ON-DEMAND THERAPEUTIC-STYLE WORKSHOP · $7
Self-Love Beyond Comparison
You already understand the patterns.
You can name the trauma, the attachment styles, the inner critic.
And still, in quiet moments, you find yourself scrolling, comparing, and subtly turning against your own body, face, and life.
This gentle, skills-based workshop is for therapy-experienced women and femmes who are rich in insight but still feel flooded when comparison, shame, and “not enough” show up.
Instead of trying to stop comparison or fix your mindset, you will learn how to stay with yourself when it happens so it stops running your nervous system.
You will practice how to come home to yourself instead of abandoning yourself.
🖥️ On-demand recording
⏱️ Watch at your own pace
💛 Immediate access for $7
Originally held live in a small group and now available as a recording, so you can engage with the depth while staying regulated.
An on-demand, therapeutic-style workshop focused on regulation, reflection, and body-based self-compassion for thinking women and femmes who are ready to feel different, not just understand differently.
Investment: $7 · Includes full workshop recording and a gentle integration guide to support you after watching.
Immediate access. Watch at your own pace.
The quiet ache underneath comparison
This workshop begins where traditional talk therapy often leaves off.
Comparison is not a mindset failure.
It is a nervous system response that learned to scan, measure, and brace in order to stay safe.
You may understand why comparison happens, yet still feel your body tighten, spiral, or shut down in the moment. Insight alone does not stop a nervous system pattern.
This recorded, experiential workshop focuses on what happens in your body when comparison shows up and how to respond with care instead of self abandonment.
You will not try to stop comparison.
You will learn how to stay with yourself when it happens.
In this workshop, you will:
Understand why comparison shows up so fast and so strongly, even when you know better
Learn how to recognize the early body signals that comparison is taking over
Explore what your comparison is actually pointing to beneath the surface
Practice responding to comparison without judgment, fixing, or self abandonment
Leave with a grounded way to relate to comparison that feels more honest and humane
"I left feeling like my body finally had a say in the conversation. It was the first time comparison didn’t end in a shame hangover."
– Live workshop attendee
Is this for you?
For therapy-wise women & femmes who still feel hijacked in the moment.
You don’t need another lecture on why social media is harmful. You’re not looking for a quick fix or another morning routine. You want grounded, nervous-system-attuned practices that meet you where you are: smart, sensitive, and a little tired of doing this alone.
You’ll feel at home here if:
You’ve done individual or group therapy and can name your patterns
You often feel like your insight is ahead of your body’s capacity to stay calm and present.
You slip into comparison around beauty, aging, body size, success, or relationships
You identify as a woman or femme and want a space that honors complexity, nuance, and intersectionality.
You’re craving gentle community and real-time practice, not just more theory.
This is probably not for you if you’re looking for crisis support, weight-loss coaching, or a space that avoids talking about systems like patriarchy, racism, ableism, and fatphobia.
Barbara Guimarães, LMSW
Licensed therapist and coach specializing in trauma and nervous system regulation.
Meet your guide
I’m Barb. I’m a therapist who loves insight and knows it’s not the whole story.
I’m a licensed therapist and nervous system coach who works with insight-rich women and femmes who understand their patterns and still feel hijacked in real moments. Comparison, shame, and self-criticism don’t come from a lack of awareness. They come from a nervous system that learned long ago how to protect.
Over and over, I saw the same thing. People could explain their spirals perfectly and still feel stuck inside them. What actually helped was not more understanding, but practicing new experiences of safety and self-regard in real time.
This workshop is a distillation of that work. Gentle, grounded, and designed to meet you where you are without asking you to fix yourself.
Important note: This workshop is educational and experiential, and is not a substitute for therapy or crisis support.
Imagine meeting your reflection and not abandoning yourself.
You deserve a relationship with yourself that can hold envy, grief, and tenderness without spiraling into shame.
This workshop offers a gentle pause from the old story and a chance to practice something different, at your own pace.
You can watch it in one sitting or come back to it when comparison shows up again.