What Happens When You Follow Your Curiosity?
You Might Just Find Your Way Into The Life of Your Dreams
Somatic coaching
Maybe it means getting curious about a relationship, a pattern you keep repeating, or a part of your life that no longer feels quite right. Maybe it means wondering whether something different, even something amazing, is possible—and being willing to find out.
I know something about following that kind of curiosity. It’s what led me back to graduate school at 60 to become a Therapist. And it’s at the heart of the Life Coaching work I love: creating a space for you to explore your own patterns, listen more deeply to yourself, and discover what might be possible from here.
Molli Burkett: Somatic Life Coach. Mentor. Student. Future Therapist
While I’m pursuing my graduate training in clinical psychology, I continue the coaching work I love with a limited number of clients.
My coaching work focuses on relationships, personal growth, self-awareness, exploring what’s possible, and shifting the patterns that can keep us stuck. I incorporate somatic and nervous-system-informed practices into the work to help clients become more aware of their emotional and physical responses and create greater choice in how they respond.
I have particular experience with self-discovery, family and relationship dynamics, boundaries, codependency, shifting patterns, nervous system regulation, difficult parent-adult child relationships,
and the art of the possible
curious about coaching with me?
The ones we recognize—and the ones we don't.
Shutting down when conflict gets uncomfortable
Over-explaining when you feel misunderstood
Saying yes when you really want to say no
Feeling responsible for everyone else’s feelings
Giving advice or input when it hasn’t been asked for
Avoiding difficult conversations
Getting defensive when you feel criticized
Pulling away when someone gets too close
Working harder for connection when someone pulls away
Repeating the same relationship patterns
Second-guessing yourself even when you know what you want
Believing you may never find the love and connection you long for
Questioning yourself and looking to others for reassurance
Holding back what you really think or feel
We all have patterns
Understand why certain situations affect you so deeply and be empowered for resilience.
Take actions that move you toward what you desire.
Notice an old pattern in the moment and shift course
Stay connected to yourself during a difficult conversation.
Respond rather than automatically react.
Set a boundary without being consumed by guilt.
embrace the possibilities
embrace, rather than avoid, your emotions as a path to freedom
Have healthier, more connected relationships—with other people and with yourself.
Have more choice in how you move through your life while embracing new possibilities.
Imagine what it would
feel like:
Somatic coaching reconnects us to the body. Along with exploring thoughts, behaviors, and pattern shifting, we pay attention to emotions, physical sensations, nervous system responses, and the automatic reactions that can influence how we react to the people and situations in our lives.
Learning to attune to the Soma, the living, felt experience of the body, teaches us to become more aware of what's happening within, so we have greater choice in what happens next.
My coaching combines processing, reflection, somatic awareness, and practical tools to support personal growth, healthier relationships, and meaningful change, while helping you come home to yourself and embrace the authentic YOU.
What is Somatic Coaching?
What is Somatic Coaching?
My interest in somatic work began with a simple realization: sometimes we can understand exactly why we think, feel, or behave a certain way—and still struggle to change it.
That curiosity led me to study trauma-informed somatic practices and ultimately left me wanting to understand much more about the relationship between the mind, body, emotions, trauma,
and our earliest experiences.
Now, as a graduate student in clinical psychology with a concentration in Somatic Psychotherapy, I'm taking that exploration much deeper—studying trauma, attachment, IFS and parts work, experiential therapies, ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, couples therapy, and the many different ways psychotherapy can help people create meaningful change.
The more I learn, the more complex it becomes and the deeper I want to go...
going deeper
-Katie C. - Seattle, WA
"I wore my independence like armor, but underneath I was tired and lonely. Through Molli’s guidance, I’ve learned to soften and let support in. It feels so freeing not to carry everything alone anymore while tuning in to my own feelings and needs. This has resulted in significant improvements in my relationships that I had given up on. Thank you, Molli!"
I learned young that it was safer to do everything myself than risk being let down.
-Jeff G. - San Luis Obispo, CA
"Working with Molli changed that. I spent so much time in my head, trying to figure everything out and control what might happen. I didn’t realize I’d been pushing my feelings away just to cope, and in the process, I lost touch with my body and my true self. Now, I feel reconnected to myself, and it’s like a whole new world has opened up, not only for my own peace but also within my relationship."
I’d always heard about the ‘mind-body’ connection but never really got it.
-Mary L. - San Diego, CA
"Molli helped me understand why I kept repeating those patterns and taught me how to finally be there for myself. Now I know, deep in my heart, that I deserve so much more. For the first time in my life, I feel like an "equal" with my new partner while not accepting certain behaviors from family members that I allowed my entire life."
After years of attracting narcissistic men, I hit a breaking point—tired, depressed, and hopeless.
-Bryan B. - Laguna Beach, CA
"What originally brought me to coaching with Molli was my daughter's drinking. I learned that I had some issues of my own to work on. Now I can feel my anger without it taking over, and even express it in ways that don’t hurt others (including my daughter!) I never thought I’d be the one recommending inner child and somatic work, but it’s truly amazing! I highly recommend working with Molli."
I used to explode from holding everything in.
-Laurel E. - Irvine, CA
“Molli has been a positive ray of sunshine in my journey toward healing. Through my work with her, I have grown in ways I never thought possible. I go for things I always thought I couldn’t do or didn’t want to do. Molli has impacted me with her words and touched upon me the value of being present and finding inner peace and acceptance. She’s a rock in a hard place and a trusted Coach. Molli has helped to build me up and has encouraged me to forage through the darkness and find my true light!"
I’m more confident, self-accepting and more comfortable being uncomfortable!
-Heidi D. - Phoenix, AZ
“I have been working with Molli for several years now and she has added so much to my life. She always makes me feel like the most important person during our time together. My self-worth has improved tremendously. Once I could see that no matter how many external “things” I was consuming or controlling, I still felt empty, I began the inner work and self-care I needed to find true joy and happiness within. Molli gives me perspective on what I’m doing and has helped me understand that I am on a journey to be my true authentic self. I’m grateful for her and I wouldn’t be where I am today without her help and guidance and my willingness to do the work.”
Molli has helped me work on many aspects of my life, from building healthy relationships and setting boundaries with family, friends, and myself to improving my communication skills and learning how to express my needs and wants in relationships.
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I continue to work with coaching clients who are ready to understand themselves more deeply, navigate relationship challenges, shift old patterns, and move toward a life that feels more authentically
their own.
My coaching is collaborative and individualized, combining conversation and reflection with somatic awareness and practical tools. Rather than following a one-size-fits-all formula, we'll focus on what's happening in your life, where you want to take it, and what may be getting in the way.
Whether you're navigating a difficult relationship, struggling with boundaries or codependency, repeating familiar patterns, or simply feeling ready to create a life that feels more authentically yours, coaching can offer a place to slow down, get curious, and begin approaching things differently.
A quick but important distinction: The services I currently offer through my private practice are coaching—not psychotherapy or mental health treatment. Coaching focuses on personal growth, meaningful change, and living more fully from your authentic self.
My coaching is available to clients throughout the U.S. and internationally.
My wish for you...
My wish for you is that you become increasingly curious about yourself, not only about the patterns that may be keeping you stuck, but about the beauty, strength, and wisdom you already hold.
Because greater self-awareness isn't about changing ourselves. It's about understanding ourselves more deeply, letting go of what no longer serves us, and finding our way back to who we've always been.
My hope for you is that, little by little, you begin welcoming yourself home.
