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"Safe Within has truly been a game changer in my healing journey. Before this class, it could take me a long time to come down from feeling overwhelmed or triggered. Now I have tools that help me regulate my body so much faster. One of the biggest changes for me is that I can finally say I truly feel safe within my own body. That is something I never realized was possible."
- Tammy H.
"I thought I'd tried everything there is to try on this subject, but the way it was structured & Andrea's down-to-earth approach has brought about a big shift in how I'm feeling. She is doing the work with us, and that made my skeptical parts much quieter and open to the process."
- James M.
"What has shifted most inside of me is the perspective I have on my own life. I see parts of myself that I once thought I had to overcome as parts I can integrate into my everyday life, because they're useful. There is less self-hate and more self-empowerment. While the work has very much just begun, I can see a version of myself emerging that I like and value."
- Michael L.
Does this sound like you?
- You've done years of therapy and understand your trauma, but the insight lives in your head, not your body.
- You can't stop thinking. Analyzing, rehearsing, replaying, looping. Your mind never actually stops.
- You live in a constant state of hypervigilance, bracing, scanning, waiting for what could go wrong.
- You can't sit still. Rest feels like something's wrong, so you're always doing something.
- You can't be alone with yourself, so you scroll, eat, drink. Anything to not feel.
- You're stuck in self-sabotage, procrastination, and self-doubt, and you've been treating it like a motivation problem.
- Your inner critic is relentless, and after a lifetime of hearing it, you've stopped questioning what it tells you.
- You can't feel much of anything. Not your body, not your emotions. Numb or checked out most of the time.
- When something good happens, you can't let yourself enjoy it. Joy feels suspicious, calm feels unsafe.
- You've been doing this work alone, and somewhere you know healing in community is the piece that's missing.
You can see every pattern you're stuck in. And yet you're still stuck in them.
Healing has to happen where the wound is stored
The journey
how this actually works: we will be working with the body through 3 lenses
2. Somatic Experiencing
Building the ability to notice and stay with what's happening in your body, so you don't have to keep leaving it.
1. Polyvagal Theory
Getting to know your nervous system intimately so
it stops controlling your life without you knowing it.
3. Somatic Parts Work
Developing a relationship with your parts at their source - through your body instead of your head.
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Somatic regulation tools. Quick, simple ways of working with your body that you can use anywhere, on the spot. You'll try a range of them and find out which ones your body responds to.
Each session includes:
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Breathwork. In every session, building in length as we go.
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A guided practice. The heart of each session, and you'll get the recording afterward to keep.
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Integration and discussion. Time at the end to talk about what came up, with people who are in it with you. This is where a lot of the value is.
what we'll be doing: how we'll get out of our heads and into our bodies
SESSION 1 | Creating Safety
Your body has to find some evidence of safety before anything else is possible, so this is where we build the ground everything else in the course gets to stand on.
SESSION 2 | Befriending Your System
This is where you learn to get to know your own nervous system with curiosity instead of judgment, so that what used to feel like something wrong with you starts to look like a system doing its job.
SESSION 3 | Felt Sense
This is where you learn to notice what's actually happening in your body underneath the story you have about it, and to stay with it long enough that it starts to shift on its own.
SESSION 4 | Turning Towards
The parts of you that keep you thinking are trying to keep you safe, so we don't argue with them. We turn toward the body over and over until they have evidence that it's safe to be there.
SESSION 5 | Being With
Fear is the thing that has kept most of us in our head and out of our bodies. This is where you will learn that you can be with it without becoming it, and that being with it is what allows it to release.
SESSION 6 | Glimmers
Most of us are better at noticing what's wrong than what's right, and the good moments pass through without ever landing. This is where you learn to catch them and stay with them long enough for your body to actually register them.
SESSION 7 | Self Energy
The unwavering presence that has always been in you and is always available to you. This is where you finally meet it, and find out it was never something you had to go get.
join the journey: what's included
EARLY BIRD PRICING THRU 9/17
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Seven 75-minute live sessions on Zoom access to replay made available within 24 hrs of the session
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A dedicated course space in The Shitshow for deeper discussions, reflection, support and connection
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Full access to everything going on in The Shitshow including all groups
2 Month Shitshow Membership
Your Somatic Toolkit
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20+ somatic exercises for regulating your nervous system on the spot
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7 guided practices as MP3s to keep forever and use after the course ends
The Live Experience
3 Monthly
Payments
$90 $100/month
$270 $300 total
4 Monthly
Payments
$67 $75/month
$270 $300 total
what makes this different: reasons why this works when other things haven't
You're learning from a peer, not someone who's arrived.
This is built from my own healing, and I built it on purpose. It's the work I do every day to quiet a head that never shuts up and to build capacity for the fear that still lives in my body.
We meet inside The Shitshow, and that matters.
Nobody's arriving polished, nobody's performing wellness, and you don't need a good week to show up. You can ask the question you've been embarrassed to ask. My personality is the filter. The people who find me tend to be the ones who can laugh about it and still do the work, so you already know the tone before you get there.
Co-regulation is the part you can't get from a recording.
Your nervous system learns regulation by being near other nervous systems, not by understanding regulation. That's why doing this alone with a video only takes you so far. For those of us whose trauma happened in relationship, being witnessed while you're in it is the mechanism. Not a bonus feature.
what makes this different: the reasons why this works when other things haven't
You're learning from a peer, not someone who's arrived.
This is built from my own healing, and I built it on purpose. It's the work I do every day to quiet a head that never shuts up and to build capacity for the fear that still lives in my body.
Co-regulation is the part you can't do alone.
Your nervous system learns regulation by being near other nervous systems, not by understanding regulation. That's why doing this alone with a video only takes you so far. For those of us whose trauma happened in relationship, being witnessed while you're in it is the mechanism. Not a bonus feature.
We meet inside The Shitshow, and that matters.
This is built from my own healing, and I built it on purpose. It's the work I do every day to quiet a head that never shuts up and to build capacity for the fear that still lives in my body.
who is this course NOT for?
A few people I'd ask not to sign up:
- People in acute crisis — active psychosis, untreated addiction, or current suicidal ideation. This is a group workshop, not
stabilization care.
- People hoping this will replace therapy or one-on-one clinical care. This course can deepen your healing — but it's a group
somatic experience, not a substitute for the kind of one-on-one care some people need.
- People who want to keep healing as an intellectual project and aren't ready to let their body into the room.
FAQ'S
Do I need any prior experience with somatic work, IFS, or parts work to join?
Nope. No prior experience needed — just a willingness to show up. I'll guide you through every step in a way that feels accessible, grounded, and trauma-informed. Whether you're brand new to this kind of work or you've been doing parts work for years, you'll be met exactly where you are.
When will I get access to The Shitshow community?
You'll get your invite to The Shitshow a week before the course begins, so you have time to settle in. Your 2-month membership kicks in then. If you'd like to continue after, it'll just auto-renew at the regular monthly rate of $29/month — and you can cancel anytime before that date if you don't want to stay.
What if I can't make a session live?
Replays will be available within 24 hours of each session, so you can catch up on your own time. The work is experiential, so I do hope you can make most sessions live — but life happens, and you won't fall behind if you miss one.
Should I do this if I'm currently in therapy?
Absolutely. This course is designed to complement therapeutic work, not replace it. A lot of people find that doing this alongside their existing therapy actually deepens both. If you're in active crisis or working through acute trauma right now, just check in with your therapist before signing up.
What’s your refund policy?
Due to the nature of this program and the limited spots available, we’re not able to offer refunds. Please be sure you’re ready to commit before signing up—we’re here to support you every step of the way.