Natalieconnected

Natalieconnected Somatic psychotherapy and coaching for queer and neurodivergent folks healing from trauma and codependency.

05/22/2026

It’s not that you don’t know how to do this ⬇️

It’s that you have to remember. A lot of us do.

Trauma leaves you with protective mechanisms that feel safer in predicting, mitigating, and rationalizing.

In the process of healing and finding safety, as your body learns how to stop bracing for impact, you have to unlearn these things.

You have to remember what it’s like to feel like you have 2 feet flat on the earth while you are in the messiness of life.

And when folks I work with find themselves in this space of remembering to hold 2 (or more) complex truths at once, my heart swells.

Because I know that is crucial for them to have lasting results.

My somatic group program for q***r and neurodivergent folks is closing to new enrollments soon.

Its unlike any other complete with:
🌈 somatic work with q***r and neurodivergent folks at the center
✨ online community space
🤓 lifetime access to the course portal
✍🏼 expert classes in alternative healing modalities like EFT tapping, herbalism, breath work, and more!

Comment “recover” to learn more. 💬
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Disclaimer: This account is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Engaging with this account is not therapy or coaching, and should not be taken as professional advice or as a replacement for therapy. Content here may or may not apply to you.

05/18/2026

Generalizations like this completely ignore all nuance.

And nuance is what is needed most for trauma recovery.

Especially for q***r and neurodivergent folks who are already living life in ways society doesn’t support.

The nuance of your identity, brain, nervous system, and circumstances are going to give context to what will work best for you.

I make plenty of content that has general themes that I see in my work.

And it also has an arch, where I bring in the moment what I am talking about changes based on the uniqueness of you.

This is the basis of all of my work with folks.

I have lots of helpful frameworks and exercises that can provide therapeutic benefit..

But you are the expert on you and your intuition and insight is always centered in my space.

This week my somatic group program for q***r and neurodivergent folks on trauma recovery is starting!

And I’m so honored to be working with these incredible humans. 🥹

This space is designed to help q***r and neurodivergent folks explore what it means to thrive after trauma through:
🌈 connection curriculum
🌈 somatic methodology
🌈 expert classes in alternative healing modalities
🌈 online community space
🌈 course portal with lifetime access

I have space to bring in 1-2 more last minute leapers. 👀

Comment “recover” for a link to all the details. 💬
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Disclaimer: This account is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Engaging with this account is not therapy or coaching, and should not be taken as professional advice or as a replacement for therapy. Content here may or may not apply to you.

05/12/2026

I’ve sat with a lot of folks while they move through this experience, but now I’m actually doing it myself.

It’s so wild and I love watching my daughter’s little fearless, sassy self come alive.

At the same time, my body remembers what it was like to be afraid and unsure.

A lot of folks I work with ask the question “but if I can’t remember it, does it actually matter?”

Yes it does.

It actually doesn’t even matter if it’s “true” or not.

If that’s how you feel, it’s impacting how you move through the world.

Then it’s worthy of processing and exploring.

Many of our bodies remember what it was like to not be sure if we could count on our caregivers.

That is why somatics works so well for so many people.

Because the body gets the chance to speak. To be heard. To be tended to. To be healed.

This is incredibly unique for q***r and neurodivergent folks who have a lifetime of experience being told they are wrong.

You are not wrong. You are magic. And I built my group program Recovering Connection just for you. 🌈🧠

A somatic group program for q***r and neurodivergent folks who are coming out of constant survival, and ready to explore what it means to thrive after trauma.

This group is unlike any other combining somatic work with q***r and neurodivergent identities at the center and:
✨expert classes in alternative healing modalities like art therapy, EFT tapping, herbalism, and more.
✨lifetime access to the course portal
✨online community space for support between sessions

Time is running out to join us! ⌛️

Comment “recover” to learn more! 💬
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05/10/2026

I hope you get exactly what you need today - happiness, celebration, vulnerability, support in your grief, or anything else. Your needs and feelings are not wrong. 💞
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Disclaimer: This account is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Engaging with this account is not therapy or coaching, and should not be taken as professional advice or as a replacement for therapy. Content here may or may not apply to you.

I know how frustrating it is to try to access joy and feel like it’s out of reach.
I sit across the room from this sensa...
05/07/2026

I know how frustrating it is to try to access joy and feel like it’s out of reach.

