Willow and Rest

Willow and Rest Business & Leadership coaching through trauma-informed lens of Somatics &Surroundings, Story & State.

Your nervous system doesn’t operate in isolation. Your story, state and surroundings are constantly interacting and shap...
06/09/2026

Your nervous system doesn’t operate in isolation. Your story, state and surroundings are constantly interacting and shaping how you feel, function, decide and respond.

So instead of only asking, “What’s wrong with me?” we can start asking a much more useful question: “What is my system responding to?”

That shift changes how we approach rest, boundaries, relationships, work and the environments we create around us.

A little change of direction… 🤍If you’ve been here for a while, you’ll know me through the lens of interior design - cre...
02/09/2026

A little change of direction… 🤍

If you’ve been here for a while, you’ll know me through the lens of interior design - creating spaces that are beautiful, functional and deeply personal, and always always restful.

But over the last few years, me, and my work have been evolving.

After finally getting to study trauma and somatics (got an MA in the U.K. didn’t I) it feels like I’ve finally stumbled into how this all fits together:

We cannot separate the person from the space, the business or the story they are carrying.

Our surroundings influence our state.
Our state influences how we lead.
Our story influences how we show up.
And all of it impacts our capacity to grow.

So I’m bringing all of these threads together.

My work is now centred around trauma-informed business and leadership coaching, somatics, neuroaesthetics and the relationship between story, state and surroundings.

I’ll be working with women, leaders and businesses through coaching, business audits, team workshops, consultations and retreats (yes you can come!) - helping create the conditions for people and businesses to get healthy, stretch, grow and thrive.

And my interior design background?

It’s not being left behind. It’s part of what makes this work *mine*.

This feels less like a change of direction and more like everything finally coming together.

Welcome to the next chapter of Willow & Rest. 🤍

They’ve taken it too far, and now it’s just another standard to hit, goal to meet, and pressure to crumble under…We aren...
01/09/2026

They’ve taken it too far, and now it’s just another standard to hit, goal to meet, and pressure to crumble under…

We aren’t supposed to be grounded and calm at all times - our nervous system has a job to do, and our stress responses are a good sign that it’s functioning!

What we need to do listen, notice, and learn, and as a result adjust. Our story, somatics and surroundings are all intertwined and you cannot grow one without the others!

Explore more by doing the Rest Test - it’s free and in my bio! Let me know what you discover!

Home shouldn’t be another thing your nervous system has to survive.When you’re a busy entrepreneur, it’s easy to compart...
26/08/2026

Home shouldn’t be another thing your nervous system has to survive.

When you’re a busy entrepreneur, it’s easy to compartmentalise life and not realise how the different parts affect each other.

In order to thrive both as a person and in our businesses and teams, we need to understand the impact of our spaces, somatics and story.

Our surroundings are only a part of the story - but they’re one of the most overlooked!

What do you think?
When you think of success in business, what do you think of?

You’ve been told beauty is extra.A luxury.Something you add at the end when everything else is “sorted.”But here’s the t...
13/02/2026

You’ve been told beauty is extra.
A luxury.
Something you add at the end when everything else is “sorted.”

But here’s the truth I see every day:

✨ Beauty heals - when it’s the right beauty.

Not the perfectly styled shelf that makes your chest feel tight.
Not the aesthetic that looks good online but leaves your nervous system buzzing.

The kind that grounds you.
The kind that tells your story.
The kind that makes your body exhale when you walk through the door.

Because your home isn’t just a backdrop.
It’s a living environment that either supports your regulation…
or quietly works against it.

When you find the balance -
between meaning and calm,
story and spaciousness,
belonging and breath -
everything shifts.

Less overwhelm.
More safety.
More you.

👇 Swipe through if your home feels almost right… but something still feels off.

Your home shouldn’t look like a showroom.It should look like you.(If the two happen to cross over then that’s a happy pl...
06/02/2026

Your home shouldn’t look like a showroom.
It should look like you.

(If the two happen to cross over then that’s a happy place!)

Because healing doesn’t happen in spaces that feel performative or disconnected — it happens in environments where your nervous system recognises safety, familiarity, and story.

The photos that matter to you.
The chair you always gravitate towards.
The colours that make your shoulders drop without you realising.

This is the heart of neuroaesthetics — your space sending signals to your body all day long.

When your home tells your story, your body doesn’t have to stay on guard.
It can soften. Breathe. Rest.

Not perfect. Not Pinterest.
Just honest, regulated, and deeply yours 🌿

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HaAlon
Witney

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