Having a baby & public speaking

It's been almost two years since I worked individually with people under my therapy license...

In March 2024, I closed down my therapy practice.

And I ventured into the unknown...

In hindsight, I had no idea just how much "unknown" I was about to embark on. Things I never expected - happened. Whatever loose ideas of how I thought things would unfold - didn't. I guess that's the magic of surrendering to the unknown.

I wrote 2 books.

I began training and certifying people to offer The Self-Trust Model™

I became a paid speaker. 🤯 (Past me still doesn’t believe this)

I started a podcast.

I ran groups and workshops.

I started offering physical products.

Some of these ventures were a “success”... others - not so much.

All of them - taught me so much about entrepreneurship, failure, prioritizing, rest, trusting myself, and the life I actually want to live.

But nothing has taught me more than the past few months...

In September, I became a mom. I birthed an incredible soul inside a human body... from my body. 🤯 (Past me still doesn’t believe this)

With ten fingers and ten toes...

And a smile that somehow makes three months of not sleeping - worth it. 🥱

During my pregnancy, I decided to not plan the next era of my business. I figured that anything I planned would be completely turned upside down after he was born.

For once, I was right. 😂

Which leads me to why I'm writing you this email today...

One thing I've realized is...

I miss working 1-1 with people.

I'm grateful for all the new and expansive ways I've explored to connect and work with people. I know there are so many more exciting things to come inside my business...

AND, my soul still misses individual work with others.

The deeply personal work I’ve only found within the 1-1 container.

The soul revealing work…

The radically honest work…

The shame erasing work…

The kind of work that is a catalyst to a big, beautiful, and bold kind of life.

Being both a witness and a guide. And honoring the power of both.


I'll be recording a new podcast episode soon tentatively titled:

"Did I make a huge mistake when I shut down my therapy practice?!"

Only slightly hyperbolic & hormone fueled.

(Stay tuned if you want more behind-the-scenes of postpartum and the business decision making that led me here…)

So that is where things will begin in 2026...

Back to my roots of 1-1 work.

It won't be traditional therapy... but it will be deeply therapeutic.

I'll be explaining more about this decision and what to expect from this work in future podcast episodes, but for those of you ready to take the leap to trusting yourself more now. Let's not wait...

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Emily Romero, LPC, SEP

Emily is a Self-Trust guide, author, and former trauma therapist for over 13 years. With a passion for holistic and integrative approaches, she specialized in working with anxiety through the lens of somatics, parts work, and psychedelic therapy. She’s the creator of the Self-Trust Model. An innovative framework designed to empower women to overcome self-doubt, overthinking, and insecurity. This model is at the heart of all the transformational group experiences she leads. Inside the epic group containers, the focus is on building Self-Trust, because it’s not as easy as “just trust yourself!” Emily is the author of Can People Really Change?: 13 Lessons from 13 Years as a Therapist.