Hi!  I'm Morella :)

Here’s my “official bio”...

Morella Devost, EdM, LCMHC (licensed clinical mental health counselor) is a master at helping people create and navigate their own physical, mental and emotional transformation process . Since 2006 she has helped her clients heal physical and emotional pain, and turn it into their greatest source of personal power. Whether it's healing from debilitating anxiety, chronic health issues, or the wounds of sexual trauma, Morella's clients reclaim their right to thrive and their ability to consciously shape their lives.

By training, Morella has two Masters Degrees in Counseling from Columbia University. She is also a Clinical Hypnotherapist, an NLP Master, an EFT Practitioner, and Reiki Master. Following a deep spiritual calling, she is a life-long meditator and a long-time student of A Course In Miracles, the Tao Te Ching, and Eckart Tolle, among other spiritual teachings.

After living a nomadic life with her partner and stepdaughter in an RV, Morella now lives in the beautiful countryside in Lincoln, VT.

Now, let me tell you about my personal journey…  

I’ve known some dark places in my life. The kind of dark times when everything  looked bleak, when everything was falling apart, all at once: my health, my heart, my hopes and dreams. All of it. I’ll tell you more about those in a minute.

The bright side of my story is that I was able to pull myself out of the hole of feeling sick and broken to a place where I am increasingly thriving in my life. Through that journey, I acquired numerous degrees and certifications that helped me personally and also equipped me to help my clients in the same way.

Having healed myself physically, mentally, and emotionally from the deepest of pains… I know in my bones that every human being is meant to thrive. It doesn’t matter what the hurdles look like, I KNOW it’s possible.

Here are some of the challenges I overcame:

My body was sick and unhappy...

I had really bad cystic acne for over a decade. It was the kind of acne that is painful to look at. I hated looking in the mirror and nothing helped.

I also had terrible chronic allergies and hormone issues that plagued me throughout my twenties and thirties.

I was lost, depressed, and confused...

I was profoundly unhappy with my career out of college. I hated my job but had no clue as to who I was or what I liked. I felt utterly lost. “How could I not know myself? How could I not know what I liked?!”

I also discovered that I was essentially a glass-half-empty person. I had inherited a pattern of always noticing what was missing from my life and therefore I was always inside a low-grade depression. And many years, I got caught in the trap of trying to fix myself and my life.

I had deep buried trauma to heal...

I was the victim of sexual trauma in college and later an emotionally abusive relationship that left me battered. I also had the childhood hurts of my parents’ divorce, and the ancestral wounds of my grandmother’s traumatic childhood.

I also lost all hope and dropped into the darkest of darknesses...

In 2007, I experienced the lowest of lows where lost all hope that I could pull myself out of the hole I was in. I felt I had nothing to reach for, nothing to pull me out, and deeply understood the despair that drives someone to take their own life. It’s one of the most excruciating experiences one can have.

Thankfully, I’m a warrior...

In every one of these areas, I was unable to settle for things as they were, or wallow in my pain and unhappiness. I was relentlessly committed to figuring it out… to pull myself out, one way or another.

In my quest to heal and sort out my life: I attended grad school at Columbia; I studied nutrition coaching, hypnosis and Neuro-Linguistic programming; I became a yoga teacher; went on tons of retreats, took countless courses, and worked with healers, teachers, and shamans. Everything helped. And it has all become the foundation of what I do.

And because I know the depths of pain a human being can reach...

And because I’ve pulled myself out of mine...

I am able to sit with my clients through any kind of pain, and hold their hand.

And hold the hope and the vision, when they can’t find it.

And give them the right tools, when they need them and want them.

And accompany them on the most extraordinary journey of life: the journey to write their own epic tale.

Because everyone has a warrior inside themselves, and every life is extraordinary.

Life is meant to fill you with joy through every breath, every hug, every delicious nourishing bite, every musical note, and every adventure.

You can do this too. I know it.

Are you ready to write the story of how you turned your your life around? I’d be delighted to support you on your quest.