ANCHOR – A somatic self care practice for meeting emotional and physical pain differently – $37
When it all feels like too much, you don't need another plan. You need somewhere to anchor.
Build a felt sense of steadiness you can access even when the world feels heavy and overwhelming.
If you're carrying something that won't shift –
Maybe it's physical or emotional pain.
Maybe it's a nervous system that never quite settles – the low hum of anxiety, the exhaustion of always bracing, the sense of never being quite present.
Maybe you've tried the tools. The breathwork, the body scans, the somatic practices on YouTube.
They helped in glimpses.
But when the hard moments come, none of it is quite there.
And when it doesn't work, there's a familiar thought waiting.
It should be working by now…
Why doesn’t this work for me?
Anchor starts somewhere else entirely.
Most nervous system approaches – however well intentioned – carry an implicit promise.
Do this correctly and you will regulate.
Follow this framework and you will heal.
But the harder you push against what's hard, the more your body braces.
The strategies that skip past your actual experience just keep you circling the same loop – trying, not quite landing, wondering what you're doing wrong.
The goal was never to make it go away
Here's what I want you to know:
You haven't been failing. You've been handed tools and science without ground to stand on first.
Anchor builds the ground so you can understand your body and know what actually steadies you when things get loud.
“I would highly recommend the Careweaver program to anyone that would like to deeply explore what care means to them, and to look at it under the lens of society's expectations of carers as well. If you want embodiment practices that you can support yourself with, and to be held in a safe and compassionate space, then this program is for you.”
– CareWeaver participant
INTRODUCING
INTRODUCING
Anchor
with Claire Stephensen
A short somatic course for meeting pain – physical or emotional – with steadiness instead of force. One sense at a time.
I've spent more than 15 years as a music therapist, somatic therapist and neuropsychotherapist – working with people in chronic pain, complex trauma, and the kind of overwhelm that doesn't have a name.
Anchor is the first and most foundational piece of that work, made small enough to start today.
Anchor isn’t so much a course as it is a remembering.
Yes, you'll come to understand why pain and overwhelm take hold the way they do. But more than that, you'll feel it.
You'll build a web of anchors that are yours, and a map of what actually steadies your body when things get loud.
The end result: pain that doesn't run the show quite so much, and a body that starts to feel a little more like somewhere you can live.
HERE’S HOW IT ALL BREAKS DOWN
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You orient
Before any practice or technique, you find out where you actually are. How present you feel, how far away, how much capacity you've got to feel what's here right now. Nothing to fix yet.
This is the part most approaches skip, and it's the part everything else rests on.
You learn three small moves: coming towards steadiness and back again, so it's never all or nothing. Holding the hard thing and the anchor at the same time. And leaning in until the anchor can take a little more weight.
Then, day by day, you test which senses actually steady you – touch, sound, sight, movement, the ground beneath you, the natural world, the sacred. Each one becomes another thread.
02
You lay your first anchor, then spiral out through the senses
You feel what's shifted, gather the threads into your own anchor map, and let it settle into a web you can come back to.
By the end you're not holding a list of techniques. You've built ground that stays yours.
03
You return to centre
Hey there!
I’m Claire
"Claire has a gift to be able to hold space for others and bring forward what is in our hearts."
– CareWeaver participant
For the past 20 years, I've been exploring what it truly takes to move towards care – especially when it feels completely unfamiliar or out of reach. And for the last five years, I've been asking what it means to live and breathe care, even when there's nothing left to give.
I'm a somatic therapist, music therapist and neuropsychotherapist at Vera Wellness, a multidisciplinary medical and allied health clinic in the Samford Valley.
With over 15 years of clinical experience, my current work centres on chronic pain, complex trauma, attachment disruption and neurodivergence.
I started CareWeaver because I couldn't stay silent about what I was seeing: people blaming themselves for struggling with care, when the real issue was the shame-based culture they were swimming in. I wanted to create something that names that – and offers a way through that starts with the body, not the mind.
I'm one part wild creative, one part neuroscience nerd, one part nature-dweller and one part fierce activist. I believe that care isn't just personal – it's cultural. And that when we learn to weave care through our own lives, it ripples outward into our homes, relationships, workplaces and communities.
Imagine what becomes possible when care stops feeling like another thing to get right
Imagine waking up and being able to sense what you actually need – not what you think you should need.
Imagine your body feeling like a place you can rest in, rather than a problem to manage.
Imagine being able to say no without the guilt spiral. Or saying yes without the resentment.
Imagine the freeze lifting. Not all at once – but enough that you can feel yourself again. Enough that movement doesn't feel impossible. Enough that the weight you've been carrying gets a little lighter.
Imagine care becoming something you can actually receive.
This is what CareWeaver participants describe – not in abstract terms, but in the texture of their actual lives:
"Life is ok at the moment and I'm really making great progress – not only mentally but physically too. I feel like by adding more movement to my day has helped so much. I'm really trying to embrace my quirks and be kinder to myself."
