Paige’s journey to empowered intimacy

My parent's divorce as a preteen shaped my confused understanding of love and relationships. I navigated years of serial monogamy and dating—a lonely cycle of disappointments and heartbreak. I had never deeply experienced the pull to become someone’s wife but I did certainly feel the pull and societal pressure to experience Motherhood.  

In my late thirties, desperate to become a mother, I pushed a reluctant partner toward starting a family. To salvage our relationship and give me the opportunity to become a mother, he suggested that we open our relationship by exploring polyamory.

This shift turned my world upside down. I dove fearlessly into exploring open relationship structures, jealousy, attachment patterns, and childhood trauma. I questioned everything I thought I knew about intimacy, relationships and motherhood. 

By exploring a dominant submissive power dynamic, I began to uncover the depths of my sexual desire with curiosity and acceptance. I welcomed the pleasures of enjoying many lovers, while maintaining my freedom and independence. 

Through endless introspection, reflection and envisioning my future, I realized that my time to become a mother had passed. Within this space, I began to recognize the endless opportunities life without children could offer.  

My curiosity led me wholeheartedly to Somatica®Sex and Relationship Coach training, during a time when I had transitioned away from teaching children in Montessori schools.  I could no longer play the role of people pleaser “Miss Paige” without experiencing significant mental and emotional burnout.

Becoming part of the Somatica® community and undergoing the training has felt like coming home to myself. I'm actively practicing empowered dating, designing relationship structures that suit my needs and building a business that turns me on to my core.

You can find the courage to uncover your authentic voice and unapologetically follow your inner compass—to guide you towards enjoying the best sex and intimacy of your lives!

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Somatica® Approach to Intimacy

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Somatica® blends neuroscience, attachment theory, emotional intelligence, and somatic practices into a structured framework for transformational sex and relationship coaching.
— Dr. Danielle Harel and Celeste Hirschman

What Is Somatica®?

Somatica® is a philosophy and a set of tools that helps people have the most fulfilling intimacy possible both with themselves and others. romance and intimacy in our work together

Intimacy is not just about sex, it is the process of gaining awareness and understanding of others and yourself. When you honestly look at all the parts of yourself, both amazing and challenging, you are becoming more intimate with yourself.

Approaching intimacy with a sense of curiosity, self- compassion and non judgement creates more spaciousness. Intimacy has two important components:

1) Vulnerably showing yourself to another person

2) Truly seeing others as they are and offering space for them to show up vulnerably as well.

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