Coming Home to the Body Through Somatic Healing – Exclusive Interview with Joelle Faucette
- Brainz Magazine
- 4 hours ago
- 6 min read
Joelle Faucette is a Somatic Healing & Nervous System Expert and the founder of mindbodySOL, a global platform dedicated to helping high-functioning women break free from chronic survival mode and return to emotional safety, grounded confidence, and inner peace.
Joelle M. Faucette, Somatic Healing & Nervous System Expert
Who is Joelle?
I’m Joelle – a somatic mentor, nervous-system educator, Reiki Master/Teacher, and YA fantasy author with a lifelong love for movement, storytelling, and helping women come home to themselves.
At home, you’ll usually find me in leggings and a soft cashmere sweater, creating something (whether it’s a coaching curriculum or a chapter of my book), riding my Harley Davidson Sportster, practicing yoga, or hanging out with my kids, my man, and our husky.
My hobbies reflect the two sides of who I am: the grounded healer and the creative rebel. I love yoga, creative writing, dark chocolate, 80’s rock n’ roll, and the smell of bonfires – all things that make me feel alive, rooted, and inspired.
In business, I’m the same person I am at home: heart-centered, intuitive, collaborative, and always creating something that helps women feel safer in their bodies and more powerful in their lives.
Something interesting about me? Before I ever stepped onto a yoga mat or into the world of somatic healing, I was a professional ballerina in my early twenties. Movement has always been my first language – and it’s what ultimately led me to this work, where the body becomes the doorway to healing.
What inspired you to create mindbodySOL and dedicate your work to holistic healing and human transformation?
mindbodySOL was born from my own healing journey – because before I ever became a mentor, I was the woman desperately searching for answers. I spent years in talk therapy understanding my patterns, my childhood, and my emotional landscape, yet nothing seemed to actually shift the anxiety out of my body.
I could explain why I felt the way I did, but I couldn’t change how I felt. My body was still braced, overwhelmed, and stuck in survival mode. After my first somatic healing session, I remember thinking, How is it possible that no one is talking about somatic work? How is an entire industry addressing the mind while ignoring the body? Mental mountains I’d spent years battling in talk therapy dissolved in a single session. I was in shock.
When I discovered nervous-system healing and somatic practices, everything changed. For the first time, my body exhaled. Anxiety loosened. Patterns I’d carried for decades dissolved – not because I understood them better, but because my body finally felt safe enough to release them.
This work didn’t just help me heal; it completely transformed my life.
mindbodySOL became my way of giving other women what I wish I had found sooner. I created this platform because so many high-functioning women are doing “all the right things” – therapy, mindset work, self-help – yet still feel anxious, overwhelmed, or disconnected. Not because they’re doing anything wrong, but because no one has taught them how to heal their bodies.
Now my purpose is clear: to bring somatic awareness to the forefront, to normalize nervous-system healing, and to guide women out of survival mode and back into a life that finally feels like their own.
What core problems do your clients usually face before they come to you?
Most of the women who come to me are high-functioning and successful on the outside but struggling internally in ways they can’t quite name. They’ve spent years in talk therapy, read all the self-help books, tried to “think positive,” and forced themselves to push through… yet their bodies still feel anxious, overwhelmed, and stuck in survival mode.
They often share the same core challenges:
Chronic anxiety that won’t go away, even when life is objectively fine
Feeling disconnected from themselves, their relationships, or their purpose
Constant overthinking paired with an inability to slow down or rest
People-pleasing, perfectionism, or emotional suppression that feels exhausting
Knowing what their patterns are – but not knowing how to change them
Feeling guilty, restless, or unsafe when they try to relax or set boundaries
Repeating the same relationship dynamics despite wanting something different
The through-line is this: They’ve done the mind work, but no one has helped them heal the body piece.
Their nervous systems are dysregulated. Their subconscious is still protecting them. Their bodies have never learned what safety actually feels like.
By the time they find me, they’re not looking for more insight – they’re looking for real transformation. They want to feel calm, grounded, connected, confident, and safe in their own skin. And for many of them, somatic work is the missing piece they had no idea existed until the moment their body finally feels the difference.
How does your approach combine the mind, body, and soul in a way that creates lasting change?
My approach bridges the three layers of human experience – mind, body, and soul – in a way that creates transformation from the inside out. Most healing modalities focus on just one of these layers, which is why so many women feel like they’re doing “everything right” but still aren’t seeing lasting change.
The mind gives us understanding.The body holds our patterns.The soul provides meaning and direction.
All three must be addressed for change to become permanent.
At mindbodySOL:
We work with the mind by identifying the stories, beliefs, and subconscious patterns that have shaped someone’s identity and relationships.
We work with the body through somatic regulation, nervous-system rewiring, breathwork, intuitive movement, and trauma-informed practices that release stored emotional imprints.
We work with the soul by reconnecting women to their intuition, authenticity, and the deeper truth of who they are outside of fear, conditioning, and survival mode.
This combination is what creates lasting change – instead of temporary insight.
Because when the mind understands, the body feels safe, and the soul is aligned, something profound happens:
Women stop reverting back to old patterns.
They stop fighting themselves.
They stop abandoning who they are.
They begin to lead their lives from a place of wholeness, grounded confidence, and inner safety.
That’s the kind of transformation talk therapy alone can’t create – and why a mind-body-soul approach is essential for healing that actually lasts.
What programs or services do you offer, and who are they best suited for?
My signature offering is the Becoming Her Somatic Mentorship, a 10-week transformational program designed for high-functioning women who look put-together on the outside but feel overwhelmed, anxious, or disconnected on the inside. It’s for the woman who has already tried therapy, mindset work, or traditional self-help – and still feels like something deeper is holding her back.
This mentorship is best suited for the woman who:
Is tired of feeling anxious, tense, or “on edge”
Knows her patterns but can’t seem to break them
Feels guilty when she rests or struggles to slow down
Overthinks, overworks, or over-caretakes everyone but herself
Feels disconnected from her intuition, desires, or sense of self
Longs for calmer relationships and healthier boundaries
Wants to feel confident and grounded rather than performative
Is ready for a body-based approach instead of talking in circles
This program is not for the woman who wants quick fixes or surface-level mindset shifts.
It’s for the woman who is truly ready to change her relationship with her body, her emotions, her boundaries, and her identity at the deepest level.
Becoming Her is for the woman who knows she is meant for more – not more productivity or perfection, but more peace, more presence, more authenticity, and more self-leadership.
If you feel like you’ve tried everything and nothing has worked, this work is almost always the missing piece.
How can people connect with you and start their transformative journey with mindbodySOL?
The best way to begin is to book a free Discovery Call with me.
It’s a gentle, supportive conversation where we explore what your nervous system is holding, what you’re experiencing in your life right now, and what your body truly needs to shift out of survival mode. There’s no pressure – just clarity, direction, and the first step toward feeling safe and grounded again.
You can connect with me directly through my website and on social media: Instagram, Tiktok, Website, and Email.
This is where I share daily nervous-system education and somatic tools. Whether you’re curious, overwhelmed, or ready for deep transformation, I’m here to walk with you as you begin this next chapter.
When you feel safe, you become unstoppable.
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