I sit across the room from this sensation all the time and I have experienced myself.

The ache in your chest when you see someone you love in their joy, and longing for that.

Or feeling like you’ve been bracing for impact with your muscles tight forever, and wanting so badly to release.

The truth is, everyone needs something different in order to heal from trauma.

Especially q***r and neurodivergent folks, who often have very dynamic emotional experiences.

So the framework I shared above is about HOW I help folks through this specific struggle.

But the way their unique brain and nervous system responds are what really drive the work.

That’s why I work from a place of balancing frameworks and individualized support.

Which is exactly how I have build my group program Recovering Connection.

This group is unlike any other combining somatic work with q***r and neurodivergent identities at the center and:
✨expert classes in alternative healing modalities like art therapy, EFT tapping, herbalism, and more.
✨lifetime access to the course portal
✨online community space for support between sessions

I can’t wait to see you there! 🌈🧠

Comment “recover” to learn more! 💬
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Disclaimer: This account is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Engaging with this account is not therapy or coaching, and should not be taken as professional advice or as a replacement for therapy. Content here may or may not apply to you.

05/06/2026

I see you in this moment.

I have been there myself too, many times.

I know the complex reality of seeing it all clearly and somehow finding relief in that.

Which feels confusing, how can understanding my pain more cause a sense of relief?

Because staying confused often isn’t sustainable.

I had a teacher once say, “confusion is where we hang out when we aren’t ready to see the answer, but we always know the answer.”

That rings true in this experience. Sometimes confusion is protective.

But the clarity comes with immense grief.

So remember to be gentle with your heart during these times.

Find a combination of non-judgmental space to process, resources for supporting your mind-body, and community to witness your growth.

You know by now that my group program Recovering Connection has all that rolled into one.

There is an ease in that, rather than building all the pieces yourself

And the q***r and neurodivergent folks I have the privilege of working with deserve as much ease in trauma recovery as possible.

Only 3 days left to join us and this group won’t come around again until 2027. ‼️

Comment “recover” to learn more. 💬

I hope to see you there! 🌈
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Disclaimer: This account is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Engaging with this account is not therapy or coaching, and should not be taken as professional advice or as a replacement for therapy. Content here may or may not apply to you.

The loneliness that comes with feeling like no one gets your pain is scary.The hollow sensation in your chest that makes...
05/05/2026

The loneliness that comes with feeling like no one gets your pain is scary.

The hollow sensation in your chest that makes you want to reach out for help, but you’re surrounded by people who haven’t noticed or won’t understand.

I know this sensation both personally and in my work with folks recovering from trauma.

You are not alone. And while people may not understand your exact situation, many can empathize with the feelings you experience.

That is why group work is so powerful, because you get to experience that connection.

People who can see you, hold you, and empathize with the feeling. The emotional waves you’re riding.

Share perspectives and tools.

There’s only 4 days left to join us for Recovering Connection, and this group won’t come back until 2027 ‼️

There is a time limited offer in stories! 👀

Past group testimonial:
“Life feels more exciting now that I have this awareness and connection to my body. I have faith in myself that I can get through anything. The good feels better and the bad feels lighter.” - Nicholette (she/her)

This group is unlike any other combining somatic work with q***r and neurodivergent identities at the center and:
✨expert classes in alternative healing modalities like art therapy, EFT tapping, herbalism, and more.
✨lifetime access to the course portal
✨online community space for support between sessions

I can’t wait to see you there! 🌈🧠

Comment “recover” to learn more! 💬
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Disclaimer: This account is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Engaging with this account is not therapy or coaching, and should not be taken as professional advice or as a replacement for therapy. Content here may or may not apply to you.

05/04/2026

Only 5 days left to join us for Recovering Connection ‼️

It’s a group program because we need this healing to happen in community. You need to be witnesses in your pain, growth, and joy.

It’s somatic so that your nervous system learns how to feel safe in yourself and your exploration of the world and relationships.

It has other experts in alternative healing modalities so you have lots of options for grounding, processing, and understanding your unique process.

You’ll have new ways to support your body through herbalism and EFT tapping.

You’ll have deep understanding of the language your nervous system speaks through somatics.

You’ll have creative ways to process your big feelings through a guided art process.

