Trauma-informed support, Reiki, disability advocacy, education, and community that make room for real life.

Hi, I’m Monica.

I’m a trauma-informed practitioner, Reiki Master Teacher, Disability Advocate, and NCIDQ-certified Interior Designer. I’m also a disabled, neurodivergent woman, a mom, and someone whose understanding of healing and support has been shaped as much by lived experience as by professional training.

I live with PTSD, autism, hEDS, POTS, and other chronic health conditions, and I use a wheelchair. I know what it is like to move through systems, spaces, relationships, and healing environments that were not designed with bodies and lives like mine in mind.

That experience changed the way I understand support.

I no longer believe healing should ask people to push harder, override their bodies, become more productive, or fit into someone else’s idea of what “well” is supposed to look like.

I believe support should meet people where they actually are.

How I Got Here

Before Restorative Healing Haven, I spent nearly a decade working as an interior designer.

That background taught me to pay attention to environments, systems, accessibility, competing needs, and the ways a solution can technically work on paper while still failing the person who has to live with it.

My own life eventually made those questions much more personal.

Trauma, neurodivergence, chronic illness, disability, caregiving, and major changes in my own capacity forced me to rethink what healing and support looked like when “getting back to normal” was not the goal.

Over time, Reiki became one of the practices that helped me reconnect with myself without demanding that my body be different first.

My trauma-informed coaching background also became increasingly practical: helping people untangle complicated situations, understand patterns, advocate for themselves, navigate changing capacity, and figure out what comes next.

Today, my work brings those pieces together through Reiki, Life Navigation & Support, education, disability advocacy, and community.

What I Do Now

My work currently centers around:

Life Navigation & Support

Practical, trauma-informed one-on-one support for people navigating overwhelm, disability, chronic illness, neurodivergence, major life transitions, boundaries, accommodations, complicated decisions, or situations that simply feel hard to untangle alone.

We can slow things down, look at the whole picture, identify what is making the situation harder, and figure out realistic next steps that fit your actual life and capacity.

[Learn About Life Navigation & Support]

Reiki Education

I teach Reiki 1 and Reiki 2 live online, with an emphasis on practice, accessibility, nervous-system awareness, and helping students develop a relationship with Reiki that actually fits their lives.

[Explore Reiki Classes]

Distance Reiki

I offer one-on-one Reiki sessions designed to create space for grounding, rest, energetic support, and reconnection without demanding performance or productivity.

Sessions are offered virtually so you can receive Reiki from home in whatever position or environment is most comfortable for your body.

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Disability Advocacy & Education

I create educational content and workshops around disability, chronic illness, accessibility, disability history, and the ways our systems, environments, and healing spaces can become more inclusive.

The Haven Community

The Haven is an online community connected to my newsletter where disabled, chronically ill, neurodivergent, Reiki-curious, spiritual, creative, and generally wonderfully human people can connect without needing to perform wellness.

You can join us in The Haven through the newsletter signup below.

I also write and teach about the intersections between healing, disability, trauma, nervous-system support, accessibility, and lived experience.