"I worked with Jessica and Nicteha to address some feelings of hesitation, stuckness, and overwhelm regarding how I was inhabiting my home. For a number of reasons, I felt almost performative living there, like it wasn't really my place. Yet I was also keen to be a good steward of the house and the land, and to honor it in my way while also, hopefully, inhabiting it a bit more fully for however long I lived there. The team asked a surprising series of questions and led me through some exercises that really opened up my thinking around the relationship between a person and their space. They helped me start a dialog with my home, rooted in what I was experiencing, how I was showing up, and which questions I was asking. In hindsight, I think of this service like "House therapy". After a few sessions I was able to unblock on a handful of things I hadn't even been aware of that were influencing how I was living. Not only did they bring in new ways of seeing, but they offered simple and easily achievable actions aimed at addressing the practice of how I lived in dialogue with my environment. Jessica and Nichteha offer a deeply thoughtful craft and do it well. I can't recommend their services enough. They will help you open up a new way of seeing that slips in naturally to inform how you're living. " -Katie W.

"I continue to feel profoundly affected after our session and look forward to continued integration and further support in the future. Nicteha and Jessica created an immensely safe, clear, yet expansive container to explore my relationship with the home I am building and the land I live on. Our session touched upon many layers - helping me tune in deeply to myself and my home, as well as providing very tangible support that helped me feel "un-stuck" in my design process. I felt very heard and seen, and also had a lot of fun exploring myself and my relationship with my home. It was so valuable to work wtih them!” -Angela M.

“Nicteha and Jessica helped me find magic in my home again. They both asked questions that hit straight to the core of my soul's longings. They helped me make surprising changes to my space: One change was transforming a built-in counter into a "poet reading nook" overlooking rooftops in my neighborhood! I absolutely love this spot, which feels like a bold expression of my deeper self which was looking for an outlet. Another particularly fresh aspect of their approach was going back in time to the history of my building, and being in a two-way relationship with my apartment. They coached me to interact with my space in a way that would meet my goal of addressing some blocks to intimacy I have... It may not be a coincidence that I was invited on two dates shortly after :) Truly, shifts in your home can help bring your deepest desires into life, and your desires can become alive in the objects of your home. They will help you connect with who you are. If you have an opportunity to work with these two women, I say jump on the opportunity! They are talented and intuitive; you may be surprised at the ripple effects small changes in your home can make.” -Anna G.

"Before working with Salt + Gold, I primarily blamed myself for not being able to address the mess in my home. It was so different when working with Nicteha and Jessica! From our first meeting, my nervous system felt joined by theirs. I felt seen, validated, and understood. Instead of becoming lost in dysregulation, and becoming too overwhelmed to make decisions, they helped me connect with a felt experience of support, with my values, and with my own agency. It was even fun! This is powerful and healing work.  As a therapist, I appreciated how this is a form of somatic therapy blended with my space.  It's grounded in my home, not just my head or body . My unexamined assumption that I needed to do this alone was wrong. I’m so glad I realized that. Thank you Salt + Gold!" - Lisa K.

“I’ve always had a knack for arranging my living spaces to support how I want to feel and what I want to do in them, so immediately resonated with the somatic home principles when Nicteha and Jess presented them in their intro session. They really enriched and deepened what I’d already been doing in ways I hadn't got to on my own and hadn’t realized I was missing!

After that first session I was able to fix up my entry way to create the type of vibe I wanted to feel, and others to feel, when coming to my home.

Some time later I did an individual session to help with a “problem area” in one room that I just couldn’t get right no matter what I did. Like a puzzle I couldn’t solve. Through their meditations and observations and suggestions I was able to finally get it right! I was even able to do it with what I already had, without buying anything new. In fact, I was even able to eliminate some items, which created more space, while maintaining functionality.

That area feels so much better now! I have a lot more clarity and calmness, and the low-level stress and inability to relax that it used to cause is now gone.

I highly recommend working with Nicteha and Jess to create your own somatic home, and think you will find that the benefits will flow out into your life in unexpected and positive ways.” - Joan S.