The Life Lab
where insight becomes embodied change
for self aware women who still feel stuck and are ready to unlock life
The Life Lab is a long-term integration space for women who are deeply self-aware, have done the inner work—and still don’t feel better in their lives.
If therapy, coaching, or self-help helped you understand yourself but hasn’t translated into ease, safety, or real change, nothing has gone wrong.
You may be on the Post-Insight Plateau—a phase almost no one names.
Wanna hear what your future peers have to say about The Life Lab? Press play.
“I can choose what I think, say, and believe. And by questioning judgmental or anxious thoughts and reframing them, it is possible to find peace and hope, while navigating the world with confidence and joy. I am so thankful for this approach.”
- Margaret A (UX Designer)
you've done the work.
Read the books. Listened to the podcasts. Gone to therapy. And you still feel stuck.
You might wonder:
“When does the awareness translate into change?
What am I doing wrong
Maybe personal development doesn't work. OR, I'm broken.
What does it take for the work to WORK?”
The short answer? You're in a place called the post-insight plateau.
The truth of the matter is this:
You don’t need a something drastic.
You don’t need more control over your mind.
You need a different relationship with it.
With the self-monitoring, the pressure, the constant mental effort.
When you understand where that inner commentary comes from and learn how to be with it, your mind stops feeling like a problem to manage and starts feeling like a place you can actually live from.
This isn’t about fixing yourself.
It’s about learning how to live well with the awareness you already have.
Calm and joyful presence aren’t personality traits. They’re developmental capacities.
That calm, joyful presence you’re working towards isn’t something you try to create, it’s what develops when you move through the phase you’re currently stuck in.
The Life Lab is where it all happens .
Inside the Life Lab, you learn how to work with your brain- not manage it - so awareness stops turning into self-pressure and starts creating ease.
The goal is simple
to change how you experience your life — without needing to overhaul your life itself.
When your inner world stops requiring constant management, your energy naturally returns to what matters:
your relationships, your interests, your body, your work — the parts of life that actually feel like living.
Who should join
the Life Lab?
Well, YOU! If:
…yet you feel like a failure in real life- or like you’re always trying to prove yourself. You want to feel like you’ve made it.
And/but most of all?
If you're ready to stop trying to DIY this thing because that hasn’t been working?
I’m ready for you.
This work invites a different way of relating to your mind — one that’s collaborative rather than corrective.
As you learn to see thoughts as flexible and work with your nervous system instead of against it, calm becomes something you build capacity for, not something you force.
You don’t need to be pushed or fixed.
You need to be seen — where you actually are — and supported in developing habits and a sense of self that can carry you forward into a fuller, more livable life.
Imagine a life where you can choose how you feel each day.
A life that…
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Engages and inspires you so that you feel excited for each day
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Nurtures your relationship with you (hello inner best friend) so that you walk into every room with confidence (goodbye worrying what others are thinking)
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Connects with your big why(s) so that you do more of what you want to be doing in this world
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Rewires your brain so that you can step into feeling calm and collected
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Regulates your nervous system so that you can have fulfilling relationships and harmony at home
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Shifts your relationship with procrastination and perfectionism so that you can achieve any goal you set
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Works with your emotions so that you can feel like the hero of your own story.
Here’s the thing, my high-achieving friend:
Your natural state is one of peace and enjoyment, and I can prove it.
It’s time to tap back into that.
The Life Club will teach you how.
Curious what other's have to say?
“I want to say thank you to you, Cecelia. Your patience, openness and calmness are very reassuring to be around, and you build trust with the group which allows me to start to feel that I can participate. I joined to help calm my jumbled feeling brain - And yes, I am starting to make some progress, which feels so good to say.”
The Life Lab is the approach you’ve been looking for.
It’s not another fake it until you make it, force yourself to show up experience.
It’s a virtual yearly mentorship program with ongoing expert teaching and coaching- all for less than what you spend on wine each month to chill out each evening.
This program is like a gym membership for your heart and mind and will become the best part of your week.
