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I know what itâs like to hit a wall â and come back stronger.
My Story & Background
When willpower and drive stopped being enough
Hi, Iâm Carolyn â and I know what itâs like to navigate impossible demands while trying to hold it all together.
For years, I was on the fast track in my corporate career, living abroad, raising two children, and priding myself on being the one who could handle anything. I thrived on responsibility, achievement, and the kind of drive that makes things happen.
But beneath the polished surface, I felt disconnected, exhausted, and as though I was moving through life on autopilot. I was âsuccessfulâ by every external measure â but I wasnât at ease inside myself.
Then came a personal crisis that stopped me in my tracks. It forced me to confront the gap between how capable I looked and how overwhelmed I actually felt. The strategies that had always served me â perseverance, control, sheer willpower â suddenly failed.
That turning point sent me searching for something deeper. I left the corporate world and immersed myself in advanced training in somatic (body-based) psychotherapy and nervous system science. What I discovered transformed my life: the most lasting change doesnât come from willpower or positive thinking â it comes from learning how to work with your ancient nervous system instead of against it.
Today, after more than 15 years of experience, I help my clients make that same shiftâout of survival mode and into a way of living that feels steady, free, and true.
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Bruce Tift
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Buddhist, Author, Professor
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"Carolyn is effective and compassionate. She understands the importance and complexity of relationships. She invites clientâs curiosity, giving them a chance to unearth the hidden possibilities in their lives. I trust her capabilities and recommend clients to her."Â Â
Anna Timmermans
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Founder and Director, Netherlands Institute Core Energetics
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âCarolyn has a sharp mind, a warm heart, and is very intuitive. I have great trust in her abilities and refer clients to her.âÂ
Lynn Kreaden
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Founder and Director, Lifeworks, NY
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âCarolyn is an intuitive practitioner with an uncanny ability to get to the crux of your issues within a very short amount of time. I trust her ability implicitly and happily refer clients to her without pause.âÂ
Credentials at a glance
Guided by experience, grounded in results
With more than 15 years of experience, Iâve guided leaders, entrepreneurs, and change-makers through the patterns that keep them stuck in stress, disconnection, and overwhelm.
My clients trust me because I combine deep therapeutic training with real-world leadership experience. Before becoming a practitioner, I spent years in international business leadership, navigating high-stakes environments. That background means I can hold you with both strength and steadinessâso you can face truth, do the hard work, and come out the other side freer and more grounded in your power.
Alongside that lived experience, Iâve trained extensively in somatic (body-based) psychotherapy, nervous system science, and transformational practices that span psychology, spirituality, and energy work. Together, these create an integrated method that helps clients achieve deep, lasting change.
Many of my clients arrive after years of traditional therapy or cycling through coaching frameworks. Those paths helped to a point, but often felt slow, scripted, or surface-level. This work goes deeperâfastâresolving patterns at the nervous system level so change actually lasts.
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"Understanding the Nervous System in our Modern World with Carolyn Kubena"
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Insightful, educational, and practical. I share how to engage directly with the nervous system to resolve issues like anxiety, depression, and overwhelm, discuss groundbreaking discoveries, and explain how to activate your innate healing capacities.
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