Testimonials

I'm so grateful to be working with Paola as my somatic coach. She and I met at a time when I was reclaiming my given (Korean) name and wanting to step into a more liberated, embodied version of myself. Paola has the ability to hear what I'm struggling with and name how historical, political, communal, and familial forces shape who I am. She is able to name hard truths with warmth, compassion, and curiosity, which allows me to remember & embody my wholeness and my dignity. I always feel deeply seen by Paola and by the end of the session, my heart and my body feel settled, calm, and tender. Working with her has been transformational. Her presence is powerful and loving, mirroring the kind of presence I want to offer myself in my most vulnerable moments.

Working with Paola is an incredible experience - she brings a tremendous amount of love, joy, and open heartedness to her clients. Paola has helped me identify and articulate shifts that I want to make, new actions I want to take and then helped me locate what in body needs to change - expand, soften, relax - in order for those shifts to be possible. I walk away from each session with a clear connection to a place in my body that I can focus on, come back to, practice shifting as a way to make that new action more attainable. And Paola always reminds me to connect with the larger for sake of what - the bigger reason or motivation or yearning for why I'm taking this risk and trying this new move. Paola is a lover of people and a believer in our ability to transform - it's a gift to carry that love and belief with me after our sessions together.

You will know immediately that Paola is your ally and she will guide you toward the changes you want to make. Paola's skilled, compassionate and intuitive approach to our work together creates a deep trust. I have developed a profound respect for just how insidious old patterns and traumas can be in our lives. Working with Paola has helped me shift these patterns, replacing them with practices that support me in being my authentic self and expressing that in the world.

Paola has positively and drastically helped me to change my life in chosen directions. I was able to immediately trust Paola, and our deep connection allows for a welcoming environment. My resounding happiness and confidence was made possible by the strength, wisdom, and courage I draw from her. We began by establishing goals and ideas for my ideal self and set to work, integrating exercises, role-playing, somatic bodywork and centering to open my life to a wider range of emotion and interaction with the world. The practice we have built together has shaped my life in ways I never imagined were possible. Paola works with a powerful grace and spirit. Her care for clients is clear in everything we do together. After six months, my loved ones and I made incredible improvements in communication and overall fulfillment. I am so thankful to have found such a gem.

Paola approaches her somatic work not only with integrity and commitment, but also with a gentleness, a palpable caring, that

works to create the kind of supportive container we all need for deeper forms of healing and transformation. She has helped me to reconnect to parts of myself that have long been inaccessible, to begin the work of healing from trauma and loss, and to develop both a vision of the person I want to move towards being and faith in my capacity to undertake this transformative journey. I can't overstate my gratitude and respect for her.

Working with Paola over Skype has been an amazing experience. The progression of my own somatic awareness and depth of my commitment has grown immensely over the past 6 months. Paola has this amazing ability to tune into the moment, to feel what I am experiencing, and to use that information to present practices that really touch deep into the work I am in. She also rolls with what we have; adapting practices to be useful and impactful over Skype- whether or not the camera is working. What a lesson to be separated by thousands of miles and still to be able to feel Paola at my side and at my back.

Paola has helped me with so many things!  I've been seeing her for a few years now and I think overall the most helpful thing has been the larger, more spiritual perspective that she brings to my life, something that I wouldn't give myself permission to have otherwise.  She's also helped me to trust myself, feel strong emotions without getting completely overwhelmed, and to have stronger relationships by setting good boundaries with myself and others.  I know that my life is significantly better because of the time I've spent with Paola, and I'm very grateful for all of the support and stability she has brought to my life!

Paola came highly recommended from a friend. Finding a coach that fits you is a journey and I’m grateful that I found Paola. Paola helps you find your center, grounding you to meet life’s challenges from personal to professional. She helps empower you to move and live with intention and authenticity. She holds you accountable and helps build your skills through practice and repetition. Building on your inner strength, flexing your strategic muscles, trying out new tools to solve problems. She helps sharpen you, focus your priorities, hold contradictions, and allow for clarity. To be adept and  transform and adapt while holding sacred your core values. She helps you find your voice. She understands and coaches women of color leaders to show up for ourselves and those that we lead. To fight for a more inclusive world where your voice and power is realized. She brings together skills of somatic practice to her coaching to help you become a better leader, to live and breathe with intention. Paola helps you to acknowledge and release trauma in work and life, honoring your lived experience, letting go where it does not serve you, and building new paths for leadership, growth, and living a life that you deserve and yearn for. She understands that nonprofit work is hard and brings a social justice lens to her executive coaching. She creates space for you to explore and be centered, aware, strategic, and intentional as a leader. She guides you on the journey as an empathetic and astute listener, supporting your growth, asking probing questions, and helps transform and lead with authenticity. I’m grateful to work with Paola on this coaching journey and see my leadership and growth take flight.