Welcome to Healing pathways
If you’re noticing familiar patterns that don’t fit the same way anymore, this is a place to pause and make sense of what you’re carrying.
Healing Pathways are focused collections of resources, each designed around a specific area where people often feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure how to move forward.
You’re welcome to begin wherever feels most relevant, return as needed, and take what supports you now — at your own pace.
What if life could be shaped by intention, not by obligation?
With a master’s degree in counselling psychology, over 35 years as an educator, 20 years coaching, and 14 years as a therapist, I’ve dedicated my life to supporting and guiding individuals toward self-awareness, growth, and deeper insight. Because personally, I know what it’s like to carry roles you never asked for, to try to protect connection by overextending yourself. I said yes when I meant no, stayed silent to keep the waters calm, and confused closeness with self-sacrifice. For a long time, I thought that was what love looked like.
It took time—and deep unlearning—to realize that love without boundaries isn’t peace. It’s self-abandonment masked as loyalty. And over time, it leaves you emptied out.
Welcome ~ I’m Dawn,
Maybe you’ve felt that toll yourself
Feeling exhausted by relationships that take more than they give.
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Feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or burnt out.
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Never having enough hours in the day.
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Saying yes out of habit, obligation, or pressure — even when it costs you
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Carrying guilt anytime you try to put yourself first.
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I want you to know that it doesn’t have to be this way.
THERE IS A WAY FORWARDChange often begins by understanding why certain patterns formed — and what’s kept them in place.
The Healing Pathways are designed to help you do exactly that.
Each pathway offers focused, practical resources to help you:
make sense of recurring relational or emotional patterns
reduce guilt, overwhelm, and self-doubt
build boundaries and coping strategies that actually fit your life
strengthen your sense of self over time, not through force, but through clarity
What These Healing Pathways Can Support
Greater clarity about recurring relational, emotional, or stress patterns.
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Reduced guilt and self-doubt as you understand why certain dynamics persist.
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Practical boundary and coping tools tailored to different life contexts.
Healing from toxic relationships and behaviours
that no longer serve you.
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A steadier, more grounded sense of self over time.
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reflections from clients
"Participating in Boundaries 101 has changed my life in ways I never thought possible. I am finally finding my voice and prioritizing my needs.
- participant Boundaries 101
Each Healing Pathway offers a different place to begin — depending on what feels most present in your life right now.
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What boundaries are (and what they’re not)
Making sense of recurring emotional or relational patterns
Understanding how stress, guilt, over-responsibility, or fatigue take shape over time
Beginning to reconnect with your own signals, limits, and needs
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Tools to help you respond differently in real-life moments
Practices that support steadiness, clarity, and self-trust
Mindfulness practices and real-life planning support
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What to expect when you begin to change old patterns
Support for maintaining insight when life gets busy or demanding
Strengthening a grounded sense of self over time
Begin Where Something Feels Ready to Shift
you can heal
Learn the vital role boundaries play in your well-being.
Understanding
Boundaries
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Establish clear, compassionate boundaries that align with your values.
Setting Loving
Limits
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Managing Family Boundaries
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Uphold your limits while respecting yourself and others.
Manage emotions that arise when asserting your needs.
Navigating
Emotions
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Assertively express your needs without guilt or fear.
Effective
Communication
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Address the challenges that make change difficult.
Overcoming
Resistance
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Boundaries With Family
Boundaries With Narcissists
Managing Anxiety
Choose Your Healing Pathway Today
Boundaries With Family
Boundaries with family
For when history, responsibility, and emotional pressure collide.
Navigate guilt, role expectations, and the weight of “keeping the peace” with tools and guidance that help you show up honestly — without abandoning yourself or your relationships.
$79 → $55 CAD
What You’ll Get:
✓ The Boundaries with family bundle
This pathway helps you understand the unspoken roles you’ve carried, the guilt that keeps you saying yes, and the emotional weight of “keeping the peace.”
With practical tools, scripts, and compassionate guidance, you’ll learn to set boundaries that honour both your relationships and your own well-being.
