Justine Lloyd - Somatic & Energy Healing

08/06/2026

This week I ran the first session of my free meditation series, Finding Your Inner Peace.

The irony?
I spent most of the week feeling like I was being followed around by jackhammers, traffic, noise, chaos, and a whole lot of not-peace.

Maybe inner peace isn't something we find when life becomes peaceful.
Perhaps we learn about it best right in the middle of the chaos.

The theme that emerged for the group was Peace-Keeping vs Inner Peace.
One of the things we explored was when we are keeping the peace around us, while giving away the peace within us.

Because sometimes we become so focused on keeping everyone else happy, avoiding conflict, or smoothing things over, that we lose ourselves in the process.
Just something to get curious about.

💛 What does inner peace look like for you? Please share in the comments.

I've written a longer reflection on what we explored, and how even 2% more inner peace can make a surprising difference to our week.

And if you'd like to join us next Sunday for Week 2, I still have a couple of spots available. Send me a message if you'd like to know more.

Finding Your Inner Peace Series

01/06/2026

🌅 Finding Your Inner Peace

A free 4-week guided meditation group

Have you ever tried meditation and thought:

"I can't do this. This is boring"

"My head won't shut up."

"I'm too stressed, overwhelmed, or distracted."

I totally get it. My mind used to be non-stop and loud.

The thing is, many of us have never actually been taught how to slow down, switch off, and return to ourselves in a way that feels natural, achievable, and free from pressure or guilt.

This is not a "sit still and empty your mind" type of meditation.

Instead, you'll be gently guided through simple healing and balancing practices that work with a busy mind rather than fighting against it.

We give the mind something helpful to do.

Through guided exercises, visualisations, and meditation practices, you'll be gently led into a place of calm, balance, and real, felt peace.

Helping to reduce the stress load you're carrying, and gently reset for the week ahead.

Finding a way to meditate that works for you can give you a whole new filter through which to experience life.

Life often feels easier, clearer, and more manageable when viewed and experienced through a lens of peace rather than stress.

Perfect for busy minds, anyone feeling stressed, overwhelmed, over-reactive, over-sensitive, or emotionally stretched.

📅 Sundays 7, 14, 21 & 28 June

🕕 6pm AEST, 10am London, 9am Paris.

💻 Live on Zoom

🎁 Offered as a heartfelt gift

If you'd like to join us, send me a message with your full name, email address and phone number, and I'll send you the details.

I'd love to have you join us.

Warmly,
Justine

30/12/2025

As we step into a new year, I wanted to offer something more regulating than resolutions and to-do lists.

This short piece explores how living in alignment with your values can become a steady guide through the year, bringing more peace, regulation, meaning, and fulfilment.

Wishing you a healthy, steady, and nourishing 2026.
🤍 Justine

https://open.substack.com/pub/justinelloyd/p/a-different-way-to-begin-the-year?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=oyjiy

20/11/2025

Do you ever notice how busy your mind becomes when you’re stressed, overwhelmed, or trying to “work things out”?

A looping, busy mind takes a lot of energy and focus, and can leave you feeling exhausted and checked out.

Many people think the issue is what their thoughts are saying, but most of the time a busy or frantic mind is simply trying to make sense of what the body is feeling.

When emotional energy builds up in the system, the mind steps in to analyse, solve, and control.
And it often blames the situations or people around us.

But meaningful emotional healing and clearing doesn’t happen through more thinking.

It begins by gently reconnecting with the body and the sensations underneath the mental noise, and learning (or remembering) how to move this through safely.

This is the foundation of the somatic therapy approach called Embodied Processing:
supporting you to understand and resolve unhealthy emotional patterns, resource and regulate your nervous system, and process the stress, emotional triggers, and baggage your body has been holding - so your mind can naturally become clearer and calmer.

While returning yourself to a baseline of calm, wisdom, and connection.

Swipe through and follow to learn more.

If you’d like support, you can book a 1:1 online somatic healing session through the link in my bio.

19/10/2025

✨ Ever get a case of the “not good enoughs”?

That quiet voice whispering…
“You’re not smart enough.”
“You’re not ready enough.”
“You’re not as good as them.”
" You're not attractive enough."