Our students have said that they've seen more progress in one month using this approach than they have in years of therapy.
You can feel calm in life, you can show up how you want to day to day all without spending lots of time and effort.
What you get when you join the Life Lab
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6 MONTHLY LIVE GROUP COACHING CALLS:
You get personalized coaching in a group setting so that you can see your brain and thoughts in a new way. And the real value to you is that you can make bigger changes, faster.
(The BEST way to keep the momentum you're generating in our program? Is to stay engaged with us on the weekly coaching calls.
Whether you get coached personally by me or watch your peers get coached, these calls will astound you and inspire you to stay the course and keep taking action.)
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4 MONTHLY LIVE SOMATIC SESSIONs:
You get tools to help you process emotions and regulate your nervous system so that you can start to first create safety and then intentionally create feelings day to day. And the real value is that you’ll feel like you’re in control of your life.
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A VIBRANT COMMUNITY COMMUNITY:
The Life Club comes with a community so that you’re around other people doing this work who want you to win. And the real value to you is that you’ll feel a sense of support and belonging as you make changes in your life.
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WEEKLY COACHING LESSONS ON TOPICS IMPORTANT TO YOU:
Each month there’s a topic and each Monday there’s a specific lesson so that you can stay connected to this work. And the real value here is that these lessons are actionable- because the real change happens when you DO the work- not when you read about it. If the monthly topic is relationships with others a weekly lesson might be setting boundaries not ultimatums.
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THE HELP ME (K)NOW BUTTON:
You get access to a backlog of courses, workshops, coaching calls, and somatic sessions so that you can get support when you need it. And the real value is that you use this material in a way and time that fits your life.
Hi there, I’m Cecelia –
I help people when self-help stops working.
I help thoughtful, capable humans slow down, come back into relationship with themselves, and stop turning growth into pressure — so their lives can feel more peaceful without abandoning their intelligence, drive, or gifts.
Like many of the people I work with, my life once looked good on the outside. I was a high achiever, deeply curious, successful on paper — and quietly disconnected from myself. I understood a lot about why I felt the way I did, but that understanding didn’t translate into ease or safety in my body.
For a long time, it felt like the only path to happiness would require burning everything down.
What I eventually learned was something very different:
nothing needed to be destroyed — it needed to be integrated.
That realization reshaped my work and my life.
I went on to earn my Master’s in Mental Health Counseling, complete my coach training, and study nervous-system–informed approaches including yoga, breathwork, and mindfulness — not to fix people, but to understand what actually helps after insight.
Today, my work is focused on supporting people who already know themselves well, but still feel stuck, tense, or tired of trying to manage their inner world.
I help people learn how to live well with the awareness they already have — by building safety, self-trust, and a more collaborative relationship with their mind and nervous system.
My work has supported thousands of people around the world in moving out of self-attack and into integration.
If you’re here because self-help has stalled — and you’re ready for a different way forward — you’re in the right place.
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Curious about my credentials? I get it. 😉
Here’s the list:
- Prep School-ed with the best at Phillips Exeter Academy (after a stint at public school and another Virginia-based prep school that I left because they ‘weren’t challenging me enough’…)
- Got the Ivy League Undergrad degree at Columbia doing work with very famous geology types at Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory
- Worked in Oil and Gas in the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East. I even spent a winter working night shifts on rigs in the North Sea
- Studied Ashtanga Yoga and Transcendental Meditation in Denmark, India, and the US
- Certified as a breathwork teacher through Breath-Body-Mind
- Studied more yoga and yoga therapy at Kripalu (hello 200-hour training and 800-hour Yoga Therapy Certificate)
- Earned a Masters Degree in Mental Health Counseling at William and Mary
- Honed my life coaching chops at the Life Coach School
- Currently have a front row seat to brain and nervous system development of a 4 and 1.5 year old
- I’ve also dabbled in other somatic therapies, Ayurveda, and EFT, with more to come I’m sure -- I’m a life long learner 🙂
