Caitlin Peterson, LCSW, CHt
Founder of Soul Tempo™ | Social Worker.
I don’t see myself as a healer who holds all the answers—I see myself as someone who walks beside others as they remember their own.
My life began without a heartbeat, and somehow, that moment has always guided me. I believe I chose to come back—to live fully, love deeply, and help others remember the truth of who they are. Not because I’ve mastered life, but because I’ve lived through enough disconnection to understand how sacred it is to return to yourself.
From an early age, I felt things intensely—beauty, grief, truth, the unspoken pain of others, the joys of a soulful recognition. I was the sensitive kid known for my sixth sense in my family. I noticed what wasn’t being said, who asked big questions and felt big feelings. I lived in a quiet inner world filled with wonder and spirit. But like many of us, I slowly learned to mute that part of me in order to “do life right.” I traded intuitive knowing for modeled success. I gave away parts of myself in the name of love, safety, and stability.
There came a time when I realized I was living in a dynamic that, over the years, had subtly drained my creative energy, joy, and power. It wasn’t overt—it was slow and quiet. Micro-moments of silencing and shape-shifting. I thought I was keeping the peace. But deep down, I was participating in my own disappearance.
I didn’t realize I’d had the power all along. I believed that giving it away was how I could protect what mattered. I remember the moment I realized that my pure intent shifted… I had started to give from fear and preservation—not love—and that realization changed everything. I remembered the girl who didn’t care what others thought, who moved at her own pace, who loved whatever came through her field without trying to manage it.
The reclamation didn’t happen all at once. It came slowly, with help, with love, with honesty. And it didn’t require me to make anyone the bad guy. What was at stake was too sacred: my son’s development, our health, the potential for toxic division. So I followed the faint, familiar pull of my soul’s tempo. I listened. I paused. I chose—again and again, to return to myself.
That experience didn’t erase the pain. It deepened my compassion. And it made clear that leadership starts within.
My professional path began in nonprofit social work and community-based mental health. I designed programs that bridged systems and humans, built strategic partnerships, and supported people through some of life’s most complex transitions. That relational, dignity-driven foundation still shapes how I serve today.
I’ve since spent nearly 20 years in human services. I’m Licensed Clinical Social Worker, a certified Heart-Centered Hypnotherapist, Reiki and Somatic EMDR practitioner, and perinatal mental health specialist. I’ve led international retreats, facilitated trauma-informed trainings, and held space for thousands of humans as they navigate breakdowns, breakthroughs, and the long walk home to themselves.
Through Soul Tempo™, I teach what I live:
How to align with your nervous system instead of overriding it.
How to find your rhythm without losing your momentum.
How to build a business, a life, or a relationship that honors both purpose and peace.
This is the work I return to every day—not as a performance, but as a life’s practice.
I’m still that sensitive spirit at my core
and most of all, I’m someone who believes in your wholeness and the story of how you’ve become to be.
I am a woman who still feels the world deeply, cries at beautiful moments, laughs too loud, talks to trees, strength-trains, prays, plays tennis, sings, creates, loves and cares for family and friends, travels and learns in community, and mother’s an incredible kid who teaches me every day how to stay awake to what matters.
If you’re here, maybe you’re ready to remember your own rhythm.
If so, I’d be honored to walk with you for a little while until you reach home.
