Welcome To Growing Unstuck LLC

Neuroscience-Informed, Identity-Focused coaching and support for adults, adolescents, and families ready to move from "Stuckness" into Growing Unstuck.

YOU FEEL STUCK

Sometimes Stuckness feels obvious.


You know exactly what you need to do… but you just don’t do it.

You may understand “the thing” on an intellectual level — yet something inside won’t let you follow through.

Other times, Stuckness feels harder to explain.


It can look like anxiety, overwhelm, emotional reactivity, difficulty focusing, procrastination, depression, or a quiet sense that life isn’t moving forward the way it should.

For parents, it can show up in your adolescent — loss of motivation, withdrawal, emotional outbursts, or a growing distance you don’t know how to bridge.

Stuckness doesn’t stay in one area.


It touches relationships, parenting, purpose, identity, and the belief that change is even possible.

If this feels familiar…
you’re not alone.

I’ve Been There

I know what Stuckness feels like… because I’ve lived it.

The actual physiological feeling of literally not being able to do what I know I need to do to move forward.

There was a time in my life when grief, depression, loss of purpose, and unresolved experiences left me feeling completely stuck. From the outside, things may have looked fine. But internally, I felt frustrated and frozen. I knew I wanted something different. I knew I needed to move forward, even though had no idea what that even looked like. I just didn’t understand why I couldn’t figure it out and just move.

That frustration—of wanting change but feeling unable to create it—is what led me to start searching for answers.

Not quick fixes.
Not surface-level motivation.

Not "shelf-help" personal development.
Real, core-depth understanding.

Over time, that search led me into deep study of trauma, human behavior, neuroscience, and the patterns that keep people feeling stuck. It also led me into my own healing, growth, and the slow process of learning how to move forward again.

Today, I bring both that lived experience and professional training into my work.

I am a Certified Trauma Care Practitioner (CTCP) and a Certified Adolescent and Family Support Specialist-Supervisor (CAFSS-S).

I instruct and provide supervision within the It Always Takes A Village Institute and I also serve as a Peer Support Group Facilitator with the non-profit mental health peer support organization Broken People.

Through my practice, Growing Unstuck LLC, I work with individuals, parents, and adolescents who are navigating the same kinds of challenges I once faced—helping them better understand what’s happening and how to begin taking meaningful steps forward.

When you feel stuck, it is hard to feel any hope.

You just need new skills, ideas, conversations and strategies.

And I believe that with the right understanding and support, people can begin

Growing Unstuck.

Who I Work With

Every person’s path is different, shaped by their experiences, challenges, and where they are right now. At the same time, there are naturally shared, human patterns in how Stuckness shows up and in how we begin Growing Unstuck. Through my personal experience, education and my professional work, I’ve come to understand the general humanness of these patterns across each of the groups I work with. I also understand that we each often have more than one role to fill and I recognize the intersectionality of multiple roles.

adults

Parents & Families

Adolescents

Entrepreneurs

Coaches & Practitioners

Managers & Leaders

What Clients Say:

What Colleagues Say:

Peer Support Resource

Broken People; A Mental Health Peer Support Group

Healing doesn’t happen in isolation. While individual support can be powerful, there is something deeply human about being seen, heard, and understood in community with others who are navigating their own struggles.

Different types and levels of support can work together, creating space for both personal growth and shared connection.

I serve as the Mid-Michigan Peer Support Group Facilitator for the non-profit organization Broken People, where we offer safe, moderated spaces for connection through an online community, a virtual support group, and an in-person support group.

If you’re looking for a place to feel less alone in what you’re going through, you’re welcome to explore more at

broken-people.org

You can also reach out to

[email protected]

or contact Joe at

[email protected]

with any questions.

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