I'm Lydia Hill
LYDIA HILL | SOMATIC THERAPIST | MINDFULNESS & MEDITATION TEACHER | LIFE COACH
Through my personal journey, I’ve learned how to confront my fears and insecurities, face my shadows, honor my deepest desires, and heal deeply rooted trauma. It was in this transformative process that I reclaimed my power, gained self-confidence, clarity, and finally understood what self-love, and self-worth means. I navigated the corporate world for many years while simultaneously embarking on a spiritual journey through yoga, meditation, and mindfulness. These seemingly disparate paths have now merged into the heart of my work.
life has not been a walk in the park
My journey began in my early twenties when I delved into yoga and into the complexities of the human mind, seeking clarity in the chaos of my inner life. The wisdom of therapy, inner parts work, yoga, mindfulness, and meditation became invaluable tools in releasing anxiety, overcoming depression, ending emotional eating, and nurturing self-acceptance and self-love.
but it brought me to who I am today
My purpose is to guide you as you rediscover your personal power, embracing your thoughts, shadows, and profound emotions without fear. I work with individuals from all walks of life, from teenagers to retirees and I am profoundly grateful to have found my purpose in life.
My never ceasing curiousity
After studying tax law, working in the corporate world for more than a decade, and subsequently owning a trading business, I shifted my interest. I have been trained in a mix of modalities that have lead me to what I offer today. I am constantly refreshing and expanding my knowledge and skills, simply because I love to stay curious, open, learn, and grow. Showing up the best I can for you, my clients, my family, and my friends. With a sharp mind and an empathetic heart, I see you for who you are, unburdened by self-imposed limitations, and I am excited for you to unravel and see your unique self.
Training & SKILLS
- Certified Trauma Counsellor
- Transformational Life Coach
- Meditation & Mindfulness Teacher
- Lineage Transmitted Energy Healer
- Somatically Focussed EMDR
- Brainspotting for Trauma
- IFS Inner Parts Work
- MBCT certified trainer
- ADHD/Autism Coach
- Shadow Work Facilitator
- Soul Retrieval Specialst
- Spiritual Emergency Healer
- Somatic Body Work Therapist
- Anusara Inspired Yoga Teacher
- Nervous System Educator
I am Here to help you relax
I will not rescue you, for you are not powerless. I will not fix you, for you are not broken. I will not heal you, for I see you in your wholeness. I will walk with you through the darkness as you remember your light. - The Medicine Woman's Prayer
With immense gratitude to my teachers, guides, and mentors past and present: Frank Anderson (Harvard, IFS), David Grand (brainspotting), Robert Rhonton (complex trauma), Ann Bale (trauma, CBT, EMDR) Seetrue NL (MBCT), Joe Rivera (life-coaching), Robert Johnson (shadow work), Charlie Knoles (meditation), Sally Kempton (meditation), Daniel Odier (tantric buddhism), Susanne Roursgaard (body focussed trauma healing, sexuality), Trijntje Smink (energy & soul work), Sandra Ingerman (soul retrieval), Sianna Sherman (yoga), Kai Hill (yoga), Charles Hanley (yoga), Flynn Skidmore (IFS, coaching, business) Glenn Krancher (ADHD, autism), and many more.
