“I’ve lived many lifetimes in one — and the path home to myself is the greatest gift I’ve ever received.”
My name is Tiera Kunz, and I'm a Trauma-Informed Somatic Coach, Life Integration Guide, and Psychedelic Preparation & Integration Guide.
I was born and raised in Utah, one of 25 children in a polygamist family. By 16, I was a wife and a mother. By 19, I was finding the courage to leave a marriage I had been groomed for since I was fourteen, in a world where leaving meant losing everything. I spent years fighting to regain custody of my children and to find my voice in a system that didn't yet know how to hear me.
My body learned early that love meant enduring. I became the nurturer, the strong one, the peacemaker. Those roles drew me into narcissistic relationships and kept me at war with myself. Grief has walked beside me too: the loss of two partners to suicide, two sisters in my early twenties, and, more recently, both of my parents.
For a long time, I tried to think my way out. I read the books and had the big insights, but my nervous system still braced. It still mistook chaos for home.
Something shifted in my bones when my father passed. I stopped looking for him in the men I chose, and I stopped trying to fix a story that was never mine to solve.
When my now-husband came into my life, my body said, "This isn't it." His steadiness didn't feel like the anxious, high-octane pull I had always called love. I had to learn, slowly and through my body, that calm wasn't danger and that being seen could feel safer than being ignored. Five years later, our love is calm, kind, and easy to talk in, a flourishing garden we tend together. When my mother passed last year, it was the first time in a lifetime of grief that I didn't face a loss alone. I was held, and my heart was allowed to heal.
I didn't heal by surviving it, and I didn't heal by figuring it out. I healed by feeling my way home, sensation by sensation, until my body could set down what was never mine to carry. A decade of somatic work, ontological inquiry, Compassionate Inquiry, and psychedelic exploration taught me that wholeness isn't something we build. It's something we remember.
Today, I'm a mother to three of my favorite humans, a grandmother to my five favorite little humans, and a wife to the love of my life.
That's why I don't guide from a pedestal or a textbook. I sit beside you while you feel, understand, and embody your own healing, until you remember that you were always whole and that you have always been your own healer.
With love,
Tiera
My Approach
A space for your nervous system to soften.
I don’t believe healing is about fixing what is broken. It’s about remembering what’s already whole beneath the layers of protection you’ve had to build.
My work blends the hard science of the nervous system with the intuitive wisdom of a lived-in life. You’ll find no rigid formulas or quick fixes here. Instead, we work together to create a grounded, honest space where you can:
Audit your "Body’s Vocabulary": Learn to tell the difference between the high-octane pull of old patterns and the quiet, steady safety of true connection.
Unravel the “Shoulds”: Identify the roles you’ve played to keep the peace and begin to discover your own authentic preferences.
Befriend the Body: Shift from being "at war" with your physical sensations to listening to the intelligence they carry.
Navigate the Deep Waters: Whether you are integrating expanded states of consciousness or navigating profound grief, we build the capacity to stay present with it all.
Set Boundaries without Guilt: Cultivate the clarity to speak your truth and choose love without self-abandonment.
I believe healing happens in relationship — with your body, your voice, and the people in your life. I’ve walked the path of learning to choose myself after a lifetime of over-giving. I’m not here to lead you; I’m here to walk beside you as you find your own way home.
My Training & Professional Background
I believe lived experience and formal training are both vital on the path of healing, and I've devoted myself to both. My work is grounded in trauma-informed, evidence-based approaches that bridge the mind's understanding and the body's wisdom.
Completed Training:
Compassionate Inquiry Professional Training with Dr. Gabor Maté and Sat Dharam Kaur (completed 2025)
Mind-Body Coaching Certification, The Embody Lab (2024)
Somatic Psychedelic Facilitation Training, The Embody Lab (2024)
Embodied Imagination® for Psychedelic Preparation & Integration, School of Psychedelics (2024)
Ontological Leadership & Personal Development Curriculum, Landmark Worldwide (2013–2020)
Currently Training In:
Psychedelic Facilitator Training, Memoru Center for Visionary Healing Arts (expected completion May 2027)
Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy (expected completion December 2026)
Internal Family Systems: The Self-Led Coach (expected completion December 2026)
These programs give structure to my intuition, so I can support you through deep-seated patterns, expanded states, and the subtle intelligence of your nervous system with nuance and care.
My work is deeply trauma-informed. It's structured as coaching and integration to help you build somatic resilience, and it does not replace clinical mental health therapy.
A Bit More About Me
Things that make my heart bloom
The beautiful chaos of family gatherings with my kids and grandkids.
Multi-day river camping trips with my love — finding the rhythm of the water where there’s no cell service and plenty of room to breathe.
Being a goofball with my siblings!
Deep conversations that go past the surface, especially with family and friends.
Thrifting for treasures that have a story of their own, usually a 70s aesthetic, and bringing them to markets to find their new home. Check out my Instagram for my upcoming market dates.
Creating soulful, intuitive art (it’s my favorite way to speak without words).
Geeking out on the science of how our bodies are wired for resilience and optimal health.
Dance parties where the music is loud and the dancing is uncoordinated.
Crafting essential oil blends that awaken a sense of beauty and magic in the skin and the wearer. Check out my apothecary ;)
Being silly, singing off-key, and laughing at my own jokes (someone has to!).
Ready to Bloom?
I don’t pretend to have all the answers–but, I do know how to sit with the questions. And, I know how to help you find your answers, inside your body and your bones. If your soul is whispering “it’s time,” I’d be honored to walk beside you.