AUTISTIC. HERETIC. MYSTIC.

Hey my dear. I’m Fenn Priest, aka The Real Motherfucking Trauma Witch, and this is my About Me page.

Who I am

A loudmouth Gen X stoner hailing from the north woods of Canada, I currently live in Austin TX with my weird, neurocomplex, polyamorous family, and one bossy black cat named Juniper. My magical implements are my journals and pouches, and I can most often be found with headphones on listening to Taylor Swift with a blanket in my lap.

I am an uninvited settler on the lands of the Sana, Tonkawa, Comanche, and Lipan Apache tribes in Central Texas.

Sag sun/Cancer moon/Taurus rising.

What I do

  • Somatic Practitioner

  • Trauma Witch

  • Late-diagnosed AuDHD Coach

  • Oracle of the Soft Animal of the Body

  • Spatial & Sensory Seer

This is the story of how I became The Trauma Witch.

I am a queer Autistic witch who's made it her life's work to answer the question, Why is it so fucking hard for me to do the things I want to do?

I looked absolutely everywhere for the answer. 

I practiced Christian contemplation and Buddhist meditation. I studied yoga philosophy and became a yoga therapist. I trained as a somatic trauma practitioner. I did the witch thing, learning to read tarot and to manifest with the moon. I was in trauma therapy for 6 years. I read ALL of the goddamn books.

(Seriously. All of them.)

As it turns out, none of these modalities were equipped to give me the answer I actually needed, which is that I am multiply neurodivergent (Autism, ADHD, gifted), and, therefore, disabled.

(A truly wild thing to find out in my mid-forties.)

So I set out to create the body of work of my witchy, trauma-nerdy, pattern-seeking, systems-building, empire-burning, complexity-loving dreams.

It's called Soft Animal Magic. 

This work taught me that being in relationship with my neurocomplexity and disability, as opposed to treating them like a riddle I needed to solve, is the key to the embodiment, belonging, freedom, and joy I'd been so desperately seeking for so long.

My life has completely changed as a result: I am at home in my body, I am at peace with myself, I have learned how to rest, and how to create a functional, accessible, cozy & sparkly life for myself.

And I have a fierce and unshakeable faith that it can do the same for you.

Relevant Trainings & Experiences

  • 25+ years of experience as a spiritual teacher

  • 15+ years of experience as a somatic practitioner

  • 10+ years of curriculum development experience

  • 10+ years of online teaching experience

  • 6+ years of experience as a yoga therapist

  • 5+ years of experience as a developmental trauma coach

  • 45+ years of experience as a badass motherfucker and shit disturber

  • Leading world expert on trauma repair for late-diagnosed, AFAB Autistics/AuDHDers

A non-exhaustive list of shit I am into

Taylor Swift. Horror movies. Journals. Stickers. Weed. Pottery mugs in rainbow colors. Bones. Pine cones. Ferns. Tarot decks. Candles. Mushrooms. 80s + 90s music. Cult shows. Music documentaries. Sour gummies. Tattoos. Memoirs about trauma & chronic illness. Bed nesting. Altars. Pouches. Noodles. Drumming. Noise-cancelling headphones. Being cozy. Baths. Vinyl records. Gothic & Medieval vibes. Cozy gaming. CATS.