Hi, I'm Laurelle, a Holistic Counsellor, Coach, Facilitator and Certified Root Cause Practitioner. I love supporting women to access and trust the vast wisdom within them to navigate big changes and evolve in exciting new ways.
I’m deeply fascinated by life transitions. Every change of path, career, role, place, relationship or stage of life requires us to bridge a gap between what was and what’s to come.
Every ending has a new beginning already within it, but we don’t always know or feel that to be true when something has ended and we’re grappling with all that comes with letting go of past roles and versions of ourselves.
How do we bridge an old way of being and doing things into a new, not yet known, way?
How do we let go of the past and find the courage to sit in a space of unknown possibility when there’s no map for what’s next?
How do we open up to genuine possibilities of a new way of being and doing things moving forward when the world is in so much turmoil?
Maybe you too have outgrown roles and past identities and barely recognise yourself
Maybe your usually effective ways of planning and setting goals for the future aren’t working.
Maybe your deeper knowing is overcome by so much noise and collective fear, you can’t easily hear yourself anymore.
When you’re in transition, being able to reconnect to your body’s wisdom - to tune out noise and distractions - is an essential skill to cultivate.
Feeling connected to yourself can be the difference between getting spun up and scattered or staying grounded, calm and a support base for others.
I know this because this has been my deep work and path too. Recently, I’ve been in an extended transition, partly triggered from turning 50, the long peri-menopause transition and changes in roles at home and work.
Whilst my outer life has been full and busy, internally I shifted into unfamiliar territory for a good 18 months. It was a bit like being in a pressure-less vacuum with no sound or sense of time.
I found no markers for getting out quickly. It felt dark and spacious, and at times emotional, but I knew I couldn’t push forward and out of this phase of the transition with my mind. So I practised trusting myself, life and my body’s timing.
When we’re deep in transition, it’s hard to explain or articulate to others what’s going on. We need to dig deep to trust that we’re going to be ok, that there’s some internal rearranging happening and things will work themselves out.
We may find our usual tools that help us, ie journalling, meditation, catching up with certain people, don’t resonate for a period of time. We may need alot more space and time alone than usual.
At some point, things shift, new ideas drop in, opportunities show up and life moves forward again.
For me, what was so helpful during this transition was having wise mentors to reach out to, to have space held for me to drop deeply into my body and psyche, and in that process to gradually shift out of exhausting old patterns and ways of being and gradually choose a new way of being and choices, from the inside out.
We’re not meant to do this life alone, and that includes our healing.
I strongly believe we all need wise spaces, mentors and guides to support us to process, digest and debrief the challenges, transitions and growth points that come up, as and when we need it. People who know we’re not broken, and don’t see us as a problem to be fixed, but where we can feel safe to show up as our messy, vulnerable selves and through that connection, we’re reminded again who we are, and what’s possible.
That’s why I provide a unique psycho-spiritual service for women who are courageously doing their inner work to evolve because they know they have important gifts to share and contributions to make. They too are also looking for new ways of being and doing life.
That may look like reaching out for support to process what’s coming up as you navigate a transition or a challenging time.
Or maybe you’re in the helping profession and are wanting support to “refill your bucket” and a wise soulful place to digest, reflect and grow from your work with clients.
Life is constantly inviting us to grow, especially in these times
It’s my deepest privilege to work with women in the space of transitions, healing and change as we uncover new possibilities and ways of being together
I offer 1:1 Root Cause Sessions and 1:1 Attune Sessions for ongoing regular support. If you would like to find out more, please get in touch today.
Warmest,
Laurelle xo
"And the time came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom" - Anais Nin
MY STORY
Becoming a mother 20 years ago and switching careers from conveyancing to counselling profoundly shifted how I perceived the world and set off a strong yearning to find meaning and heart in my work.
Since graduating as a Counsellor in 2011, my counselling work and personal journey that followed opened up a passion for psycho-spirituality and an unshakeable trust in and reverence for the body’s innate intelligence to help navigate our lives.
In 2014, I fell in love with group work, recognising the enormous potential for healing and transformation when people come together for a common purpose. For the past 9 years I’ve facilitated thousands of group sessions and events - from meditation groups, women’s circles, mama blessings, youth mentoring programs in high schools, women and teen personal development programs and circle workshops.
My most recent programs are Tune In Program (helping women tune out distractions and tune into their deeper body wisdom and truth) and Teen Wisdom Within (introducing teen girls to their inner world).
For the past 5 years, I’ve been a Program Counsellor and Facilitator for Raise Foundation, facilitating their best practice youth mentoring program in many different high schools across Sydney, and I continue to train volunteers in youth mentoring skills.
In January 2022, I trained with Tracey Stevens of @thehealingpoint in her Root Cause Practitioner Program to further expand my understanding of body wisdom and now work with Tracey supporting mentors and supervising interns in the Root Cause Practitioner Program. I am a Certified Root Cause Practitioner and love doing 1:1 Root Cause Sessions with people across the globe. To find out more, click here.
I have formal qualifications in Counselling, Life Coaching, Focusing, Root Cause Practice, Youth Mentoring, Training & Assessment and Mental Health First Aid. I’m a Mum of young adults and live in Sydney, Australia.
To find out more about my 1:1 Root Cause Session, or a 1:1 Attune Session, please get in touch today. If you are in the RCP program and would like to arrange a 1:1 session, please contact me for your link to book here.