and sort of integrating it into my awareness. So I was really surprised by how much emotional pain I was carrying nonetheless, and how different I felt after our somatic sessions.

I honestly think that the coaching series was good value, yes. After a few sessions it was clear how valuable it would be and I didn't think very much about the money.

Thank you for giving me the capacity to love my family.

~ Lisa Alamo, mama, USA