Known and Loved Counseling Center

Known and Loved Counseling Center Helping women heal from emotional abuse & rediscover who God created them to be. *This page is for informational purposes only.

We offer faith-based coaching & therapy | Trauma-informed care | Rooted in grace & truth
Serving women in-person and online It is not a substitute for individual mental health advice and does not constitute a provider patient relationship.*

She had prayed about whether to say no to something that was hurting her. And she felt guilty either way.She had been ta...
09/07/2026

She had prayed about whether to say no to something that was hurting her. And she felt guilty either way.

She had been taught that love means giving without limit. So she gave. Until there was almost nothing left of her.

This is one of the most consequential myths inside Christian women's healing: that a boundary is a wall built from selfishness. It isn't. A boundary is the shape of how God made you — a person with limits, with a body that signals distress, with a spirit that needs protection to remain whole.

Scripture doesn't ask you to disappear for others. Proverbs 4:23 says, "Guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it." Guarding is not selfishness. It is stewardship of the self He knit together.

Your body already knows. The tight chest before you say yes. The dread in your stomach on the drive over. The exhale that finally comes when the door closes behind you. That's not weakness. That's a nervous system trying to keep you whole.

You are allowed to honor what He built into you. You are allowed to say no and still be Beloved. Still Known. Still Held.

If this is the belief that has kept you small, our course Boundaries God's Way was built for you. Message us the word GUARD and we'll share where to begin. 💜

Maybe you saw the first post about the Reclaim Your Self cohort. Maybe you read it twice, felt something stir, and then ...
09/05/2026

Maybe you saw the first post about the Reclaim Your Self cohort. Maybe you read it twice, felt something stir, and then closed the app.

You don't have to have it all figured out to take the first step.

We know the woman sitting with this. She wants to heal. She also feels her chest tighten at the thought of being seen, of saying out loud what happened, of hoping again after hope has cost her so much.

If that's you, we want you to hear this: the hesitation isn't a sign you're not ready. It's your body doing what it learned to do. Bracing. Protecting. Waiting to be sure the ground is safe before it lets you step forward.

You cannot force a seed pod open by pulling at its edges. It softens when it finally feels the persistent warmth of safety.

So we're not going to rush you.

Reclaim Your Self is a group cohort for women healing from narcissistic and emotional abuse. Gentle somatic practices paired with Scripture-centered identity work, walked out alongside women who understand the weight you've been carrying. It includes three months of free access to our Refuge community, so you're not doing this alone between sessions.

You've prayed. You've surrendered. You've done the inner work most people will never see. This is a place for your body to catch up to the truth your faith already knows.

You were made to be known and loved and whole. Your nervous system is allowed to learn that slowly.

If you feel the pull, even while the fear is still there, that's enough for today. Learn more here: https://app.paperbell.com/checkout/packages/233201 🤍

You can talk about what happened for years and still feel your shoulders climb toward your ears every time a door closes...
09/04/2026

You can talk about what happened for years and still feel your shoulders climb toward your ears every time a door closes too hard.

That's not a failure of insight. That's a body that hasn't yet been given the felt sense of safety.

Somatic practice is one of our three core pillars at Known & Loved because your body needs its own proof that the danger has passed. Not more information. A gentle, repeated cue.

Swipe through for three small practices you can try today. Grounding through your senses. A slower exhale than inhale. Letting your eyes wander the room. Small on purpose. Safety is built one gentle moment at a time.

If your body has been bracing longer than you can remember, message us to hear about Refuge, our 7-day somatic and Scripture-centered experience. Beloved. Known. Held. 💜

After walking with women through the aftermath of destructive relationships, we've noticed something in the language we ...
09/03/2026

After walking with women through the aftermath of destructive relationships, we've noticed something in the language we all reach for.

We call it recovery. As if healing were only about getting back to baseline, patching up what was broken, returning to function.

But that word never quite fit the women who sit down with us.

Because what abuse takes isn't just your peace or your sleep or your steady breath. It takes your sense of who you were. The version of you that trusted her own voice. The one whose shoulders weren't braced before she walked into a room.

