The Free Woman
Find calm.
Find yourself again.
Quiet the anxiety, trust yourself again, and feel at home in your own body, in 10 weeks.
A nervous system and breathwork mentorship for women ready to come home to themselves.
Your power isn't lost. You just need a way back to it. Yes, I want to be held while I come back to myself →Private, one to one, only 4 places a quarter · Live online · Grounded, science backed, deeply human
Featured and trusted
Who you'll be held by
I have walked this road too
I'm Sonia Houria. I named this work after my grandmother, Houria, because she knew this tension too: to be free and to belong.
For years I achieved on the outside, an international lawyer working across several countries, while quietly coming apart on the inside. Learning to regulate my nervous system, to stay with myself instead of performing, is how I came home. It is the work I now guide women through.
Nervous system and emotional intelligence coach, breathwork facilitator, and Survival Apnea Ambassador. Founder of Women Make Waves and creator of the Houria Method. Co-founder of IAMPOWER, the largest women's mental health and wellbeing summit in the Illawarra, and I have guided hundreds of women back to themselves.
If you are honest with yourself
You are here because you are suffering. You keep repeating the same situations. You do not dare go for what truly matters. You have been paying attention to everyone else, and you do not remember what you want, or who you are.
You are afraid your voice does not matter. You are afraid you are too much. You are afraid that if you start crying you will never stop. You work hard because you want more for yourself, and because you are also trying to prove something.
You know this cannot be it. There has to be a life that feels calmer, more joyful, less painful. You grieve that life. You long for it.
Straight to the point
If this is you
If the women in your family taught you how to endure but not how to be free, to stay silent, keep it all in, and push away your voice and your dreams.
If you are mixed raced, or feel out of place where you are. If it feels like the place you live in does not make you feel like you matter.
If that is you, you do not have to explain that part of yourself here. It is already understood.
You can break cycles without breaking connection. You can honour where you come from and still choose a different way to live. You get to belong to yourself first.
Why this works
Not therapy.
More than mindset.
This is not like therapy, and it is more than mindset work. Through the Houria Method, we bring your body, your emotions, your mind and your spiritual self into the same conversation, so you can finally find safety and trust in the work. Grounded, science backed, and deeply human. You choose what fits your beliefs, your culture, your life.
Inside The Free Woman
How you come back to yourself
Open journey, no rush, your pace honoured. Deep, practical, held.
You are guided for 10 weeks, live online. We meet each week to work through your pain points and patterns and take actions towards your goals. you learn to stay with yourself even when it is uncomfortable which unlocks your wisdom and powers. You leave each session with a practice you can use that week, to prepare you for the next session, help you cement what you've discovered about yourself and ground your new unleashed identity.
You receive a living workbook and access to the BOLT score app, to track your insights, nervous system states and shifts each week. It helps you see your own progress, in your own words.
Functional breathwork, physiological sigh, resonance breath, BOLT score tracker, mindfulness, body awareness, mind yoga, gratitude, vision, integration, somatic practices, chakra meditations are some of the oractices we might share. It all depends on where you're at and what you need for maximum progress.
You learn to understand your nervous system and how to regulate it. You learn to understand your inner world and how to influence it positvely: recurring thoughts, emotional baseline, resilience to stress, connection to intuition. You learn simple daily tools that actually work when life feels too much or when you're ready to step up.
Every tool is optional. Everything honours your goals, beliefs and lived experience.
Daily practices designed for 10 to 30 minutes, so they hold up in a real life.
Recorded tools and practices to use between sessions, with access for 6 months after we begin so you can ground your new habits and identity long term, or have tools available when you feel unsure and overwhelmed.
Private, one to one, only 4 places a quarter, so you are truly seen and held.
What changes
The shift over 10 weeks
Where you are now
- Anxious, overthinking, on edge
- Abandoning yourself to keep others comfortable
- Silencing your voice and your needs
- Repeating the same painful patterns
- Disconnected from your body
Where you are headed
- A nervous system you understand and can settle
- Staying with yourself when feelings rise
- Boundaries and a voice, without the guilt
- Breaking cycles without breaking connection
- Coming home to yourself
This is the direction of the work. Your pace and your path are your own.
