From Healing to Building: Trauma-Informed Coaching for Your Next Chapter
Rooted & Rising Coaching
You’ve done the inner work. Now let’s build the outer life.
Trauma-Informed Coaching for Life Beyond Survival
For trauma survivors who’ve completed foundational healing — and are ready to create the life your recovery has made possible.
If you’re tired of playing it safe and ready to start building, Rooted & Rising bridges that gap — from knowing what you need to do, to actually doing it with confidence.
You’re no longer in survival mode, but you’re not fully thriving either.
I’m Eva, a licensed therapist and National Certified Counselor (NCC) trained in ontological coaching methodologies. I specialize in helping trauma survivors transform the gap between emotional healing and purposeful life building.
This intensive coaching partnership has limited availability each quarter.
The Space Between Surviving and Thriving
You’ve made incredible progress. You understand your patterns, you’ve learned to regulate your nervous system, and you have tools from therapy that actually work. But somehow, you’re still playing it safe — staying small in your career, holding back in relationships, or avoiding the risks that could lead to the life you really want.
There’s a space between where you are now and where you want to be — and for trauma survivors, this space has extra layers. Your nervous system was wired to prioritize safety above all else, which served you well. Now those same protective patterns can feel like invisible barriers to the life you’re ready to build.
You might find yourself living between two worlds:
Surviving In Life
- Playing it safe — Choosing the known over the unknown, even when the unknown could be better
- Staying small — Keeping your head down, not asking for too much, avoiding attention
- Hypervigilance around risk — Seeing danger in opportunities that others would consider normal
- Difficulty advocating for yourself — Struggling to ask for raises, set boundaries, or express needs
- Over-preparing and under-acting — Researching endlessly but rarely taking the leap
- People-pleasing patterns — Prioritizing others’ comfort over your own growth
- Limiting beliefs running the show — “I’m not ready,” “What if I fail?” “I don’t deserve this”
- Comfort in familiar struggle — Choosing difficulties you know over possibilities you don’t
The gap between these two states isn’t a problem to be solved quickly — it’s a bridge to be built thoughtfully. And for trauma survivors, that bridge needs to be constructed with both courage AND nervous system awareness.
This is exactly where Rooted & Rising meets you
Thriving In Life
- Calculated confidence — Taking meaningful risks while staying grounded in your values
- Healthy visibility — Sharing your gifts, speaking up, taking up appropriate space
- Trusting your judgment — Making decisions from wisdom rather than fear
- Clear communication — Asking for what you want, setting boundaries, expressing your needs
- Action from alignment — Moving forward on goals that matter, even when it feels scary
- Balanced relationships — Giving and receiving in equal measure, no more over-functioning
- Growth mindset in practice — Seeing challenges as opportunities rather than threats
- Creating from purpose — Building a life that reflects who you really are, not who trauma taught you to be
Why Surface-Level Coaching Fails Trauma Survivors
Most life coaches use strategies that can actually re-trigger trauma responses. “Just take action” or “think positive” can activate your nervous system when what you need is a deeper transformation of the patterns themselves.
As both a licensed therapist and trained ontological coach, I understand how to work with your nervous system, not against it. This isn’t about pushing through resistance—it’s about transforming the underlying patterns that create resistance in the first place.
Here's how we close that gap:
Identify what’s really stopping you — Is that “procrastination” around starting your business actually a freeze response to visibility? Are you avoiding the promotion conversation because asking for things felt dangerous growing up?
Build your capacity gradually — Using your existing regulation tools, we expand your window of tolerance so you can handle the activation that comes with meaningful risks
Create concrete action steps — Every session ends with clear, manageable next steps that move you toward your goal while respecting your nervous system’s pace
Address the deeper patterns — We transform the underlying beliefs and responses that recreate the same problems, so you get lasting change rather than temporary motivation
Integrate new ways of being — Whether you’re learning to speak up in meetings or set boundaries with family, we practice until these new behaviors feel natural, not forced
What Our Clients Say
“Rooted & Rising has been a transformative experience. I now approach life with a newfound confidence and clarity that I never thought possible.”
“I was ready to move beyond survival, and Rooted & Rising gave me the tools and support to truly thrive. It’s been life-changing.”
How Rooted & Rising Works
Think of this as the bridge between your therapy work and the life you want to build.
