My name is Edith Y. Russ and I’m the woman who built what she needed.

I’m a wife, a mother, a Christian, and a woman who has learned — sometimes the hard way — that healing isn’t about pretending, performing, or pushing past your pain. It’s about learning to live again, differently. Gently. With God in the room, not as a performance.

I’ve spent 20+ years learning Trauma-Informed realities and approaches in the Behavioral and Mental Health field, working in spaces where trauma, crisis, boundaries, identity, and emotional burnout weren’t ideas — they were daily realities. I’ve sat with people in their breaking points, their rebuilding seasons, and their “I don’t even know where to start” moments. And I’ve lived through a lot of what I now help women untangle: relationship betrayal, grief, disappointment, church hurt, survival mode, emotional patterns that felt impossible to break, and the quiet ache of being strong for everyone else.

and guess what? I didn’t become trauma-informed because it was trendy.

I became trauma-informed because I had to survive.

and then — because I didn’t want to just survive — I learned how to live.

Now, I help women do the same.

I’m not here as the expert on your life.

I’m just here as someone who knows the map, because I’ve walked it. Alone. With God.

Welcome to my work.

I'm proud of you for taking this first step!. Let’s rebuild softly. Together.

Edith Y. Russ

Trauma-Informed Christian Coach