When we rise, we will rise together!
Are you struggling with addiction? Has you're loved one basically said, "Go get some help or it's over?!" Here's the hard and honest truth...and I say this from personal experience. People that are addicted typically don't consider getting help unless something bad has happened. While your vices can mess up your life, they're also cozy and familiar and help you to not have to deal with the shitty feelings. That's why you keep using them. If you're reading this and nodding, take a breath. There's hope.
My approach
My name is Vanessa and I'm an addiction specialist. I am in long-term recovery and I am an advocate for total abstinence and working the 12 steps. It's old school but it's effective. In addition, I offer RESET Breathwork, a nervous system healing technique that help you rewire the neural pathways in your brain so that you can heal the pain, be accountable and enjoy life sober.
Let me give you some real life examples of how I can help you!
Alex would regularly make a commitment to stop using. He hid his behavior from everyone, and he was constantly in self-judgment. Through doing breathwork, developing a routine that is healthy and sustainable, he is building a foundation for sobriety and his relationship with himself is strengthening.
On the outside, it seemed like Sam had it all together. The high paying job, the wife, the kid, the house. On the inside, he felt broken and he drank to cope. Through learning how to process his emotions deeply in breathwork, Sam was able to release toxic machismo patterns, develop a supportive relationship with his wife and access real joy for the first time in his life.
Josh believed that he needed to use in order to do his best at work. He had an intense fear of failure and used his vice to keep performing at an optimal level. Through building tools to reduce his anxiety and learning how to ask for support, he has now developed a solid plan for tapering off of his vices. Through consistent action and accountability, he feels more confident in his ability to get off of them completely.
After a bad crash, Jennifer was having intense panic attacks when being a car passenger. She told herself she should ‘just get over it.’ Through learning to connect with her intuition and feel safe in her body through breathwork, she honors her needs first and only gets in the car with people she feels safe with. Her “no” is a complete sentence and people respect her for it. Most importantly, she respects herself for it.
April was convinced that she would never feel safe or even capable of being in a healthy relationship with her partner again. She felt hopeless. Through building tools to heal from the trauma, she now trusts her judgment, practices healthy boundaries and has built a strong foundation of trust with her partner.
Rhiannon would literally hide under the desk every time she had to have a difficult phone conversation with a client. Through building tools to create and hold energetic boundaries, she now feels safe speaking her truth and releases herself of the blame and fear of other people’s reactions. She regularly dances to Badass Woman by Meghan Trainor when she needs a boost.
If they can do it, so can you!
“Being perfect isn’t a real thing. Love yourself through the challenges and do a little bit better than you did yesterday.”
-Vanessa Tanner