What Tinnitus Has Taken and What You’re Ready to Take Back

Tinnitus

August 9, 2025

If you’re here, chances are tinnitus has shaped more of your life than you ever intended.

Maybe you’ve turned down invitations. Avoided places you used to love. Pulled away from routines that once grounded you, all in the name of “not making it worse.”

Take a breath. And ask yourself:

What has tinnitus quietly edged out of your life?

It might be something big: travel, concerts, the joy of spontaneity.
Or something subtle but sacred: coffee with a friend, reading on a quiet afternoon, going for a walk without rehearsing what could go wrong.

If something just came to mind, don’t push it away. Hold it.

That awareness is powerful. That clarity? That’s the beginning of change.

What if the goal isn’t silence but sovereignty
One of the deepest shifts I’ve seen in both my clients and myself is this:

Choosing to live from your values, not your symptoms.

This is the backbone of the work I do. I blend Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with the Auditory Limbic Neuroregulation Model to help you gently reclaim the parts of life that bring meaning and color.

Not “push through.” Not “wait it out.”
Reclaim. On your terms.

Because every time you make a decision from fear, you’re teaching your brain that the sound is dangerous.
And every time you move from what matters, your values, you teach your system: This sound is not a threat.

That’s where change begins. That’s how the rewiring happens.

One Client. One Café. One Small Step.

A client once told me she hadn’t had coffee with a friend in over a year, too afraid of the background noise.

So we started there.

Tea at home, with someone she trusted
A quiet café, mid morning, earplugs in, friend by her side
Laughter. Eye contact. Presence.

This wasn’t about being fearless. It was about being aligned.

And that made all the difference.

Try This:

  • List the things tinnitus has pushed out of your life
  • Choose one small thing you want to bring back
  • No pressure. No perfection. Just one step in that direction

It might be a creative project, a walk in nature, rejoining a group, or planning a trip you’ve shelved.

This isn’t about ignoring your symptoms.

It’s about honouring your values and letting them lead.

If you’re tired of waiting for silence to start living again…

If you’re ready to rebuild a life where tinnitus moves to the background and you take the lead

I’d love to support you
Work with me

IF YOU ARE READY TO RECLAIM YOUR LIFE FROM TINNITUS

we are with you.

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