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Unthread™ Shift the Threads of Your Story. Shape the Legacy You Choose
Step into your power as a Thread Shifter.
Understand the stories you’ve inherited, honour the ones you’ve lived, and consciously weave the legacy you want to leave.
Unthread™ The Thread-Shifting Framework Created by Jackie Connaughton. This signature method combines reflective, somatic, and intergenerational exploration, complementing private 1:1 therapy at Counselling JCT.
My Why: The Thread That Led Me Here
I’ve learned that every woman carries stories, some we lived, some we inherited, and some we quietly fear or hope for in the future. For years, I didn’t realise how many of the threads I carried weren’t truly mine. They were echoes of my parents’ stories… and theirs before them.
Like many women, I felt the pull between who I had been taught to be and who I sensed I could become.
As I explored my own history, nervous system patterns, and the unspoken stories passed through the women before me, something clicked.
The threads made sense.
The jigsaw pieces landed.
And with that came clarity, compassion, and calm.
This work, Unthread™, grew from that place.
I became deeply curious about how trauma, beliefs, protection strategies, and emotional patterns are passed down through generations… and how they can also be transformed.
Because if the first generation experiences it, and the second absorbs it, then the third has the extraordinary opportunity to notice it, name it, and shift it.
That is the heart of my work: supporting women to see the roots of their story, understand how it lives in their body today, and consciously choose the future thread they want to weave.
I don’t believe in breaking cycles. I believe in shifting threads with awareness, courage, and compassion.
Women who step into this work don’t erase their past, they understand it, honour it, and choose their legacy with intention.
This is what Unthread™ is for.
This is why I do this work.
And this is why I call the women who join me Thread Shifters.
Online Therapy & Face-to-Face Unthread Workshops
Online 1:1 Therapy – Experience compassionate, confidential support from wherever you are. Together, we’ll explore anxiety, grief, trauma, and the intergenerational patterns that may be shaping your life, helping you find clarity, healing, and lasting change.
Unthread Workshops – Face-to-Face – Step into immersive workshops designed to uncover and release intergenerational patterns. Held at carefully selected locations, these sessions offer a safe, supportive space to connect deeply, gain insight, and experience transformation alongside others on the same journey.
Your Journey Starts Here – Whether online or in-person, each session is tailored to your needs, offering guidance, understanding, and practical tools to help you move forward with confidence and calm.
The Threads of Self™ Framework
At the heart of Unthread™ are 7 Threads of Self™, each represented by a colour and theme. In our workshops, you select the thread that calls to you intuitively, then explore it through reflection, somatic exercises, and symbolic activities.
Colour | Thread Name | Focus | Reflection Prompt |
|---|---|---|---|
Red | Ancestral Courage | Cultural | What strength do I inherit? What courage lives in me? |
Blue | Emotional Clarity | Cognitive | Which emotions guide me? Which old responses can I let go? |
Yellow | Creativity & Choice | Cognitive/Somatic | What new possibilities am I ready to step into? |
Green | Somatic Safety | Somatic | Where in my body do I feel safe, grounded, and supported? |
Purple | Belonging & Heritage | Relational/Cultural | What parts of my lineage do I carry proudly? |
Orange | Connection & Relationships | Relational | How do I want to show up in my relationships? |
White | Legacy & Release | Cognitive/Cultural | What can I gently let go of, and what future thread am I ready to weave? |
These threads guide your Unthread™ journey, helping you understand where your story began, how it lives in your body today, and what you want to weave next.
How Unthread™ Works
Unthread™ is built on the 7 Threads of Self™ - a symbolic framework for understanding the emotional, relational, somatic, and inherited patterns that shape your inner world.
Each thread represents a different aspect of who you are:
your history, your emotions, your body, your choices, your relationships, and the legacy you are consciously shaping.
But while the framework contains seven threads, the Unthread™ workshops are designed around four gentle, developmental themes.
These themes group together the threads that naturally belong to one another, creating a journey that feels grounded, progressive, and emotionally safe.
This means you will:
- encounter all seven threads through reflection, somatic practices, and symbolic mapping
- explore them in ways that are meaningful without becoming overwhelming
- move through a clear beginning, middle, and integration process
- experience the entire framework without needing seven separate workshops
The result is a spacious, intuitive journey where the threads that matter most to you rise naturally to the surface.
Many women begin with the “Discover Your Threads” introductory workshop and immediately recognise patterns, strengths, or emotional echoes they want to explore more deeply.
Some move into the Threads Series, others choose private 1:1 work, and some return for the future Thread Shifter Circles or retreats.
There is no right or wrong way to move through this work
your journey is yours to shape.
1. Introductory Workshop: Discover Your Threads
A gentle, symbolic, and beautifully guided introduction into the world of Unthread™.
