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What Others Are Saying

See the unseen story you’re already living.

The Essence Mapping System™ is the method woven through everything I do.
It helps you see who you’re being in this moment—whether that shows up through your body, your dreams, your energy, or your everyday roles.
Every card, tracker, and session is simply a mirror: a way to name what’s alive, work with it, and step into your story more fully.

The Thread

Every story begins with a single thread.
You bring me one piece of your story—a dream, a body tension, or a situation—and I’ll reflect the scene you’re living. Along with the reflection, I’ll share a simple practice to explore it in real life.


🪡 A light-touch first step into Your Living Story.

Entry Price - $11 Exchange

The Portal

Every story lives beneath the surface.
When words aren’t enough, the body and the dreamworld speak for us.
Choose a breathwork or dreamwork session to access what’s been hidden, held, or waiting.

🌬️ Whether through sensation or symbol, we’ll open the doorway to what’s ready to be seen, felt, or freed.

Enter the Portal - $111 Exchange

Clarity for the “what am I going through?” moments.

How It Works (Quick Snapshot)

Essence Mapping isn’t about learning a whole framework—it’s about naming what’s true right now. In just a few steps, you’ll see the scene you’re living:

1. Theme
The overarching story or role you’re inhabiting.

2. Essence
The archetypal energy or flavor underneath your experience.

3. Tension Point
The edge you’re standing at—the stuck place, resistance, or pull between opposites.

4. Invitation / Experiment
A simple embodied practice or experiment to meet this energy in real life.

Brief Example: The Tightrope Walker

  • Theme: Walking the line between responsibility and freedom.

  • Essence: Balance seeking harmony.

  • Tension Point: Fear of falling vs. desire to leap.

  • Invitation: Try standing barefoot on a line (curb, rope, mat) for 3 minutes—notice how your body reacts.

Why Start with The Thread

The card you receive may look simple—but it’s drawn directly from your story. The theme, essence, tension, and invitation are personalized to your situation, so the reflection hits home in a way no generic tool can.

It’s a light beginning on purpose. The Thread isn’t about solving everything—it’s about giving you one clear mirror and a real-world experiment.

The deeper work begins when you notice how you respond:

  • What comes up when you sit with the invitation?

  • Where do you feel resistance?

  • What reactions or stories surface?

That’s where the living story unfolds—and where our future work together can take you further.

Essence Mapping doesn’t hand you a map—it holds up a mirror.
It gives you:

  • A name for what you’re feeling but couldn’t articulate

  • A pattern you can actually track

  • A practice that meets you in real life

✨ Plus: when you book The Thread or The Portal, you’ll also receive my Story Unfolding Tracker for free—a visual way to watch your patterns reveal themselves over time.

Start with The Thread

Not quite ready, or want to know more about how I work?


Your story is already speaking. Get Notes from the Story in your inbox—weekly reflections to help you see the story you’re living.

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Your story doesn’t need rewriting—it needs naming. The Essence Mapping System™ is where you begin.

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The Metaphorical Midwife offers story-led guidance for those ready to stop performing the version of themselves that no longer fits—and begin expressing the one that does.

Through a blend of somatic insight, energetic alignment, and archetypal reflection, I support clients in moving with the shifts already happening in their bodies, their relationships, and their lives.

Based in the Nashville / Murfreesboro, TN area (with in-person sessions available at your home or office). Online sessions are available for those elsewhere.

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Photography by Rachael Black

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