Today we’d like to introduce you to Sharon Laflamme.
Hi Sharon, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstory with our readers?
Meet Sharon Laflamme an extraordinary force of compassion and resilience, who, as the visionary Founder and Facilitator of Creating Serenity Now, LLC, empowers individuals to transcend the shackles of childhood trauma, fostering profound healing and transformation while embodying a beacon of hope for all who seek to break free from destructive cycles and embrace a life of serenity and self-acceptance. My desire is for everyone to know they are valuable, worthy, and capable of aspiring to their best healthy version of themselves on every level. I grew up in a dysfunctional home of extreme criticism, riddled with abandonment from alcoholic parents and all family members. This was paramount in my belief that I was unwanted, unworthy, and unloved. I knew from an early age that my living environment was the cause of my ill health, and mental suffering. I didn’t know at the time how my nervous system was being wired to keep me unhealthy. I didn’t know the value of feeling safe in my body could change my life. I wanted to feel loved, accepted, and important in my world, and thus created the path of perfection, which was unhealthy, stemming from childhood trauma. Early on, I chose to live a healthy lifestyle, and guide others on this path while teaching my clients to be loving, compassionate, and nonjudgmental with themselves. My passion to have physical, mental, emotional wellness has been the impetus for my education and healing. I have been a ahead of mainstream in this healing all of my life. I found Somatic Experiencing® as trauma therapy and got certified to help others. I incorporate the nervous system education in my yoga classes as well as every aspect of my life. I am a natural born teacher. I believe in circadian rhythm health and non toxic foods, positive self talk for vibrant health. I seek to liberate you from the habits, traumas, and beliefs that are creating unhappiness, poor health, lack of fulfillment, and stagnation in your life. I empower you and teach you skills to create serenity and healing in your world, using your own energetic makeup.
Please join me in creating foundational somatic skills to build your ventral vagal nervous system where you thrive from a safe place inside and your healthy loving relationship with yourself. At home, online our self-paced course will give you foundational tools: https://makingfriendswithforgiveness.com or let me coach you. Please join me on Youtube; https://www.youtube.com/c/SharonLaflamme
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
Obstacles and challenges are what create the inner soul to rise up and evolve. There has been an inner spark in me since childhood that wasn’t going to let my circumstances determine a negative outcome for my future life. In early adulthood, getting psychologically and physically well, I was prepared for life (or so I thought). We can let life take us down, or rise up. I married my high school sweetheart, turns out he was an alcoholic and a narcissist Studying how unhealed trauma shows up in our life, it’s common for us to marry dysfunctional people especially narcissists. This relationship was my greatest teacher and going through a divorce with a one year old helped me integrate interpersonal skills, beliefs and strengths I did not know I had. These experiences helped cement my inner thriving and resolve. As my journey continues, I approach midlife and work on my childhood trauma. Building my nervous system, feeling the deep wounds of abandonment & survival fear, was another challenge, that helped me become the woman I am today. I AM secure, authentic, happy, proud and filled with positivity, hope and love. Living in the world feeling safe, heard, seen. In this state of being, (parasympathetic), we are healthy and strong, thriving and living our best life. You can too.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
I help people that feel consumed with fear, overwhelm, crave control, and feel completely out of control. Those of us that grew up in childhood dysfunction (trauma). I show you how to regulate your nervous system into a calm, relaxed state and your vital energy returns along with your health. This is your parasympathetic healing state where you bring back your physical, emotional, and mental well being with Somatic Experiencing® and other modalities. I help by getting to the root cause of your unwellness for your highest evolution.
My business is called Creating Serenity Now where I help you integrate your bodies innate intelligence so you can listen to your body. Let’s get embodied. Do you know someone that says “my childhood screwed me up.” I am a certified Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner, a certified Yoga teacher, meditation teacher, reiki practitioner
and earned my degree in Chemical Dependency. Most people don’t know that the brain is not running your life, if it were, we all would have everything we think about. Our bodies & minds are run by the Autonomic Nervous system. Helping people to understand themselves, heal themselves and build the ventral vagal nervous system is how my work is special. It is satisfying and fulfilling to see people regulate themselves into calmer states where the body heals. When we are safe, we are open and alive, free to be our authentic self. I am not only proud of it, it works. I am most proud to have created an online course with a partner Deborah Kozich called Making Friends With Forgiveness; The Art of Letting Go. Here you can do the foundational somatic work as well as gain psychological knowledge, interpersonal health, use light energy, learn to love yourself and forgive yourself, let go of people and things not supporting your highest good. Create healthy relationships, create a healthy YOU,
If we knew you growing up, how would we have described you?
I was extremely shy, easily scared and very sensitive. I was very sick due to living with alcoholics where I was not safe. I had ulcers in first grade, I had many abscessed and infected ears. I was sickly, thin and very scared inside. Western medicine treated me with tranquilizers, medicine, but not the root cause of my health which was my toxic dysfunctional environment.
I performed at high levels to be a people pleaser and a perfectionist to try to gain safety and hoping to win love. I was a high achiever in academics. I did not and still do not like to be in large groups of people. My interests were in health and well being and a drive to live normally, be healthy and have a healthy family. I am a life long learner and love that. I have learned to be an extrovert, but I am an introvert. It takes lots of energy for me to show up as my extrovert self, but I do thrive there as well. Extrovert jobs: aerobics instructor, hairdressing instructor, hair dresser, yoga instructor. I love coaching and being one on one with people.
Pricing:
- $100.00/hour or package pricing
- $397.00 Online course pricing Making Friends With Forgiveness
Contact Info:
- Website: https://creatingserenitynow.com
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/serenityforlife
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharon-laflamme-a86135317
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/@laflamme_sharon
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SharonLaflamme
- Other: https://makingfriendswithforgiveness.com
