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THIS IS ME

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My story and the manner in which I arrived in my role is distinctly different from one of a typical coach & therapist:

I did not decide
to take this path.
Life decided it for me.

Growing up with a traumatized single mom that was neither physically nor emotionally available and present for me created an environment that led to my developing a large and unwieldy abandonment and trust issue. My responses to these deficits and subsequent behavior patterns later grew with me and transformed me as a young woman into a full blown rebel, replete with all manner of troubling issues: eating disorder, drug abuse, anxiety disorder with heavy panic attacks, anger issues, and depressive episodes…

Despite some initial success combating my problems with traditional therapy sessions, and after a couple of “shrinks” each only achieving very minor improvements in my healing and growth, I still found myself hitting the same walls. Nothing seemed to have really changed at the core, and I found myself getting more and more exhausted.
I was worn out from serial dramatic and codependent relationships, I felt that I was somehow in constant conflict with my own environment. I was exasperated and tired of the ups and downs. I found myself in a vicious cycle of partying hard on the weekends to release all of my pent up stress and seek some carefree feelings, only to dive back into compulsive overworking in an attempt to make up for my low self-worth

Something had to change as I really couldn't go on like this.

I began to actively explore other ways to address and heal my traumatized “inner child”: I absorbed Eastern philosophy and spirituality, went on extended ashram stays, undertook ayahuasca trips in the Amazon, workshops, retreats, trauma courses and an endless series of life coaches…you name it! 

I was committed to working through all my shit.

Gradually I had some traction, and layer by layer, I peeled back the hang-ups, traumas, and levels of understanding within myself, and was able to get substantially deeper towards the roots of it all. And let me tell you:

It was not a walk in the park. I cried, i suffered, i cursed, i screamed, i kicked...

And guess what?…. I made it … I emerged on the other side.  Quite mind-blowing. And now i am comforted and inspired by this knowledge:

I am here to help you walk this path of fire because I really do know the way, having struggled down this path myself.

So, are you ready to step into your fire?
This fire will not burn you, but rather will transform you!

And if I did —
So can you!

My
Methodology

My key fields of work are:
 

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  • Developing on Self-worth/ Self-Confidence
     

  • Limiting beliefs and self-sabotaging behaviors
     

  • Shadow Work (exploring the darker sides of our emotions and behavior and understanding how these items hold us back)
     

  • Inner Child Work (a deep dive into the past to uncover the roots and how dysfunctional behaviors were formed.)   
     

  • Anxiety Disorders
     

  • Burn Out
     

  • Addictions

The techniques and methodologies I will share with you within our work together I know by heart, as I went through every last one of them myself. 
In my estimation, it’s really not about learning and repeating textbook knowledge, but gaining a sense of embodied wisdom, a confident sharing of perception and understanding I can impart from my trials. I think this is what really sets me apart: I know what it feels like to be stuck, confused, frustrated, overwhelmed, and hopeless. And I now know what to do about it.

Studying to become a certified life coach and counselor allowed me to augment my intuitive approaches to healing and understanding and to perfect my approach by giving me clear names and structures to the methodologies I already knew by heart and to perfect my approach.


I opt for an integrative approach to my methods that carefully blends various techniques and allows your explorations, responses, and progress to determine which one is the very best fit for you.

I hope it is evident, I am not interested in working on changing things only on the surface. We will go deep to the very root of the problem.

There will be both laughter and tears, but critically, we will uncover truths and comprehension that will move you and change you for the rest of your life.

Working with me, you will find a warm, easygoing, and safe environment to share and explore your thoughts, feelings or beliefs, and crucially, to begin to make sense of them. 

You will gain tools to help you navigate your inner unchartered waters.

This process not for the light-hearted or non-committed, this is for the brave ones that are ready.

Are you ready

to step into the fire?

Book your free consultation call here

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