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Hello, I'm Susan Stirling.

I’ve worn many hats over the years—coach, spiritual worker, teammate, facilitator—and sometimes all within the same week. I’ve had the privilege of walking alongside individuals, couples, businesses, and nonprofits, and each relationship has shaped not only my work, but also the person I continue to become.

My own healing journey began later in life. In my 50s, I started uncovering layers of childhood trauma, and in 2023, a series of physical falls invited me to meet my body, my history, and my choices in a completely new way.

That season taught me something no textbook could: how to fall, how to listen, and how to find my way back up. I call it The Art of Falling.​

Velcro Kisses grew from this unfolding journey—a story of prophecy, trauma bonds, and reclaiming narrative. Writing it required courage, honesty, curiosity, and a willingness to trust the story as it emerged. Publishing it became an invitation for others to begin exploring their own.

Today, I walk alongside those who are untangling complex histories—especially those navigating questions of self trust, undue influence, or spiritual trauma. Together, we slow down, listen deeply, and begin uncovering the stories that have shaped us, while creating lives rooted in clarity, resilience, and personal truth.

If something here resonates with you, I would welcome the opportunity to connect and support you as you explore your own story.

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Poppy Flowers

Living from the Inside Out

At the heart of my work is a belief that healing, growth, and transformation are not about becoming someone new. They are about returning to ourselves—integrating our experiences, reclaiming our stories, and learning to live with greater self-trust, compassion, and authenticity.

Grounded Spirituality, Unfolding is the thread that weaves through my work. It is an invitation to explore spirituality beyond fear, certainty, and inherited narratives—to discover a more grounded relationship with meaning, connection, curiosity, and trust.

It is about creating space to ask:

  • What do I truly believe?
    What stories have shaped me?
    What am I ready to release?
    What feels aligned with the person I am becoming.

Through a trauma-sensitive, strengths-based, and values-based approach, I walk alongside individuals as they explore:

  • Reclaiming Your Narrative

  • Integration & Healing

  • Somatic & Neuroscience-Based Coaching

  • Self-Regulation & Co-Regulation

  • Attachment & Relationships

  • Strengths-Based & Values-Based Living

  • Creativity & Critical Thinking

  • Understanding Influence & Indoctrination

  • Grief Work & Life Transitions

  • Spirituality & Meaning-Making

  • Interdependence: Living Powerfully as You

Certifications Training

Current

  • Attachment and Trauma: Fundamentals of Attachments Styles

  • Awakening Aliveness: Somatic Approaches to Healing Attachment Trauma 

  • Advanced Certified Coaching based on Neuroscience, Transformation and Effectiveness 

  • Be Above Certified NeuroTransformational Coach

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 Enrolled in 2026

  • Registered Therapeutic Counsellor Program

Threaded Sewing Needle

​​I gratefully acknowledge that I live and work on the unceded territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees) and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples. I honour the enduring relationships, histories, and teachings connected to these lands and waters.

Photography by Late August Creative

Location: Chintz and Company Victoria

@2026 Susan Stirling

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