We talk with trauma coach and mountain guide Ilaria Petrucci about healing after narcissistic abuse, the lines between kindness and people‑pleasing, and why walking in nature helps survivors rebuild trust in themselves. Her journey moves from isolation to community, from endurance to self‑respect, and from hope for someone else’s change to responsibility for her own.

Ilaria Petrucci

Ilaria Petrucci is a qualified mountain leader and trained Trauma coach who loves helping women reconnect with themselves through nature and hiking. She founded Healing Through Hiking CIC, a safe and welcoming space where women can connect with themselves, with nature, and with other women who truly understand. She runs a free monthly walk in the Peak District, and is now expanding her offerings to retreats and guided hikes, creating more opportunities for women to recharge, reconnect, and feel empowered in the outdoors. Ilaria also runs Her Wild Adventures and leads general hiking trips for women of all levels, creating adventures that are fun, empowering, and full of connection. Drawing on her own journey of healing, she shares honest, relatable insights to inspire others to rediscover their strength, joy, and sense of freedom, one step at a time.

Website: www.herwildadventures.co.uk

Instagram : www.instagram.com/mylifeasila

Healing Through Hiking Instagram: www.instagram.com/healing.through.hiking

Tamsin Caine

Tamsin is a Chartered Financial Planner with over 20 years experience. She works with couples and individuals who are at the end of a relationship and want agree how to divide their assets FAIRLY without a fight.

You can contact Tamsin at tamsin@smartdivorce.co.uk or arrange a free initial meeting using https://bit.ly/SmDiv15min. She is also part of the team running Facebook group Separation, Divorce and Dissolution UK

Tamsin Caine MSc., FPFS

Chartered Financial Planner

Smart Divorce Ltd

Smart Divorce

P.S. I am the co-author of “My Divorce Handbook – It’s What You Do Next That Counts”, written by divorce specialists and lawyers writing about their area of expertise to help walk you through the divorce process. You can buy it here https://yourdivorcehandbook.co.uk/buy-the-book/

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