The bigger why
Your calm is political
So much of the world runs on your fear. Urgency, scarcity and self-doubt keep you reactive, and a reactive woman is easier to sell to, to silence, and to control. The systems we live inside, patriarchy and colonial capitalism, depend on you never feeling safe in your own body.
Coming home to yourself is how you stop running on their fuel. A regulated nervous system is a quiet act of resistance.
And it does not take everyone. Research on social change suggests it takes only around 3.5% of people to tip a whole system. Picture that 3.5% as women who have done their inner work: steady, clear, and no longer available for the old story. That is where it begins. It begins with you.
From women who did this work
You are not alone in this
"I feel light, strong, more present and I'm no longer letting fear take over."
Sonia guided me with such safety. She gave me tools to process and clear old patterns. Little Me is feeling heard and connected again.
Sharon · Accountant turned kinesiologist, in her 50s
"Her guidance was the missing piece."
I felt judged with each therapist I had seen. Sonia brought full acceptance and openness. She stood as a compassionate mirror and helped me reconnect mind, heart, body and spirit.
Rosie · Artist and art therapist, Argentinian in Australia
"I finally know what I want and trust myself to go for it."
Sonia put words to what was going on inside me and helped me trust my voice again. I was always withdrawing when someone more confident would speak. Sonia helped me own my voice. It was very hard for me to make decisions and to trust what path to choose.
Angelica · Adventurer, teacher and yogi
From men who did this work
"In a short amount of time I got back on track with my dream life, which I am now fully leading with my head high."
Sonia's coaching is like nothing I have experienced before. I went from being afraid of even admitting to myself what I wanted, to not only wording it but manifesting every single aspect. She has tools that help you tackle a goal from all sides: body, mind, emotions and soul.
Antoine · French, moved to Australia in his 30s
"I got more out of 3 sessions with Sonia than in 12 years of therapy."
That awareness helps me pause before reacting now. It's been good to be less reactive, more calm and grounded.
Derek · Veteran, founder of No Zombie Veterans, in his 50s
Is this for you?
This is for you if
- You want to understand your nervous system and how to regulate it
- You are tired of anxiety, overthinking and feeling on edge
- You want simple daily tools that work when life feels too much
- You know you are meant for more calm, joy and clarity
- You want support that honours both science and spirit
- You are ready to be held while you come back to yourself
This is not the fit if
- You want a quick fix rather than real, felt change
- You are not ready to feel what rises
- You want someone to rescue you rather than walk with you
- You are in acute crisis and need clinical care first. This is mentorship, not a substitute, and I will gladly point you to the right support
Investment · private, one to one
Become the free woman
Graduates of The Regulated Woman 4 Week course pay $1800, a $400 saving. Only 4 places a quarter.
- 10 weeks private, one to one, live online
- Living workbook and BOLT score app to track insights, nervous system states and shifts
- 6 months of access to the recorded tools and practices
- Payment plan available on request
Fill the form and choose your call time. Only 4 places a quarter.
Before you decide
Questions women ask
Is this therapy?
No. This is mentorship. I want you to acquire the skills to find the calm, clarity and zest for life you seek and be able to reproduce it at will, without needing me. It is not a substitute for clinical care or treatment. It is nervous system, mental and emotion guidance that helps you build safety, regulation and self-trust. While many of my clients report having faster benefits from our work, you may need parallel clinical support. If you need clinical support, I will happily point you toward it.
How much time does it take each week?
One live session each week, plus daily practices designed for 10 to 30 minutes, so they hold up in a real life. You get access to the recorded tools so you can practice between sessions.
Do I need to be spiritual or religious?
No. Every tool is optional, and everything honours your beliefs, your culture and your lived experience. You take what fits and leave the rest.
Is there a payment plan?
Yes, a payment plan is available on request. Just ask on your call.
Is this only for women?
This mentorship centres women because I believe we need to remember our power. Yet men benefit from this work too and because we need more men willing to stand with us, the mentorship is also open to men.
What happens after I fill the form?
You choose a time for a call. We talk, you ask anything you want, and you decide whether it is right for you. No pressure.
Not ready to apply yet?
Stay close to the work
Join the waitlist to hear first when the next intake opens, with the occasional note to support your nervous system along the way.
No spam. Leave whenever you like.
You are held.
You are safe.
You are seen.
You are ready.
Private, one to one · Only 4 places a quarter · Living workbook included