This isn't only recovery. It's reclamation.

Reclaiming is different. It means stepping back into who you were always meant to be, before the criticism, before the cold silence, before the script that told you that you were too much and never enough.

You've prayed. You've forgiven. You've done the quiet inner work most people will never see. And still, your body may be learning safety at the pace of a river stone worn smooth by water and time.

That work is slower and gentler when you are surrounded by women who understand the specific weight you carry 🤍

Today we are opening a new group cohort of Reclaim Your Self, our guided space for stepping back into the truth that you were made to be known, loved, and whole.

Joining includes three months of free access to our Refuge community, so you can begin this gentle return alongside women who simply get it.

If you're ready to reclaim the self that was always yours, you can learn more and take a first gentle step here: https://app.paperbell.com/checkout/packages/233201 🕊

If you have ever walked into a healing space and felt like you were being handed something random — another book, anothe...
09/02/2026

If you have ever walked into a healing space and felt like you were being handed something random — another book, another verse, another breathing exercise — we want you to know this is different.

Every program we have ever built rests on three foundations. Not because they sounded good on paper. Because they are what actually carried our founder through her own healing, and what carries every woman who walks with us now.

One. Body-based healing. Because your nervous system learned the danger long before your mind could name it, and it needs its own path back to safety. Slow breath. Softened shoulders. A hand on the chest that says, we are here now.

Two. Scripture-centered identity work. Not verses handed to you like a bandage. The slow, deliberate replacing of what abuse planted with what He has always said is true of you. Beloved. Known. Held.

Three. Community support. Because healing was never meant to happen alone in a quiet room. It happens beside other women who understand, who do not flinch at your story, who remind you of who you are on the days you forget.

Three foundations. One steady path. You are not walking into something random. You are walking into something built for the woman you are becoming.

If you are ready to begin, drop the word REFUGE in the comments or send us a message. We would be honored to walk with you. 💜

You've Googled your way through this for years, haven't you. You have read every article on narcissistic behavior, compi...
08/31/2026

You've Googled your way through this for years, haven't you.

You have read every article on narcissistic behavior, compiled a library of trauma-informed podcasts, and diagnosed the family dynamics before sunrise. Your mind is an encyclopedia of healing. Yet your shoulders are still up to your ears, your breath remains shallow, and your nervous system is still bracing as if the storm is still raging.

We do this because isolation feels safe when people have been the source of our deepest pain. We white-knuckle our recovery behind closed doors, trying to think our way into peace. But a nervous system cannot learn safety by analyzing itself in the dark. It is like trying to grow a seedling without soil or sun.

Healing was never meant to happen alone. Your body needs to witness safe connection to truly believe the danger has passed. It is in the gentle presence of others who understand without you having to explain, where the thaw response can finally begin.

If you are ready to stop white-knuckling this in isolation, we invite you to begin with our somatic coaching community. Message us to take that first step together.

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The women who move furthest in their healing aren't always the ones who chose the most intensive program.They're the one...
08/30/2026

The women who move furthest in their healing aren't always the ones who chose the most intensive program.

They're the ones who knew what they were walking into, and showed up ready to receive it.

Over six years of coaching, I've watched this again and again.

Two women can start the same program. Same tools. Same Scripture. Same body-based work.

And one of them thaws so much more deeply than the other.

For a long time I wondered why.

It's not about how hard she tried. It's not about how much she paid.

It's about what she did before she began, and how she held herself once she was in it.

So before you start anything, whether it's 1:1 coaching, a self-paced course, or a community, sit with these four things.

Name what feels most stuck.

Not everything. Just the one place your body keeps returning to. The tight shoulders. The stomach that drops. The lie that says you're too much. Naming it gives your healing somewhere to land.

Give your body permission to receive.

If you spent years bracing, receiving can feel unsafe. You may notice yourself performing, pushing through, proving you're doing it right. You don't have to earn this. You're allowed to slow down and let it in.

Notice what shifts, not just what doesn't.

