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Go from Chaos to Connected

 

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Get Lifetime Access to Connected Healing

 

Go from Chaos to Connected

 

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Lifetime Access to Connected Healing Includes:

A Vibrant Community

Connect with like-minded individuals in a private, supportive community where you can share experiences, gain encouragement, and grow together.

Weekly Group Coaching

Receive expert guidance and personalized support in our live group coaching sessions, designed to help you regulate your nervous system and create lasting change.

Comprehensive Online Course 

Access guided nervous system resets and step-by-step modules that help you shift from survival mode to self-trust with practical, science-backed tools.

 

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Healing Isn't About Pushing Harder

Our next 8-week group coaching series, Nervous System Mastery, starts in April. In Nervous System Mastery, you will learn how to recognize and regulate your nervous system patterns, moving from chronic stress and survival mode to a state of balance, resilience, and self-trust. Through practical tools, guided exercises, and deep understanding, you’ll gain the ability to navigate triggers, cultivate safety, and create lasting nervous system regulation in your daily life.

When you become a lifetime member of Connected Healing, you get access to all of our group coaching programs. A new one launches every 12 weeks!
Nervous System Mastery is launching in early April; join today and take the first step toward reconnecting with your inner wisdom, balancing your nervous system, and building lasting self-trust. Each session is carefully designed to guide you toward transformation.

Week 1: Understanding Your Nervous System 

Learn how your nervous system shapes your emotions, behaviors, and overall well-being, and identify your dominant survival patterns.

 

Week 2: Cultivating Safety 

Discover how to create a sense of internal and external safety, laying the foundation for lasting nervous system regulation.

 

Week 3: Regulating in Real Time

Practice simple, effective tools to shift out of stress and overwhelm, calming your system in the moment.

 

Week 4: Befriending Your Triggers

Gain a step-by-step approach to navigating emotional triggers with curiosity, self-compassion, and resilience.

 

Week 5: Rewiring Patterns

Learn how to break free from chronic survival loops and introduce new, supportive nervous system responses.

 

Week 6: Boundaries, Self-Trust, and Nervous System Health

Explore how boundaries impact your regulation, self-trust, and ability to stay grounded in your body.

 

Week 7: Integration for Daily Life

Develop a personalized nervous system care plan to sustain regulation and resilience beyond the program.

 

Week 8: Embodying a New Way of Being

 Reflect on your transformation, celebrate your progress, and step into a more connected, thriving version of yourself.

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Connected Healing: Nervous System & Somatic Therapy Is Designed for People Who:

Are high-achievers or caretakers, always putting others’ needs above their own.

Have been living in survival mode, managing trauma and prolonged stress.

Rely heavily on intellect and analysis, sidelining their body’s wisdom.

 

Experience chronic dysregulation, anxiety, overwhelm, or dissociation.

 

If you’re ready to reconnect, heal, and transform, this journey is for you.

CONNECT WITH YOUR TRUE SELF.

Are You Feeling Disconnected & Exhausted?

Always striving to meet external expectations?

Feeling like you’re stuck on an endless treadmill of “shoulds” and “musts”?

Exhausted from always being in your head, analyzing every moment of your life?

 

 

For only $500 for lifetime access to Connected Healing: Nervous System & Somatic Therapy, discover a new way to connect with your true self beyond overthinking and striving for others. Feel a sense of presence and peace within yourself, not based on performance or perfection.

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You Deserve to Feel Grounded and Whole

With Connected Healing, formerly known as the Reclaiming Healthy Initiative, discover a new way to connect with your true self through nervous system regulation, somatic healing, and now, a transformative group coaching series launched every 12 weeks. Move beyond overthinking and striving for others, and experience a sense of presence and peace within yourself—not based on performance or perfection.

 
Let's Regulate

Your Guide to Reconnection

 

Through Connected Healing you will:

  • Learn Body-Based Healing: Break free from solely cognitive approaches and tune into somatic, body-based healing.
  • Reclaim Your Nervous System: Understand how to regulate and respond to stress for lasting peace and balance.
  • Foster Self-Trust & Resilience: Develop self-guided skills to navigate life’s challenges confidently and feel empowered in your healing.

 

“I guide people back to themselves, shifting from survival mode to a life led by self-trust, resilience, and authentic connection.” - Melissa Romano

When You Are Tired Of Trying It All

 

Traditional methods like talk therapy and books have their place, but many women find them insufficient for lasting change. Here’s how we’re different:

Body-Based Approaches

We focus on nervous system regulation and somatic practices. 

