Hi! I'm Robin
Therapist turned coach. Nervous system nerd. Former high-functioning anxious mess.
My anxiety started so young, I didn't even have the words for it.
By the time I hit adulthood, I was a walking checklist of symptoms.
Perfectionism. Procrastination. OCD. Separation anxiety. Health anxiety. Panic attacks. Insomnia. Constant worry and overthinking. Fear of rejection, failure, and basically… everything.
By body was always tense and on edge. Constantly bracing for something to go wrong. I couldn’t relax, no matter how hard I tried.
And yet… from the outside, I looked completely fine.
I was the high-achiever. The helper. The social butterfly. The one who always had it together.
But inside? I was unraveling. Anxious, overwhelmed, and completely burnt out.
For a long time, I treated my anxiety like the enemy.
Something to fix. Get rid of. Push away.
So I did everything I could to try and make it stop.
Talk Therapy. Medication. Meditation. Deep breathing. CBT. Mindset work. Yoga.
Always collecting tools. Always hoping this would finally be the thing that made it go away for good.
And sometimes, I’d get a little relief. But it never lasted.
The anxiety always came back.
Because as it turns out… I was approaching it all wrong.
What I now know is this:
Anxiety isn’t a problem to fix or an enemy to defeat. It's not a flaw or a weakness.
It's a signal. Your body’s way of telling you that something deeper needs your attention.
Everything completely changed when I stopped trying to get rid of my anxiety...
…and started listening to it.
It was trying to show me that my nervous system had been dysregulated and stuck in survival mode for years.
Trapped in a chronic loop of fight-or-flight.
Weighed down by unprocessed stress, tension, trauma, and emotions I never learned how to feel, let alone release.
I’d spent most of my life suppressing just about everything. Ignoring my needs. Pushing through stress. Silencing my boundaries.
All to stay safe, be accepted and avoid rocking the boat.
But nothing you suppress ever truly disappears. It settles in the body.
And over time, it speaks the only way it can: as anxiety.
No amount of breathing exercises or mindset work was ever going to address what my body had been holding onto for years.
The real healing happened when I did the one thing I’d never actually tried...
Letting myself feel.
The fear, the sadness, the anger, the grief. All of the uncomfortable physical sensations I'd spent a lifetime avoiding.
Giving it space to move, express, and finally release from my system.
And that’s when I finally started feeling like me again.
The heavy, anxious energy that had followed me for years began to lift. I could finally breathe. I stopped obsessively worrying. My body felt safe and could actually relax. I started sleeping better, thinking more clearly, and showing up more fully in my life.
And now, this is exactly what I help others do too.
To heal from the inside out. To rebuild safety in their bodies. And to come back home to themselves.
MY QUALIFICATIONS
I spent nearly a decade working as a therapist, specializing in anxiety, stress, and trauma.
Today, I work as a coach helping people heal their anxiety at the root, through nervous system regulation work that goes far beyond coping.
I hold a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and a Master's Degree in Social Work. In addition, I am a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) and have completed trainings, workshops, and certificates in:
Somatic Trauma Therapy/Somatic Experiencing
Polyvagal Theory
Applied Neuroscience
Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Internal Family Systems Therapy
Attachment-Based Therapy
All of this training and experience has shaped the approach I use today: helping people get out of survival mode, release stored fight-or-flight energy, and rewire their nervous system so anxiety no longer runs their life.