My name is Sophie Guy and I am a coach. True Nature Coaching & Education was born out of a life-long search for answers to a deep sense of things not being right within myself and the world. This showed up as panic attacks, debilitating social anxiety, depression, loneliness, toxic shame, chronic people-pleasing, perfectionism, and a fragile sense of self. These experiences could have attracted many labels: social phobia, generalised anxiety disorder, depression, attention deficit disorder, autism spectrum disorder, borderline personality disorder, among others. I now know that what I experience is complex post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of growing up as a highly sensitive child in a wounded family system.
The search for answers took me to many varied and interesting places. It took me backpacking to different countries around the world; to university to study psychology and then work as an academic researcher. It took me overseas to live in London, then home again to Australia to study a PhD in psychology. It led me to activism and running as a political candidate in a federal election; to a passion for children and hosting a podcast on child mental health. It led to immersing myself in the study of psychotherapy, spirituality, holistic health, and personal development. Eventually, it led to the inner journey of learning to feel emotions and be with my somatic experience.
I have spent the past five years learning to work with stored emotions in the body and reparent myself from a place of unconditional love. This work has transformed my life. It has given me the skills to move through painful emotions and thought patterns so that I no longer get stuck. Learning to be able to release pain has created space in my body to experience love, joy, pleasure, confidence, contentment, and freedom. I have gone from feeling chronically unsafe in the world to having the embodied knowledge that I am powerful, loving, and worthy. I know that this is possible for you too.
It is my calling to share what I’ve learned and serve others on their healing journey. I draw on my lived experience of healing from complex post-traumatic stress disorder and learning to thrive as a highly sensitive person plus twenty year commitment to personal growth to support you in our coaching sessions. My experiences of deep emotional pain allow me to hold space for all parts of you and welcome all experiences into the coaching space.
Lived experience of recovery from CPTSD and learning to thrive as a highly sensitive person
Bachelor of Psychology (Honours), Flinders University
PhD in Psychology, University of Melbourne
Certificate in Life Coaching from Authentic Education
15+ years working in mental health research and training
2+ years working as an NDIS psychosocial recovery coach
Alumni of SmartBodySmartMind program on nervous system health
120 hours of therapy with a somatic psychotherapist
Member of 12-step recovery program for dysfunctional families
Certificate in ‘Accepting and working with voices: The Maastricht / Hearing Voices
Approach’ from the Humane Clinic
Commitment to life-long learning and personal development
National Police Check and DHS Working With Children Check
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