Sometimes it shows up as procrastination, or feeling stuck, or giving up.
Sometimes as imposter syndrome.
Other times, it’s that heavy feeling that no matter what you do, it’s never quite enough.

If this happens with you, you’re not alone.
In my latest Substack post, Feeling Good Enough, I unpack what can be going on under the surface, causing the “less than” feelings.

Because often, what looks like self-doubt or lack of confidence is actually something deeper. An old protective pattern, still trying to keep us safe.

The good news? These patterns and beliefs can be unwound. Healing these patterns is absolutely possible.

💛 Read the full piece here → https://open.substack.com/pub/justinelloyd/p/feeling-good-enough?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=oyjiy

Hi, I’m Justine — a Somatic Therapy and Energy Healing Practitioner.
I help people heal emotional patterns at the root, using body-based approaches that build personal strength, and practical emotional regulation, and processing skills.

If you’d like to explore working together, you’re welcome to send me a DM or book through my calendar link in bio. 🌿

16/09/2025

Feeling stressed by the news or current events? It’s not just in your head. 🤯
When the media, current events, Netflix, doomscrolling etc keep attuning you with fear, your nervous system goes into survival mode. ☠️

That’s why you feel foggy, exhausted, reactive, unwell, out of sorts etc.

✨ Regulation = Power.
Learn to bring your brain, health and energy back online and into balance. No matter what is happening in the world around you.

I've just posted a deeper read on emotional regulation if you are curious to learn more:
https://open.substack.com/pub/justinelloyd/p/emotional-regulation-power?r=oyjiy&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

05/08/2025

Unhealthy coping isn’t your fault… but there’s a better way.

Wine, w**d, yelling, scrolling, snapping, zoning out…
They’re all just survival strategies we’ve picked up to manage emotions we were never taught how to feel.

But emotions aren’t the enemy. They’re messengers. And they don’t need to be numbed, ignored, or feared. They need to be felt, processed, and understood.

Most of what we call “mental health symptoms” may be emotional pain that’s been trapped, suppressed, or misunderstood for years.
Society teaches us to shut it down.

But what if your emotions are actually the key?
To your health. Your clarity. Your peace. Your power.
To become the adult who can handle anything life brings.

✨ This is the work I support people with. Safely coming back into the body (from the mind), learning how to process and feel emotions, take them in your stride, and come home to your true self.

📩 Ready to learn how to feel without falling apart or getting overwhelmed by what you are holding?
Message me or book a 1:1 session via the link in bio.

26/07/2025

Ever left a therapy or healing session feeling worse instead of better? 😔
Like everything inside you got stirred up… then left hanging?

You’re not alone.
It took me a long time to learn about healing hangovers—and I wanted to share this in case you, like many of my clients, can relate.

Swipe through to learn why this happens, and what true body-based healing can feel like instead.
💛 Gentle. Empowering. Regulating. Real.
Healing that leads to lasting change and transformation.

17/07/2025

I am away right now. But felt inspired to share a bit of what has been happening, spending 2 weeks in my own company!

So much has changed for me since doing deep embodiment and somatic healing work, including how travel, rest, and relate to life.

There are whales, crystals, rainforests… and a deeper kind of nourishment I never used to know was possible.

I hope it speaks to something in you, too. The article can be read on substack (for free).
Click the clink below...

https://open.substack.com/pub/justinelloyd/p/i-used-to-holiday-to-escape-now-i?r=oyjiy&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

11/07/2025

✨ You can’t mindset your way to peace if your body still thinks it’s in danger.

When your nervous system is stuck in survival mode, no amount of “positive thinking” will bring lasting relief.

The real work — with body-based approaches — is about:
🌿 Gently resolving old emotional baggage & triggers
🌿 Re-patterning the nervous system
🌿 Bringing your system back to a baseline of calm, safety, and clarity
🌿 Learning body-based self-regulation — without bypassing or burning out

This is what I gently guide you through in personalised 1:1 sessions.

If you’re tired of coping and are ready to feel truly free inside, let’s work together.

💛 Book via the link in my bio
https://tidycal.com/justinesomatictherapy