Hi, I'm Verónica, The Healing Coach!

When I became a mum, I had no idea about the incredibly difficult challenges I would have to face: sleep deprivation, the intensity of the emotions that flare up when you least expect them, the mental load we carry 24/7, having to grieve my old life to take on the responsibility of becoming the core and the heart of the family...
It’s too much!
As a mama, we are the centre of the family. We shape out litlle ones' mindset with ours.
We hold the family together. Our little ones will copy and learn from everything we do: how we react to difficult situations, how we interact with others (especially with papa), what we believe it is or isn't possible...
It is an honour like no other when a little Soul chooses you as their mama, but it is also a big responsibility.
I realised that to be the best role model for my little one, I had to be in my best state of mind.
That meant...
- Prioritising my well-being so I can be patient and loving with him.
- Continuing with my healing to make sure I don't pass on my childhood issues, limiting beliefs and ancestral trauma.
- Believing in myself so he can grow up knowing there is a world of endless possibilities waiting for him.
- Being aware of my habits, how I speak, how I behave...
It is not easy to be your best self when you are a mama, because each stage brings a different set of challenges.
Having been a therapist for more than 10 years, I feel blessed that I have the tools to manage the stress of family life and continue with my healing journey so I can be in the best state of mind for my little one.
And that's what I want to share with you, mama, simple yet powerful healing and emotional well-being tools so you can be an inspiration for your little ones and everyone around you.
And so you can finally find the inner peace and joy you deserve.

The Upgraded Mama

Transforming your life from the inside out

Extarordinary transformation can only happen with an inner shift.
When you carry old beliefs, trauma, conditioning from your family, unprocessed emotions... You are limited by your story. By the early decisions your younger you made to survive, not to thrive.

Those decisions are installed in your subconscious mind in the form of negative thoughts or limiting beliefs which run your life on autopilot: "I am not good enough", "I have to be perfect", "Other people's needs are more important than mine", "Being wealthy is not possible for me."

The unprocessed emotions from painful early experiences get stored in the body and are constantly triggered, making you react in sudden anger, sadness or fear you don't understand.

And that shows up in your life as...
- Losing your temper with the little ones.
- Recurring arguments with hubby.
- Always struggling to make money.
- Having a sense of failure at everything you do.

THAT IS NOT WHO YOU ARE.
When you do the deep healing, you can rewire your mindset and step into your most authentic, empowered & UNLIMITED self.
That is when the magic happens.
When you do the inner work, you don't have to chase your dream life. It just happens as a result of who you are inside.
Imagine what you could achieve if you had no limitations?
That is who you came here to be!

I have witnessed many clients transforming their lives in ways they could have never imagined. Buying their dream house, meeting their ideal partner, starting a meaningful business, transforming their family dynamics into a house full of peace and joy, landing their dream job... It can happen to you too!
The work I do is DEEP, that's why it is so powerful and transformational.
It is not for everyone, though. It takes courage to take responsibility for your life and to go deep into the unexpected.
Many people think healing is painful. It doesn't have to be! My approach to therapy is uplifting, empowering and... who said we can't add a pinch of humour to it?

So mama, if you are tired of trying therapies that don't work, and you are ready to do the deep healing and unlock extraordinary transformation in your life, you are in the right place!

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My story

Born and raised in Madrid, I started my career in the corporate world. My life was apparently perfect. I had a high paying job in banking, a new flat in Madrid, a buzzing social life and a lot of money to spend on fancy clothes and holidays.

I kept being promoted and my friends envied how ‘successful’ I was.

My plan of becoming an executive in high heels was going really well.

There was only a problem… I was so unhappy.

Monday to Friday I struggled to get out of bed thinking I had to face another stressful, meaningless day at the office.

The only thing that kept me going was counting down the days until my next holiday.

All the money I was making, I wasted on superficial things to give me a bit of temporary pleasure – expensive clothes, fancy restaurants, clubbing all night long.

But every Sunday evening, when the weekend was over, the hangover was hitting hard and I had to get ready to face another week, I used to ask myself: “Is this it? Is this all I can expect from life until I retire?”

I knew there had to be something else, but I was too deeply stuck in the hamspter’s wheel to even know what to change.

