Megan is a licensed therapist specializing in grief and loss, trauma/PTSD, and associated challenges. She serves as a compassionate witness and guide for her clients’ healing and personal growth.
Megan will facilitate a session on Inner Child work, where we’ll learn how traumas like DNA surprises affect us throughout our lives. During this session, we’ll discover how to tap into our younger selves to foster emotional healing and growth.
Venessa is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and certified EMDR and Brainspotting therapist. She is passionate about helping people learn how to heal from complex trauma as they are navigating multiple roles in their daily life. The majority of her practice focuses on attachment trauma, religious trauma, grief, and reclaiming motherhood expectations. Her approach is trauma-focused using a combination of EMDR therapy, Brainspotting, Mindfulness, and other evidence-based practices.
During our time together we will be discussing Betrayal traumas and how that has influenced our current relationships. We will explore the parts of us who feel hurt and discover ways to work with them to grieve and heal.
Lanita is a certified Advanced Yoga Teacher (ERYT-300, ERYT200, RPYT, YACEP and Trauma Informed), Certified Trauma Informed Mindfulness Coach, Birth Educator / Labor Doula, Prenatal Yoga Teacher, Reiki Master and Certified Equine Assisted Coach. She has a background working with trauma, substance abuse, youth education / crisis and therapy, empowering women.
Lanita currently facilitates trauma therapy groups with Vivify Wellness Counseling, events with yoga and horses, women’s circles, and riding lessons with her own business; Sacred Equine Journeys, Yoga classes, workshops and certifications at Upward Light Healing Yoga Studio, Sisterhood and birthing circles at Root Rise Collective, and Life Coaching under her own LLC.
She is passionate about assisting her clients in healing what is blocking them from embodying their fullest potential, so they can live in their birthright to feel safe, joyous and abundant. Lanita will lead us through a gentle movement session at the retreat.
Jenna, an E-RYT 500 and Expert Breathwork Facilitator, is a versatile yoga teacher and spiritual mentor. Over the past decade, she has masterfully integrated breathwork, yoga, sound healing, and somatic therapy to transform her own traumas into powerful healing gifts. Through unique classes, workshops, group programs, and retreats, Jenna’s trauma-informed approach and extensive background empowers her clients to create breakthroughs unmatched by any other practice. She serves as a guiding light of healing and transformation for thousands, bridging the realms of mind, body, and soul in her reachings.
Jenna will lead us during a Breathwork session, where conscious breathing techniques will guide us to explore profound states of relaxation, clarity, and emotional release.
Iliamari is a Trauma therapist in Arizona. She specializes in maternal mental health, anxiety, stress, family issues, and BIPOC first responder families. Iliamari is a mom of two kids, a fire wife, a grieving daughter of a father who was her biggest support, and a Latin trauma therapist whose fire has not died down to help her community. She is familiar with the cultural expectations that are held for her but she is working on breaking those traditions.
During her session on Generational Trauma, Iliamari will help us understand the impact of generational cycles and trauma and becoming a cycle breaker while trying to get rid of shame and guilt. We’ll learn how to transform generational trauma into generational healing while finding or improving our support systems.
Debbie is a Certified Life Coach and founder of DNA Surprise Network. She helps others navigate life’s path after having a DNA Surprise, having experienced one of her own. She enjoys using her skills of empathy, understanding, and communication with her coaching clients. She’s also the co-founder of the DNA Surprise Retreat!
Debbie is an animal advocate, serving as Board Secretary for the East Idaho Spay Neuter Coalition and Chair for the Snake River Animal Shelter’s biggest annual fundraiser, the Fur Ball. Both nonprofit organizations help save animals’ lives and bring them to loving families.
Debbie can be found on Instagram and Facebook or at DNASurpriseNetwork.com.
In Debbie’s session, we will take what we’ve learned throughout the retreat, reflect on our time together, and make a plan to carry our healing journeys forward.
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