Heal What Self-Love Couldn’t Reach
therapeutic yoga, writing, and guidance for women healing from maternal trauma, untangling cultural beliefs, and defining their own love ethic.
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What do You Believe about Love?
Somewhere along the way, you were taught that love had to be earned—through silence, sacrifice, perfection. Maybe now, as a mother, you find yourself questioning whether you can give what you never fully received — even from yourself.
But what if the fear isn’t proof you’re failing—what if it’s an invitation? So many women are told to start with self-love. But what if that’s not where your story begins?
Self-love is often seen as both the problem and the solution—but you can’t solve a problem with the same thinking that created it. It’s really your beliefs about love that lie at the heart of your fear. When you name these beliefs, you uncover the root of your fear.
From here, your love ethic can be redefined—shifting from something earned or perfect to something rooted in self-regard and unconditional acceptance. This becomes the foundation for attuned love.
In this space, we go deeper than the surface promises of self-love culture. We tend to the conditioning that shaped your understanding of connection, safety, and worth. Together, we’ll explore how your story shaped your definition of love—and begin to rewrite it.
It’s time to craft a new maternal love story.
Hi, I’m Danielle Jernigan, the guide here.
I serve humanity as a writer, yoga therapist, and forever doula with a deep passion for helping women heal from the lingering ache of trauma and cultural conditioning.
For many of us shaped by early harm, self-love culture offers a shiny promise that often falls flat — repackaging old narratives of worthiness, perfection, and performance. My work challenges these narratives and invites you instead into the steady, embodied practice of presence, discernment, and clarity.
Through yoga, writing, and intimate conversations, I support women in cultivat agency over their love ethic — the way they give and receive love — so they no longer feel trapped by inherited beliefs. I offer private guidance and public workshops.
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Yoga Therapist in Training with Prana Yoga Institute
Register Yoga Teacher since 2016
Trained in Ashtanga, Yin, and Prenatal Yoga
Experienced Postpartum and Birth Doula Pettaway Pursuit Foundation
Mother Support Group Leader Pettaway Pursuit Foundation
Former Adjunct Professor Temple University School of Public Health
Former Maternal Mental Health Hotline Counselor (Postpartum Support Int.)
Perinatal Mental Health Certificate from PSI
MS in Medical Science from IU School of Medicine
Lived experience and survivor of childhood abuse, birth trauma and mother to a child on the spectrum
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The Love Ethic Sessions (1:1 Private Guidance)
Sometimes what we need most is a steady witness — someone to hold space while we disentangle old scripts and learn to trust ourselves again.
These private, trauma-informed conversations integrate:
Narrative healing & personal story exploration
Yoga philosophy, breath work, and somatic grounding
Gentle inquiry into your beliefs about love, worth, and identity
Tools for presence, self-trust, and sustainable healing
Who this is for:
Women navigating the aftershocks of childhood abuse, birth trauma, complex mothering, or cultural/religious conditioning that shaped their view of love and worth.
Mother Ache Healing Circles
A monthly virtual gathering for women carrying the lingering ache of a mother wound. Each circle blends gentle, trauma-informed yoga and reflective writing to support narrative healing and embodied presence. Rooted in the principles of creating a personal love ethic, we move beyond self-love performance and toward a deeper connection with ourselves, our children, and each other. This is a space to reclaim your capacity to love well — with clarity, agency, and care.
THIS IS A PAY WHAT YOU WISH OFFERING.
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The Self-Love Trap: A Limited Series
Self-love culture was never designed with survivors in mind. The Self-Love Trap is my limited podcast series received by email — a behind-the-scenes look at my book-in-progress. On the series I explore how self-love culture often reinforces trauma-shaped beliefs, and what it means to cultivate a love ethic rooted not in performance, but in presence.
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Inside Ink & OM Studio
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Writing + yin yoga for inner witness and repair.
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