The Emergent Self

Every session is recorded and the replay is available. 

That said, the live sessions are where the relational work happens - the witnessing,

the presence, the in-room experience. If you can be there for most of them, you'll get more from the program.

No. This is somatic group work: nervous system education and experiential practice held in a container built for connection and witnessing.

The work is trauma-informed and draws deeply from somatic frameworks including Somatic Experiencing®, a body-based approach that supports the nervous system in reorganizing patterns shaped by trauma, stress and survival. The Emergent Self is not psychotherapy and Kristen is not a clinical therapist.

This work can bring material to the surface that benefits from more individualized support. A trained practitioner is present on every live call and 1:1 support between sessions is optional and recommended. That support can come from your own therapist or somatic practitioner or from a practitioner Kristen can recommend.

The Emergent Self is for self-aware women who have become very good at being capable, caring, independent, responsible and strong - and are beginning to recognize that some of the ways they've learned to move through the world are limiting the intimacy, support, ease and aliveness they want now.

Many of the women who come to this work have already spent years in coaching, therapy or personal growth. They understand themselves well. They can often name their patterns while they're happening and still find themselves swept into them.

This immersion begins there.

It is for women who are curious about what becomes possible when change is something your nervous system gets to experience, practice and learn - not only something your mind understands. This work asks for a willingness to slow down, stay curious about your own experience and practice being with other women without fixing, rescuing or advising.

Each live session is two hours and weaves together teaching, somatic practice, reflection and connection.

We'll explore the nervous system through The Ecology of Adaptation, then give your body opportunities to experience what we're learning through somatic practices, movement, breath, inquiry and relational work. There will be time to notice what is happening in your own system and opportunities to witness and be witnessed by others in the group.

The pace is intentionally slow and spacious. There is room to participate in ways that feel right for you, to pause and to simply notice. You don't have to perform, share on demand or get anywhere by the end of a session.

Yes. I want this founding cohort to be financially accessible in more than one way.

The full investment is $1,600, with the option to pay in four monthly payments of $400 at no additional cost. 

I've also held two seats in this founding cohort for women for whom cost, currency or wage differences would otherwise be the barrier to joining.

If you feel deeply called to this work and finances are the piece that might keep you from saying yes, please reach out to me directly at kristen@emergentmoment.com. I'd rather have a conversation than have you quietly decide this isn't available to you.

You may already understand your patterns remarkably well. You might know where they came from, recognize them while they're happening and still find yourself responding in ways that no longer fit the life you're living now.

The Emergent Self works with another layer: the nervous system patterns underneath what you already know.

The work is slower, more embodied and deeply relational. Rather than only understanding a pattern, we create opportunities for your nervous system to experience and practice something different - gradually restoring more flexibility, choice and capacity in how you respond.

Everything you've already done comes with you. Your insight, therapy, coaching and years of inner work are part of the foundation we're building from.

This is the first time The Emergent Self is being offered as a 16-week immersion. You may hear me call it the beta or the Founding Members cohort. Both mean that you're part of the first group to experience this work in this format.

The heart of the work, the frameworks and the practices are already here. What we're discovering together is how they come together over 16 weeks and within a community of women doing the work alongside one another.

As a Founding Member, you'll receive a significantly reduced investment and you'll have a voice in shaping what The Emergent Self becomes. I'll be listening closely to what is working, what you need more of and what wants to evolve as we move through the immersion together.

This isn't an unfinished program. It's the first living expression of work I've been developing and practicing for 16 years.