Our Team
Get to Know Us
Elizabeth Brink is a somatic coach for neurodivergent adults. Her approach integrates somatic trauma healing modalities with neurodivergent-affirming life coaching.
Elizabeth became passionate about embodied self-partnership as she noticed her clients shared similar painful patterns of rejection, cruel inner critics, and lifelong anxiety and depression. It became clear that strategies for better life management alone would not lead to lasting transformation and radical self-love.
Her integrated approach is focused on self-acceptance and body-based awareness. Elizabeth empowers clients to embrace their uniquely beautiful way of moving through the world.
As a coach, Elizabeth was trained and mentored by some of the ADHD coaching greats, Nancy Ratey, Linda Roggli, and Denslow Brown. In her somatic work, Elizabeth is trained by the incredible experts at The Embody Lab and by Somatic Experiencing (SEI) teacher Mahshid Hager.
Elizabeth focuses on chronic stress, trauma, body-based/somatic practices, and self-partnership within the framework of neurodivergent coaching. She works with clients individually, in groups within her online community The Enclave, and at her in-person retreat, Respite Together, cohosted with her two sisters.
Before coaching, Elizabeth enjoyed a career in project management, corporate communications, and employee engagement in big tech, non-profits, and for a boutique strategy consulting firm. She understands what it's like for neurodivergent people navigating the job market and workplace, and enjoys supporting clients with their professional paths.
Elizabeth grew up in Plano, TX, spent 12 years in Boston, MA, and in 2017 relocated to Kansas City, MO with her husband and two young children. She spends her down time refereeing preschooler brawls, researching hobbies, baking, doing jigsaw puzzles, and listening to podcasts.
Credentials
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Board Certified Coach (BCC), Center for Credentialing and Education (CCE)
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Associate Certified Coach (ACC), International Coaching Federation (ICF)
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Certified Neurodiversity Coach (CNC), Institute of Applied Coaching/Coach Approach
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Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies, University of North Texas
Education
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Somatic Experiencing Practitioner in Training, SEI (expected graduation 2025)
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Certificate in Integrative Somatic Parts Work, 25 hours, The Embody Lab
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Certificate in Somatic Attachment Trauma Therapy, 60 hours, The Embody Lab
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Certificate in Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy, 60 hours, The Embody Lab
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Neurodiversity Coaching Program & Continuing Ed, 95+ hours, Coach Approach Training
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Certificate in Professional Project Management, UMass Boston
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Graduate coursework in Journalism, Emerson College
Identities
I am a white cis-gendered woman, a parent, a married person, a home owner in Otoe-Missouria, and an entrepreneur.
I am a survivor of generational and childhood trauma, including the death of my infant brother, my parents' divorce, my mother's 15-year battle with cancer. I am the child of an alcoholic who is the child of an alcoholic.
I am the beneficiary of generational wealth and status that I did nothing to earn or deserve. I am a college degree holder and have traveled internationally.
I acknowledge the privileges I carry in my person and the impact they have on my thoughts, views, and business practices. I am committed to unlearning oppressive beliefs rooted in white supremacy and working to make reparations and peace in my community. I welcome feedback and correction.
Elizabeth Brink, BCC, ACC, CNC
Leslie Gore, Operations Manager
Leslie Gore (she/her) brings over 15 years of business operations experience to the team. She is thankful to have worked in both high-paced corporate settings to more laid back non-profit environments. Each experience has helped shape her love of effective and efficient processes, organization and open communication in and outside of the workplace.
When you reach out to us, you'll eventually get to interact with Leslie - lucky you!
She lives in a small town in central Arkansas with her husband and two children. In her spare time she enjoys teaching Jazzercise, traveling, being in nature and making memories with family and friends!