Natalie Haynes is a Consultant, Educator, Speaker and Registered Psychotherapist. Natalie works in the space where connection and belonging can unintentionally be interrupted either in the relationship with ourselves or with others. Her passion is to teach people to remember who they are through experiential learning. As a Psychotherapist, Natalie has been in private practice for over 15 years. She became a therapist because she was a client. Her experience with psychotherapy changed how she related to everything.

Natalie uses her varied experience to facilitate experiential workshops, online courses on mental health, equity, inclusion and belonging. Natalie engages others through her vulnerability, personal stories and experiences, creating psychologically safe spaces necessary for learning and growth to occur.

Her current program entitled “The Comfortable Race Conversation Process” which leads individuals through an experiential process to learn how to have uncomfortable conversations about race with other races. This program has been included in the Government of Canada’s, 50-30 Challenge, as a tool to support organizations to have more honest conversations about race.