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DOES THIS SOUND LIKE YOU?

A people-pleaser or self-sacrificing empath who over-functions in your life and relationships.

You’re great at taking care of everything and everyone except for yourself.

You often feel anxious and squirm at the thought of disappointing or displeasing others.

You’re exhausted from carrying low self worth or shame and constantly trying to fix everything including yourself.

You feel disconnected from your authentic self and struggle to know what you want or need.

If you want to stop abandoning yourself and live with integrity, love and freedom, I’m here to help you build a road map to the forgotten joy of being yourself.

 

The way out, is in.

You’re not broken—and you don’t need fixing.
You know something needs to shift but somehow you still feel stuck, looping through the same patterns. Maybe you’re getting tired of trying to figure out “the problem,” endlessly chasing solutions and editing yourself.

Here’s the thing:
We’re not just minds that think or know things. We are whole beings. Protective patterns (from epigenetics and life experience) become wired into our nervous system and they’re subconscious. They’re not controlled by our conscious mind so we can’t think our way out of them.

These protective patterns keep us braced, cautious, critical, exhausted. While they were adaptive at one point, they can also stop us from fully feeling, healing, or growing. They make lasting change feel out of reach.

Real change starts deeper.

That’s where somatic work comes in.
It gently brings awareness to the subconscious patterns holding you back—and gives you space, support, and tools to shift them. This work is about returning to yourself—your rhythm, your values, your freedom.

The right support matters. You deserve to work with someone who listens with care, invites questions, explains things clearly, and honours your pace, your consent, and your lived wisdom. Someone who helps you feel safe enough to explore, feel, and rewire the patterns that no longer serve you.

If you choose to work with me, I’ll bring the tools—trauma-informed coaching, somatic embodiment, and nervous system support—and walk beside you on the path from self-doubt and shame to confidence, clarity, and connection.

Because it’s not only possible to heal and change.

It’s possible to live with more ease, joy, vitality, and love.
You deserve that.

You are already whole, let’s remember together.

WENDY MACPHERSON

Emotional Wellness and Resilience Coach

Hi, I’m Wendy.

I’m passionate about creating experiences that guide people back to their true selves—where compassion, purpose, vitality, joy and belonging flourish.

As a kid, I learned to “keep calm and carry on,” to mask my emotions. I looked happy enough on the outside, but inside, I felt nervous and on edge. I “walked on eggshells,” and tried to be a good girl in order to soothe the emotional temperature of my childhood home. There was a code of silence which left me feeling alone and confused.

I felt guilty and anxious when I wasn’t working hard or taking care of others. I ignored my own emotions, needs and exhaustion while working hard to please, appease and gain approval. I became disconnected from myself, my coping ability, my passion for life, my purpose and life force.

Eventually, my physical health started to suffer. By my mid-twenties, I suffered with IBS, chronic infections and endocrine issues. I was chronically fatigued, developed migraines and became even more anxious.

For two decades, I chased treatment solutions, trying desperately to find something or someone to heal me. I tried dozens of medications, diets, supplements and wellness treatments, from conventional medicine to way “out there” modalities. I took workshops and read every health, healing, self-help, spiritual and personal growth book I could get my hands on. Some of these therapies helped me survive my health crisis, and I still value them today, but nothing created lasting change until I started somatic practice. Somatic practices gave me the tools to rebuild trust and vitality in my body and a sense of worth and calm in my inner being. When I found somatics, everything changed.

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Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn’t you — all of the expectations, all of the beliefs — and becoming who you are.

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Testimonials

  • Anne O’Neill, Legal Coach, Writing Circle Facilitator

    Wendy creates a very safe space for doing Somatic Stress Release™. She is a highly intuitive, wise and sensitive guide. Each session I had with her was an amazing journey that allowed me to move through issues much faster than I ever would have been able to on my own. I highly recommend her!

  • Marlene Allbright, Life Coach

    The healing that I have received with Somatic Stress Release™ and Wendy has been profound. I felt a bit nervous at first, but Wendy’s natural ability to guide and support made me feel at ease for I realized I was not alone! Her skilful ability to create a safe space filled with curiosity, warmth and encouragement allowed me to feel, process and let go of the deep emotions that have been packed away in my body for years. The release was cathartic! I highly recommend Wendy and Somatic Stress Release™!

  • Laura Ansley

    I have known Wendy for a few years and what has always struck me is her calming presence and the ease and grace that she moves throughout her sessions. Her demeanor creates an atmosphere of peace and it creates a space where you can really hear what she is saying. I have found her Readings to be very informative and insightful and she is open to explaining things that may not be clear to me. She takes her time and I have never felt rushed to finish asking questions and the readings seem to naturally conclude on their own and have not seemed based on a clock timer. I really appreciate this and have found great value in what she has shared with me. I would highly recommend Wendy for any of the sessions that she offers!

  • – Maryse Cardin, author of Speaking to Yourself with Love

    Wendy’s offerings are a delight. I do love her conscious movement sessions where we get to move and dance like no one’s watching. Wendy holds the space for us with compassion and wisdom. She also prepares a weekly playlist that’s filled with all kinds of musical surprises. The sessions reinvigorate me and enable me to let go of whatever isn’t serving me. Plus, they are a lot of fun!