You Keep Recognizing Yourself in Trauma Posts
You know your patterns. You can spot your people-pleasing from miles away. You understand why you shut down in conflict, why you over-function in relationships, why you make yourself smaller to keep others comfortable.
But knowing why you do something and being able to change it are two completely different things.
You’re not broken. Your nervous system is just still protecting you from dangers that aren’t there anymore.
The Truth About Healing
Most healing work stops at awareness. You get insights, understand your triggers, maybe even do some inner child work. But your body still reacts the same way. Your patterns still run the show.
Because trauma doesn’t live in your thoughts – it lives in your nervous system. And changing your mind doesn’t automatically change how your body responds to the world.
You need something that meets you where the wound actually lives.
The Descent: 30 Days of Shadow Reclamation
This isn’t gentle healing. It’s not another journal full of positive affirmations. The Descent is designed to help you feel what you’ve been avoiding, release what’s been stuck, and reclaim the parts of yourself you abandoned to survive.
Each day includes:
- Guided prompts that help you name what’s really happening
- Somatic practices to help you feel where patterns live in your body
- Audio guidance so you’re never doing this work alone
- Integration practices to help you choose differently from awareness, not reactivity
30 days. Your patterns, your pace, your process.
This work will crack you open if you stick with it. That’s the point.
Not Sure If You’re Ready?
Try the Free Descent Ritual: A 7-minute practice to help you drop out of your head and into your body. Experience what it feels like to stop analyzing and start feeling.
Gentle Grove is a sanctuary for coming home to yourself. Through voice, ritual, and writing, we help you remember the parts you abandoned to survive.
Gentle Grove is a sanctuary for soul return. Through voice, ritual, and writing, we help you remember the parts you abandoned to survive.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between The Descent Journal and the Descent Ritual?
The ritual is a 7-minute audio practice that helps you reconnect with your body when you’re overwhelmed. The journal is 30 days of guided shadow work with daily prompts, audio guidance, and somatic practices. The ritual is free; the journal is $47.
Is it hard to journal every day?
The prompts are designed to take 10-20 minutes, but you can go at your own pace. Some days you might write pages, other days a few sentences. What matters is consistency, not perfection. Miss a day? Just pick up where you left off.
What can I expect from this work?
This isn’t surface-level healing. You’ll likely feel things you’ve been avoiding – that’s the point. Most people report feeling more grounded in their bodies, clearer about their boundaries, and less reactive to old triggers. But this work can be intense. Go slowly and seek support if you need it.
Are there other ways to get support?
Distance Reiki sessions are available for nervous system support alongside the journal work. I also offer personalized healing sessions that combine Reiki with crystals to help release stored stress and trauma from the body.
What is Reiki and how does distance healing work?
Reiki is a Japanese energy healing technique that helps restore balance to your nervous system. Distance sessions work because energy isn’t limited by physical space – I can work with your energy field from anywhere in the world. Many people feel deep relaxation, emotional release, and renewed clarity.
What other healing modalities do you offer?
My work combines trauma-informed shadow work, somatic practices, Reiki, and crystal healing. Everything is designed to help your nervous system feel safe enough to heal while giving you practical tools for daily life.