Hi! I’m Joanna

I’m Joanna Houts—somatic healing guide, intuitive artist, and nervous system coach for women who are done merely surviving and ready to bloom.

But before I ever held space for others, I had to fight for my own freedom.

For 22 years, I lived in an abusive marriage—emotionally, physically, financially, and sexually abused and controlled by a man who used Scripture to justify his violence. As a pastor’s daughter raised in a strict evangelical home, I was taught to obey, submit, and keep quiet.

From the outside, our life looked picture-perfect: a big house, a nice vehicle, a boat, a camper. But behind closed doors, I was hiding bruises, silencing screams, and became a shell of myself… emotionally unavailable to my kiddos, unrecognizable to my siblings.

I prayed harder. Smiled wider. Broke a little more each day.

Until one night in 2016, my family helped me and my children escape. We turned off our phones and fled in the middle of the night. It was the first time I had felt peace in decades.

But leaving didn’t mean the trauma ended.
I faced years of post-separation abuse—stalking, threats, smear campaigns. I lost friends. I lost my footing. I cried in stairwells and break rooms, holding on by a thread.

Healing was not linear—but it was holy.

Talk therapy helped me survive and began my healing journey, but some wounds lived in places words couldn’t reach. That’s when I discovered somatic healing—and everything began to shift.

I explored shadow work, EMDR, and breathwork. I found free movement practices on YouTube when therapy wasn’t accessible. I poured my grief and rage onto canvas, letting art say what my voice could not.

I began to regulate my nervous system—not just with knowledge, but with embodiment. And over time, I returned to myself.

I chased stability through desk jobs and even applied to graduate school for talk therapy, hoping to build a healing center. But my path led somewhere deeper, more intuitive, more alive.

This is my path now:

Helping women feel safe in their bodies again.
Witnessing trauma leave the body and light return to the eyes.
Creating sacred spaces where rage, grief, joy, and creativity can be honored.

As a certified somatic movement and breathwork practitioner, I’ve witnessed the power of these tools to unlock trauma and restore vitality. As an intuitive artist and certified art therapy practitioner, I use creativity as a portal for healing—because sometimes what hurts most can’t be spoken, only expressed.

What I Offer

I guide women through somatic trauma healing, intuitive art, breathwork, and nervous system regulation to help them:

• Reclaim their voice, body, and inner wisdom

• Feel safe—physically, emotionally, and spiritually

• Release survival patterns and embody wholeness

• Build self-trust and reconnect to their feminine power

My sessions are personalized, experiential, and trauma-informed. You don’t need to be “fixed.” You need a space to be witnessed, held, and reminded of your strength.

Ready to Begin?

If you’re done living in survival mode and ready to rise, I’m here. I’ll meet you where you are.

We rise together.