I’m thrilled to introduce you all to Anne Emerson, one of the wise women in my life who I turn to for guidance, support, and healing. I lean on her as an adjunct therapist, particularly when I feel like I’m floating on a lake of emotion that I can’t quite identify, or find myself stuck in a pattern of unknown origin. As an Enneagram 1, I have a lot of latent anger, and Anne has been clutch for me as I trace it back through my life, helping me identify and heal moments in time when I violated my own boundaries (and by extension, my soul).

Anne is brilliant, with one of the best and heartiest laughs around. (And it doesn’t hurt that she knows every wise saying from Al-Anon, i.e. “Love people, trust God.”) When we get on the phone for a session, I ramble for a bit and she shoots back statements, sometimes unrelated to anything I might have said. But they always hit—hard. We then work on repatterning them through a process called “Muscle Checking.” I don’t know how it works (she explains more below), but patterns of behavior have emerged that were definitely below my awareness—and now that I understand and see them, it’s become much easier to recognize them in process and choose a different path. I’ve written about Anne advice a lot, but she’s the one who made me promise to run every single decision through my body before I say yes. That edict alone has been priceless. (One of my patterns is a reflexive yes, followed by feelings of entrapment, etc.)

In addition to sessions ($350/2 hours+), Anne is starting to offer Essence workshops via Zoom ($44, first one is March 7, 10-11:30MST, flyer below). Enjoy!