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With Love and Limits: Navigating Family Boundaries- a 46-page eBook offering clear guidance, heartfelt insight, and practical strategies for setting healthier boundaries within family relationships.
✓ Sample Scripts
Say What You Need To Say: 10 Printable Conversation Scripts to help you find the words (even when it’s hard).
✓ minDfulness workbook
nurturing you: foundations for self-care: 64-page reflective workbook that guides you through self-care as a meaningful, intentional practice.
✓ MP3 Mindfulness meditations
Snowflake on a Lake & The Spiral Staircase—Two 5-minute mp3 guided practices designed to help you interrupt anxiety spirals, regulate your body, and restore a sense of internal safety.
✓ Lifetime ACcess
Return to the workbook, audio, and tools whenever you need a reset. Your access never expires.
This collection brings together everything you need to navigate family dynamics with more clarity and steadiness—deep insight, real-life scripts, healing workbooks, and reflective guidance. It’s a full spectrum of support for the moments when history, guilt, and responsibility tangle together.
Choose this pathway if you’re ready to shift long-held patterns and create boundaries with family that honour both your relationships and your own well-being.
Boundaries With Narcissists
Boundaries with a narcissist
A trauma-informed guide to reclaiming you clarity and emotional safety.
Understand manipulative patterns, rebuild self-trust, and learn how to set boundaries that protect your well-being in complex, high-intensity relationships to help you move forward.
$79 → $55 CAD
What You’ll Get:
✓ The Boundaries with narcissists bundle
This pathway helps you understand the complex dynamics of narcissistic relationships—the confusion, self-doubt, guilt, and emotional erosion that slowly shape how you see yourself.
With grounded guidance and clear tools, you’ll learn how to reclaim your voice, set steady boundaries, and rebuild trust in your own inner knowing.
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the silent erosion of our self-worth
A reflective quiz to help you identify subtle patterns of self-doubt, emotional depletion, and boundary collapse often created in narcissistic relationships.
✓ Narcissistic Abuse workbook
Rising Beyond Narcissistic Abuse: A 45-page guided Workbook for Releasing Guilt, Setting Boundaries, and Rising Beyond Narcissistic Abuse.
✓ 20 Sample Scripts
Say What You Need To Say: 20 Thoughtfully crafted conversation scripts to help you navigate different boundary-setting situations with ease.
✓ Journal
Homeward Bound: Coming Into Your Inner Knowing– A 73-page, 4-Week Guided Journal for Self-Reflection & Boundary Work
✓ MP3 Mindfulness meditations
Snowflake on a Lake & The Spiral Staircase—Two 5-minute mp3 guided practices designed to help you interrupt anxiety spirals, regulate your body, and restore a sense of internal safety.
✓ Lifetime ACcess
You’ll receive lifetime access to the workbook, so you can revisit and reflect whenever you need a reset.
This collection brings together the tools that matter most in recovery—clear explanations of abusive patterns, scripts to steady your voice, reflective workbooks to help you process the impact, and practices that support your nervous system. It’s a full spectrum of support for rebuilding the parts of you that were worn down.
Choose this pathway if you’re ready for deeper clarity, emotional repair, and whole-self healing.
Managing Anxiety
managing anxiety
For when worry, overwhelm, or nervous system strain begin to shape your experience.
Understand how anxiety takes shape in your body and mind, learn practical ways to regulate overwhelm, and develop steadier responses that support your well-being in everyday life.
$69 → $48 CAD
What You’ll Get:
✓ The managing anxiety bundle
This pathway offers practical, grounding tools to help you understand anxiety, reduce overwhelm, and restore a sense of steadiness in daily life. Through guided reflection, psychoeducation, and supportive practices, you’ll learn how anxiety shows up for you — and how to respond with clarity rather than fear.
For when worry, overwhelm, or nervous system strain begin to shape your days.
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Managing Anxiety—a 62-page workbook to help you understanding anxiety, identifying triggers, and building practical coping strategies that support regulation and follow-through.
