Lasting transformation begins where survival

evolves into trauma-informed wisdom.

Welcome to OakRoot HX. We are a trauma-informed practice built on a simple truth: what you’ve survived isn't something to overcome and forget.

Here, you'll find the space, support, and practical tools to translate post-trauma wisdom into steady lives and resilient leadership.

After survival mode

Survival was never meant to be the whole story.

Trauma isn't something you overcome once and leave behind. It's something you carry, and it shapes how you think, how you connect, and how you walk through life, long after the event itself is over. Trauma-informed work doesn't ask you to forget what happened. It gives you a way to understand it, work with it, and build a life that holds steady because of what you know now, not in spite of it.

Ways to work together

Different paths. One approach rooted in clarity, connection, and action.

Healing & Growth

Healing and growth aren't sequential, they're cyclical. You heal something, you grow, that growth uncovers something else to heal. This is the practice of moving through that loop with intention: knowing yourself, knowing your people, and building the structure that keeps growth from resetting every time life gets hard.

Begin Healing

Leadership

Sustained pressure changes how people think, decide, and connect. This is the practice of leading with that reality in mind: regulating yourself before you respond, meeting people where they actually are, and building what a team needs to hold together when the work is hard.

Begin Leading

In their words

What it’s like to work together.

“Kimberly’s unwavering integrity, compassionate empathy, and heartfelt loyalty creates a space where trust, connection, and belonging flourish. Her dedication to fostering meaningful relationships and uplifting collective growth has inspired me to show up authentically and embrace the power of community.”

— Quinny M., Community Member

“Kimberly’s knowledge and strategic vision are unmatched. She gave us the ability to road map our program from the ground up, and her executive accountability kept us aligned. She took the utmost care of me and my team throughout the entire engagement.”

— Nick N., Executive Leader

Impact you can measure

Growth, leadership, and culture translate into real transformation.

450+

Community Members

Founder of The Hive NOLA, a women’s community focused on healing, growth & service

7.5x

Headcount Growth

Scaled from 12 to over 100 employees across the U.S., Canada, Brazil & Sri Lanka

150+

Leaders Developed

Facilitated and mentored leaders across Fortune 100 & enterprise organizations

9/10

Team Satisfaction

Maintained a culture of belonging and performance through rapid growth & change

My story is one of transformation

Turning adversity into wisdom, survival into strength.

For most of my life, I was in survival mode. Keep going. Push through. Don't stop long enough to feel. In my late 30s, I finally stopped running and started building something new from what I'd survived. That shift, from enduring to evolving, became my purpose: to plant seeds of knowledge so that others flourish in their journey to become the best version of themselves.

I'm often asked why I chose New Orleans. Truth is, it chose me. After 20 years of feeling its pull, I finally understood why. The live oaks here have roots intertwined beneath the surface and trunks that spiral to bend without breaking. They taught me what I needed to know about resilience. We are stronger when we stand together. Healing isn't meant to be done alone.

OakRoot HX is rooted in this city that understands resilience, reinvention, and belonging. My work started with my own story, but post-trauma wisdom was never mine to keep to myself. It shapes how a woman rebuilds her life and how a leader holds steady under pressure, different rooms, same wisdom underneath.