Helping Humans Feel Whole Again
For when you've held it together for too long, and you just need to feel like YOU again.
This you?
You're holding it together. MOSTLY.
Some days you're the calm one.
Some days you're the one crying in the car before going inside.
You know how to carry a lot, for yourself, for others, for everyDAMNbody.
But that doesn't mean you should have to.
If you’re here, maybe this sounds familiar:
- You’re the one people lean on, but no one sees how heavy it is
- You can sense everything — the tone shift, the tension, the unsaid — and it’s exhausting
- You crave rest, but don’t know how to let go without guilt
- You’ve done your “work,” and still feel like something’s missing
- You want support that honors your weirdness, your wisdom, and your pace
This space is for you if…
- You feel things deeply and don’t want to apologize for it
- You’re queer, kinky, poly, neurodivergent — or just tired of filtering yourself
- You’re the strong one — and it's wearing you down
- You’re looking for support that doesn’t flatten who you are
We offer partnership — space to land, tools to experiment, and a practice of returning to yourself.
Burnout isn't just about doing too much.
It’s about doing too much alone, unseen, and in survival mode.
Burnout doesn’t always look like collapse.
Sometimes it looks like:
Getting through the day with your jaw clenched
Smiling while secretly resenting everything
Feeling numb, even during the “good parts”
Knowing something has to change… and still scrolling past the moment
The world doesn’t make it easy to be a whole human.
Especially if you’re:
Always expected to hold it together
Navigating identity, intimacy, and injustice all at once
Trying to meet your needs and everyone else’s
Doing the emotional labor while still getting talked over
You didn’t choose burnout.
But you can choose how you respond to it now.
You don’t need another productivity hack.
You need space to remember who you are — and what enough actually feels like.
That’s where we come in.
Let's start with listening.
Before we map a plan or name your goals, it helps to tune in to what your system's already whispering.
The Energetic Systems Check is a short quiz designed to help you notice:
Where your energy is leaking (& deepening your burnout)
What kind of support you're actually needing
What small shift might bring more ease
Why we do this — and who we do it for.
Mindful Passions International exists because we needed something like this, too.
We’re coaches, educators, and weird, brilliant humans who care deeply about:
Support that meets you where you are
Relationships that honor your real self
And building spaces where complexity is welcome
If you want to know who we work with, how we approach change, and why we do it this way —
you’ll find all that (and more) right here
What our clients say — in their own words
This work is personal. Quiet. Sometimes hard to name.
We’re honored when people choose to share what it’s meant for them.
Here are a few reflections from client's who've walked this path with us:
Every story is different.
What they share it this:
Each person brought their full self to this work and we met them where they were.
Caress worked with me to figure out exactly the right kind of self-care and exercise to help me not be in pain, in such an empowering way, so that I feel like this is something I built and can maintain.
Julia
You can be your full self and talk with Caress about anything from food, to relationships to sex. It's all connected.
Chelsea
I love your services. They are actionable, strategic and most of all self paced.
Jeremy
Where we think out loud ...
The blog is where we explore the questions that shape this work —
the ones without quick fixes or easy answers.
We write for people who want more than surface-level advice:
people asking real questions about nervous system resilience, intimacy, burnout, and what it means to be a whole human in this world.
If you want to see how we think, how we practice, and what guides us —
this is a good place to start.
Ready to connect, or just want to say hey?
Whether you’re exploring coaching, naming a pattern out loud for the first time,
or just want to feel out if this is the right space for you —
The next step is simple:
Send a message.
PMB 1106
Seattle, WA 98121
United States
