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ABOUT

DR. HAZEL-GRACE

I didn’t learn how to do relationships well growing up.

I learned intensity.
I learned shutdown.
I learned how to survive conflict, not how to move through it.

I spent nearly two decades repeating patterns I didn’t know how to change, in relationships that felt painful, confusing, and often unresolved.

What I wanted was simple.
To feel connected.
To be understood.
To know how to come back together after things went sideways.

I just didn’t have the skills.

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A man and a young girl posing together indoors. The girl is holding a soccer ball and wearing a medals around her neck. The man is wearing a yellow cap and a maroon shirt, both with sports team logos. The girl is dressed in a sports uniform. They are smiling at the camera.

Everything changed when I stopped trying to “communicate better” and started learning how to repair.

That shift didn’t come from one tool or one teacher.

It came from 15 years of lived experience, professional training, and staying in the work long enough to be changed by it.

Today, my work integrates:

  • Relational Life Therapy

  • Somatic and nervous system awareness

  • Attachment theory and trauma-informed practice

  • Authentic Relating and group facilitation

  • Sexological and intimacy-based training

  • And over 15 years of supporting thousands of people navigating conflict, intimacy, and connection

From this, The Art of REPAIR emerged.

A structured, trauma-aware process for moving through rupture and returning to deeper, more connected relationships.

Where My Authority Comes From:

My authority doesn’t come from one place.

It comes from the integration of:

  • lived experience

  • professional training

  • and years of practice, failure, and repair

I speak from direct experience with:

  • trauma, anxiety, and a highly sensitive nervous system

  • long-term partnership and the ongoing practice of repair

  • building chosen family and sustained community

  • navigating power, harm, and accountability in relationships

  • working with individuals, couples, and groups across a wide range of contexts

I’ve lived in both disconnection and deep connection.
And I know the difference.

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A woman with short hair and a leather jacket sitting on a plush, cream-colored fleece-covered chair outdoors, laughing with her hands in the air, with rocks and blurred greenery in the background.

A Few Things About Me

A Few Things About Me

I’m a little different than your typical relationship coach.

I bring:

  • A PhD in Human Sexuality

  • A Master’s degree in Education

  • A background in Therapeutic Recreation

  • Over 25 years of group facilitation

  • And 15 years of working with thousands of people navigating conflict, intimacy, and connection

I’m also:

A somatic practitioner and sexological bodyworker
Someone who has navigated both safety and adversity in my own life
And someone who continues to do my own repair work in real time

If you really knew me, you'd know

  • I’m equal parts depth and clown.

  • I can go from tears to laughter in about 30 seconds.

  • I’m still doing this work in my own relationships every day.

  • I don’t get it right all the time… I just know how to come back.

  • I am still afraid of hard conversations.

  • I love a good repair more than avoiding a bad conflict.

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People dressed as clowns, a mime, and a frog in a boat on a lake with trees and blue sky in the background.

Introducing… Nico!

You may have noticed this human in some of my pictures. This is Nico. He is…

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“Hazel-Grace is an absolutely masterful facilitator. Their precision in relating is unmatched of anyone I know. I have learned so much from them over the years and will continue coming back for more.”

— Testimonial from client

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