Camelia Khalil, certified life, health and trauma-informed coaching
Camelia Khalil, certified life, health and trauma-informed coaching

Certified Life, Health, and Trauma-Informed Coach · Certified Narcissistic Abuse Practitioner

Hi, I'm Camelia Khalil

I'm certified through the Global Trauma Institute and the Health Coach Institute, with specialized training in trauma-informed coaching, narcissistic abuse recovery, personal growth, and holistic well-being.

I work with people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected from themselves. My intention is to offer a safe, non-judgmental space where you can explore your experiences, build resilience, and create change that lasts — at whatever pace that feels right for you.

"Healing isn't linear, and it can't be rushed. It happens when someone finally feels safe enough to soften"

My Story

I come to this work through lived experience, not just training. I grew up across cultures and languages, in family systems shaped by survival, silence, and emotional restraint. Later, I went through narcissistic abuse myself. Much of what harmed me felt familiar, or was hard to even name. For years, I looked capable and high-functioning on the outside, while privately carrying emotional pain, self-doubt, and deep exhaustion. Like a lot of survivors, I learned early how to adapt and keep going — often at my own expense.

Over time, I noticed that trauma didn't just live in my thoughts — it lived in my body, my health, my nervous system, and how I saw my own worth. For years I tried to understand and “fix” each piece separately, and got frustrated by how little changed. What actually shifted things wasn't more insight — it was a different approach altogether. I realized my coping strategies weren't failures. They were intelligent responses to a long time under stress. Slowing down, listening to my body, and rebuilding a sense of safety inside myself changed how I related to myself, and what healing even meant.

My own journey taught me that healing isn't linear, and it can't be rushed. It happens when someone feels safe enough to soften. Healing and recovery are related but different — healing is putting yourself back together, recovery is about taking that healing into your life — rebuilding, making different choices, and moving forward with greater awareness and intention. This understanding shapes how I work. I don’t believe in pushing people toward change before they’re ready. I believe in creating the space for you to understand yourself, build on your strengths, and move forward at a pace that feels right for you — with support, curiosity, and compassion along the way.

Today, I'm a survivor, a life and health coach, and a trauma-informed practitioner — though I don't see myself as someone who hands you strength or answers. I walk alongside you, grounded in both lived experience and professional training, offering a steady, human presence. You don't have to do this alone anymore. Together, we build a space where you don't have to push or perform — where you can rediscover yourself at your own pace.


I come to this work through lived experience, not just training. I grew up across cultures and languages, in family systems shaped by survival, silence, and emotional restraint. Later, I went through narcissistic abuse myself. Much of what harmed me felt familiar, or was hard to even name. For years, I looked capable and high-functioning on the outside, while privately carrying emotional pain, self-doubt, and deep exhaustion. Like a lot of survivors, I learned early how to adapt and keep going — often at my own expense.

Over time, I noticed that trauma didn't just live in my thoughts — it lived in my body, my health, my nervous system, and how I saw my own worth. For years I tried to understand and “fix” each piece separately, and got frustrated by how little changed. What actually shifted things wasn't more insight — it was a different approach altogether. I realized my coping strategies weren't failures. They were intelligent responses to a long time under stress. Slowing down, listening to my body, and rebuilding a sense of safety inside myself changed how I related to myself, and what healing even meant.

My own journey taught me that healing isn't linear, and it can't be rushed. It happens when someone feels safe enough to soften. Healing and recovery are related but different — healing is putting yourself back together, recovery is about taking that healing into your life — rebuilding, making different choices, and moving forward with greater awareness and intention. This understanding shapes how I work. I don’t believe in pushing people toward change before they’re ready. I believe in creating the space for you to understand yourself, build on your strengths, and move forward at a pace that feels right for you — with support, curiosity, and compassion along the way.

Today, I'm a survivor, a life and health coach, and a trauma-informed practitioner — though I don't see myself as someone who hands you strength or answers. I walk alongside you, grounded in both lived experience and professional training, offering a steady, human presence. You don't have to do this alone anymore. Together, we build a space where you don't have to push or perform — where you can rediscover yourself at your own pace.


My Philosophy

My Philosophy

I lead with presence, not performance. We slow things down. I listen without rushing, fixing, or assuming, and we move at whatever pace that feels safe for you.

I'm here as a steady presence, offering encouragement when you're tired of carrying everything alone. I help you remember the strength that's already yours, and I hold space for rest when that's all that's possible right now.

I support people navigating patriarchal systems and cultures, often from a position with less power or privilege. Your experience is held with context, never blame. I understand how harm can become normalized or hard to name when culture, family, and survival are all tangled together.

I work with the whole picture — the emotional, physical, relational, and practical layers together. Here, healing isn't broken into pieces or treated as a problem to solve — you're met as a whole person living in a real world. If you choose to explore diagnoses or medication, I see them as one of many possible supports for your recovery.

I meet your coping strategies with curiosity, not judgment. Whatever has helped you survive is treated with respect, not disapproval. When something no longer serves the life you want, we can gently work toward healthier alternatives together.

This is peer-to-peer, human-to-human work. I walk beside you, not ahead of you. Safety comes first — reconnection unfolds from there, quietly and at your own pace.

Who I work with?

This work may be for you if you…

This work may be for you if you…

  • Have been in survival mode for so long, it feels like the only mode you know.

    Life may look “fine” from the outside, while you feel tired, tense, disconnected, or unable to fully enjoy your relationships and your life.

  • Are recovering from toxic or emotionally abusive relationships.

    You may have spent years explaining, accommodating, or minimizing things that left you feeling confused or unsafe. You might question your own reality, struggle to trust your intuition, or carry guilt and hypervigilance long after the relationship ended. Together, we work toward clarity, healthy boundaries, self-trust, and a stronger connection to your own voice.