– CareWeaver participant
"I can be fully myself around you. There is no mask. It's like as soon as I go into that room with you, the mask comes off and I can let out a big sigh and feel relief as I'm in a safe place."
– CareWeaver participant
Six moves towards care when self-care feels impossible
JOIN CAREWEAVER
We start on Tuesday 28th April 2026 with foundational content.
Live sessions will begin on Tuesday 5th May 2026 from 12-2pm AEST and will run fortnightly, with the final call closing on Tuesday 11th August 2026.
upfront
$1,200
One payment
payment plan
$300
TODAY
+3x ADDITIONAL payments of $300
Still have questions?
CHECK OUT THE FAQs
Here are some common questions people have asked before joining the CareWeaver Program. If your question isn’t answered here, please reach out to claire@careweaver.com.au and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.
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Great question. And the answer is: CareWeaver isn't a replacement for therapy. It's a completely different kind of container.
Therapy typically focuses on processing your personal history – often through talking. CareWeaver works at a different level. It addresses the cultural and developmental patterns that sit underneath your personal story – the ones that shaped your relationship with care before you even had words for it.
Many CareWeaver participants are also in therapy, and they find the two work beautifully together. As one participant's psychologist noted, the nervous system and safety work done in CareWeaver directly supports the trauma processing they do in session.
This is the work that fills the gap between knowing what you need and being able to do it.
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Because most self-care programs start with behaviour change. They hand you habits and hope you stick with them.
CareWeaver starts with your nervous system. We address the shame and protective patterns that make care feel unsafe or impossible first – so that the practices you learn can actually land.
This isn't about adding more to your to-do list. It's about removing the barriers that have been keeping care out of reach.
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Shame thrives in isolation. It tells you that you're the only one, that your experience is too much, that you need to sort yourself out before you can be around others.
A group is one of the most powerful antidotes to shame – because the moment you realise your experience is shared, something shifts in your nervous system that no amount of 1:1 work can replicate.
CareWeaver groups are small, carefully held and deeply respectful of each person's pace and boundaries. You won't be asked to share anything you're not ready to. And my facilitation creates a quality of safety that participants describe as unlike anything they've experienced.
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CareWeaver opens Tuesday, 28th April 2026. Live sessions run fortnightly from Tuesday 5th May 2026; 12-2pm AEST. Full schedule provided upon enrolment.
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Yes. All sessions are recorded and available within 24 hours. While attending live adds the richness of real-time connection, many participants get enormous value from the recordings, workbook, group message support and practices alone.
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You can expect to put aside 10 minutes each day to get the most out of the content. Each day will look different depending on your capacity. Example days might look like:
Day 1: a 10 minute video/audio file for learning (or unlearning) core concepts
Day 2: 1 × 10 minute macro practice + micro practices woven throughout your day
Day 3: Mico practice woven throughout day
Day 4: Journal prompts + micro practices
Day 5: Macro practice
Day 6: Permission to not try :)
Day 7: Contribute to group chat
Beyond that, it's up to you – there's no no pressure, no 'right' way to do this.
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CareWeaver is not therapy. It's a group education program informed by somatic psychotherapy, music therapy and neuroscience. If you're currently in therapy, CareWeaver can complement your work beautifully. If you're in acute crisis, please reach out to your therapist or GP first.
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No. Many participants find that CareWeaver enhances their therapy work. The nervous system and safety foundations you build here can deepen what you do in your 1:1 sessions.
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Absolutely. CareWeaver is designed with an awareness of how power, privilege and systemic oppression shape our relationship with care. Claire's work is informed by a commitment to decolonising healthcare and creating spaces where every part of you belongs. All identities, bodies and experiences are welcomed and honoured.
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CareWeaver is for anyone who has a complicated relationship with care – particularly if you live with chronic pain, complex trauma, neurodivergence, burnout, or the effects of prolonged stress. You don't need a diagnosis. You don't need to have done therapy before. You just need to be willing to show up as you are.
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CareWeaver is deeply relevant for health professionals, particularly those working in trauma-informed care, somatic practices, or allied health. While it doesn't currently carry formal CPD accreditation, participants are welcome to log it as self-directed professional development where their registration body allows.
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If you feel your CareWeaver purchase hasn't delivered on a consumer guarantee under the Australian Consumer Law (ACL), please reach out to us at claire@careweaver.com.au to raise a claim.
We'll need your proof of purchase (order number or receipt) along with a short explanation of your concern.
Once we receive your claim, we'll work through it and offer an appropriate remedy in line with our ACL obligations. Please note that claims need to reach us within 7 business days of accessing the program – a window we consider reasonable given the nature of what's being offered.
“I just want to thank you so much for being so understanding, safe, accepting and so much more. It's allowed me to be more me in the group.”
– CareWeaver participant