I’ve joined Caitlin for several soul coaching sessions thus far and have found myself in a noticeably improved and uplifted spirit after each and every single one of them. She has a very keen sense of emotional, mental, and spiritual intelligence that she so compassionately shares with me. She responds to my (often) spiraling senses of shame and (sometimes) in-cohesive babbling in a way that reins me back into a sensible reality. She is able to meet each of my moments with an empathetic heart and enlightening insight. She has created a secure safe space for me to be able to unpack my traumas and dives deep with me into the hard stuff, while figuratively holding my hand through it all (because our sessions are virtual). She continues to firmly support me while gently encouraging me to lean into my pain and discomforts, so I can heal and grow from them. She understands that not everyone is the same, so she puts in the critical effort to find individualize ways of communication and healing strategies.

Her naturally empathetic and caring nature drives her to genuinely connect with me; to make me feel seen and heard. There is a power in her ability to validate my experiences and the emotions that stem from them. I feel like I don’t have all of the suitable words to convey how profoundly she’s impacted my life for the better. I honestly believe that I would not have made the progress I’ve made on my journey of healing, growth, and self love/acceptance without her guidance.

I also go to therapy, and to tell you the truth, I’ve found my sessions with her more influential. In fact, I consider therapy a supplement to my sessions with her. My therapist had brought up the method of fact checking as a way to help halt my shame spiral; Caitlin helped me do the fact checking. She had done so all along; I just didn’t realize that was how she was helping me until my therapist brought up the concept. She has also directed me towards a plethora of sources, suggesting various books and positive social media platforms to draw from. A lot of this process involves independent self study (so we’ll call it), and these sources have proved to be constructive to my own journey.

As we end the year in reflection, and gratitude is prominent on my mind, Caitlin is at the top of my list of people that I am so very grateful for. For her compassion, kindness, empathy, authenticity, wisdom, support, comfort, guidance, willingness. The list goes on. Even if some days my emotions make me feel like I’ve not made progress, I can sit here before you today and confidently tell you I’ve grown and healed significantly from when she first started mentoring me, a bit over two months ago, to now. It’s priceless. There’s not much that is worth more than your own mental and emotional well-being. And all that Caitlin has to offer, as my soul coach, is simply priceless.