SAVAGE MASTERY
Embody the Andidote to Your Most Painful & Persistent Emotional Pattern
Have you ever caught yourself acting in a way that didn't match how you wanted to show up?
I know you’re not starting from zero here.
You’ve put real time to yourself.
You see your patterns and understand where they come from.
Then something happens...that pattern you've been working with suddenly unleashes and you’re in it.
It's primal, and sometimes you feel feral.
Maybe you say something you didn’t mean to say.
Or you withdraw when you actually want to stay.
You can recognize it once it’s happening, or right after.
Just not early enough to do something about it.
If this is your first time hearing the term "savage patterns"...
Savage patterns are learned emotional responses that still show up even when you understand them mentally.
They developed for a reason.
At some point, they helped you manage something difficult or protect yourself. That part of it makes sense.
By now, you’ve probably spent time looking at these patterns in therapy, with a coach, or had a great awakening reading a self-help book. You can name and track where they come from. You’ve put real attention into understanding yourself.
And that matters.
In the simplest terms...
It’s not nothing.
At the same time, understanding something hasn’t fully changed what happens when you’re in it.
There’s a point where the reaction starts, and your body is already moving in a familiar direction. That’s usually where the gap is.
And this is where you start to build lasting change.
The ability to stay with yourself as the pattern is happening, and make a different move from there.
That’s what it means to embody the antidote.
It’s less about knowing what the right response is, and more about being able to access it when it actually matters.
And that’s the focus of this mastery session.
Now, you have an opportunity to change how they shape your future.
What to Expect From the Mastery Session
You’ll get a clearer sense of where the pattern actually starts for you, not just how it ends.
You’ll have more awareness of what’s happening in your body as it builds, so it doesn’t feel like it comes out of nowhere.
You’ll leave with a way of responding that you can try the next time it shows up, based on how you actually operate.
A New Possibility: Where Savage Mastery Leads
You already have awareness. You’ve seen your patterns and, many times, you’ve responded differently. This session builds on that.
What becomes possible when you can do that more consistently?
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catching the shift earlier and staying with yourself as it happens
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following through on the response you already know is right
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holding your ground in conversations that used to throw you off
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making decisions without circling or second-guessing afterward
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staying connected to yourself in moments that used to take you out
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responding in a way that reflects who you are now, not who you had to be before
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building trust with yourself through how you show up, not just what you understand
This is how momentum builds.
The Savage Mastery Flow
In this 60-minute session, we focus on one pattern that’s active in your life.
You will...
⚜️Unpack the Payoff
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See exactly what this pattern is doing for you and why it continues
⚜️Find Your Starting Point
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Catch where it begins, earlier than you usually do
⚜️Track How the Pattern Builds
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Notice how it develops mentally, emotionally, and physically as it unfolds
⚜️Discover Tools to Expand Your Capacity to Stay With Yourself
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Build your capacity to remain present instead of defaulting to the same reaction
⚜️Learn How to Work Your Pattern in the Moment
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Focus on the point where you would normally react and open up a different option
⚜️Prepare to Embody the Antidote
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Practice the response in that situation so it becomes something you can access, not just understand
Optional: Add flower essence support to accompany this work
Hi, I'm Michele.
I understood my patterns long before I could change them.
After years of therapy and personal work, I could explain where they came from and why they made sense. But that knowledge didn’t stop them from showing up with a vengence.
Over time, I started to see my savage patterns differently.
Instead of being random, I finally got that they were conditioned responses I practiced over and over again. They could take over quickly, almost like something instinctive kicking in.
What finally changed things for me wasn’t more insight. It was learning how to stay conscious when that activation started, instead of getting carried away by it.
This is the work I offer now.
This session is for anyone who's self-aware and wants their behavior to match what they understand. The focus isn’t on analyzing yourself further. It’s on what happens in the moment where that conditioned response starts to take over, and learning how to meet it without letting it run the show.
How It Works
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To book your session, follow the button below and choose a time that works for you.
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There is a short form to fill out to book.
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Sessions are $111, and payment will be collected upon booking.
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We'll meet for a 60-minute session via Zoom (if local, we can discuss the possibility of in-person sessions).
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If you desire ongoing support, you’ll have the option to book follow-up sessions or purchase a package.
111 Savage Patterns We Can Explore
ABOVE-IT-ALL
ALL-OR-NOTHING THINKING
AVOIDANT RELATING
AVOIDING DECISIONS
AVOIDING DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS
AVOIDING EMOTIONAL NEEDS
BELITTLING
BLAMING
BRIGHT-SIDING
BURNING OUT
CARETAKING
CATASTROPHIZING
CHRONIC RESENTMENT
CHOOSING WORK OVER REST
CLINGING TO ROUTINE
CLOSE-MINDEDNESS
COMPARISION
CONFLICT AVOIDANCE
CONTEMPT
CREATING DRAMA + CHAOS
CYNICISM
DATING UNAVAILABLE PEOPLE
DELUSIONAL THINKING
DENYING REALITY
DISCOUNTING THE POSITIVE
DISHONEST COMMUNICATION
DISTRUST OF OTHERS
EMOTIONAL CHASING
EMOTIONAL MINIMIZING
EMOTIONALLY CHECKING OUT
EMOTIONALLY VANISHING
ENVY
EXPECTATION
FANTASY BONDING
FEELING-AVOIDANT
FLIGHT RESPONSE
FREEZE RESPONSE
FRIEND-HOPPING
GHOSTING
GUILT-INDUCING
GUILT-WILT
HOLDING A GRUDGE
HOLDING ONTO CHILDHOOLD ROLES
HOSTILITY
HOT-AND-COLD BEHAVIOR
IDEALIZING THEN DEVALUING
ILLUSION & FANTASY
IMPATIENCE
INCONSIDERATE BEHAVIOR
INFERIORITY COMPLEX
INTOLERANCE
INTERNAL SCOLDING
SOLATION
JEALOUSY
JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS
JUSTIFICATION
LECTURING
MAGNIFYING PROBLEMS
MANIPULATION
MARTYRDOM
MENTAL FILTERING
MINIMIZING HARM
MINIMIZING NEEDS
MOCKING
NUMBING / DISCONNECTING
OBSESSIVE FIXATION
OFFENSIVE COMMUNICATION
OVER-ACCOMMODATING
OVER-COMMITTING
OVER-EXPLAINING
OVER-FUNCTIONING
OVERPOWERING OTHERS
PERFECTIONISM
PEOPLE-PLEASING
PERSONALIZING / INTERNALIZING
PRETENDING YOU’RE FINE
PROJECTING INTO THE FUTURE
PROCRASTINATING
PUTTING OTHERS DOWN
RAGE
RATIONALIZATION
REACTIVITY
REACHING
RELATIONSHIP ADDICTION
RESCUING
REVENGE SEEKING
RIGID THINKING
RUMINATION
SARCASM/HUMOR DEFLECTION
SEEKING REASSURANCE
SELF-ABSORPTION
SELF-AGGGRANDIZING
SELF-DESTRUCTION
SELF-DOUBT
SELF-EFFACING
SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY
SELF-IMPORTANCE
SELF-IDENTIFYING WITH PAST
SELF-RIGHTEOUS POSTURING
SHOCK ABSORBING
SILENT TREATMENT
SHOULDING
STAYING BUSY
STAYING IN HARMFUL RELATIONSHIPS
STAYING SMALL
STONEWALLING
TESTING LOYALTY
TORCHBEARING
UNDEREARNING
VICTIM MINDSET
WORRYING