How Life Telling Works
A Neuro-Archetypal Approach to Healing
Life Telling is not a technique. It is a journey.
At its heart, Life Telling is a neuro-archetypal approach to healing — a way of working that weaves together the neuroscience of how our brains process trauma and memory with the deep, symbolic language of the soul. It is grounded in the understanding that our stories are not just psychological events; they are neurological ones. The way we tell our stories — or fail to tell them — shapes the very architecture of our brains.
When we experience trauma, profound stress, or the slow accumulation of archetypal injuries, our narrative fragments. The Prefrontal Cortex, the part of our brain responsible for coherent storytelling and meaning-making, goes offline. The Amygdala, our survival center, takes over. We stop living from our story and start reacting from our wounds.
Life Telling is the process of gently, courageously, bringing those fragments back together.
The Two Pillars of the Work
The Neuroscience Pillar
Your brain is not broken. It is doing exactly what it was designed to do — protect you.
When we experience pain, loss, or threat, the brain's limbic system encodes those experiences as survival memories. Over time, these memories can become the lens through which we interpret everything — relationships, work, our own worth. We begin to live from a survival program that has outlived its usefulness.
In our work together, we use compassionate inquiry to gently explore the unmet needs and unresolved fears that are driving your survival programs. We do not try to force the Amygdala into submission. Instead, we help the Prefrontal Cortex come back online — restoring your capacity for coherent narrative, meaning-making, and genuine connection.
The Archetypal Pillar
We all carry archetypal patterns — deep, universal templates for how we understand ourselves and the world. The Warrior. The Lover. The Sage. The Orphan. These archetypes are not weaknesses; they are the grammar of the soul.
But when these archetypal patterns are wounded — through trauma, abandonment, shame, or the relentless pressure of performance — they become sources of pain rather than power. We call these Archetypal Injuries.
Through Internal Courage Processing, we identify the specific archetypal injuries you carry, explore the stories attached to them, and invite those wounded parts of your story into the light. The goal is not to banish the wounded parts, but to integrate them — to give them a place in the mosaic.
What to Expect
Free 15-Minute Consultation
We begin with a brief conversation to explore where you are, what you are carrying, and whether Life Telling might be the right path for you. There is no pressure and no obligation.
The Assessment
Before our first full session, I invite you to complete a Psychological Archetypal Injuries assessment. This gives us a map of the terrain — a starting point for our journey together.
The Journey
Sessions are conducted virtually, on a schedule that honors your life. We work at the pace of your story — not the pace of a treatment protocol. Some journeys are brief; others are longer. The path unfolds as we walk it.