FOR THE CAPABLE, BUT AT CAPACITY

Everyone comes to you.
Where do you go with you?

Nervous system first therapy and somatic work for deeply feeling people who care deeply,

carry a lot, and want more room for themselves in the picture.

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Nervous System First

Come back to yourself, build the capacity to stay there.

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You can understand a pattern and still find yourself right back inside it when the moment comes. Saying yes when you meant no, over explaining, holding everything together, second, third and fourth guessing the boundary you just set.

Nervous System First is where we begin: with what’s happening underneath it all, so there’s more room to stay connected to yourself and choose what comes next.

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1:1 with Jo

The most personal, relational way to work together.

Create the inner foundation that makes LIVING your life feel more like yours, instead of something you’re constantly managing.

Deeper, relational support to help you understand the patterns underneath how you think, feel, relate and respond, so you can move through life with more choice, more capacity, and more of yourself in the picture.

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Nervous System First | The Program

Tired of somehow ending up in the same patterns, just dressed in different clothes?

A six month, deliberately paced program to help you understand what’s happening underneath patterns keeping you stuck, like procrastination, perfectionism, overthinking, anxiety and people-pleasing, and build more capacity to live as the person you want to be, in the big and small moments that shape your life.

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Kind Words

  • “Jo helped me find my own way and do things I never thought I would.”

    As a highly creative woman with ADHD, I found it near impossible to find someone who could both understand me and provide the support I needed. Jo did both. I felt comfortable from the beginning and knew I was actually going to be held here, something I didn’t realise how much I needed.

    - Angela S.

  • “Working with Jo gave me the deepest clarity, strength and a renewed sense of confidence.”

    Jo’s professionalism and support are second to none. The resources, tools and sessions have been invaluable as I moved through some of the biggest internal and external challenges I’ve ever faced.

    - Scott P.
    CEO + Founder of Multiple Businesses

  • “Her knowledge and expertise become very apparent — she has such a broad range of ways to genuinely support you.”

    Jo has helped me enormously through some very difficult personal issues which required deep trust and understanding. I have felt incredibly safe walking through difficult paths with Jo by my side. She has been such a grounding influence in my life, and I’m so grateful to have her supporting me and my business.

    - Annie K.

  • “Jo has shown me that I can be my own teacher.”

    Jo has the remarkable gift of making you feel instantly comfortable in her presence. I walk away from every one of our sessions feeling lighter and more aware of myself. She has shown me how to be one of my own biggest cheerleaders, and that I can be my own teacher.

    - Ellie S.

  • “Jo helped me connect with my true self.”

    I reached out to Jo at a time when I felt incredibly stuck. She instantly created a sense of trust that allowed me to open up. We quickly and gently moved to the core of the problem, and Jo helped me connect with my true self.

    - Ainslie D.

  • “I came away from every session feeling better and empowered.”

    Jo is exceptionally good at what she does. At a tumultuous time in my life, her calming approach was exactly what I needed. I felt validated, understood and supported, and left our sessions feeling like I could do the hard things and move through what I was facing.

    - Carlie B.

  • “I instantly felt so safe talking to Jo, and left our very first session with a clear direction and sense of calm I had not felt in a long time."

    I came to Jo struggling with my emotions, work-life balance and overall happiness. Since working together, I’ve been able to stop judging myself so harshly, appreciate myself more, and feel clearer about how to move forward.

    - Sarah C.

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THE POINT OF ALL THIS

It’s about building capacity for the good stuff, not just the hard stuff.

The goal isn’t to be calm all the time.

It’s having more capacity for the full range of being alive, the hard conversations, uncertainty and challenges, and the love, joy, rest, receiving, success and connection.

So old patterns, past experiences and familiar responses don’t keep deciding what happens next.

This isn’t about creating a fantasy life.
It’s about being able to fully inhabit a life that feels like yours.

Hi, I’m Jo

I'm Jo, the human behind the work.

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I’m a coffee loving, dog obsessed human from the New England high country of NSW, and I’ve spent more than twenty years sitting with people in some of their most real, raw and honest moments.

CEOs and creatives. Tradies and teachers. Olympic level athletes, frontline workers. Military and veterans. Founders, parents, carers, therapists.

Very different lives.

Often remarkably familiar patterns underneath.

I’m a therapist, somatic practitioner and coach, and my work brings together more than two decades of experience with therapy, somatic practice, nervous system work and psychology.

I’m not interested in helping you become somebody else.

I’m interested in helping you get clear on how you want to live and who you know yourself to be, then working with whatever keeps pulling you away from it.

We begin with the body and nervous system, and work with the thoughts, beliefs, relationships and protective patterns around it, so old responses don’t keep choosing the direction for you.

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Small practices.

Real life.

Nervous System First work doesn’t only happen in a therapy room or program.

This is a growing collection of practical resources, conversations and experiences to help you understand your patterns, work with what comes up, and practise living with more of yourself in the picture.

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