What we’re about
You don’t only need to talk about your trauma to heal.
You also need to release it from your body.
This healing circle is a trauma-informed, body-based space for adult children of dysfunctional, emotionally immature, or narcissistic families. If you grew up carrying the emotional weight of your caregivers — as the fixer, the golden child, the scapegoat, the invisible one — you may still be holding those patterns in your fascia, nervous system, voice, and breath.
If you've explored your story, named your trauma, and done the inner work — but still feel stuck, disconnected, or physically unwell — this group offers a gentle shift into embodied healing.
We begin where the body is now, not where the mind got stuck.
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What We Focus On
- Nervous system safety as the foundation of healing
- Somatic unwinding of old roles and people-pleasing patterns
- Fascia awareness as a doorway to emotional release
- Boundaries and self-trust as embodied states, not just mental concepts
- Energetic hygiene and how to stop absorbing what’s not yours
- The sacred role of healthy isolation and the difference between loneliness and regulation
- Quiet spaces for reflection, integration, and deep inner listening
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What to Expect in a Session
Each session includes:
🔹 Grounding & Arrival
Gentle breathing, body awareness, or nervous system settling
🔹 Mini Teaching (5–10 mins)
Short insights on how trauma shows up in the body, and how we can begin to unwind it
🔹 Somatic Practice or Journaling
Invitational practices such as fascia awareness, intuitive movement, or reflective writing — always gentle, always optional
🔹 Sharing & Integration
An open, invitational space to be seen and heard — no pressure, no performance, no “trauma dumping”
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Who This Group Is For
This space is for adults who:
- Grew up in emotionally immature, neglectful, or enmeshed families
- Are working to release guilt, fear, or self-blame around setting boundaries
- Are exhausted from people-pleasing, fixing, or shrinking themselves
- Feel the toll of hypervigilance, shutdown, or emotional suppression in their body
- Are ready to heal from the bottom up — not just intellectually
- Crave a soft, spiritual, somatically aware space to reconnect with themselves
No diagnosis is required. No trauma story needs to be shared.
Your nervous system already knows what needs to be healed — we’re just giving it the space and safety to do so.
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A Note from Natalie
I’m Natalie — a Healing & Embodiment Coach, certified yoga therapist, and MA in Psychology. But more importantly, I’m a deeply sensitive woman who spent most of my life carrying emotional weight that wasn’t mine. I’m no longer performing, fixing, or twisting myself to be loved — and I hold this space so you don’t have to either.
This is a sacred place to slow down, listen inward, and honor your healing as the brave, layered, spiritual journey that it is.
To learn more about me and my approach, visit my website.
Upcoming events
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The Scapegoat: A Body-Based Healing Circle
·OnlineOnlineIn many families, one person becomes the scapegoat — the one who carries blame, speaks uncomfortable truths, or absorbs what the system cannot face.
This role is not a flaw.
It is a nervous system adaptation.
Scapegoats often grow up feeling misunderstood, singled out, or labeled as “too sensitive,” “too much,” or “the problem.” Over time, the body learns to stay alert — scanning for threat, criticism, or emotional danger. This constant vigilance can later show up as anxiety, tension, or exhaustion.
In this gentle, body-based healing circle, we’ll explore the scapegoat role somatically — through sensation, breath, and awareness — rather than analysis or storytelling.
This circle is not about reliving the past.
It’s about helping the body recognize that it no longer has to stay on guard.
What We'll Explore
- How the scapegoat role forms in the body and nervous system
- Why hypervigilance and anxiety are common for scapegoats
- Where blame, tension, and alertness live in the body
- How to gently release vigilance and reclaim safety
What to Expect
- This is a slow, supportive somatic experience. We’ll move gently through:
- Grounding and nervous system settling
- A scapegoat-specific body awareness scan
- Somatic teaching and internal inquiry
- Optional journaling
- Gentle release and integration
You are always in choice. Sharing is optional. You are welcome to participate in the way that feels safest for your body.
No prior somatic experience is needed.
If this session resonates and you want to go deeper, I’m also offering a workshop called Healing Anxiety: The Hidden Roots of Family Roles. This workshop looks at how roles like the scapegoat shape the nervous system and contribute to ongoing anxiety patterns — and how we can begin to shift them through somatic awareness.
You can register for the workshop here.
Led by: Natalie Bussell
Somatic Healing & Embodiment Coach | NB Holistic Health
Trauma-informed. Nervous-system aware. Body-based healing.330 attendeesThe Scapegoat: A Body-Based Healing Circle (Thursday Session)
·OnlineOnlineIn many families, one person becomes the scapegoat — the one who carries blame, speaks uncomfortable truths, or absorbs what the system cannot face.
This role is not a flaw.
It is a nervous system adaptation.
Scapegoats often grow up feeling misunderstood, singled out, or labeled as “too sensitive,” “too much,” or “the problem.” Over time, the body learns to stay alert — scanning for threat, criticism, or emotional danger. This constant vigilance can later show up as anxiety, tension, or exhaustion.
In this gentle, body-based healing circle, we’ll explore the scapegoat role somatically — through sensation, breath, and awareness — rather than analysis or storytelling.
This circle is not about reliving the past.
It’s about helping the body recognize that it no longer has to stay on guard.
What We'll Explore
- How the scapegoat role forms in the body and nervous system
- Why hypervigilance and anxiety are common for scapegoats
- Where blame, tension, and alertness live in the body
- How to gently release vigilance and reclaim safety
What to Expect
- This is a slow, supportive somatic experience. We’ll move gently through:
- Grounding and nervous system settling
- A scapegoat-specific body awareness scan
- Somatic teaching and internal inquiry
- Optional journaling
- Gentle release and integration
You are always in choice. Sharing is optional. You are welcome to participate in the way that feels safest for your body.
No prior somatic experience is needed.
If this session resonates and you want to go deeper, I’m also offering a workshop called Healing Anxiety: The Hidden Roots of Family Roles. This workshop looks at how roles like the scapegoat shape the nervous system and contribute to ongoing anxiety patterns — and how we can begin to shift them through somatic awareness.
You can register for the workshop here.
Led by: Natalie Bussell
Somatic Healing & Embodiment Coach | NB Holistic Health
Trauma-informed. Nervous-system aware. Body-based healing.53 attendees
Healing Avoidant Attachment: A Body-Based Healing Circle
·OnlineOnlineMany people think avoidant attachment means being “emotionally unavailable” or not wanting closeness.
In reality, avoidant attachment is often the body’s learned response to closeness feeling unsafe — not because of rejection, but because of early emotional distance, misattunement, or pressure to be independent.
This circle is a gentle, body-based exploration of avoidant attachment — not as a label or something to fix, but as a protective nervous system pattern that once made sense.
What to Expect
- A space to understand avoidant attachment through the body
- A nervous-system-informed exploration of how closeness shows up somatically
- An opportunity to bring curiosity, compassion, and awareness to your patterns
- Grounded, paced, and respectful of personal boundaries
What this Healing Circle is NOT
- Not therapy
- Not trauma processing
- Not about pushing past your edges
- Not about “fixing” attachment styles
This Meetup is designed as an introductory awareness space. Deeper somatic healing and longer practices is being offered on Eventbrite for those who feel drawn to continue healing the avoidant attachment style:
Why Love Feels Unsafe — Healing the Body’s Response to Closeness
Sunday, February 8, 2026 | 7:00 PM EST (Online)
Led by: Natalie Bussell
Somatic Healing & Embodiment Coach | NB Holistic Health
Trauma-informed. Nervous-system aware. Body-based healing.59 attendees
Past events
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