Allow Rest
Invite Connection
Engage Possibility
Feeling weary, over or under-whelmed?
You’re not alone.
Small moments, big shifts.
I'll help you reconnect with yourself and what matters most - to you.
Discover your calm. We'll make it easy.
Renovate Relationships
Untangle Crossroads
Define Purpose
Heal Loss
Whether you’ve always been the ‘family fixer’, the one who grew up too soon caring for others and yourself, or you’re a professional caregiver, healer, or helper, you belong here.
This is a place for your story, your healing, and your renewal.
Welcome!
I'm Dr. Birdi Sinclair
Ready? Let's get started
Feel, Sense, Imagine your Self: unstuck, unburdened, clear, connected, restored, freed
Yeah, but How?
Maybe you grew up too soon, always been the one others rely on, without regularly having anyone you could rely on, the childhood caretaker, the family fixer, the grown-up kid who learned to hold it together or had to fend for themselves.
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Release the weight of old roles. Learn what boundaries REALLY are, heal relationship patterns, and rediscover your own needs, or maybe discover them for the first time,
without guilt or apology, and with joy of a child.
Maybe you’re a compassionate care provider in healthcare, veterinary medicine, spiritual leadership, death care, or advocate, offering your heart and hands to others, sometimes at the cost of your own well-being or relationships.
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Recover from compassion fatigue, restore meaning in your work, life, and relationships, and build sustainable self-care with depth and substance (not more wellness exercises.) Find a circle where your healing matters as much as the care you give.
Maybe you're both. Let's talk about the tangible and intangible ways we show up:
Spaces in the Lace
Discover the hidden strengths that transform your life.
There are reminders all around us.
What Guides You? Values, Strengths, Self-care - oh my!
“We’re fascinated by the words, but where we meet is the silence behind them.”
Ram Dass
Trauma-Informed Support for Burnout, Grief, and Relationship Healing
Gentle Renewal for Caregivers and Helping Professionals
Compassionate Leadership Solutions for Sustainable Caregiving Cultures
Let's talk about this in a way that is tender, fierce, and utterly human to restore meaning, connection, and resilience.
Echoing the blend of science, soul, and actionable steps, I'll show you how to weave inner wisdom with practical support.
It will be natural, step by step, and even joyful as you follow the patterns of your truth.
- Create a Sanctuary to rest within yourself
- Release the weight of old or stigmatized roles
- Heal relationship patterns and rediscover your own needs
- Reconnect with your purpose and spirit (not necessarily religion)
- Recover from compassion fatigue, burnout, loss
- Create your village: Build sustainable self-care and peer support
What we focus on
Relief from overwhelm. Restoration in strained relationships with yourself and others. Exploration of your truth and soulful voice.
Create a personalized plan for sustainable self-care and meaning.
Relationships
Because love makes the world go around. We all have trouble concentrating when they're off, and we all soar
when they're on.
Intrusive Wounds
We have to witness and care for our wounds. Our inner helpers can then rest from protecting us so fiercely and we feel more like our Self.
Self-Development
We are hardwired for joy and curiosity. Our actual biology thrives on learning, connection, whole-self care
and growth.
When your heart hurts and your mind is going in circles, I help you rest, stop the spin, and clear your view. I have over 30 years experience and specific techniques to let it be easy.
Through sessions, groups, classes, trainings, presentations, supportive original products.
LGBTQAI+ and alternative relationship safe space.
Shared Words
"Birdi is a wizard. She has guided me in many ways over the years, through many changes. My mother's illness and passing, my marriage changing, deciding about retirement. What happens next and what it all means to me, how to understand it within myself. She led me to myself. She has a fresh view and a kindness I have seldom experienced. Thank you, Birdi."
Catherine A.
"I'm grateful for your insight, talent, and expertise/education. I'm also kind of amazed by your knowledge on so many different topics.
I'm happy to have found you"
Tracy C.
"I have learned so much about myself. My confidence has deepened, and I feel calmer. It's easier for me to be patient, listen to others and understand. I am responding thoughtfully instead of reacting with high emotions and anxiety. I feel like a kinder, more considered and peaceful person, even when things are nuts around me-and they can be really chaotic!"
Kendra J.
Meraki: A little soul, a little passion in everything we do.
Mine, yours, life itself.
Who is Birdi?
Sometimes it takes a while to find that comfortable space between our Self and the world, yet we always can sense when we're in alignment or if something is out of step, even if we can't always see the supporting threads.
My story is about trust, healing, and drive.
Coming soon: Soulful Pauses, a restorative program split into 4 tracks for those seeking gentle, sustainable renewal.
- Personal Caregivers
- Compassion Professionals
- Organization Leaders
- "De-Parentification" Explorers
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No spam, no sale of list, no funny business.
Be bold. Be curious. Be yourself. Be connected. Be kind.
x, Birdi
Never are these courses or platforms a diagnosis or a substitute for other forms of professional care. They can be a wonderful adjunct toward growth and self-care, for whatever led us all here. Please know these communities are supports and we come here as equals, regardless of our training and experience in the world. I am here with many skills, techniques and training to support you and looking forward to what we will explore. 💖~ Birdi
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