I knew I needed a change of environment, so I followed my heart’s strong desire to move to London, a city I fell in love with the first day I put foot on it.

Even though I was still working in banking, everything felt different. I got to meet incredible people from all over the world. People with different backgrounds and beliefs. People travelling the wold. People starting their own businesses. People living their lives!

This opened my eyes to a world of possibilities.

The first thing I realised is that I needed a career change. If working 9-5, making a ton of money and with a lovely manager still made me feel like I was wasting my life, it was obvious that banking was just not for me.

I started a journey of self-discovery and I started exploring different careers paths. The one that resonated the most was the personal growth field.

I enrolled in a master’s degree in Humanistic Counselling not knowing what to expect. But I thought that even if it didn’t become my profession, I would still benefit from it at a personal level.

And OMG, that was the best investment ever! As part of my master’s degree they required me to start a therapy process myself.

It was mind blowing to learn how my programming and past experiences were holding me back…

All my relationships were full of drama, like my parents’ divorce was.

My main goal in life was to have a stable job in big company, like I had been programmed to believe, even though it was making me miserable.

I learnt from a young age that if I wanted to be loved I had to be perfect and happy all the time.

So I built a shield of fake self-confidence that made me arrogant and mean, when I was broken inside.

I was acting like a man to be successful and strong, while my body was suffering the consequences.

I couldn’t believe how much trauma and unprocessed emotions I had been holding onto.

In my weekly therapy, I worked on my fears, limiting beliefs and old patterns. I healed so many wounds.

I experienced a deep transformation and started to feel like I was in control of my life. It was truly empowering to know I had the power to create the life I truly wanted.

I KNEW this was my calling. One night in bed, God spoke to me, and I literally heard the words “this is your path“. It freaked me out, but I’m glad I listened to the message! lol.

So I quit my job in banking and started a therapy business.

But I knew there was still something missing.

I realised that if I wanted to get any further in my self-development and help people in a really profound way, I had to do some serious deep inner work. Talking therapy was a first step to gain awareness and heal the first layers, but the real work was still to come (and I am a ‘work in progress’ still!).

I trained in many different therapies and healing modalities (all qualifications listed below), and each one helped me heal a different layer.

The discipline that truly blew my mind, and I use with all my clients is Emotional Freedom Technique and Matrix Reimpriting. The power this technique has to uncover and clear hidden blocks, heal your past and reprogram your subconscious mind is insane!

Like many people interested in healing do, I fell into the trap of becoming ‘ultraspiritual’. I was attracted to all those fancy healing thechniques – the channelers, the higher dimension gurus, the galactic beings and all that jazz.

Not only I didn’t get any results, I learnt about how dangerous those practices can be.

So I went back to basics – all the guidance I need comes from God and my Soul.

It’s been 10 years since I started my healing and personal growth journey and my life is so different now:

– I left London to move to the beautiful Devon, an oasis of nature and the perfect place to raise a family in a healthy environment.

– I stopped sabotaging my relationships. I have been with my husband for more than 10 years, and our relationship is a dream, full of love and respect. We have grown together and continue to do! Our little one, who is 18 months now, has brought even more joy to our lives.

– I have a meaningful and fulfilling career that I love. I work for myself, which gives me freedom to work from wherever I want and whenever I want. This is allowing me to spend most of my time with the little one, which for me is invaluable.

– I have embraced my femininity instead of repressing it. I honour the beauty of being a woman and I flow with my cycle to optimise my health and well-being.

– I no longer rely on superficial things to bring me temporary pleasure. Happiness comes from within, and very often I find myself content from just enjoying the beauty that the simple moments have to offer.

– I have changed my lifestyle from a life of excesses and indulgences to prioritising my health, the natural way. Eating healthy food, exercising, spending time in nature, using natural remedies when needed.

– I feel at peace with myself, knowing that if I died tomorrow… I have been authentic. I am speaking my truth. I am doing what I love. I am helping people. I had the courage to break free from a life that wasn’t me.

– My approach to spirituality is very simple – you listen to God and you will see your life getting better and better. I don’t need anything else.

Like me, you can also create your dream life. I am not special. I have just done the inner work.

