Research, Training, How Modalities are Used

Grounded Approacch

How this work is informed, bounded, and responsibly held

The offerings at Natural Strength are non-clinical, evidence-informed, and designed to support capactiy, focus, and sustainable ways of working. They are not intended to diagnose, treat or replace medical or therapeutic care.

What "Grounded" Means

This work is grounded in three ways:

  • Research-informed - shaped by current understanding of attention, nervous system function, trauma awareness, and human performance

  • Practically applied - focused on lived experrience, not theory alone

  • Ethically bounded - clear about scope, consent, and what this work does and does not offer

The goal is not fixing people but supporting individuals to work and live with greater clarity, agency and alignment.

Training, How Modalities are Used, and What this Work is Not

Training & Professional Development

This work is informed by formal training and certification across coaching, health, light-based support, including:

  • Certification as a Photobiomodulation Therapist (soon)

  • Certification as a Health Coach and Life Coach

  • Training in truama-aware, consent-based facilitation

  • Training and certification in energy-based modalities, including Reiki

Credentials are held in service of discernment, ethics, and client safety - not as guarantees of outcomes.

How Modalities are Used

Methods such as coaching, reflective dialogue, facilitation of norms, energy-based support, or light-based tools are used as supportive inputs, not stand-alone solutions.

  • Modalities are selected based on context and consent

  • Participation is always optional

  • No single method is positioned as universally effective

  • The focus remains on agency, capacity, and integration

For coworking specifically, optional structure is provided to support deep, sustained focus and meaningful engagement — aligning with psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s research on flow state. Learn more here - Investigating the “Flow” Experience (NIH / PubMed Central) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7033418/ and

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience – Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology)

The method serves the person - not the other way around

What This Work Is Not

To support clarity and ethical engagement, it may help to name what this work does not aim to be:

  • It is not medical treatment or psychotherapy

  • It is not crisis intervention

  • It is not hustle culture

  • It does not promise specific outcomes

Instead, it offers structured, relational support for people who want to work and live in ways that feel sustainable and true to themselves

Who This Page is For

This page exists for:

  • Individuals who value evidence and what to understand the foundations of the work

  • Professionals or organizations assessing fit and legitimacy

  • People who prefer transparency before engagement

If you don't need this level of detail to decide, you don't need to read this page.