Today we’d like to introduce you to Tallia Deljou.
Hi Tallia, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstory with our readers?
I started this work over a decade ago with a deep curiosity about why people feel the way they do and how we make sense of our inner world. After earning my master’s in positive psychology, I spent years teaching emotional health tools in corporate, private, and community spaces. But the real turning point came after losing my son, Araam. That experience reshaped everything I thought I knew about healing, identity, and what it means to feel the full spectrum of our emotions. Today, my work is a blend of lived experience and formal training. I specialize in helping people understand their emotional patterns, build internal safety, and cultivate healthier relationships with themselves. I use Internal Family Systems, neuroscience, and practical emotional skills to make this work accessible, grounded, and deeply transformative. It’s been a winding path, but each chapter has led me to the mission I’m committed to now: helping people feel and heal their way forward.
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
It definitely hasn’t been a smooth road. Much of my work was shaped by navigating my own seasons of uncertainty, healing, and identity shifts—most profoundly after our personal loss. That experience brought me face-to-face with the limits of the tools I had been teaching and forced me to rebuild my life and my work from a much more honest place. Professionally, I’ve had to learn how to grow a business while healing, how to honor my own emotional capacity, and how to stay in integrity in an industry that often favors quick fixes over depth. My struggles have grounded my work, deepened my empathy, and taught me that healing isn’t linear—but it is always possible.
Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know about your work?
My work centers on emotional health and helping people build an honest, grounded relationship with themselves. I specialize in Internal Family Systems–informed coaching, emotional attunement, and teaching people how to understand and work with their inner emotional patterns—things like over-functioning, self-silencing, perfectionism, and the fear of disappointing others. I’m known for making emotional work feel practical, accessible, and loving. My approach blends science, story, and lived experience. I draw from positive psychology, neuroscience, and parts work, but I teach it in a way that feels real—more like sitting with someone who truly sees you than being “taught a framework.” A lot of people tell me my work helps them name experiences they’ve never been able to articulate before, which is something I’m really proud of. What sets me apart is the combination of my training and my personal story. Losing my son reshaped my entire understanding of healing. It refined my capacity for attunement, empathy, and presence in a way no credential ever could. My work isn’t about forcing change; it’s about helping people make sense of their inner world so they can move through life with clarity, agency, and emotional steadiness.
So, before we go, how can our readers or others connect or collaborate with you? How can they support you?
People can work with me in a few different ways, depending on the kind of support they’re looking for. I offer group programs focused on building foundational skills for emotional health, and I take on a small number of 1:1 coaching clients throughout the year for deeper, more customized work. For organizations, I collaborate on workshops, curriculum development, and emotional health programming—especially in areas like emotional regulation and self-leadership skills.
If someone wants to explore my work, the best way is by engaging with my publication, Where Healing Happens, on Substack, joining one of my programs, or sharing my work with people who might benefit from it. I’m grateful for any connection or community that helps expand that mission. Meet me on instagram ◡̈ @talliadeljou
Contact Info:
- Website: https://talliadeljou.com
- Instagram: @talliadeljou
- Other: https://substack.com/@talliadeljou
Image Credits
Parsa Garrett
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