Over the last 10 years, I have refined my approach to therapy and developed a simple but powerful method, which I like to call ‘Healing Coaching’.

It involves:

  • Creating a safe space for you.
  • Unlike in talking therapy, where you just painfully relive your past, we work with the subconscious mind, which is where the magic happens.
  • The focus is on healing the wounded parts within you, but also on giving voice to the parts of you that carry your inner wisdom and unique talents.
  • Learning how to use the female cycle as a tool for optimised well-being instead of living it as a burden.
  • Developing intuition so you can make decisions that are right for you.

I have helped many women transform their lives from their inside out, and you can be the next one!

If this resonates, drop me an email at veronica@whatmamaneedstohear.com to join my waiting list and I will let you know as soon as a space becomes available.

Are you feeling the call to do the deep healing and become The Upgraded Mama?

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MY QUALIFICATIONS & APPROACH TO THERAPY

The work I do is a combination of various healing techniques, humanistic counselling, coaching and mentoring. I work with the persona as a whole, seeing the big picture of their healing and personal growth journey.

My sessions have a friendly, warm and empowering approach, you will feel understood, supported and taken care of.

MY QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE INCLUDE:

I am a certified Emotional Freedom Technique (also known as ‘tapping’) Practitioner.

Emotional Freedom Techniques or EFT is a relatively new discovery based on ancient healing principals over 5,000 years ago, from the ancient Chinese Shoalin and Taoist monasteries.

The Eastern healing arts of acupuncture, acupressure, shiatsu massage and reflexology, amongst others, were derived from the energy maps established by these early healers.

The EFT process also draws important influence, especially for deep emotional and psychological issues, from the many people who have contributed over the ages to the understanding of human psychology.

More recently, this amazing therapy owes much to the work of Dr George Goodheart, the founder of Applied Kinesiology, and Dr Roger Callahan the founder of TFT Thought Field Therapy.

It was in the early ‘90s that one of Dr Callahan’s former students, the Gary Craig simplified the complicated TFT algorithms and made the process universally applicable for all. After stimulating the body’s well established energy meridian points by tapping on them with ones fingertips, mental, emotional and physical issues successfully clear away emotional debris in the form of blocks in the energy meridians. Thus EFT was born.

I am a certified Matrix Reimprinting Practitioner

A new EFT technique to change your relationship to your past and dramatically transform your physical and emotional health in the present, developed by one of the only 29 EFT Masters worlwide.

We hold in our fields the stressful life events that have gone before, not just as memories but as specific energy bodies, which in Matrix Reimprinting are called Energy Consciousness Holograms or ECHOs. With the Matrix Reimprinting technique we can work directly with these ECHOs, resolving the negative energetic charge around them. This changes our relationship to our past, and affects our emotional and physical health in the present.

Some of the benefits of Matrix Reimprinting include;

  • Very easy to use and gentle on clients
  • Resolves traumatic memories often within minutes
  • Quickly finds core issues, related trauma and beliefs
  • Locates pre-conscious trauma (pre 6 years) often beyond clients awareness and conscious memory
  • Allows client driven reframes and cognitive shifts thus preventing therapist projection
  • Locates Psychological reversal , secondary gains etc
  • Fills the EFT void, creates positive beliefs
  • Successful with non visual clients or who have difficulty with imagination
  • Allows forgiveness and wisdom to be gained from past events
  • Sends a message to the body/cells/DNA the trauma is over
  • Resources the client and rewrites the past
  • Naturally utilises the law of attraction in a very powerful way

I am a qualified advanced Theta Healing practitioner, a technique developed by Vianna Stibal and practised by thousands of people around the globe.

The ThetaHealing technique is a world-renowned healing method that was created by Vianna Stibal in 1995 during her own personal journey back to health and after she healed from a 9-in tumor her leg.

The ThetaHealing technique is a meditation technique and spiritual philosophy – not specific to one religion but accepting them all – with the purpose of getting closer to the Creator. It is a training method for your mind, body and spirit that allows you to clear limiting beliefs and live life with positive thoughts, developing virtues in all that we do. (Taken from the official Theta Healing site).

I am a qualified Shamanic Energy Healing practitioner by The Four Winds, a world leading energy healing school lead by Dr. Alberto Villoldo.

