I don’t just teach nervous system work, I live it.
I’ve built businesses and led nonprofit teams. I’ve burned out in the name of impact. I’ve questioned whether the way we work is actually helping us thrive, or quietly harming us.
I’m Juliana Allen (she/her), and my work lives at the intersection of somatic healing, leadership, and systems change.
I’m an Executive Director and a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (in training), here to help people remember what it feels like to lead and live from a place of truth, not tension.
For years, I searched for better strategies to fix what felt broken in our organizations. But real transformation didn’t come through strategy. It came when I started listening to the wisdom of the body, and saw how everything shifts when leaders learn to regulate, reconnect, and root into something deeper.
Today, my work moves in two directions:
With organizations: I help rebuild the fabric of culture through nervous system education, embodied tools, and brave conversations that honor the full humanity of their people.
With individuals: I offer one-on-one somatic coaching and workshops that teach the basics of nervous system regulation, how trauma lives in the body, and simple tools to begin or deepen your healing journey.
Because here’s what I believe: you are not broken. You already carry the capacity to heal and live in alignment. My work , whether with a leader, a team, or someone longing to feel at home in themselves, is to create the space where that truth can be remembered and lived.
Because healing isn’t a side project. It’s the work.
How I got here
I started my career in the nonprofit and business world, creating mission-led businesses, leading programs, shaping strategy, and pouring everything I had into companies and organizations I believed in. And still, I found myself and my teams burning out. The work was good. The people were good. But the systems weren’t.
Studying trauma and somatics gave me the language for what I had always felt: the body holds the story. Burnout isn’t failure, it’s a signal. And until we shift the nervous system patterns embedded in our bodies and organizations, the cycle will keep repeating.
That’s why I created Reclaim with Juliana. Today, I help organizations build cultures rooted in nervous system awareness, and I guide individuals through one-on-one coaching and workshops that reconnect them with their body’s wisdom. Because you are not broken. You already hold the capacity to heal — and together, we can build something different.
Foundational Beliefs:
Regulation before strategy
Whether you’re leading a team or tending to yourself, nervous system safety is the foundation for sustainable change.
Truth over performance
Authenticity is leadership and life. Showing up real is more powerful than showing up perfect.
Collective over individual
Healing doesn’t happen in isolation. In our bodies and in our systems, connection is the medicine.
Structure shapes us
We can’t just coach people to be well inside systems that make them sick. Real change starts at the roots, both personal and organizational. Embodiment is the revolution
Embodiment is revolution
The body holds wisdom our culture has forgotten. Reconnecting to it is how we reclaim our power—individually and together.
The Heart Behind the Work
I'm a Gemini sun and systems thinker—fascinated by how opposites create wholeness.
I came out as a lesbian later in life, and it taught me everything about living in alignment.
I’m a parent, and a huge part of my coming out journey was about showing my kids that no matter who they are, they deserve to live a life that feels true, joyful, and aligned.
We spend weekends playing soccer and volleyball together—moving, laughing, regulating through play. They remind me why this work matters.
I believe joy and regulation are deeply connected.
I’ll never say no to tea, hiking, or a well-timed nervous system meme.
Let’s shift what healing feels like
Whether you’re leading an organization or ready to dive deep into personal heailng, this work is for you.