This week, I listened to Amy Grant’s new song, The Me That Remains, and it stopped me in my tracks.

The title alone felt like it was speaking directly to my journey.

The song explores what remains of us after life knocks us down. After heartbreak. After loss. After the moments that divide our lives into “before” and “after.”

As I listened, I found myself reflecting on my own healing journey and the woman I’ve become.

When Trauma Changes Everything

Years ago, I witnessed a traumatic event that changed my life forever.

In an instant, my nervous system learned that the world was no longer safe. Fear became my constant companion. Hypervigilance became normal. Survival became my default setting.

For years, I wasn’t truly living.

I was coping.

Like many people who have experienced trauma, I did everything I knew to do. I sought help. I worked hard. I learned coping strategies. Yet despite my efforts, something inside me still felt fragmented.

I could function.

I could perform.

But I didn’t feel fully connected to myself.

Discovering Healing Beyond Survival

My journey eventually led me to Energy Psychology, Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), and Biofield Tuning.

These modalities offered something I hadn’t found elsewhere.

Rather than simply helping me manage my symptoms, they helped me understand how trauma had been stored in my body and nervous system.

Through EFT and Biofield Tuning, I learned how to:

• Calm my nervous system
• Release stored stress and emotional overwhelm
• Process unresolved experiences
• Feel safe in my body again
• Reconnect with my authentic self

Healing wasn’t a single breakthrough moment.

It happened layer by layer.

Session by session.

Choice by choice.

Over time, I began meeting the woman underneath the trauma.

Not the hypervigilant version.

Not the survival version.

Not the woman constantly bracing for the next crisis.

The real me.

Finding the Real Me Beneath the Trauma

One of my greatest strengths is Connection.

Not just connection with other people, but connection to meaning, truth, purpose, and possibility.

Trauma had buried parts of that connection.

Healing helped me reclaim it.

Today, I can hold both grief and joy. I can acknowledge what happened without allowing it to define me. I can support others on their healing journeys because I’ve walked my own path through darkness and into hope.

That journey ultimately led me to create Kamiyah Coaching and dedicate my work to helping others find healing, resilience, and post-traumatic growth.

I Like the Woman in the Mirror

There is one sentence I never imagined I would be able to write:

I like the woman in the mirror.

Not because life is perfect.

Not because challenges no longer arise.

Not because healing is complete.

But because I know who remains.

I have worked hard to find her.

I’ve learned that beneath the trauma, beneath the fear, beneath the stories we carry about ourselves, there is an authentic self waiting to be rediscovered.

And she is worth meeting.

What Remains After Trauma?

Listening to The Me That Remains reminded me of an important truth:

What remains after trauma is not brokenness.

What remains is resilience.

What remains is strength.

What remains is wisdom.

What remains is the essence of who we truly are.

If you’re in a season of rebuilding, rediscovering yourself, or wondering who you are now after everything you’ve survived, know this:

There is a version of you underneath all of it.

And that version is still there.

Waiting patiently to be found.

Ready to Reconnect With the Real You?

If you’re a woman leader navigating stress, transition, burnout, or the lasting effects of trauma, I help women strengthen nervous system resilience, reconnect with their authentic selves, and lead from a place of grounded confidence rather than survival.

I’d love to support you on your journey.

Contact me to learn more about EFT, Biofield Tuning, and the transformational work we can do together.