Small Moments. Real Change.
Simple, supportive nervous system tools to help you feel more calm, steady, and like yourself again.
About Life Balance
Feeling overwhelmed, stressed, or disconnected from yourself?
If life has been feeling like a lot—always doing, managing, and moving from one thing to the next—you’re not alone.
And you don’t need more to do.
You need small moments to come back to yourself.
At Life Balance, I teach simple, real-life nervous system skills to help you feel more calm, clear, and steady throughout your day.
My Breathe, Move, Heal approach brings together somatic skills, breath, gentle movement, mindfulness, and body awareness into practical tools you can actually use when you need them most.
This work can be especially supportive during seasons of stress, overwhelm, burnout, big emotions, parenting challenges, life transitions, or simply when you're feeling stretched too thin.
This work can help you:
- Support your nervous system when things feel like too much
- Feel more present, steady, and clear
- Pause and respond rather than react
- Reconnect with your body and yourself
- Build simple practices that support greater resilience and well-being
You don't have to overhaul your life to feel a difference.
Sometimes, it starts with one small moment to pause, breathe, move, and come back to yourself.
How I Support You
This work is based on something simple:
You can't always think your way into feeling calm—sometimes your body needs support, too.
At Life Balance, I bring together nervous system support, somatic practices, and practical tools to help you feel more connected to yourself in real-life moments.
Through breath, movement, mindfulness, and body awareness, you can learn how to:
- Notice how stress and emotions show up in your body
- Respond to overwhelm with greater awareness and compassion
- Build simple skills you can use throughout your day
- Pause, reconnect, and feel more grounded
- Move at a pace that feels supportive, not forced
The practices are simple, accessible, and designed for real life—so you can use them in the moments you need them most.
At its core, this is about learning to work with your nervous system, not against it—and building a greater sense of steadiness, resilience, and connection you can come back to again and again.
Ways To Work With Me
Simple, supportive ways to help you feel more calm, steady, and like yourself again.
Start Here:
Free Reset + Restore Kit: A 5-minute guided reset + simple everyday tools
5-Minute Resets for Busy Moms: Short, guided practices you can use anytime
Coaching & Ongoing Support:
Private Breathe, Move, Heal Coaching: Personalized nervous system education, skill-building, and support
Breathe, Move, Heal Membership: Short, on-demand practices + live classes
Breathe, Move, Heal Coaching Program: A 4-month coaching experience for deeper learning and continued practice
For Your Family:
Family Nervous System Toolkit: Simple tools for kids, tweens, teens, and caregivers
Personalized Meditations for Kids: Custom guided meditations created especially for your child
Therapy:
Private Psychotherapy: Individual private-pay counseling for Wisconsin residents, including somatic therapy and Brainspotting
For Groups & Organizations:
Trainings, workshops, retreats, speaking, and consulting for teams, schools, organizations, and professionals
No prior experience is needed.
Whether you're looking for therapy, coaching, practical resources, or support for your organization, we'll start with what fits you best.
Real Stories of Calm
This work isn’t just for one type of person.
It’s for real life—in the middle of full days, busy minds, and everything you’re holding.
- A busy professional learning how to slow down, unwind, and support better rest
- A therapist finding her own balance again, not just holding space for others
- A mom learning to feel more grounded and steady in the middle of a full family life
- A teen learning to move through big emotions with more steadiness
- A child discovering simple ways to settle their body through play and breath
- A teacher finding small moments of reset in the middle of a full day
These are everyday people learning that calm isn’t something you have to chase.
It’s something you can practice, one small moment at a time.
Meet Your Guide
Hi, I'm Layne—a Licensed Professional Counselor, somatic therapist and educator, yoga & meditation teacher, author…and a mom of four.
I know how full life can feel—balancing family, work, and everything in between.
And I also know what it’s like to want to feel calm, present, and steady…but not always know how to get there in the moment.
This work is something I don’t just teach—it’s something I come back to in my own life, too.
With more than 20 years of experience supporting individuals and families, my work brings together psychotherapy, somatic practices, nervous system education, mindfulness, and my Breathe, Move, Heal approach.
I help you:
- Learn simple ways to support your nervous system
- Feel more calm, grounded, and present
- Navigate stress and overwhelm with greater awareness
- Pause and respond rather than react
- Reconnect with yourself in everyday moments
My approach blends somatic skills, breath, mindfulness, and gentle movement into practical tools you can use throughout your day.
You don’t need to add more to your life.
Sometimes, you just need a few simple ways to come back to yourself.
Co-author of the International Best Sellers:
The Perfectly Imperfect Family:
Real Solutions for Mindful Parents Navigating Today's Biggest Challenges
AND
Raising Teens Who Talk to You:
A Connected Parenting Approach to Adolescence