  • Are living with the long-term effects of stress or trauma in the body.

    Chronic tension, fatigue, emotional eating, or disrupted sleep may have developed as ways your system learned to cope. Together, we look for more supportive ways to care for your nervous system and your well-being.

  • Are high-achieving professionals who struggle to enjoy what they've built.

    You might look composed and capable on the outside, while privately dealing with self-criticism or a numbness that shows up even around your own success.

  • Are parents or caregivers carrying a lot for others.

    You give a lot of yourself to meet everyone else's needs, often at the cost of your own. Together, we work toward healthier boundaries and a sense that your needs matter too.

  • Are moving through a major life transition.

    Relocation, relationship changes, a career shift, illness, or a personal awakening can all shake your sense of stability — even good change can feel like a lot when your nervous system has been under strain.

  • Are exploring cultural identity or belonging.

    Living between cultures can create pressures that are hard to name. Our work may explore identity, belonging, and how cultural expectations shape your relationship with yourself and others.

  • Are looking for deeper self-understanding.

    You may not be in crisis — you're just ready to understand yourself more fully, shift old beliefs, and build healthier ways of relating to yourself and the people around you.

  • Want to build sustainable habits and routines.

    Together, we'll build practical habits rooted in self-awareness and self-compassion — not pressure or perfectionism.

  • Have been in survival mode for so long, it feels like the only mode you know.

    Life may look “fine” from the outside, while you feel tired, tense, disconnected, or unable to fully enjoy your relationships and your life.

  • Are recovering from toxic or emotionally abusive relationships.

    You may have spent years explaining, accommodating, or minimizing things that left you feeling confused or unsafe. You might question your own reality, struggle to trust your intuition, or carry guilt and hypervigilance long after the relationship ended. Together, we work toward clarity, healthy boundaries, self-trust, and a stronger connection to your own voice.

  • Are living with the long-term effects of stress or trauma in the body.

    Chronic tension, fatigue, emotional eating, or disrupted sleep may have developed as ways your system learned to cope. Together, we look for more supportive ways to care for your nervous system and your well-being.

  • Are high-achieving professionals who struggle to enjoy what they've built.

    You might look composed and capable on the outside, while privately dealing with self-criticism or a numbness that shows up even around your own success.

  • Are parents or caregivers carrying a lot for others.

    You give a lot of yourself to meet everyone else's needs, often at the cost of your own. Together, we work toward healthier boundaries and a sense that your needs matter too.

  • Are moving through a major life transition.

    Relocation, relationship changes, a career shift, illness, or a personal awakening can all shake your sense of stability — even good change can feel like a lot when your nervous system has been under strain.

  • Are exploring cultural identity or belonging.

    Living between cultures can create pressures that are hard to name. Our work may explore identity, belonging, and how cultural expectations shape your relationship with yourself and others.

  • Are looking for deeper self-understanding.

    You may not be in crisis — you're just ready to understand yourself more fully, shift old beliefs, and build healthier ways of relating to yourself and the people around you.

  • Want to build sustainable habits and routines.

    Together, we'll build practical habits rooted in self-awareness and self-compassion — not pressure or perfectionism.

  • Have been in survival mode for so long, it feels like the only mode you know.

    Life may look “fine” from the outside, while you feel tired, tense, disconnected, or unable to fully enjoy your relationships and your life.

  • Are recovering from toxic or emotionally abusive relationships.

    You may have spent years explaining, accommodating, or minimizing things that left you feeling confused or unsafe. You might question your own reality, struggle to trust your intuition, or carry guilt and hypervigilance long after the relationship ended. Together, we work toward clarity, healthy boundaries, self-trust, and a stronger connection to your own voice.

  • Are living with the long-term effects of stress or trauma in the body.

    Chronic tension, fatigue, emotional eating, or disrupted sleep may have developed as ways your system learned to cope. Together, we look for more supportive ways to care for your nervous system and your well-being.

  • Are high-achieving professionals who struggle to enjoy what they've built.

    You might look composed and capable on the outside, while privately dealing with self-criticism or a numbness that shows up even around your own success.

  • Are parents or caregivers carrying a lot for others.

    You give a lot of yourself to meet everyone else's needs, often at the cost of your own. Together, we work toward healthier boundaries and a sense that your needs matter too.

  • Are moving through a major life transition.

    Relocation, relationship changes, a career shift, illness, or a personal awakening can all shake your sense of stability — even good change can feel like a lot when your nervous system has been under strain.

  • Are exploring cultural identity or belonging.

    Living between cultures can create pressures that are hard to name. Our work may explore identity, belonging, and how cultural expectations shape your relationship with yourself and others.

  • Are looking for deeper self-understanding.

    You may not be in crisis — you're just ready to understand yourself more fully, shift old beliefs, and build healthier ways of relating to yourself and the people around you.

  • Want to build sustainable habits and routines.

    Together, we'll build practical habits rooted in self-awareness and self-compassion — not pressure or perfectionism.

The Coaching Process

Free Discovery Call

A complimentary 30-minute conversation to share what has brought you here, ask any questions, and explore whether this support feels right for you.

Coaching Sessions

Sessions are 60 minutes, held online via Zoom in a safe, confidential space, at your pace. We explore only what feels manageable and meaningful to you.

Session Frequency

Some clients prefer weekly sessions, others fortnightly or monthly. Together, we will find a rhythm that feels sustainable, and you are welcome to adjust it as your needs change.

Healing is rarely linear. Some sessions bring clarity, others involve working through difficult moments. Throughout, you will be met with compassion, curiosity, and respect.

Curious if coaching is right for you?

Curious if coaching is right for you?

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