Safety-centered
Trauma Support Coaching
for women with childhood hurts
Finding pieces of safety for Adult you & Little you
⁘ mind, body, and heart sensitive ⁘
⁘ inner child inclusive ⁘
⁘ nervous system focused ⁘
Informed by the heart of a Pediatrician
If you want to improve the world,
start by making people feel safer
Stephen Porges
Safety...
What comes to mind if you softly whisper this word to yourself?
When was the last time you felt safe?
What does safety feel like to you?
There are no wrong or right answers to these questions
Safety looks different for everyone.
For those of us with childhood hurts, the concept of safety can often feel confusing, unfamiliar, and beyond our reach.
We feel its absence more than we feel its presence.
When our brains and bodies feel stressed, safety signals seem to get lost.
And sometimes, we need help finding our way back.
This space was created as a place to reconnect to safety.
Humans have the inherent capacity to restore safety that has been
previously broken, forgotten, or nonexistent.
Even if we never knew safety as children.
Even if we never knew safety as adults.
These parts of yourself can relearn safety
and return to what was once lost...
...slowly, gently, tenderly, and one small piece at a time
Hello, and welcome to my pieces of safety site.
My name is Tina, and I am a former pediatrician who now works exclusively as a trauma support coach and advocate. I help women create their own sense of safety and expand their nervous system regulation.
I combine trauma coaching, polyvagal theory and the somatic principles of NeuroAffective touch® to support this process. My services can include both education and advocacy.
I firmly believe that safety is a human right- something we are meant to feel in our bodies, our hearts, and our lives. It is non-negotiable and meant to be honored.
Safety matters because it is powerful.
When we feel safe, we can cope more easily with stress and feelings of overwhelm. Our bodies can even become more adaptable to pain and other forms of discomfort. When our systems are more resilient, this translates to improvements in presence, connection, and overall wellbeing.
Safety matters in trauma recovery.
I work with women who have a history of childhood trauma and who are at various stages in their recovery process. My work is not therapy, but I do collaborate with therapists and have found that enhancing safety can make the deep work of trauma therapy more tolerable and successful.
My hope is that every woman who arrives here can begin to feel held, heard, and safe again.
Recovery unfolds in three stages.
The central task of the first stage is
the establishment of safety.
Judith Lewis Herman,
Trauma and Recovery
A small note...
If the word safety feels uncomfortable or even jarring to your system, perhaps there's a different word that you would prefer to use instead-
comfort, calm, protection are possibilities.
I encourage you to use your imagination to generate a replacement word
that feels right to you.
Please use your alternative word in place of "safety" as you navigate the remainder of my site.