And you’ll have a space that celebrates your identity, which is crucial to being more authentic as a q***r and/or neurodivergent person.

I want your joy and peace to be as accessible as the strength it has taken you to navigate trauma recovery.

Comment “recover” for a link to all the details. 🌈💬
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Disclaimer: This account is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Engaging with this account is not therapy or coaching, and should not be taken as professional advice or as a replacement for therapy. Content here may or may not apply to you.

05/03/2026

We are meaning making beings. ⬇️

And I know when my anxiety or stress is up because I’m desperately grasping for meaning at everything.

Seeing a hawk means I’m on the right path, or the wrong?

What about that 444 on my phone? It means I need balance, but how do I do that?!?!?!

In the moments where I am able to access my deeper connection to myself and the natural world, these moments are quiet nudges. Simple moments of connection.

When I’m anxious, they are fear screaming at me to watch where I’m going! 🚨

We want to understand ourselves and the world, that makes perfect sense.

And you need nonjudgmental space to process what you are experiencing emotionally so it doesn’t take over your nervous system.

So it doesn’t leave you in anxiety and fear for days, weeks, or months.

Recovering connection is my somatic group program for q***r and neurodivergent folks coming out of constant survival and ready to explore what it means to thrive after trauma.

Ready to learn how to make meaning that supports your authentic self, rather than drives you deeper into shame.

With all we are facing in the world, we are wasting precious time not doing this work.

I want your joy and peace to be as accessible as the strength it’s taken for you to navigate trauma recovery.

Only 5 days left to join us for Recovering Connection, and this group won’t be back till spring 2027. ‼️

Comment “recover” for a link to all the details. 💬🖤
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Disclaimer: This account is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Engaging with this account is not therapy or coaching, and should not be taken as professional advice or as a replacement for therapy. Content here may or may not apply to you.

05/02/2026

Let me be clear ⬇️

I am talking about this from an expressing your authentic self, setting the boundaries you need, and being present with your joy sense.

This is not a “let’s bypass the harm we can cause other people.”

We need to do the work to ethically show up in relationships we care about.

To decolonize our language so we don’t perpetuate systems of oppression.

And letting someone be uncomfortable with the boundary you need to set is essential.

“Making” them feel better isn’t your responsibility.

Avoiding conflict to not hurt their feelings isn’t helpful.

This is where understanding the unique language you’re nervous system is speaking is so important.

So you can identify what you need to feel even a little bit safer setting the boundary.

Recovering Connection will have that, alongside 5 other incredible teachers of alternative healing modalities to support your growth.

EFT tapping for rewriting outdated stories.

Art therapy for processing grief.

Astrology as a framework for understanding how you operate.

And more! 💞

Comment “recover” to learn more. 💬
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Disclaimer: This account is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Engaging with this account is not therapy or coaching, and should not be taken as professional advice or as a replacement for therapy. Content here may or may not apply to you.

05/01/2026

Other things I used to be embarrassed about ⬇️

🧠 = things I attribute to being neurodivergent
🌈 = things I attribute to being q***r

🧠 struggling with knowing the different between left & right
🧠 reading painfully slow (I have a reading disability)
🧠 going from 0-60 with auditory overstimulation
🌈 the fluidity of my sexual orientation
🌈 the unique ways I show love and care to people
🧠🌈 my need for novelty

It’s important to say that at the time I was embarrassed about these things, the therapist I was working with was not aware of any of these intersections.

She was a great therapist in many ways, but when it came to these 2 important parts of my identity, upon reflection, she probably wasn’t the best fit.

I could have been saved a lot of shame and embarrassment but understanding these things more deeply.

This is why I focus my work on q***r and neurodivergent folks.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve said in session “that’s actually really common experience for someone with _________.”

And it’s followed by a deep breath from the person I’m working with.

It’s so important to see our experiences reflected in others.

Which is why I created Recovering Connection to be a group space.

Where your identity and uniqueness is not only seen and respected, but celebrated!

‼️Enrollment closes May 8th, so time is running out to join us.

Comment “recover” for a link to all the details. 💬
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Disclaimer: This account is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Engaging with this account is not therapy or coaching, and should not be taken as professional advice or as a replacement for therapy. Content here may or may not apply to you.

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