Welcome to

The Embodied Family Circle

Support for Sensitive & Neurodivergent Families who are exhausted living in survival mode.

You know what to do, but in the moment everything escalates so fast.

Your child becomes overwhelmed.
You try to stay calm, but your body is bracing.
And suddenly everyone is dysregulated.

Maybe you shut down to hold it together, or react in ways you wish you didn't.

Then the guilt starts. You second-guess yourself & replay it.

You wonder why nothing seems to work for your family the way it does for everyone else.

Trying to stay calm, while your child is overwhelmed and your own nervous system has been surviving & bracing for too long, is nearly impossible.

Our sensitive children respond to far more than what we say.

They feel the undercurrent of the family nervous system. They notice the nuances. The incongruencies.

They are highly perceptive.

Most families are trying to fix things this by focusing on behaviour issues, while overwhelmed.

But it's not a behaviour issue.

That's why dinner time unravels.
Why 'simple' transitions feel impossible.
Why small moments suddenly become huge ones.
Why you're emotionally exhausted at the end of the day, quietly disappearing inside yourself.

It's a nervous system capacity issue.

And until that foundation changes, no strategies will work.

This is the part most parenting support misses.

As an AuDHD mom raised in a ND family, raising one myself... and having supported sensitive & ND families since 2011 - I appreciate the nuances and complexities.

This is the missing piece most parenting support misses:

Sensitive and neurodivergent children experience the world differently. They are deeply attuned to:

Sensory overwhelm
Nervous system tension - pressure, urgency
Emotional incongruence & relational disconnection

And when they feel this, they become overwhelmed and move into survival patterns:

Meltdown or avoidance
Shutdown and masking
Control or explosive reactions

Addressing this through behaviour isn't going to create sustainable change, particularly when the family system is overwhelmed... and trust me, I appreciate why it is!

Underneath these protection mechanisms is a nervous system needing deep safety.

Not more pressure.

Not more fixing.

Safety.

Even as parents we go into subconscious survival patterns we learned in our very early years.

Survival patterns are not conscious choices - they are nervous system adaptations.
Which means real change happens through safety, not pressure.

The Embodied Family Circle™ helps you create that safety, from the inside-out.

I don’t just work with behaviour.

I work with the nervous system patterns underneath behaviour.

The Embodied Family Circle integrates nervous system support, developmental understanding, subconscious survival patterns, attachment, relational healing, and neurodivergent-affirming care to help families create lasting change from the inside out.

Most importantly, this work helps restore capacity.

Because when a parent’s nervous system finally feels supported, everything changes.

What begins to shift...

You stop walking on eggshells all day
You feel calmer, clearer & less emotionally consumed
You understand what your child’s nervous system is communicating before things escalate
Your child feels safer in their body and more connected to themselves
Home begins feeling like a space you can actually unwind
Not because anyone became perfect - because your family is no longer organizing around survival.

This space is for you if:

You’ve tried strategies that don’t seem to stick
You’re exhausted carrying the emotional weight of the household
You’re raising a sensitive or neurodivergent child and feel overwhelmed
You feel like you’re constantly anticipating the next meltdown or problem
You want support that understands both nervous systems and emotional depth
You know something deeper is happening underneath the behaviors
You’re tired of advice that ignores the parent’s wellbeing
You want your child to feel safe being fully themselves

What makes The Embodied Family Circle different:

I don’t just work with behaviour - I work with the nervous system patterns underneath behaviour, integrating:

Somatic and nervous system support
Neurodivergent-affirming frameworks
Developmental and sensori-motor understanding
Subconscious survival patterns & compassion
Attachment and relational healing
Internal Family System™

More than anything, this work helps you restore capacity.

Because when a parent’s nervous system finally feels supported, everything changes.

Instead of all the therapy appointments (where children often mask or respond differently because it's novel), I show you how to create sustainable change within your family system.

What's Included in the Embodied Family Circle Membership:

Over 40 video & audio lessons to lay strong foundations & gain practical tools
for real life moments
Two 60 minute 1:1 Sessions for personalized support (valued at $475)
Monthly live group support guided by myself and guest speakers (last Thursday of the month from 12-1p pst - replays available)
Private community support access with myself and other parents who get it - ask away & get support!
Lifetime Access and any upgrades until your child is 12, because dynamics change
Exclusive BONUSES & more: Yes, you'll find even more inside!

