Come Home to Yourself.
Anima Serena is an online neuroaffirming counselling practice. I offer individual counselling, online self-paced programs and free guides for women who are done performing an easier version of themselves ₊˚⊹♡
◆ Presence ◆ Depth ◆ Gentleness ◆ Curiosity ◆ Belonging
◆ Presence ◆ Depth ◆ Gentleness ◆ Curiosity ◆ Belonging
A GENTLER PRACTICE
You've built a life that looks like it's working.
You show up, you get things done, you're the one people call when something needs handling. But you go home and can't remember the last time you weren't managing yourself through the day.
You know the words now: masking, sensory overload, rejection sensitivity. Knowing the terms hasn't made the exhaustion go anywhere.
You rehearse texts before sending them.
You replay conversations that already ended.
You call it being too much when it's actually a nervous system that's been running on high alert since long before you had language for any of this.
You're tired in a way sleep doesn't touch, and tired of being told to just relax, when relaxing was never the part you were missing.
If any of that sounds like You… you're in the right place.
Here's what it can look like instead
✓ You stop performing an easier version of yourself, at work, at home, with the people who are supposed to already know you.
✓ You understand why you shut down or go quiet, and what actually helps in that moment instead of what you've been forcing.
✓ You build routines around your actual brain, not the one productivity culture assumes everyone has.
✓ You stop mistaking exhaustion for laziness.
✓ You know what to do with a bad day instead of spiralling about having one.
✓ You feel less alone in a mind that finally makes sense to you.
Three ways to work with me
Free Guides
Still Waters
Counselling
About Serena
I bring together nervous system science and something more instinctive, the kind of knowing that comes from having lived it myself.
I'm a qualified counsellor and coach working with women navigating burnout, masking, and the exhaustion of performing a version of themselves the world finds easier to manage.
Originally from Australia, I am now based in Barcelona, working with people online wherever they are.