 

 

Tangible Healing

Get hand-son tools that bring you out of your head and into connection with your body.

 

Community & Structure

Experience a structured yet flexible support system to hold space for your healing while honoring your autonomy.

Addressing Your Struggles Head On

 

Feeling Trapped in Constant Overwhelm & Disconnection?


Life doesn’t have to feel like a never-ending cycle of stress, anxiety, and exhaustion. If you find yourself constantly running on empty, stuck in survival mode, and disconnected from a deeper sense of self, you’re not alone. Here’s how the Nervous System Regulation Program can transform your experience:

 

1. Chronic Dysregulation:


Are you constantly on edge, battling fatigue, or feeling emotionally volatile? These symptoms are signs of a nervous system that’s been pushed past its limit. Instead of living in constant reactivity, you’ll learn tools to soothe and regulate your body, moving from chaos to calm. Imagine having the skills to ground yourself in moments of stress and finding genuine peace within.

 

2. Deep Disconnection:


Do you feel like you’ve lost touch with your intuition, your body, or your life’s true purpose? It’s exhausting to navigate the world disconnected from your inner self, constantly second-guessing your instincts and feeling detached. Through our body-based practices, you’ll learn to reconnect and listen to your body’s wisdom, rediscovering a sense of self that feels authentic, grounded, and alive.

 

3. Exhaustion from Overthinking:


Is your mind always racing, analyzing every detail, or replaying past events? Living in your head has likely helped you survive, but it can also keep you trapped in a loop of overthinking and self-doubt. Our program helps you step out of this cycle, using somatic healing to bring you back to the present moment, so you can feel more aligned and empowered in your decisions.

 

4. Longing for Genuine Connection:


Do you find yourself feeling isolated, battling self-doubt, or struggling with people-pleasing tendencies? Our healing journey emphasizes self-trust and presence, so you can cultivate genuine relationships and stop sacrificing your own needs for others. You’ll learn to show up authentically in your life, experiencing deeper and more fulfilling connections with yourself and those around you.

 

5. Seeking Structure Without Pressure:


If you’ve tried to heal before but felt overwhelmed by rigid programs or perfectionistic expectations, you’ll find a refreshing approach here. We offer a structured yet flexible path that respects your autonomy and honors your pace. You’ll receive the support you need to make meaningful progress while feeling empowered to make the journey uniquely yours.

 

The Nervous System Regulation Program is here to meet you where you are, providing a space to transform pain into resilience and reclaim a life that feels truly connected and balanced.
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A SNAPSHOT OF CONNECTED HEALING

SIGNATURE COURSE

Most trauma-informed or nervous system programs are either overly clinical or too surface-level. Connected Healing was built to be neither. This is a research-backed, real-life-tested course for people who are tired of consuming content and still feeling stuck in cycles of overwhelm, burnout, anxiety, emotional reactivity, or shutdown.

If you’ve ever said:

  • “I know what to do, but I can’t seem to do it.”

  • “I’ve done talk therapy for years but my body still feels unsafe.”

  • “I’m emotionally exhausted and nothing is helping long-term.”

—this is for you.

Connected Healing brings together neuroscience, somatic therapy, and real-world integration practices so you can stop surviving and start actually feeling safe, steady, and whole—without needing to escape your life to do it.

MODULE 1

MEET YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM

You can’t regulate what you don’t understand. This first module demystifies the nervous system and gives you a map of why you feel the way you do. You’ll learn how the autonomic nervous system, vagus nerve, and polyvagal states shape your daily emotions, reactions, and relationships.

Key pain points addressed:

  • Constantly second-guessing yourself or feeling “too much”

  • Feeling like your reactions are irrational or shameful

  • Not knowing the difference between anxiety and intuition

You’ll gain:

  • A clear understanding of your survival responses (fight, flight, freeze, etc.)

  • Language and validation for the “invisible” patterns you’ve lived with for years

  • A nervous system map that helps you recognize and shift states in real time

MODULE 2

HEALING THROUGH THE BODY

You’ve read the books. You’ve journaled the feelings. But you’re still dysregulated. Why? Because the nervous system doesn’t heal through thinking alone. This module teaches you how to work with your body—not around it.

You’ll learn powerful, practical somatic tools to gently build body awareness, interrupt spirals, and shift emotional states—without bypassing or numbing.

