Haven was built to be the community we couldn't find when we needed it most.
Now it's yours.
The story.
Here’s how it actually started.
Hi, I'm Anna. I started Haven because I needed it and couldn't find it.
I've walked through a lot. Depression and anxiety that lasted years. The grief of losing my dog Indigo - who got sick, and in the process of me caring for her, cracked me open in ways I didn't expect and taught me everything I thought I already knew about love, presence, and letting go. Breakups that asked me to rebuild from scratch - romantic ones, and the friendship kind too, which nobody talks about enough. Burnout so complete I didn't recognise myself inside it. Career pivots that felt like free-falling. Moves abroad that were exciting on paper and lonely in practice. Years of quietly doing the work while wondering why I still felt so lost.
In every one of those seasons, I went looking for support. I tried a lot of things. What I kept wishing for was something that felt less like a product and more like a person - someone who had actually been through it, who could sit across from me without rushing me toward okayness, and say: you're not broken, and here's what actually helped me.
I couldn't find that in one place, so I started building it. Haven began as a notes app full of things I wished existed - resources I'd tracked down one by one, conversations I kept having with people who didn't know where else to take what they were carrying, ideas for what a real support system could look like if someone just put it all together.
Eventually, with Reed beside me, I stopped building it in private and made it real.
Who Haven is for.
This is for the person who holds space for everyone else. Perceptive, kind, the one in their friend group who shows up and says the right thing - but who has been quietly struggling for years and has mostly assumed that the low-grade ache, the stuckness, the feeling that something is consistently off, is just what adult life feels like. They've tried things. Read the books. Gone through the motions of self-care and still wondered why none of it really lands.
Not in crisis exactly. Just carrying something heavy, mostly alone, without quite having the language for it.
That's who I built this for - and really, I built this for a previous version of me. If you're reading this and recognising yourself - it doesn't have to stay this way. That's the thing I most want you to know.
Meet the team.
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Founder
Coach. Writer. The big sister who has been through it.
I'm Annastasia - most people call me Anna. I'm a coach, a writer, and someone who has spent a lot of years paying very close attention to the emotional landscape of my own life and the people around me.
I'm not a therapist, and I want to be upfront about that - I'll always recommend therapy when it's what someone needs. What I am is someone who has done a significant amount of hard personal work and gotten very good at helping others do the same. I feel the thing underneath the thing. I ask the question that cracks something open. I can sit in the hard parts without flinching - and I've come to understand that sometimes that is the whole gift.
My approach is rooted in emotional intelligence, nervous system awareness, inner child work, and the kind of lived experience that no certification fully captures. I've walked through enough that I can walk beside you, and I don't try to rush the process or make it tidier than it actually is.
When I'm not doing this work, I'm at the ocean, reading something I'll underline half of, or taking the scenic route home.
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Creative Director
Queer creative. Storyteller. The one who brings it to life.
Reed is Haven's Creative Director and honestly one of the main reasons this whole thing actually exists in the world. He's a queer creative, storyteller, and event professional who brings Haven's vision to life in ways I couldn't do alone - behind the visuals, the events strategy, and the kind of creative thinking that makes what we've built feel like something worth showing up for. He co-facilitates our retreats and events, and his presence genuinely changes the energy of every room.
Reed brings his own deeply considered perspective on healing - one that speaks with particular care to queer and LGBTQ+ communities, which is a space Haven is committed to holding with intention. There is more coming from him.
What we believe.
A few things we hold onto.
Authenticity. We don't perform wellness. We practice it, imperfectly and in real time. Inclusivity. This space is for all bodies, identities, and backgrounds. Full stop. Empowerment. We're not here to give you answers. We're here to help you trust your own. Softness as strength. Rest isn't a reward for finishing the work. It's how the work gets done. Accessibility. Healing shouldn't cost what most people can't afford. We work toward that, always.
You don't need to have it figured out to reach out.
That's kind of the whole point.