People come to me with specific projects and goals: launching a solo business, transitioning careers, asking for a promotion, setting boundaries with difficult family members, or addressing relationship patterns that keep repeating.
Our work is about building the bridge from where you are now to where you want to be.
We use the same integrative approach that works in trauma healing — addressing nervous system responses, emotional patterns, AND limiting beliefs — but applied directly to your real-world goals.
For example: If your goal is transitioning to entrepreneurship, we’ll work with both the practical steps (business planning, marketing) AND the deeper patterns (fear of failure, imposter syndrome, difficulty with self-promotion) that typically derail trauma survivors who try to build businesses using willpower alone.
The result? You achieve your goals while staying grounded in who you authentically are.
The Rooted & Rising Framework
Our framework guides you through a transformative journey, aligning your actions with your core values to foster personal growth and resilience.
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🌱 Rooted
In the Root stage, we focus on grounding you in your core values and building a strong foundation for growth. This stage is about establishing stability and clarity, ensuring you are deeply connected to your authentic self.
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🌿 Growing
The Grow stage encourages expansion and development. Here, you’ll cultivate new skills, deepen relationships, and explore opportunities that align with your aspirations, fostering a sense of empowerment and progress.
3
🍃 Rising
In the Rise stage, you step confidently into your goals and dreams. This phase is about embracing your potential and living with purpose, as you navigate life with ease and assurance, fully embodying your vision.
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🌳 Thriving
The Integration stage weaves together all you’ve learned, ensuring that your growth is sustainable and aligned with your long-term goals. This final step solidifies your journey, empowering you to thrive independently.
Investment Options
All partnerships include bi-weekly intensive sessions, personalized tools and frameworks, and email support between sessions.
🌱 SEED (3 months)
Planting new habits & perspectives
- 6 bi-weekly coaching sessions
- Focus: Pattern recognition, vision clarity, foundational shifts
- Best for: Specific goals and breaking through initial resistance
🌿 BLOOM (6 months)
Most Popular
- 12 bi-weekly coaching sessions
- Focus: Expanding skills, taking meaningful action, building confidence
- Best for: Making significant life changes while staying regulated
🌳 THRIVE (9 months)
Full transformation
- 18 bi-weekly coaching sessions
- Focus: Fully stepping into your vision with sustained growth
- Best for: Complete life restructuring and long-term goal achievement
This Partnership Is Right for You if:
Have done trauma therapy and feel you’re ready for the next season of your life.
Understand your patterns and have tools that work for regulation
You’re no longer just surviving but feel stuck in “safe” but unfulfilling patterns
Have goals and dreams you’ve been avoiding or postponing
Want forward movement rather than deeper trauma processing
Are ready to take meaningful risks with proper support
Prefer structured, goal-focused work over open-ended exploration
Frequently Asked Questions
How is this different from therapy?
Therapy focuses on processing and healing past experiences. Coaching is future-focused and action-oriented — we use your existing self-awareness and emotional skills to build toward specific goals. Think of therapy as creating the foundation, and coaching as building the house.
How do I know if I'm ready for coaching?
Coaching is right for you if you’re ready to go from “one day” to “day one.” You’ve worked hard to heal and grow in all aspects of your life, and now you’re ready to take action and create the life you want — one that’s shaped by your values and dreams, not by past hurts or limiting beliefs.
What if I feel resistance or get overwhelmed during our work?
Growth work naturally brings up resistance and sometimes overwhelm — that’s completely normal. I’m trained to work with these responses skillfully, helping you move through them rather than getting stuck. We work at a sustainable pace that honors your capacity while still creating meaningful progress.
How long before I see results?
Most clients notice shifts in confidence and clarity within the first month. Concrete progress toward goals typically happens by month 2-3. The timeline depends on your specific goals and how ready you are to implement new strategies and ways of being.
Ready to Build the Life Your Healing Has Made Possible?
You’ve already done the hardest part — facing your past and learning to work with your nervous system. Now it’s time to use that foundation to create something extraordinary. Every month you spend in familiar patterns is another month your potential stays unexpressed. Your healing work has prepared you for this moment.
Share Your Story
Share where you are now and what you’re ready to build
Schedule Your Breakthrough Strategy Session
We’ll identify your biggest obstacles and create a clear action plan
Decide on Partnership
If we’re a mutual fit, choose the coaching level that matches your goals