His unique teachings integrate the traditional healing practices of the Native American Shamans with the latest discoveries in neuroscience. The shamanic techniques allow the client to access deep healing, working on removing the imprints on the energy field that might be manifesting as negative experiences, toxic relationships or physical symptoms.

My guided visualisations are inspired by Shamanic Journeying techniques, and they will help you reduce stress, connect with inner parts of yourself, create vision boards and heal the soul at a very deep level.

I hold a 2 year Master’s Degree in Humanistic Integrative Counselling.

  • The humanistic approach looks at the person as a whole, and assumes that under the right circumstances, every person has the inner resources they need to develop and thrive.  The humanistic approach is focused on building a strong therapeutic relationship with the client to create a safe space to enable the client’s personal development. It’s not about diagnosing the client  with a ‘condition’ and telling them what to do. One of the main founders of this current was Carl Rogers.
  • ‘Integrative’ means that this approach uses a combination of different tools and psychological models depending on the clients’ needs. The main ones are:
    • Transactional Analysis (TA). It is a theory of personality and a system for personal growth and change founded by Eric Berne. As well as providing a theory of personality, TA offers a range of models that can be used to explain communication and relationships. These models can help identify what goes wrong in communication and how to interact for a better outcome. Many TA concepts are simple to learn and apply, making them very accessible and effective. For example the Ego States (Parent, Adult and Child), the Script, Drama Triangle and Psychological Games.
    • Gestalt by Fritz Perls. The focus is on self-awareness of what’s happening in the here and now. Increased awareness and understanding of the present, of one’s immediate thoughts, feelings and behaviours, and of patterns of relating can bring about powerful change and new perspectives. One of the main techniques is the Empty Chair, which is designed to allow the client to work through conflict with someone ow within yourself.
    • Theory of Grief. (By José Zurita and Macarena Chía). Following this process which comprises 9 stages (Denial, racionalization, anger, fear, sadness, acceptance, frogiveness, gratitude and new attachments), the client is able to integrate an important loss (whether that’s losing a job, breaking-up with a partner, moving to a different country or losing a loved one).
    • Emotional management techniques. Repressed and blocked emotions remain in the body not only causing emotional discomfort but they can even show as physical symptoms if they are not released properly.  The client will learn to identify their emotions and express them in a healthy way.
    • Attachment Theory by John Bowlby. According to this theory, there are four types of attachment that are developed based on the relationship the person had as an infant with their main care giver: secure, avoidant, anxious and disorganised. This has an impact on how we build relationships as adults.

I am also qualified as a Breathwork Coach, accredited by the Counselling & Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body (CPCAB)

Breath is the only autonomic function we can control in the body. You can’t tell your stomach to digest your food quicker but you can direct the speed and pace of the breath. Since the breath is directly related to the nervous system and the fight or flight response, by changing the breathing we can bring deep healing to the body, improving our emotional state, mental capacity and physical health.

My study of the female cycle and feminine nature gives a unique approach to my sessions and content.

  • Understanding and embracing our feminine and cyclical nature is an essential part of personal development and empowerment for women. I  will show you that our cycle is not a burden but a gift that can be used as an incredibly powerful tool to optimise your performance, well-being and fulfillment.

I’m also qualified as a Coach by Barefoot Coaching London. I will give you personalised tools and exercises to do between sessions and whenever you need.

I will encourage you to take an active role in your personal development journey by doing the suggested exercises. They can include journaling, guided visualisations, things to add to your morning or night routine, and many other tools. As a Coach to a sportsman, I’m here to encourage you and support you on your journey so you make the most of your potential!

Career Coaching.

Having worked for many years in the corporate world and having transitioned to running my own business, I am well equiped to help you if what you need is a career change.

I have worked as a career coach with some of the best career coaching companies in London, helping people identify their purpose and clear the blocks to make their dream career happen.

When we work together, I use a combination of the above techniques and resources, always personalised to your needs. Also, I bring my powerful intuition to the table, which is one of the most effective ways to spot hidden blocks and guide you in the right direction. Plus I have a very grounded, no-nonsense approach to spirituality – which can be hard to find these days!

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