Working With Me
The greatest adventure is discovering who you are and who you are becoming. This requires a change in focus from the loud voices everywhere around you to the quiet voice within you—a space where one prepares to fly.
What issues might bring you to see me?
Physical illness and pain
Anxiety and Depression
A painful relationship
Lack of direction/meaning
Trauma
Self-defeating patterns
Comfort eating
Fatigue
Support during endings and beginnings
A Wellness Tune-Up
My Approach
We are all unique, multifaceted people, with complex challenges that require careful and thoughtful attention to determine the root causes of the difficult and often painful ways we experience our life. Unfortunately, our medical system too often offers us a 15-30 minute appointment with a specialist who isn’t trained to see the whole person. A Mind-Body-Spirit approach appreciates the interplay among all aspects of who you are and integrates this holistic perspective into the process of healing. I invite you to invest the time and energy to work with me to determine what is really going on and to address the roots of your issues.
The Process
Exploring and coming to understand experiences from your past, always within the context of how they may be currently holding you back, keeps you on track and moving forward. The work involves a deep internal process of self-discovery and ongoing supportive coaching in order to emerge more fully who you are meant to be.
Getting to Know You
Before we meet, I will ask you to prepare for our first session by writing answers to questions about your biography (what has happened to you) and your story (what it means to you).
During our first meetings you will have the opportunity to share with me important aspects of who you are, physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. This includes your goals and values, your dreams and fears; your strengths and weaknesses; what is working, and what is not; what brings joy, and what brings suffering.
Your Unique Journey
Together we explore what we find, and the next steps emerge. Your journey will be unique to you, based on your needs and goals. Here are other areas of expertise available to you.
Other Areas of Expertise
Dream Work
Working with your dreams can be an exquisitely rich experience.
LifeSchool
Experience Mind-Body-Spirit Medicine, including meditation, nutrition, and mindful movement practices.
End of Life Care
If you are interested in receiving help with medical decisions as well as providing emotional support for your family, I will partner with you to meet your family’s unique needs.
NeuroCoaching
NeuroCoaching is a process that activates your intuition, imagination, and deepest inner values in a shared state of relaxed mindful awareness to relieve patterns of emotional distress.
Deciding to work with me as your partner, is a conscious choice for change. It is a commitment to consider new ways of seeing yourself and your life experiences. The shifts and insights that happen throughout this work begin to manifest in your current life with new feelings, thoughts and behaviors, new experiences that take you closer to the core – the heart of who you are- where new possibilities emerge.
Becoming a Client
“Working with Susan Lord over the years has been one of the most important parts of my health and wellness journey. She listens carefully, offering her experience and leaving me feeling hopeful. Struggling with chronic anxiety over the years, I found I could trust Susan's guidance because her holistic approach is grounded in her expertise in western medicine.
She is more than a health professional; she is a healer. I have learned so much about ways I can help myself by making small adjustments to my diet, sleep, and patterns of self-talk. I recommend Susan ten-fold and in fact, I need to have a tune-up session with her soon. To me, she's a lifelong member of my team.” S.
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“Susan’s deep listening and supportive feedback helped me to see patterns in my thinking that were causing barriers to my overall sense of well-being. I have a history of trauma and Susan helped me to recognize and free myself from the inner critic that was holding me back.” A.
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“Susan has been a powerful asset in my life. She helped me move from fear to courage, doing the work necessary to leave a debilitating and painful marriage of many years. She champions the best parts of me, keeping me moving forward. I am very grateful for her wise and steadfast support- it is priceless.” D.