Welcome to my site!

My name is Aaron Hawkins - I’m a biomolecular engineer turned somatic life coach and (soon-to-be) therapist. I’ve been doing embodied self-growth work for almost two decades in various communities (see my bio for more details). A few years ago, I decided to change careers and start doing this work full time.

I view coaching as a collaborative journey to support you in finding a fullness that’s been waiting just around the corner. My role in this process is a mix of compassionate friend, accountability buddy, somatic guide, and neuroscience mentor.

I see the body as a central place of both wisdom and power - it’s the place where you feel into your passions and also the vehicle that drives you forward in pursuit of them. And it also can be a place where past adversity or challenges can keep you stuck - both literally and figuratively!

Together we can find ways to open the blocks, reconnect to your body wisdom, and use the best tools of modern neuroscience to develop skillfulness in manifesting what matters most to you.

I work with people who are…

• In the middle of a difficult transition (e.g. work, life, loss) or…

• Feeling dissatisfied or stuck, ready for change but struggling to get traction on new habits or…

• Lacking a clear sense of purpose or direction and trying to find what matters to them or…

• Disconnected from their body, ungrounded, highly analytical but often out of touch with what they are feeling or…

• Totally content with most things in their life but curious about somatics and eager to unlock new tools for self-understanding and action

And I support you by offering…

• Insightful guidance to uncover your clarity of purpose

• Accountability support rooted in compassion

• Neuroscience-based frameworks for optimizing your effectiveness

• Cognitive, behavioral, and somatic tools for identifying blockages and developing new levels of skillfulness

• Spirited reflection of your strengths, resources, and what is already serving you

“…coaching with Aaron helped me to visualize myself when experiencing moments of fear and better understand the full force of the feeling.

I’ve become better at approaching my fearful self to provide support and comfort in ways that allow me to remobilize.”

~ Helen

“Working with Aaron has helped me to connect to and clarify what genuinely resonates within, so that I can make beneficial decisions with my time and energy. In our sessions, we often identify and work through the mental and psychological barriers that have historically left me feeling gridlocked.

 Aaron's deeply compassionate presence, gentle call to accountability, and kind sense of humor has helped me overcome fears that have hindered my personal and professional growth for years.  Even though I work with a traditional CBT therapist, the insight I garner in one session with Aaron has accelerated the progress that I might have achieved from traditional therapy alone.”

~Melissa

“I have always been able to identify big tasks and break them down into small steps, but I still couldn't make myself do them.

Working with Aaron helped me to integrate my emotional experience with the concrete steps; to allow myself not to do the little steps until I felt ready and willing.”

~Jessica