This standalone workshop gives you a safe space to explore the stories you’ve lived, the threads you’ve inherited, and the patterns that still shape your emotional, relational, and somatic landscape today.
You will be invited to:
- discover the thread that calls to you intuitively
- explore your inherited patterns through reflective and experiential exercises
- understand your emotional and relational echoes without overwhelm
- notice how your story lives in your body
- engage in grounding somatic practices that create calm and clarity
Everything is gentle. Everything is symbolic.
You only explore what feels right for you.
Duration: 1.5 hours
Price: £TBC
For those who feel called to go deeper, personalised 1:1 sessions are available.
2. The Threads Series — 4 Progressive Workshops
A deeper, structured journey through the four core themes that shape intergenerational, emotional, relational, and legacy-level change.
Each workshop blends neuroscience, epigenetics, somatic awareness, reflective mapping, creative exploration, and gentle symbolic practices.
The 7 Threads of Self™ sit within these four themes, allowing you to meet each thread at the pace your nervous system feels safe to explore.
Workshop Themes & Their Threads
1. Awareness & Inheritance — Red & Purple
Explore the threads you inherited and the ones you’ve carried quietly for years.
Understand the origins of your patterns, your strengths, and your ancestral echoes.
This is where clarity begins.
2. Emotional & Somatic Clarity — Blue & Green
Connect with your emotional patterns and understand how they show up in the body.
Build somatic safety, emotional spaciousness, and insight into what your system has been protecting.
3. Creativity, Choice & Relationships — Yellow & Orange
Step into possibility, expression, and choice.
Explore how you show up in relationships, with others and with yourself, and what becomes available when you feel ready to shift old threads.
4. Legacy & Forward Vision — White (with integration of the future-self element)
A deeply reflective and integrative workshop.
Release what is no longer yours to hold, honour what has shaped you, and consciously choose the legacy you want to weave.
Price: £–£ TBC
Thread Shifter Circles (Coming Soon)
Monthly gatherings for women who want connection, grounding, shared reflection, and a community of like-minded Thread Shifters.
These circles are gentle, nourishing, and deeply supportive.
Unthread™ Retreats (Coming Soon)
Immersive, restorative spaces to deepen your story work, reconnect with your body, and shape the threads of your future with clarity, rest, and intention.
1:1 Intergenerational Integration Sessions
For women who want a personalised, relational, and deeply attuned exploration of their emotional, somatic, and inherited patterns.
These sessions allow you to map your story, explore your threads, and integrate them at a pace that honours your nervous system and your lived experiences.
Price: £–£ TBC per session | Packages available
“Many women begin with the Intro Workshop and naturally feel called to explore their threads more deeply, whether through the Threads Series, private 1:1 work, or the future circles and retreats. There is no pressure, no expectation. Your journey will reveal itself in its own time, at your pace.”
Why Unthread™ Works
- Safe & Empowering: Symbolic, reflective, and somatic practices, no forced disclosure
- Embodied & Experiential: Mind, body, and lineage engaged
- Reflective & Transformational: Insight meets action with clarity and courage
- Legacy-Oriented: Focused on the future you want to create
- Flexible & Scalable: From workshops to retreats, circles, and 1:1 work
The Unthread™ Experience is For Women Who:
- Want to understand their inheritance and patterns
- Are curious about the story they’ve carried and the story they want to create
- Desire safe, experiential learning that connects mind, body, relationships, and lineage
- Wish to step fully into their power and leave a legacy they choose
What You’ll Experience
Safety & Approach
Unthread™ is not therapy, but trauma-informed and deeply respectful
No forced disclosure: work remains reflective, gentle, and oriented toward insight and choice
For women ready for deeper healing, 1:1 support is available
Refund & Cancellation Policy (Unthread™ Workshops)
Intro Workshop & Threads Series:
• Cancellations 14+ days prior to the workshop: Full refund
• Cancellations 7–13 days prior: 50% refund
• Cancellations less than 7 days prior: No refund, but workshop materials or future date may be offered at discretion
• Workshops may be rescheduled in exceptional circumstances
• This policy is specific to Unthread™ and separate from counselling services
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Get in touch
Ready to take the first step toward understanding your story, softening old patterns, and creating the future thread you want to weave?
Whether you’re drawn to Unthread™ for reflection and self-discovery, or you feel you may need deeper therapeutic support, you are welcome here.
You don’t have to make sense of it all alone, there is a safe, compassionate space waiting for you.
Start Your Thread-Shifting Journey
Book your free, no-pressure consultation to explore whether Unthread™ or therapeutic counselling at Counselling JCT feels right for you.
Contact Jackie
Email: jackie@counsellingjct.co.uk
Phone: 07432 373270
You can also leave a message using the contact form below.
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