How You Can Work with Me
How You Can
Work with Me
Who This Is For
Embodied Intelligence is for adults who sense there is more to healing than coping or insight alone. This work is especially for those who:
- Are highly capable, carry responsibility for others and struggle with anxiety, grief, or overwhelm
- Have learned to function well on the outside while feeling disconnected, overextended, or self-critical on the inside
- Are in a season of transition — loss, relational strain, vocational change, spiritual questioning — and want support that honors both psychology and soul
- Long for deeper belonging and are willing to move beyond performance into honest, embodied presence
- Want growth that is lived in the body and practiced in relationship, not just understood intellectually
Many who come here are professionals, caregivers, therapists, leaders, activists, and spiritually curious individuals who carry responsibility for others and for the wider world; and are ready to slow down, metabolize what they have been holding, and live with greater presence and integrity.
My work integrates neuroscience, attachment theory, contemplative wisdom, and experiential practice so that growth is not only understood cognitively but lived somatically and relationally.
Here you will find:
- Practices that strengthen emotional regulation
- Tools that cultivate relational clarity
- Spaces for grief, integration, and renewal
- A community that values depth over performance
Meet Summer
Let me welcome you and share a bit of my own journey toward belonging.
What People Are Saying
"Summer undoubtedly has a knowledge base, deeply intuitive nature, and wisdom that has allowed me to become a believer of what the enneagram offers and promotes, which I believe is healing. I am thankful for the ways in which Summer provided me with the skills and tools to really see myself and begin to trust myself."
Genesis Adams
"I highly recommend Summer's classes. I really value her ability to incorporate practice into her workshops and to foster open and co-creative spaces. Summer has a great way of inviting presence, and has helped me to dig into what I am noticing and use it to enhance my understanding of myself and my journey."
Jim Donnelly
"Over the past 5 years I have participated in workshops and classes, in person and virtually, led by Summer. She has an amazing spirit that creates a sacred space for discovery, trust, vulnerability and acceptance. My spiritual journey and discipleship have been fueled with her by my side."
Julie Nelson
Upcoming Offerings
Sacred Grief. Sacred Rage. Sacred Play.
Residential Retreat
Haw River State Park, Brown Summit, NC
April 17–19, 2026
Tending the Ache: Grief at the Second Gate
Residential Retreat
Well of Mercy, Hamptonville, NC
June 4–7, 2026
Albert Einstein wrote,
"The consciousness that got us into these problems is not the consciousness that will solve the problems."
This work is about expanding consciousness through embodied awareness.
To come home to yourself. To meet life with steadiness and courage.
To engage with greater clarity and freedom.
I'd love to hear from you.
Summer Estes
MA, LCMHC