Rachel Young
I’m the ex–high-functioning plate-spinner who’s lived ten lives, thinks in patterns, speaks fluent chaos, and built Stillwork as a sharp, whimsical, no-nonsense way to help smart women stop spiraling and start choosing.
Most women I work with look “fine” on paper. They’re keeping plates spinning, doing everything “right,” and wondering why it still feels like they’re living like a high-functioning addict to their own life. They’d never say, “I hate this, is this all there is?” out loud—it sounds ungrateful, or they don’t yet realize how deep in they are.
I know that place because I lived there—just with more glitter, stranger plot twists, and an impressive résumé.
I followed the “right” path while secretly jumping staircases: great grades, psychology to fashion to business at a top NYC school. I chased anything that lit up my curiosity, got bored easily, and spent my nights as a low-key party girl—not for the drama, but for the frequency. Chaos outside finally quieted my own mind.
Work became another high. I landed in roles where I was trusted to advise big personalities and brands, thriving when I was deep in the ecosystem of people, tools, and strategy. Eventually I fused my identity to a job I loved, then had to painfully unwind that codependency. Going from full-color work to more vapid, misogynistic environments felt like waking up in sepia, and I spiraled—creatively, destructively, memorably.
The upside: very little fazes me now. Throw me a wild card and I don’t panic—I create. My superpower is pattern recognition in the mess.
Over time, I fell in love with a human and with rock climbing. One taught me strategy, self-reliance, and the discipline of choosing each move; the other reminded me humans are not footholds. Learning accountability to myself—not a job, partner, or storyline—made me realize what I’d been building all along: a system for changing patterns on purpose.
That system is Stillwork.
Stillwork exists because it’s hard to be still while you’re doing the work—and because the stillness is the work. We begin exactly where you are and who you are, not with the fantasy of where you “should” be. Together we strip back the drama of your situation and untangle the beliefs underneath, so you can see that changing a job, relationship, or pattern does not equal blowing up your entire life.
I think in nonlinear ways that end up more efficient and less painful. I make connections other people miss because they’re stuck inside the story instead of looking at the structure. Sessions are straightforward and unsentimental but never unkind. Between them, you’ll practice small, repeatable behaviors—simple self-observation, daily reviews, noticing the exact micro-moments where choice is possible. Goals get met by changed behavior, and we’ll define those together.
My mind sits firmly in logic, which is exactly why energy work makes sense to me. Physics and neuroscience both point to the reality of energy, and I see it daily in my work as part of the founding team at a company rooted in connection and the brain through beauty. Reiki is one tool we can use when words fail or anxiety blocks progress—not as a magic fix, but as a diagnostic and a way to relax your system enough to let the work land.
People experience me as deeply self-aware, sharply intuitive, able to code-switch, read a room, and stay calm under pressure. Underneath that is a simple commitment: integrity that leads to self-trust.
The aim of Stillwork is lightness—not “positive vibes only,” but moving through your life with more choice, cleaner self-honesty, and less self-criticism disguised as standards.
Sit still. Do the work. And still be workin’ on it.