We recently had the chance to connect with Morenike Olorunnisomo and have shared our conversation below.
Morenike, so good to connect and we’re excited to share your story and insights with our audience. There’s a ton to learn from your story, but let’s start with a warm up before we get into the heart of the interview. Have any recent moments made you laugh or feel proud?
I felt really proud of myself for taking the leap and jumping into the world of owning my own private therapy practice! It has felt scary and definitely come with struggles, but I feel thankful that I took the leap and bet on myself!
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
My name is Morenike Olorunnisomo, and I’m a somatic therapist, coach, and owner of Body Mind Soul Healing. My work centers on helping people reconnect with themselves—especially those navigating complex trauma, chronic stress, and the long-term effects of living in survival mode. I’m passionate about creating spaces where people feel deeply seen, supported, and invited back into relationship with their bodies.
Body Mind Soul Healing grew from both my professional training and my personal belief that healing is not just psychological—it’s physical, emotional, spiritual, and relational. I weave together Somatic Experiencing, polyvagal theory, parts work, movement, and embodied mindfulness to help clients gently unwind stored tension, build nervous system resilience, and experience more connection, joy, and inner steadiness.
What makes my work unique is the way I hold space: with warmth, cultural awareness, and an understanding of how our identities and lived experiences shape our bodies. My approach is slow, intentional, and collaborative. I don’t ask people to “push through”—I help them soften into what is possible.
Right now, I’m expanding my offerings to include somatic coaching, workshops, and embodied skill-building classes for people who want to understand their nervous systems and feel more at home in themselves. I’m also building Sacred Pause, a coaching and consulting branch that supports individuals and helping professionals in cultivating presence, regulation, and sustainable rhythms in their work and lives.
Ultimately, what I want readers to know is this: healing is not about fixing yourself—it’s about returning to yourself. And you deserve spaces that honor your complexity, your humanity, and your inherent wisdom.
Appreciate your sharing that. Let’s talk about your life, growing up and some of topics and learnings around that. What breaks the bonds between people—and what restores them?
From a complex trauma perspective, bonds between people are often broken when safety is lost—whether through betrayal, neglect, emotional rupture, or repeated experiences of not being seen, valued, or protected. When relationships become places where our nervous systems learn to brace instead of soften, we begin to disconnect from others and from ourselves. Over time, this erodes trust, disrupts our ability to co-regulate, and teaches the body that connection is dangerous rather than nourishing.
What restores bonds is not perfection or quick fixes, but consistent experiences of safety, repair, and attuned presence. Healing relational wounds often begins with someone who can meet us with steadiness, empathy, and respect for our boundaries. It’s restored through slow, embodied experiences of being listened to, believed, and held without judgment. When our system feels safe enough to come out of survival mode, we rediscover the possibility of connection—first within ourselves, then with others.
Ultimately, relationships break when safety is compromised, and they repair when trust and attunement are rebuilt over time. We are oftentimes harmed in relationship with other, and we also heal in relationship with others.
When did you stop hiding your pain and start using it as power?
I think the moment I entered graduate school to become a therapist. I quickly learned that becoming a therapist means doing your own healing work first–at least starting it. There was a great deal of self reflection and introspection in grad school, and that was where I began to understand that my pain and past hurts were the things that actually made me a good therapist.
Next, maybe we can discuss some of your foundational philosophies and views? Is the public version of you the real you?
Yes–and this is very intentional on my end. I think congruence and authenticity are so incredibly important–in general but especially when you are working with complex trauma survivors. They can smell BS from a mile away! I am the same person the family, with friends, with clients, and online.
Okay, so let’s keep going with one more question that means a lot to us: When do you feel most at peace?
I feel most at peace when I am doing exactly what I want to be doing. Life is too short to be fueled by “shoulds.”
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.bmshealing.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/body.mind.soul.healing/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064692170153
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@bodymindsoulhealingpllc
- Other: https://www.tiktok.com/@bodymindsoulhealing
Image Credits
Hutcherson Photography