Key pain points addressed:

  • Emotionally aware but physically disconnected

  • Stuck in overthinking or perfectionism

  • Reliant on coping strategies like numbing, isolating, or overworking

You’ll gain:

  • Daily somatic practices to regulate stress, overwhelm, and shutdown

  • Tools to identify and shift nervous system states in real life

  • A felt sense of internal safety, stability, and presence—without forcing it

MODULE 3

INNER CHILD HEALING & PARTS WORK

You’ve tried to “fix” yourself long enough. This module helps you understand the parts of you that were never broken—just protective. You’ll gently meet the younger versions of yourself who learned to survive, and begin the process of reparenting and integration.

This isn’t about talking to your inner child in a mirror. This is about understanding how your protective responses got wired in, and using nervous system-based tools to help those parts soften, trust, and transform.

Key pain points addressed:

  • Patterns of self-sabotage, over-pleasing, or emotional collapse

  • Knowing what’s “logical” but still feeling hijacked by emotional responses

  • Feeling like you're split between multiple selves (e.g. high achiever vs. anxious wreck)

You’ll gain:

  • A trauma-informed process for reparenting without overwhelm

  • Tools to access compassion for your inner world without judgment

  • The ability to respond from Self instead of from old wounds

I feel like I lost twenty pounds in the weight of the world." - Megan E.

Melissa walks her talk and if you feel at all drawn towards working with her, she is worth every penny!"

Melissa has a way of taking concepts and delivering them in a way that connects. Her ability to make information and tools accessible for even the busiest - or in my case, resistant - people is magic"- Tracy

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS.

HEY, I'M MELISSA!

MY LIFE’S CURRICULUM IS MY MOST HONORED CREDENTIAL.

I was under the belief I was not intelligent until my mid-twenties. Like many of my clients, it turns out my history of trauma meant my brain was not working to its potential. A lifetime of survival mode wreaked havoc on my mind and body. Back pain, anxiety, gastrointestinal distress, and depression waged war on my life, and often through thought and action, I waged war on myself. 

Like most of us, I believed getting healthier meant diet and exercise, so I became a Certified Personal Trainer and Corrective Exercise Specialist. I helped hundreds of clients lose physical weight. I later realized it was the symbolic weight they could shed within a safe space that led to the biggest, most lasting transformations.

WHILE MY PHYSICAL BODY CHANGED, THE PAIN REMAINED, GASTROINTESTINAL DISTRESS BEGAN, AND THE INTERNAL WAR WAGED BY DIET CULTURE FESTERED.


In 2015, my son Cannon was born. I saw the world—and myself—in a different light. It was as if the callouses on my heart had been rubbed raw. I knew I had to do something about the internal wars I had been fighting. With a C-PTSD diagnosis and work in both traditional and complementary therapies, as well as a certification in yoga therapy and Asian bodywork, I began to heal in a way that was beyond intellectual understanding.

I learned that intellect is not the appropriate vehicle for healing.

 

I dedicated myself to understanding how the body stores trauma and how it can also hold the key to its release. My formal education includes a Master’s in Social Work and certifications in neuroscience, trauma healing, and somatic therapy, giving me the tools to guide others through deep, transformative healing. From my own experience, I know that true healing starts from the inside out. When we reconnect with our bodies and find safety within, the mind can begin to process and rewire old wounds.

In the work I do, I create a safe space for nervous system regulation, somatic healing, and parts work. We don’t try to force ourselves into a rigid healing framework. Instead, we focus on integrating these practices into everyday life—taking small, manageable steps that can be repeated often. This approach allows us to gradually shift our nervous system, release stored trauma, and foster healing in a way that feels natural and sustainable. It’s about embedding these practices into your routine, so healing happens alongside your life—not apart from it.

A LITTLE BIT AT A TIME, OFTEN.

Through my own journey, I’ve learned that healing isn’t about fixing what’s broken. It’s about becoming aware of our inner world, befriending the parts of ourselves we’ve pushed away, and creating safety within ourselves. It’s about shedding the weight of old wounds and integrating healing into our daily lives—one small, intentional step at a time.

The answers aren’t outside of you. They’re within. As you become more connected with yourself and embrace the parts of you that have survived, you begin to heal, grow, and step into a life that feels truly aligned and fulfilling.

I WOULD LOVE TO HOLD A SAFE SPACE WITH YOU, AS YOU ARE.

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CONNECTED HEALING 

NERVOUS SYSTEM & SOMATIC HEALING

Rediscover your inner strength, embark on a path of authentic healing, and reclaim your personal power.

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✨ Lifetime Access
 
✨ A new group coaching series introduced every 12 weeks
 
✨ Online community of like minded people
 
✨ New content added regularly
 
✨ A happier, healthier, more connected YOU!
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