Meet Rachel Kelly | Clinically trained therapist, healer and emotional wellness coach

We had the good fortune of connecting with Rachel Kelly and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Rachel, what is the most important factor behind your success?
The most important factor behind my success of starting my own healing business is by investing time, energy and money into my own deep healing. What people don’t realize is any block they experience whether it be in business, relationships, money, or just in feeling how they want to feel in life ties into nervous system and trauma healing. When we neglect the rewiring of our nervous system, we stay stuck in survival mode and are unable to truly feel SAFE to receive, expand or make bold scary changes we want in our lives.

I have hired a coach that specializes in nervous system and childhood trauma healing which was the missing piece in creating a successful business. Starting a business can elicit ALL the main trauma responses and when you don’t have the support and co-regulation to heal the root where those come from (childhood) you stay stuck, scared and stagnant in life and business.

This is why I am all about practicing what I preach. I do the same healing work on myself as I do with my clients. I role model for them how messy and painful yet WORTHWHILE deep trauma healing is. We are not properly educated in our society that WE ALL HAVE TRAUMA and live in a traumatized world. The sooner we take responsibility for our healing, the sooner we will see people able to truly create a life they want and most importantly feel how they want to feel in life. My life and business have completely changed for the better since investing in my own healing. I want everyone to feel this way.

What should our readers know about your business?
I own a business called Rachel Kelly Coaching. It is a healing business that helps people heal from trauma, anxiety and attachment wounds. I currently work 1:1 with clients helping them re-wire their nervous system and heal the root of their anxiety (childhood relational trauma.) I help them learn how to reparent their inner child and create a life beyond their wildest dreams. I show them what’s truly possible. I am in the process of forming both a men and women’s group healing program as well.

My business is a product of me doing my own deep trauma healing work with my own coach/mentor who was trained by THE Dr. Gabor Mate. She has taught me everything she knows and it has changed the way I work with my clients drastically.

I started out by getting my Masters in Clinical Social Work in NYC. I was a traditional talk therapist and DBT therapist. After almost 8 years in the traditional mental health/therapy field I burned all my licensure papers (literally had a bonfire on the beach…)and decided not to get licensed after all. My plan was always to get licensed and then open up a private practice. My parents met in Social Work School so it was always in the books for me. Then I discovered the online coaching world and my whole life changed. I realized I could actually help people the way I wanted without being in a broken and traumatized system I no longer wanted to support or be apart of. I was so burnt out in the therapy world and got tired of seeing both myself and my therapy clients get re-traumatized and stuck over and over. I realized that by creating my own healing business I could actually have the time, energy, outreach and resources to help people truly HEAL and not just cope.

The journey of starting Rachel Kelly Coaching has been a difficult, painful and magical one. My mission is to show people that if they prioritize their healing, they can truly transform their lives from the inside out. My clients in my program INSIGHT have truly expanded into their highest, most authentic badass selves after working with me. I love showing my clients what is possible by role modeling for them and truly practicing what I preach. I want people to know that they are so much more powerful than they know and sometimes all that’s missing is finding the right support person to co-regulate with. I love how the coaching model allows me to communicate to my clients daily and have a deeper human connection that I wasn’t able to have in the traditional therapy world. This business feels SO much more aligned for me than my original plan. I want my story to be a reminder to people that for as long as they choose what everyone else wants for them, they will suffer and stay stuck. If they get still and clear and process the internal pain that blocks them, they can truly have everything they want in life. It’s okay if not everyone gets it. Choose authenticity each and every time, prioritize your healing and watch your life transform.

Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.
I am originally from NY and moved to San Diego August 2019. Almost 3 years later, I am still OBSESSED with this place. It is truly paradise. The people, the food, the weather, the convenience, the beaches…. you can’t get better than this.

Whenever I have friends or family visit, I take them to my town Ocean Beach for the local farmers market, dog beach and my favorite veggie burrito at Mike’s Taco Shop. I also love taking them to the Brockton Villa restaurant for brunch in La Jolla overlooking the ocean. You can also walk down to see the seals which is always a good time.

I love a good night out dancing at The Holding Company as well as Rec Room. I love OB Noodle House, OB Surf Lodge and The Joint Sushi. When I’m not at home you can find me at Indie Yoga taking a hot yoga class or at dog park playing with all the pups.

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
I would love to shoutout my therapist/coach Yarrow Bucans who has completely changed my life and has been a huge support and mentor in my business. She has trained me in her healing method and it has changed the way in which I work with my clients.

I am forever grateful for investing in my healing with Yarrow. Her work truly changes lives.

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