ONWARD SOMATIC COACHING
Somatic Coaching for Women Ready to Break Free from Tension and Perfectionism
I help professional and expat women who are tired of overthinking, overworking, or holding back — and who want to live, work, and lead with more ease and authenticity.
Through somatic coaching and embodiment practices, I help women release survival patterns, soften perfectionism, and reprogram their nervous system. Become someone who no longer trades well-being for success — but leads, decides, and lives with confidence and ease.
You may know exactly what you want to change, but your body still holds the tension, the freeze, the old patterns. And that’s what keeps you from moving forward.
Does any of this feel familiar?
There’s a quiet kind of anger that builds up.
Not the kind that explodes, but the kind that tightens in your chest when you’ve done everything “right”… and still, something feels off.
It’s the frustration of having followed the rules.
Being the good student, the responsible daughter, the capable professional, and still ending up in a life that no longer feels like yours.
It’s the sadness of realizing that even with all your effort, intelligence, and good intentions… you’re still stuck.
And you start wondering: Is it me? Am I missing something?
You move between options, but none of them feel quite right.
You overthink. You list pros and cons.
You try to make the “smart” choice, but your body is already bracing before you even begin.
You freeze. You hesitate. You disappear.
You do what’s expected.
And then ask yourself: How did I end up here again?
It’s not that you don’t know.
It’s that part of you is still protecting you: from loss, from uncertainty, from the risk of stepping outside what’s familiar.
And that part doesn’t need to be pushed away.
It needs to be understood, held, and gently worked with.
This is for you if…
1. You’re capable, and exhausted from trying to figure it out alone. You’ve played out every scenario in your head. And still, the right step feels unclear or out of reach.
2. You’ve learned to quiet parts of yourself just to keep going. Desires, feelings, needs—buried under survival, performance, and doing what made sense. Now you want to hear your own voice again.
3. You live in the tension between wanting more and fearing what it might take. You long for change, but part of you braces for failure, for judgment, or simply for how unfamiliar it feels to stop proving.
4. You don’t just want to understand what’s happening. You want to feel it shift: in your body, your choices, your everyday life.
Let’s turn the pressure into presence.
Let’s find the version of you that can act, speak, and live without the constant fight.
HELLO
I’m Laura Ortiz
I’m a somatic coach with a background in psychology and over a decade of experience in HR, leadership, talent development, and wellbeing.
I’ve lived what I now help others move through: burnout, performance pressure, perfectionism, and disconnection from my body and desires.
Through somatic coaching, I help women quiet the second-guessing and internal pressure that keep them stuck.
Together, we learn to tune into the body’s subtle signals: the ones often drowned out by urgency, doubt, or the need to get it right. So that decisions can come from a felt sense of direction, even when the mind feels uncertain.
This work reconnects you with what you feel and want. It widens your emotional range and helps you access your own timing, truth, and next steps, from the inside out.
What You Can Expect in a Somatic Coaching Process
WE SLOW DOWN, SO YOU CAN START HEARING WHAT YOUR BODY HAS BEEN TRYING TO SAY
Beneath the tension and overthinking, your body is sending signals. You’ll learn to notice them, the tight jaw, the shallow breath, the urge to pull back, and understand the message they carry.
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WE BUILD THE CAPACITY TO STAY WITH DISCOMFORT, WITHOUT RUSHING TO FIX IT
Instead of bracing or pushing it aside, you learn to stay with what’s here. This makes room for emotional release, connection, and choices that don’t come from fear.
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YOU START MAKING DECISIONS FROM CONNECTION, NOT FROM PRESSURE
Over time, decisions stop being a mental tug-of-war. You begin to choose in ways that feel grounded, timely, and true — guided by your body, not by old survival strategies.
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Ready to take the next step?
CHOOSE WHAT FEELS MOST ALIGNED FOR YOU RIGHT NOW
EMOTIONAL MASTERY WORKBOOK
Designed for expat women, navigating change in their personal and professional lives.
What: A practical, self-paced guide that helps you understand your nervous system, map your emotional patterns, and learn how to move toward decisions and actions that align with what matters to you now.
EMBODYING POSSIBILITY CIRCLES
Join a signature group experience—co-created embodiment practices, community energy, themes on joy, rest, and exploring the unknown.
What: A first-of-its-kind circle designed for women, to reconnect you to your emotional range and inner direction.
Join the first series waiting list, and connect back with the possibilities that already live in you, towards a life you love.
SOMATIC 1-ON-1 COACHING PROGRAM
Deep, personalized support to move through transition, release old patterns, and reclaim the way you act, speak, and lead.
What: Custom somatic coaching and embodiment practices designed to shift tension, soften perfectionism, and create change that lasts in both work and life.
Testimonials
Stop Overthinking, Stop Perfecting — Start Making Decisions You Can Trust
If you’re caught in the cycle of tension and perfectionism, every decision feels heavy. You play out every scenario, worry about mistakes, and still end up stuck.
My free 7-Day Somatic Guide to Releasing Perfectionism in Decisions will help.
It’s not about forcing yourself to choose faster. It’s about learning to notice when control and fear are running the show, and finding another way through.
Through simple body-led practices, you’ll begin to soften the grip of perfectionism and feel what it’s like to decide from a calmer, steadier place.