Your nervous system heals in small increments. A breath that came easier. A moment you stayed instead of shutting down. If you only track what still hurts, you'll miss the thaw that's already happening.

And let community hold what you can't yet hold yourself.

Healing was never meant to be carried alone. There is something holy about women who understand sitting beside you when your own faith feels thin.

Think of a seed in cold ground. It doesn't push. It receives the warmth, the water, the slow return of light. And in time, it grows.

You are made to be known and loved by a God who covers you with His refuge.

Wherever you start, come ready to receive.

If this named something for you, save it, or drop "REFUGE" in the comments and I'll share where we do this work together 💜

Safety is not a thought. It's something your body learns to feel, one quiet moment at a time.You can tell yourself you'r...
08/29/2026

Safety is not a thought. It's something your body learns to feel, one quiet moment at a time.

You can tell yourself you're okay a hundred times a day. And still, your shoulders climb toward your ears. Your breath stays shallow. Your stomach braces for the next thing. Your nervous system hasn't caught up to the words.

That's not you failing at healing.

That's a body that hasn't yet been shown, gently and consistently, what safe feels like.

This is why so many women light a single candle.

A flame doesn't fix anything. But the body needs cues, not commands. A small pool of warm light. A steady glow that doesn't flicker with urgency. Something that tells the nervous system, over and over, we can settle here.

Think of frost easing off the ground after a long winter. It doesn't thaw because you decided it should. It thaws slowly, as the light returns and stays. Warmth given again and again, until the hardness lets go.

Your body is the same.

You cultivate felt safety. One breath. One gentle cue. One quiet evening with a single flame and permission to simply be here.

This is the heart of somatic work. At Known and Loved Coaching, we pair body-based practices with Scripture-centered identity work, so your body can finally learn what safety feels like.

So here's your invitation tonight: light one candle. Let your eyes soften on the flame. Take one slow breath and whisper, "I'm allowed to feel safe here."

Comment SAFE below and we'll share where we do this work together 💜

When something hard surfaces, does your body reach for a person, or for a quiet room?Neither answer is wrong. Both are w...
08/28/2026

When something hard surfaces, does your body reach for a person, or for a quiet room?

Neither answer is wrong. Both are wisdom your nervous system earned the hard way.

For some women, community is where the thaw begins. A voice beside yours makes the memory feel less dangerous. Being witnessed is what tells the body, I am not alone in this anymore.

For others, solitude comes first. A closed door. A slow breath. Scripture whispered over a braced chest before any words are shared out loud. Being alone with Him is what tells the body, I am safe enough to feel this.

Like river stones settling in different currents, we don't all find stillness the same way. Your instinct about what feels safer is not avoidance. It is your body telling you where the ground is steady enough to stand.

Beloved. Known. Held wherever you begin.

Tell us in the comments, do you process with others first, or alone first? Your answer might be exactly what another woman needs to read today. If you're ready for a gentle, Scripture-paired somatic practice you can do either way, message us the word REFUGE and we'll share where to begin. 💜

A good coach knows that trauma doesn't live only in your thoughts. It lives in your body.You can talk through what happe...
08/27/2026

A good coach knows that trauma doesn't live only in your thoughts. It lives in your body.

You can talk through what happened. You can name it, journal it, pray over it. And still your shoulders stay near your ears. Still your chest holds a breath it won't quite let go of. Still your body braces for a door that already closed.

That's not a failure of understanding. That's a nervous system that hasn't yet been told, in a language it trusts, that the danger has passed.

This is why we start where the harm was stored. Not just cognitive reframing. Not talk alone. Gentle somatic practices, paired with Scripture spoken slowly over a body that has forgotten it is safe. Breathe out longer than you breathe in. Feel the ground under your feet. Let the truth of who He says you are settle into muscle and marrow, not only mind.

Like sun warming grass beside still water after a long, hard freeze, safety returns quietly. In its own time. Beloved. Known. Held.

If your body is still bracing while your mind keeps trying to move on, this is the work we walk with you. Message us to begin, or comment SAFE and we'll share where to start. 💜

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