✓ minDfulness workbook
Mindfully Yours: Your Seven-Day Mindfulness Companion: A 30-page workbook designed to help you integrate mindfulness into each day through simple exercises, thoughtful reflections, and self-check-ins.
✓ minDfulness workbook
nurturing you: foundations for self-care: A 64-page reflective workbook that guides you through self-care as a meaningful, intentional practice.
✓ MP3 Mindfulness meditations
Snowflake on a Lake & The Spiral Staircase—Two 5-minute mp3 guided practices designed to help you interrupt anxiety spirals, regulate your body, and restore a sense of internal safety.
✓ Lifetime ACcess
You’ll receive lifetime access to the workbook, so you can revisit and reflect whenever you need a reset.
This collection brings together the tools that matter most when anxiety, overwhelm, or nervous system strain begin to take over — clear explanations of how anxiety operates, grounding practices to steady your system, reflective workbooks to help you understand your patterns, and practical supports for restoring a sense of internal safety.
Choose this pathway if you’re ready for greater steadiness, emotional regulation, and a more supportive relationship with your nervous system.
Curious About All of the Resources?
To get a preview of each resource included in the bundles — and a few extras too —
Visit the ICC Resource Collection
What if Boundaries Felt Like an Act of Care
Imagine a life where setting boundaries feels natural—where you no longer carry the weight of guilt or worry about how others will react. Instead of feeling unsure or anxious, you feel grounded and at peace, knowing that honouring your needs allows you to show up fully and authentically in your relationships.
With each small step, you gain more clarity, more confidence, and more freedom to create the connections that truly nourish you.
That life is waiting for you.
You’re exactly where you need to be.
Have questions?
Frequently Answered
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The Intentional Curiosity Collective is a space for self-discovery, personal growth, and making meaningful changes. Through online courses and workbooks, we provide tools, guidance, and encouragement to help you navigate challenges, find who you are, and step into the life you truly want.
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Our courses and resources are for anyone seeking positive change—whether you're feeling stuck, struggling with boundaries, navigating stress, or simply wanting to grow in a way that feels right for you. You don’t need to have it all figured out—just a willingness to explore.
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We offer a variety of courses and workbooks on topics like:
↦ Setting Boundaries
↦ Mindfulness & Self-Compassion
↦ Assertive Communication
↦ Strengthening Self-Esteem
↦ Coping with Stress
↦ Personal Growth & Goal SettingOur first course, Boundaries 101, is the perfect place to start. You can learn more about it [here].
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Boundaries 101 is a foundational course designed to help you recognize what’s holding you back, set clear and healthy boundaries, and navigate relationships with confidence and peace.
You'll learn:
How to identify where you need boundaries.
How to communicate with them with clarity and confidence.
How to handle the emotional challenges that come with setting boundaries.
How boundaries support your well-being and personal growth
If you’ve ever felt drained by others’ expectations, struggled to say no, or felt unsure about your needs—this course is for you.
[Join Boundaries 101 Here]
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Once you enroll, you’ll receive instant access to the course materials, including video lessons, workbooks, and practical exercises. You can work through the content at your own pace, anytime, anywhere.
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It’s easy! Simply browse our courses, choose the one that resonates most, and enroll at your own pace.
Ready to Begin?
Start with [Boundaries 101], a foundational course to help you set and hold boundaries with confidence.[Enroll Here]
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You’ll have lifetime access to any course you purchase, so you can revisit the materials whenever you need support or a refresher.
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Not at all! Our courses are designed for anyone, whether they’re new to personal growth work or already on their journey. Each course provides gentle, step-by-step guidance to help them along the way.
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Yes! The Intentional Curiosity Collective is designed for a global audience, and all courses are available to anyone, anywhere. Pricing is in CAD, but you can purchase from any country.
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We want you to feel supported and confident in your investment. If you find that a course isn’t the right fit, please reach out within 14 days of purchase, and we’ll be happy to assist you.
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All courses are created by Dawn, a therapist with 13 years of experience, a master’s degree in counselling psychology, and a background in teaching and coaching. Her passion is helping people navigate change with clarity, self-compassion, and courage.
Still have questions?