Wise Women: Rise, Empower, Thrive with Suzy Kratzig

What does it take to move from surviving trauma to guiding others toward their own healing? In this powerful episode, Suzy Kratzig shares how living through the 2010 Haitian earthquake became the catalyst for her life’s work. What began as a moment of unimaginable devastation ultimately became an invitation — to heal, to listen and to serve. Her story is not just about survival. It is about remembrance. A return to the body. A reclaiming of self-trust. And a deep belief that we are never as broken as we think we are.

A Pivotal Moment: The Earthquake That Changed Everything

At [02:14], Suzy takes us back to Haiti in 2010. The earthquake was not just a traumatic event. It was a rupture — one that shattered assumptions and forced a reckoning with mortality, fear and fragility.

Yet within that rupture came clarity.

Trauma has a way of stripping life down to its essentials. For Suzy, it illuminated how disconnected many of us are from ourselves — from our bodies, from our intuition and from our inner knowing. Surviving the earthquake was a turning point that set her on a path toward deep personal healing and ultimately becoming a certified professional coach.

She learned firsthand that healing is not about “getting over it.” It is about learning how to be with what happened and allowing it to transform you.

Healing Was Never Meant to Be Done Alone

At [05:24], Suzy speaks to something many women instinctively know but rarely prioritize: we heal better together.

Healing is often portrayed as a solitary journey. Journal alone. Meditate alone. Figure it out alone.

But true healing requires witnessing.

To be seen in your pain without being judged.

To be heard without being fixed.

To sit in a circle and realize you are not the only one.

Suzy emphasizes that community creates safety. And safety allows the nervous system to soften. When one woman shares her truth, it gives others permission to do the same. In that shared vulnerability, something powerful happens — shame loosens its grip and wholeness begins to re-emerge.

Why Women Struggle to Trust Themselves

At [11:43], the conversation shifts toward self-trust — or rather, the lack of it.

Many women have been conditioned to prioritize everyone else’s needs before their own. We become caretakers, achievers and over-functioners. We override our bodies. We silence our intuition. We dismiss our exhaustion.

Over time, we lose connection with our internal guidance system.

Suzy explains that rebuilding trust starts with coming back to the body. Noticing sensations. Honoring boundaries. Listening to the subtle cues we’ve been trained to ignore.

Self-trust is not something we “find.” It is something we remember.

Introducing Wise Women

At [24:02], Suzy introduces her Wise Women program — a space intentionally created for women navigating trauma, stress and personal transformation.

Wise Women is not about fixing what is wrong. It is about revealing what has always been whole.

Through guided practices, nervous system awareness and authentic connection, participants are supported in:

• Reconnecting with their bodies
• Processing stored stress and trauma
• Reclaiming intuition
• Building sustainable self-trust
• Experiencing healing within community

The first in-person Wise Women gathering at [36:09] marked a powerful milestone. Being physically present amplified what was already happening virtually — women witnessing one another in real time, co-regulating and rediscovering their strength.

If you want to learn more about Wise Women, you can explore details on Suzy’s website at Turtle Fire: https://turtlefire.life/

The Power of One-on-One Coaching

While community is essential, Suzy also honors the depth that can happen in individual work. At [33:20], she describes her one-on-one coaching experience as a sacred container — one where clients are met exactly where they are.

In private sessions, women can:

• Explore personal trauma at their own pace
• Build resilience and nervous system capacity
• Clarify their inner voice
• Reframe limiting narratives
• Experience being deeply witnessed 

You can book a consultation for 1:1 coaching directly through her website.

Witnessing as a Healing Practice

One of the most profound themes in this episode is the concept of witnessing.

To witness is not to rescue. Not to correct. Not to advise.

It is to hold space.

When someone feels truly witnessed, the body relaxes. The story softens. The nervous system learns that it is safe to feel again.

Suzy reminds us that witnessing starts with ourselves. Before we can hold space for others, we must learn to sit with our own discomfort without turning away.

That is where healing begins.

You Were Never Broken

Perhaps the most liberating message Suzy offers is this: you are not broken.

Trauma may shape us. Stress may exhaust us. Life may crack us open.

But underneath it all, wholeness remains.

The journey is not about becoming someone new. It is about remembering who you have always been.

Connect with Suzy

You can learn more about Suzy and her work at Turtle Fire: https://turtlefire.life/

Follow her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suzannekratzig/

Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzanne-kratzig/

If this conversation resonated, consider sharing it with a woman who needs the reminder: healing does not have to happen alone.