This is designed to support your family over time - capacity first, always.

Add up a year of 2 therapy appointments per week, time taken off & driving... that's at least $34,080 per year! Children often present differently in therapy environments than they do inside family systems - this is why it's so important for the family to have support in order to create sustainable change.

Meet Katie

I’m a Neuroaffirming Somatic Clinical Counsellor, Craniosacral Therapist, founder of a Registered Children’s Yoga School, and AuDHD mother to a ND family.

Since 2011, I’ve supported sensitive & ND children, parents, and families through nervous system, developmental, relational, and somatic support. But my learning began as a child.

I created The Embodied Family Circle™ because too many incredible parents are silently drowning while trying to hold everything together alone.

And too many children are growing up believing they need to disconnect from themselves in order to belong.

I want something different for families:

Safety. Connection. Capacity. Coherence.

Not survival.

Specialties

Highly sensitive & neurodivergent souls - ADHD, Autism, PDA, ODD & sensory processing

Developing self awareness, interoception & biofeedback for intuition & resilience

Empowering parents in supporting their sensitive & neurodiverse children

Anxiety, overwhelm, burnout, depression & sleep concerns

Comprehending near death & out of body experiences

Perfection, procrastination, body image & eating

Body autonomy & creating healthy boundaries

Attachment, parentification & intimacy

Releasing intergenerational patterns

Finding your voice & self-expression

Tapping into your full potential

Chronic pain patterns

Modalities

While I offer a variety of holistic modalities, the choice is completely up to my clients. By holistic I mean exploring our internal & external environments, including physical, social, emotional, cognitive, and energetic or spiritual. I explore these aspects through the lens of; neurodevelopmental, sensorimotor (somatic), trauma-informed, systems & strength-based.

Somatic Therapy to include Somatic Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Narrative Therapy and Dynamic Narrative Exposure Therapy™

Internal Family Systems, Parts & Attachment Therapy

Holistic Developmental Integration Therapy©

Braindance™ - Primitive reflex integration

Craniosacral & Somatic Experiencing

Play, Expressive & Art Therapy

Solutions Focused Therapy

Yoga & somatic movement

Bilateral & sound practices

Meditation & mindfulness

Safe & Sound Protocol

Neuroaffective Touch®

Biofeedback

Breathwork

My qualifications

Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC with BCACC)

Canadian Clinical Counsellor (CCC with CCPA)

Masters of Arts Counselling Psychology (MACP)

Bachelor of Business (UBC)

Certificate in Adult Learning (U Calgary)

Expert Registered Yoga Teacher (ERYT-500)

Registered Prenatal Yoga Teacher (RPYT)

Registered Children's Yoga Teacher (RCYT)

Registered Children's Yoga School (RCYS)

Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider (YACEP)

Craniosacral Therapy, Infants + Children (Visionary Healing)

Craniosacral Therapy Level 4 (Visionary Healing)

Somatic Trauma Therapy Certification with Dr. Abi Blakeslee

Complete IFS™ Therapy Immersion: Integrating the Internal Family Systems™ Model

Certified Safe + Sound Protocol™ (SSP)Provider

Certified Dynamic Narrative Exposure Therapy™ (DNET) Provider

NeuroAffective Touch® Provider

Art Therapy Practitioner

Chronic Shame in Clinical Practice: An Embodied Relational Perspective

Mom’s Choice Awards® Gold Recipient

Braindance™ Instructor (Reflex Therapy)

This is not for everyone.

This work asks you to slow down enough to listen to your child’s nervous system, and your own.

It is not a quick fix.

It is not performance-based parenting.

And it is not about becoming the “perfect” regulated parent.

It is about creating enough safety and capacity that your family no longer has to live in constant overwhelm.

What if I've tried other things and nothing has worked?

I hear this often and many parents come to me after nothing else has worked, and wish they found my support first! Because we are working with the nervous system and family system as a whole, many families begin noticing meaningful shifts surprisingly quickly.