HI, MY NAME IS LAURA ORTIZ
I support women in transition as they learn to hold their emotional processes and decisions through a therapeutic and somatic coaching approach.
MY MISSION
To help women reconnect with trust in their own history, judgment, body, memory, and internal resources.
How did I get here…
For many years, I built my life around control, high standards, and perfectionism. It worked. It allowed me to move forward, carry responsibility, and develop strong judgment within demanding corporate environments. Today, I can recognize the value of that stage.
Over time, I also saw its limits. Not everything can be sustained through constant vigilance, flawless execution, or the need to always know what comes next. That model supports growth, but it doesn’t allow for a life that can be lived over the long term.
My own process, including living and working outside my home country, led me into a different kind of learning: learning to stay with uncertainty, to feel without collapsing, and to make decisions without trying to control everything. Discovering that not everything resolves quickly or alone, and that within not knowing there can be relief and a different kind of stability.
Today, I work from that place. I support women who have experience and resources, yet feel that something no longer fits as it once did. Not to tell them what to do, but to help them reconnect with a more reliable inner way of orienting themselves, even when the map is incomplete.
If you are at a stage where what used to work is no longer enough, this may be a space for us to work together.
PROFFESIONAL JOURNEY AND CERTIFICATIONS
I have over a decade of experience working in leadership, talent development, and change processes. For years, I designed and facilitated programs for international companies, supporting individuals and teams in complex, high-demand environments.
That path gave me structure, discernment, and a deep understanding of how decisions are made and responsibilities are sustained in real life.
Alongside this work, I developed my own path in mindfulness, meditation, and body-based work, training in therapeutic and somatic coaching approaches informed by trauma.
My training integrates psychology, nervous system work, parts-oriented perspectives, and regulation practices, learned through international leaders in the field of somatic psychology. I am a licensed psychologist with a Master’s degree in Organizational Psychology.
My work is not grounded only in titles or certifications. It is grounded in lived experience—years spent operating under constant pressure, over-effort, and control—and in the learning that came from discovering other ways of supporting myself.
Today, I work from an integrated place: combining structure and depth, professional knowledge and lived experience, supporting the capacity to stay with what is being lived and to make decisions with greater stability.
MORE ABOUT ME…
1. I played clarinet for almost 10 years, in a band and orchestra. I deeply admire people who dedicate their lives to creating and sharing any form of art.
2. I love reading. The first book I ever received, at age eight, was The Little Orange Man, originally written in German. I still keep it with me.
2. I first saw Van Gogh’s Starry Night when I was 20. It is still one of my favorite paintings. Life is funny, I never thought I would end up living in his home country.
Testimonials
This is how we can work together
Two options for support, depending on the situation you are going through.
SOMATIC COACHING 1:1
A therapeutic space to explore, understand, and work through inner experiences that require time, depth, and containment, without pressure to define immediate change.
Flexible pace, guided by your rhythm and internal process.
Emotional and relational exploration.
THERAPEUTIC SUPPORT
A guided process for women who want to to turn awareness into action and learn to sustain change in daily life, with support, weekly follow-ups, and room to adjust when the process calls for it.
Action- and direction-oriented approach.
Weekly commitments and follow-up.
Flexibility to integrate what emerges without losing direction.
Stop Overthinking, Start Making Decisions You Can Trust
If you find yourself going back and forth, stuck in fear or doubt, my Free 7-Day Guide to Ending Indecision will help.
It is not about thinking harder, but about learning to notice where you are choosing from.
Through simple practices, you will start to connect with a more centered place in you, and experience how it feels to make decisions from there.