About Amy
I needed support I could actually use.
I’m Amy Savvenas, the creator of Healing That Matters. These guides grew out of my own experience of healing from trauma, including the days when thinking clearly was hard.
My story
For a long time, asking for help felt risky.
I know how lonely it can feel to need support and still be afraid to say, “I’m not okay.”
Amy Savvenas
Growing up on guard
I grew up with childhood trauma. It didn’t feel safe to express my feelings, so I watched people’s moods and second-guessed what I said. Keeping the peace meant putting everyone else’s feelings before my own.
Those fears followed me into adulthood as complex PTSD, or CPTSD. Asking for help still felt risky.
Finding joy outside
When I met my husband, Packy, I was already working to manage my symptoms. His support helped me work through triggers and feel more confident being myself.
Exploring the outdoors together brought joy back into my life. We wanted more of that in our everyday lives, so we made the mountains our home.
When things became hard again
We later had to leave the mountains. Without knowing it, we moved into a house with a serious mold problem, and we both became very sick.
During that illness, my trauma symptoms became overwhelming again. Emotional flashbacks, dissociation, anxiety, and grief left me feeling far away from myself.
How Healing That Matters began
Sharing what helped me.
Before we knew about the mold, I started making videos to share the practices that were helping me through those dark moments.
Guided breathwork was part of it, along with grounding, gentle movement, reflection, and speaking to myself with more kindness. These practices helped me feel more settled in my body and reconnect with the present.
After we found the mold and left, Packy’s photography book deal helped us return to the mountains. Being back gave us more room to enjoy life again.
I wanted someone else who felt lost in those moments to have something they could reach for, too.
Small things I could return to.
- Guided breathwork
- Grounding
- Gentle movement
- Reflection
- Speaking to myself with more kindness
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I’m not a therapist. These guides offer education and self-support drawn from lived experience. They are not a substitute for therapy, medical treatment, or crisis care.