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I know what it means to survive. But I refuse to believe survival is all we’re here for.
I grew up learning to stay quiet, stay small, and stay out of trouble. My body learned it too.
For years I looked fine. Working. Smiling. Holding it all together. But underneath, I was bracing. Against touch. Against closeness. Against wanting anything for myself. I could explain every bit of my trauma, and my body still didn’t believe I was safe.
Talking about it helped. But the real shift happened when I started listening to my body instead of arguing with it. Breath by breath. Slower than I wanted. At the speed of safety.
That’s when I stopped just surviving. And I decided nobody should have to figure this out alone.
Today I’m a Dual Board Certified Sexologist and somatic intimacy coach, and the author of Survival of the Silenced. I work with men, women, and couples who are tired of feeling disconnected from their partner, their desire, or themselves. You can’t shock me. And you don’t have to perform being okay here.
20 minutes with me. Confidential, judgment-free, and at your pace.
My Story
Welcome, love.
Pull up a chair. Before you trust me with your story, you deserve to know a little of mine.
Founder, Next Level Intimacy Coaching
Cinnamon Burdett
Known to most as Coach Cinnamon B
Training & Professional Work
- Dual Board Certified Sexologist (ABS)
- Trauma-Informed Sex & Relationship Coach
- Somatica® Institute Trained
- Somatic Healing Coach
- Certified Grief Coach
- Author of Three Books
- Public Speaker & Educator
- Survivor Advocate
Coach Cinnamon B wasn’t born in a branding meeting.
She grew out of my name, my story, my training, and the parts of me I had to fight to take back. She’s the voice I use to talk honestly about sex, trauma, desire, and healing. No shame. No carefully edited answers.
Part of my childhood was spent in foster care. Long before I had words for it, my body was learning what safety, trust, silence, and connection meant. Most of those lessons were about bracing.
So I know what it’s like to want love, closeness, and pleasure while your body is still standing guard. I also know that understanding your past doesn’t automatically teach you how to speak up, hold a boundary, receive love, or feel safe enough to want more.
Surviving taught me how to protect myself. Healing taught me how to live, speak, desire, trust, and take up space.
That’s why I don’t hand out surface-level advice. And I will never ask you to think your way out of patterns your body learned to keep you safe.
When we work together, my training and my lived experience sit in the same room. We work with your body, your nervous system, communication, boundaries, desire, and the real-life relationship skills nobody ever taught us.
Author & Survivor Advocate
Survival of the Silenced
My book is about the cost of staying silent to survive, and what opens up when we take back our voice, our desire, and our right to take up space. It’s deeply personal, because this work was never theory for me. It’s how I found my way back home to my body.
The past gets a seat at the table.
It doesn’t get to run the whole damn meeting.
What It’s Like to Work With Me
Warm enough to feel safe. Direct enough to help you change.
I’ll meet you with compassion, humor, honesty, and respect. And when telling the same story isn’t moving you forward anymore, I’ll gently help you try something new. You’ll never be shamed, rushed, or expected to perform. Not here.
You Don’t Have to Clean Up the Story
Bring the messy truth. The awkward details, the resentment, the questions you’ve never said out loud. I’ve heard it, and I’ve lived some of it. We start with what’s real.
We Listen to Your Body
The tight chest. The held breath. The moment you go numb in the middle of a conversation. We notice what’s happening under the words, and when your nervous system decides it needs to protect you.
We Practice, Not Just Analyze
Asking for what you need. Holding a boundary. Repairing after a fight. Letting yourself receive affection. Talking about sex without shutting down or starting another argument. We try it right there, where it’s safe to be clumsy.
You Leave With Something Real
Words, body awareness, and skills you can actually use when the real conversation happens. At home, in the kitchen, or in bed.
I’m not here to hand you a script for the “perfect” relationship. I’m here to help you build one that’s honest, connected, and genuinely yours.
Coaching is educational and supportive. It is not psychotherapy, medical treatment, diagnosis, crisis intervention, or emergency care. Services are available to adults age 18 and older.