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What is Somatic and Embodiment Coaching?
an approach to transformation that will let your actions align with what you care about, even under pressure. i consider my work to be autonomic flexibility training, where i coach people to safely increase the flexibility of their nervous system, so they can move from knowing a pattern to changing it. Whether that pattern is behavioral, emotional, or a habit you desire but just won't stick, the transformation you want is possible.
“kathleen marie is a rare find in the world of coaching. kathleen not only brings educational training and coaching experience but also brings decades of living and building communities through the lens of radical intimacy. kathleen lives and breathes the values of community-based radical intimacy. They're the real deal!” - Stephanie Bain, 36, Psychotherapist
im kathleen marie. i am a commitment to collective liberation, ethical power, and the unfolding of care-centered communities. i am trained as a Mind-Body coach, a consent educator, a somatic relationship coach, a reiki healer, a yoga teacher, a macrobiotic counselor and more. i have been practicing somatics for over 20 years in relationship to love, family, money, community, trauma, lineage, food, my body, and power. i believe that somatic tools are one possibility for helping people find agency that is rooted in collective liberation and interdependence. As a somatic coach, witnessing people develop agency and empowerment in their daily lives is one the greatest honors of my life.
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Courses
im certified through The Embody Lab as a Mind-Body coach. We are taught and follow the International Coaching Federation's Code of Ethics.
i finished The Embody Lab's Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy certification and am waiting for my official cert.
I also finished the training at Somatica Institute in 2022 but did not do the test for certification yet, mostly because my work headed in a different direction. but i still use some of the tools i learned here with clients who want to do attachment theory work within their relationships (i specialize in avoidant attachment).
i have many other certifications like Reiki, macrobiotic counselor, and i did a yoga teacher training.
Self Taught
im self-taught as well... if i cannot pay for a program; i get all the books and teach myself; ive read every academic book about polyvagal theory that is out there :) and im a neuroscience nerd, but im not going back to school at this point in my life.
i work with…
People who have tried top-down approaches to healing (CBT, DBT, and other talk therapies) and are either no longer seeing improvements or never saw improvements.
People who consider themselves seekers, who have been searching for ways to make the world a better place. i want to work with people who are ready to stop reaching for a guru’s insights and start finding their own body’s wisdom.
People with chronic illnesses and disabilities i cannot cure you. i can help you retrain your autonomic nervous system in a way that may cut down on symptoms; i can help you create an emotional care plan for doctor appointments that will cut down on medical trauma and possibly lead to more empowerment in your life, and if doctors have told you they cannot do anything else for you, i can help you figure out next steps.
People with avoidant attachment structures. i can help you work toward secure attachment and lasting, consistent relationships with those you love.
People with wealth who want to redistribute some of it. In our current systems, money equals power, and I want to work with people who want to take responsibility for that power, at a pace your body can hold.
Intentional communities or groups of people hoping to form a community project what would be possible for your community with communication and conflict that brought intimacy? do you have a system of repair? what is your community’s north star? does everyone in your community embody agency? does everyone know how to embody a boundary?
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i aim for an emergent unfolding of healing that is guided by need, desire, and longing rather than directed by an extractive economy model, meaning, i do not want money to be a factor in scheduling sessions with me. i am also not naive to the role money plays in meeting my own survival needs, and i hope to find the balance by working with people across the spectrum of access to money. collective liberation and new paradigms are my north star in this lifetime, and as an ex-fundraiser who does not shy away from money conversations, i think people paying in accordance with their access to money and intersectionality, rather than a market-value rate determined by an extractive economy model, is an important step toward the world we all deserve.
in order to make a livable wage, honor my body’s pace, and redistribute 50% of my net income by year 5 of my business to Black and Indigenous organizations and people, my best guess right now is that ill need to average $250/session.
my pricing model is not linear or stagnant because i don’t believe our relationship to money should be linear or stagnant. you will never be locked into a fee. maybe one week you pay me $20 and the next week you pay me $250. i trust this emergent process, and i trust your decision.
before deciding where you are on the money and class scale:
if you are white and have a Masters degree or a specialized skill and are able to work more, but you choose not to, please reconsider where you are on this scale.
if you are white and come from a family with wealth, please consider whether you can organize to pay me at that class level. for example, if you want to work with me for one year, every other week, can you ask your family to gift you money for that amount?
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My sliding scale is $0 - $infinity. and i trust your decision.
Owning Class $400 - $700
Managerial/Upper Class $250 - $400
Middle Class $75 - $250
Working Class $35 - $75
Limited Resources $0-$35
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Owning Class Life experience often marked by: Owning luxurious home or homes, travel (including international); Enough income from assets (stocks, bonds, etc.) that full-time work is optional; Education at elite/selective private schools and elite colleges without student loans; Receiving and/or passing down large inheritances; Social connections, status, and financial knowledge to help the next generation remain wealthy
Managerial/Upper Class Life experience often marked by: Owning one or multiple homes, travel (including international); Dependent on salaries, not investments, to pay bills — mid-level to high-level managerial or professional jobs; Education at elite/selective colleges or at public universities often without student loans; Some investment in stock market, might have enough savings to retire early
Middle Class Life experience often marked by: Homeownership or other generally stable housing; Depends on wages/salaries to pay the bills. Often jobs with some benefits, some control over the hours and methods of work and/or control over other’s work; Social status and social connections to help the next generation; College generally expected, may or may not complete Bachelor’s degree; Debt is most often in mortgages, education, medical bills
Working Class Life experience often marked by: Housing sometimes unstable. Rental housing, or if owning a home, the majority of assets and potential for wealth are tied to it; Occupation often involves physical labor, service or care work for upper and middle-class people. Little control over pay, hours, or access to benefits; Access to higher education spotty, a large amount of student debt common for people who attend 4-year universities
Limited Resources Life experience often marked by: Substandard, unstable or inconsistent housing; Underemployed/underpaid; sometimes long-term use of public benefits; Little access to higher education; Basic living expenses might be impossible/difficult to obtain
*based off Resource Generation’s Class Distinctions
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I am committed to redistributing 50% of my net income to Black and Indigenous people and organizations by 2029 (year 5 of my business).
2025 - 10%
2026 - 20%
2027 - 30%
2028 - 40%
2029 - 50%