About Me & EmberPath™

I’m not here to fix you…You’re not broken.

You’re exhausted. Fragmented. Overexposed. You’ve been producing magic on fumes and carrying a version of yourself that stopped fitting three reinventions ago.
I know because I’ve lived it.

I’m Laila S. Lyons, a life experience-rich, truth-teller with a big belief that personal congruence, self-awareness and acceptance really are the way to living in more peace. I’m a certified trauma (CTP) and Grief professional (CGP), with a Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. I also earned a Lifestyle and Wellness Coaching Certification from Harvard Medical School.

What you get with me is:

  • One part practical strategy.

  • One part trauma-informed emotional GPS..

  • And one part Truth bomb-catcher, with a warm voice and wildly good boundaries.

  • You’re allowed to outgrow who you had to be.

Let’s build the next version of you—the one that feels like home, not a mask.

The EmberPath™ Origin Story

This began as a flicker — a need I couldn’t name, only feel. I was taking and giving robust, evidence-based assessments, and yet... each one left something out. They were solid, smart, useful — but a little myopic. A little too boxed. Too final. I understand why — the need for empirical data, test-retest reliability, statistical neatness. But something essential was missing:  the movement.

EmberPath™ wasn’t created to label anyone. It’s not a snapshot. It’s not a trait inventory. It’s not designed to diagnose or predict. It is, at its core, a map — one that evolves as we do.

This system is my attempt to track the terrain of our becoming. Our motivators, our path conditions, our echoes and instinctive patterns — not to define us, but to illuminate how we travel through seasons of change, conflict, and creativity. It’s not a fixed point. It’s not linear. It moves and unravels, like we do — with every heartbeat and ache, every healing and hesitation.

I didn’t create this as an expert. I created this as a fellow traveler. A fallible, honest, curious human who has walked gorgeous roads and crossed dark tightropes — who has loved, lost, dissociated, rediscovered, and begun again.

This is not a doctrine. It’s a different kind of cartography — one that honors the wayward turns and winding inner landscapes that form our lives. It’s a way to reclaim the sacred art of noticing: where we’re headed, where we’ve strayed, and whether we are moving toward or away from our own true north.

There’s no one “right” direction. But I believe — deeply — that the only person who can recognize your compass is you. I would be honored to walk alongside you, hold the torch for a stretch of your way, and remind you that the ember is still glowing.

With respect for the highest and best good in all of us —
I’ll see you out there.

— Laila