Book LIST
non comprehensive list of the books on my shelf
mindset
Atomic habits – J. Clear
Driven to distraction – E. Hallowell
Never split the difference – C. Voss
Start with why – S. Sink
Get out of your own way – M. Goulston
Taming your gremlin – R.D. Carson
Quit emotional eating – A. Carr
Living an examined life – J. Hollis
Your brain is not broken – T. Rosier
Healing back pain – T.L. Rampa
Think straight lose weight – D. Godfrey
Stop eating your heart out – M. Beck
Brainstorm teenage brain – D. Siegel
Own your greatness – R. Orbe-Austin
Taming your outer child – S. Anderson
Boundary boss – L. Cole
Human design – G. Wernink
Internal family systems – F. Anderson
Deep work – C. Newport
Driven – D. Brackmann
Stolen focus – J. Hard
trauma
Embracing Shame – B. Lyon & S. Rubin
Trauma and recovery – J. Herman
Healing the fragmented self – J. Fisher
Tao of fully feeling – P. Walker
Reinventing your life – J. Young
Polyvagal exercises for safety – D. Dana
When I say no, I feel guilty – M. Smith
When panic attacks – D. Burns
How to do the work – N. LePera
No bad parts – R. Schwartz
ERP for OCD recovery – A. Greymond
The Emotionally absent mother – J.L. Cori
The body keeps the score – B. van der Kolk
CPTSD: from surviving to thriving – P. Walker
Waking the tiger – P. Levin
Healing developmental trauma – L. Heller
In an unspoken voice – P. Levine
How to do the work – N. Lepera
Mother Hunger – K. McDaniel
Anxiety: the missing stage of Grief – C. Bidwell Smith
It’s Grief: the dance of Self-Discovery
Dissociation made simple – J. Marich
Forward facing trauma therapy – J.E. Gentry
EMDR the breakthrough therapy – F. Shapiro
Complex PTSD – P. Walke
relationships
You are the one you’ve been waiting for – R. Schwartz
Attuned: Practicing Interdependence – T. Hubl
Nonviolent communication – B. Rosenberg
The queens code – A. Armstrong
Relationship OCD recovery – A. Greyhound
I want this to work – E. Earnshaw
A cult of one – R. Grannon
The narcissists secrets – L. Lori
The love prescription – J. Gottman
The attachment theory workbook – A. Chen
Emotion Focussed Couples Therapy – L. Greenberg
The human magnet syndrome – R. Rosenberg
I hate you don’t leave me – J. Kreisman
spirituality
The Untethered soul – M. Singer
(the only book I have read 3 times)
Beyond mindfulness – S. Bodian
A gradual awakening – S. Levine
A gradual awakening – M. Neales
The royal path of shakti – D. Odier
Cien anos de soledad – G. Marquez
Light on Life – B. Iyengar
Meditation for the love of it – S. Kempton
Awakening Shakti – Sally Kempton
The upanishads – E. Easwaran
Tantra illuminated – D. Wallis
Myths of the asanas – A. Kaivalya
The Bhavagad gita – E. Easwaran
The yoga sutras of Patanjali – S. Satchidananda
The power of now – E. Tolle
A new earth – E. Tolle
Getting past your past – F. Shapiro
You the healer – J. Silva
Gradual Awakening – N. Miles
What is light body – T. Tachi-ren
The heart of recognition – S. Khecarantha
Extraordinary awakenings – S. Taylor
The recognition sutras – D. Wallis
The source of yoga – Sadhguru
Reality is not what it seems – C. Rovelli
The others within us – R. Falconer
Consciousness beyond life – P. Van Lommel
Cut the cords of attachment – R. Rosetree
Trauma sensitve mindfulness – D. Treleaven
Combatting cult mind control – S. Hassan
The upside of your dark side – T. Kashdan
Owning your shadow – R. Johnson
Becoming supernatural – J. Dispenza
Inner work – R. Johnson
In place of the self – R. Dunselman
sexuality
The sexual healing journey – W. Maltz
Unmastered: a book on desire – K. Angel
Emergence of the sensual women – S. Desilets
The courage to heal – E. Bass
The art of seduction – R. Greene
Vagina: a cultural history – N. Wolf
Sex at Dawn – C. Ryan
Tantric massage – E. Green
Mating in captivity – E. Perel
Tantric massage – R. Riley
Tantric sex guide – G. Mason
Do better – R. Rickets
When you are willing to do the work and to dive deep, you get to tap into sources of energy and strength you haven’t had access to before. You discover things about yourself you couldn't imagine before. - Lydia
