A place to feel, heal, and remember

We forget. We get lost. The pathways become obscured. 

We ache for ease, expression, connection, and joy—but we can't seem to find our way back. 

You want to return to your Self, to your wisdom and wholeness. You long to show up authentically in relationships, open to giving and receiving love.

Some part of you remembers that wholeness is home. That love is all there is. 

If you're yearning to find your way back, I may be able to guide you on a leg of your journey. 

If you're seeking expansion, expression, and self-actualization, I can hold space for you to take your next steps. 

If you simply want to know yourself more deeply—to understand how you came to be who you are—I can accompany you in that exploration.

If you want to explore Something Bigger and your relationship to it, I can support you in that adventure. 

Ceremonies are how we remember to remember.

Robin Wall Kimmerer

I’m Elena, and I’m a coach, teacher, writer, and seeker who has spent decades studying and practicing modalities that help us remember who we are. My own journey has taught me how to guide others back to their wholeness.

I am passionate about supporting people with marginalized identities, those navigating grief and healing from trauma, and those who long to explore consciousness and what it means to be human.

My approach is holistic. I guide you to explore the physical, emotional, social, creative, and spiritual domains of your life, and to explore questions such as: 

  • How and where am I thriving?

  • What provides meaning in my life?

  • How do I experience joy and pleasure?

  • How do I want to be with others? 

  • What in me wants healing? 

  • Who am I being, and who do I want to be? 

Because I know the healing power of nature, my work is deeply connected to the Northern California land in which I live - to the redwoods and ferns, the creeks and rivers, the Pacific Ocean, and the owls and deer and foxes. Part of the healing available to you will come from immersing yourself in this land and accessing this restorative power.

Upcoming Events

November 8-9, 2025

There comes a time, at some point on our journey to wholeness, when we want and need to explore our experiences of being in bodies that have been marginalized. These experiences as BIPOC women have likely included unique challenges, and may have also brought us resilience, connection and joy.

This retreat is a safe space for BIPOC women to explore and reflect on these challenges and gifts in community with other BIPOC women. Some women may also be called to explore their connection to their ancestors. This is a trauma-informed container in which these explorations can be safely held.

This retreat includes lodging, some meals, prep and integration session, and activities to deepen the experience. It is limited to 8 participants.

For more information, please fill out the Contact Form.

BIPOC Women’s Retreat

What I bring to this work is a unique blend of two decades of coaching experience and trauma-informed training. My expertise as a coach enables me to help people not just “understand” change or have transformative insights, but actually implement the changes they want to experience in their lives. I’ve refined a practical, relational approach that moves big insights into everyday life.

What I offer is a full pathway from experience to habit. Ideally, following the intensive experience, we’ll work together for ten follow-up integration sessions. These sessions are where transformation is implemented: we unpack what mattered in the journey, translate images and insights into clear intentions, and then design small, measurable steps that you can take between sessions.

My toolkit includes behavioral activation, habit design, values-based goal setting, somatic resourcing, narrative work, and accountability structures. These are selected to fit who you are and what your life actually looks like. I help you break big hopes and dreams into actionable steps, troubleshoot the barriers that show up, and rebuild your rhythms so that new ways of being can take root.

This model is for you if you want to be sure that a powerful experience translates into daily choices, restored agency, and durable shifts in how you live.

What clients say about working with me...

  • "Grappling with the grief of my sister who died by suicide, which was complicated by layers of shared childhood trauma that contributed to her death, I was seeking someone unintimidated by my material, who could be courageous alongside me. Elena’s mix of compassion, wisdom, guidance, and unwavering commitment to my healing and joy was the exact portal I needed to daringly enter into the space of unexamined pain. While there I found the ease, peace, and love my heart and soul needed. Elena’s gift shined in every moment. At each turn, from the preparation sessions, into and through the journey, and in the follow up sessions, I felt utterly safe and held in a warm, wise, caring embrace. I trusted her guidance and judgment completely. As someone new to this kind of work, it’s hard to imagine I could have found a better guide."

    - LAP

  • "I had no idea what to expect going into this coaching container and I was fairly nervous. Almost immediately, Elena made me feel at ease with her warmth, clear communication, and listening. Every one of our interactions felt so reassuring, and also transformative. Even a 50-minute conversation was deeply helpful. The daylong experience itself was beautiful. I can't adequately describe how safe and comfortable I felt, how supported I felt, and how powerful it was. The whole thing was so much more incredible than I could have ever imagined, and I'm pretty sure that's because of the way that Elena works. She's so thoughtful, wise, tuned in, responsive, and also, she doesn't take everything too serious. She's a unique blend of things and I'm so glad that I took the chance to work with her."

    - AT


  • "After doing therapy for decades, I decided I needed to try a new approach to addressing my life-long depression and anxiety. I made the best decision of my life to work with Elena. She brings the skills of a therapist, but in a down to earth way, and she also incorporates other modalities (only if you want - she asks for permission) if you are interested, such as using drumming and rattling. She pays attention to every little detail (and provided delicious snacks!) and I felt so taken care of. It's been three months since we worked together and my life has changed in more ways than I can count. I wish I'd discovered these modalities earlier in my life, and that Elena had been available to coach me."

    - MC


  • "I have explored these kinds of things before, but always alone or with friends. I didn't realize how powerful it could be to do this with a guide. I got so much from just one day, so many big insights, so many beautiful realizations. I know this was because of the way that Elena works. She knows what she's doing. She's so caring and attentive. And she helped me experience profound beauty and joy. This was the best thing I've done in this decade of my life!"

    - KCM