Today we’d like to introduce you to Taylor Satterlee.
Hi Taylor, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?
I grew up in a home with an undiagnosed bipolar mom (she’s diagnosed now) and a dad who was only home on the weekends. Because of her dysregulated states, I found myself looking for comfort and/or escape at 14 years old. Then I found oxycontin. I spent 10 years struggling with self doubt and pain from the neglect i’d experienced, finding solace only when i’d use substances again. At 24, I became desperate enough to get sober. When I first got sober, I couldn’t look people in the eyes. I had believed throughout most of my life that I was unlovable, unworthy and undeserving of anything good in life. After a few years of sobriety, I had met a girl named Emily who almost immediately became my best friend. She had a way of taking all the pain I had felt throughout my life and giving it a meaning. We lived together for a short few months, but in those months I had found someone who for the first time believed in me. Most of my memories include dancing in her kitchen late at night, making disgusting black bean brownies (because she loved them) and belly laughing until we cried. One day, while I was taking a break in my apartment, I got the call that she had overdosed and died. Unable to believe it, I checked her location and she, along with her phone, were at the morgue. For months I was beside myself, I had lost the one person who had finally seen me for everything that I was and everything that I could be. Deep in grief, I received a text from a friend inviting me to join a breathwork and yoga class. Although I was isolating, something inside me told me to go. It felt foreign being outside around many strangers, in my head they had no way of comprehending what I was going through. I almost left, but as the breathwork began I got a sense of calm for the first time since Emily had passed. Something had clicked. I began noticing others crying, releasing, owning their pain. In this moment, I realized we were all grieving. Some were grieving versions of themselves they had lost, people they had loved or shame they had felt. I had never felt more at home, then I did at the park. After this session, I began meeting with the facilitator of that group and my (now) mentor every 2 weeks for over 3 years. In the sessions, I confronted the version of myself I had been running from my entire life. When I say breathwork has changed my life, what i’m really saying is that breathwork gave me the ability to face my fears and love myself. After the 3 years of sessions, I had decided that I wanted to be able to give this love to other people. My ultimate goal in life is to help people love every part of themselves.
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
See previous paragraph 🙂
Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know?
I’m a breathwork facilitator. I’m certified in three different types of breathwork because I wanted to ensure I had a dynamic practice that I could offer people. I’m also in school to become an LMFT (therapist). My practice mostly involves private conversations for roughly one hour, and then 30 minutes of breathwork. In my experience, talk therapy combined with physically triggering our nervous system through breathwork give us the opportunity to go deeper.
Is there a quality that you most attribute to your success?
Empathy is a word that is used a lot, but while my clients are breathing, I find myself completely locked in. I’m feeling what they’re feeling. Because my goal in life is to help as many people as I can, my priority during sessions is to make people feel comfortable and understood. I’ve been through a lot in my life, so the people I work with can tell me anything and i’ll never judge them for it. Being a practitioner and showing up for people gives me energy. Im passionate about what I do, so i’ll always show up.
Pricing:
- Sliding scale per private session ($100-$200)
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.breathewithtaylor.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breathewithtaylor/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylor-satterlee-135973183/
- Other: https://www.tiktok.com/@breathewithtaylor
