Rewriting Relationships, One Honest Conversation at a Time

At A Steady Space, therapist and founder Davina Hehn helps couples rebuild connection and courage, not by saving their marriages, but by teaching them how to rewrite them.

The room feels calm, like the first deep breath after a long argument. Sunlight filters through the blinds, warming the edges of a desk scattered with notebooks, tea mugs, and a small sign that reads, “Rise Anyway.”

This is where Davina Hehn does her best work. In her practice, A Steady Space, conversations are not rehearsed, scripted, or sanitized. They are raw, sometimes painful, and always deeply human. “I help people advocate for themselves without causing collateral damage,” Davina says. “Most of my clients are couples who’ve changed since they first fell in love. They’re not broken; they’re just trying to find their way back to each other in a new season of life.”

For many couples, that new season begins with confusion and silence. For Davina, it began with her own heartbreak.

When the Foundation Cracks

About five years ago, Davina and her husband were on the brink of separation. They had just become parents, and the shift was seismic. “It overwhelmed us, and it destroyed us in a lot of ways,” she recalls quietly. “It demanded that we rebuild.”

Like so many couples, they weren’t fighting over one single thing. They were slowly drifting apart under the weight of expectation, exhaustion, and comparison. “We didn’t actually want to separate,” she says. “We just didn’t feel like we had a choice based on who we were comparing ourselves to, this younger version of us that didn’t have the same challenges.”

That reckoning changed everything. Her husband got sober. Davina turned inward, confronting her own patterns and taking what she calls “radical self-responsibility” for her part in their dynamic. What emerged wasn’t a restored marriage; it was a reimagined one.

That experience became the heartbeat of A Steady Space, a practice dedicated to helping others do the same: shed the outdated versions of themselves and rebuild from truth, not habit.

A Mediator at Heart

Long before she became a therapist, Davina was “that kid” who just wanted everyone to get along. “Being in the mental health world was always me,” she says with a laugh. “I was the mediator child.”

Her early career was shaped by forensic work and anger management. Those experiences taught her to see beneath surface-level conflict and identify what people are really fighting for. “Most of the time, people just want to feel seen,” she explains. “Anger is usually pain in disguise.”

But it was only after her personal crisis that Davina’s practice took its full form. The experience stripped away the clinical distance of traditional therapy and replaced it with empathy and relatability. She began meeting clients not as patients, but as peers.

Human First, Therapist Second

In an industry that often feels sterile, Davina has built something refreshingly human. “The traditional therapeutic model is very clinical, very stuffy,” she says. “My background is forensics and anger management, but I take a professional friend approach. I admit that I don’t have it all figured out. I’m evolving too.”

That candor disarms people. Clients often come to her after failed attempts with traditional therapy, looking for something that feels more like real life and less like an evaluation.

What they find at A Steady Space is a guide who meets them in the middle of their mess, not above it. “I approach you as a peer,” Davina says. “We walk through the hard parts together.”

Learning the Hard Way

When asked what lessons came easiest, Davina laughs. “Oh my God, everything I learned hard,” she admits. “I’m in this line of work, and yet I still waited until my marriage was on the brink before I actually did any work on it.”

Her honesty is refreshing, especially in a world where experts often hide behind perfection. “It’s deeply challenging to be in this field where your work depends on other people’s ability to believe in themselves,” she adds. “I’m selling an evolution. It demands a lot of us.”

Davina has learned that not everyone is ready to face themselves. Some people turn away repeatedly, and some dive in headfirst. “I’ve been equally surprised at how many people run away from themselves, and how many are willing to fully confront themselves, hold a mirror, see the ugly, and find a way to make it cute,” she says with a grin.

That blend of compassion and humor is part of her magic. She doesn’t sugarcoat growth, but she makes it feel possible.

From Quiet Clients to Courageous Conversations

A Steady Space focuses primarily on couples who find themselves at a crossroads. They’re often new parents, overwhelmed professionals, or longtime partners who feel like roommates. “They’re usually on the tail end of an ultimatum,” Davina says. “A lot of them find me through a quick Google search or social media.”

Online, her presence is growing fast. Through platforms like Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Threads, Davina reaches thousands of followers who resonate with her message of emotional accountability and hope. “My DMs are usually people saying my posts gave them permission to acknowledge what they’re going through,” she says. “I speak life to things they didn’t have the words for.”

She’s not chasing viral fame. She’s building community. Each post, workshop, and story is an invitation to face the discomfort that precedes growth.

The Work in Progress

Davina’s vision for the next year is full of movement. She’s expanding her offerings from one-on-one sessions to include workshops, trainings, and group programs. “I want more communication and collaboration,” she says. “I’m launching a few different programs, from completely free offerings to full immersive concierge experiences where I’m basically in your pocket.”

One of those programs, The Steady Collective, will be a private group where people can practice communication skills in a judgment-free environment. “Nothing’s recorded,” Davina emphasizes. “It’s a safe space to gain new strategies and tools for communicating with ourselves and each other better, to rise.”

That last word, rise, shows up often in her language. It’s a theme, a mantra, and a mission. “I fundamentally believe in our ability to rise,” she says. “I want people to find the tools to know how to do that for themselves.”

Why Clients Keep Coming Back

People don’t come to A Steady Space because they want a quick fix. They come because they feel seen. Davina’s clients often describe her sessions as a mix of therapy, friendship, and gentle accountability. She doesn’t want people to become dependent on the process.

“I don’t follow a chronic therapeutic model,” she explains. “I want to equip you, get you back out into the world, and have you come back when you need maintenance.”

That philosophy resonates deeply with her growing audience. It empowers clients to take ownership of their healing rather than outsourcing it. For many, that’s the first time they’ve felt capable of real change.

Doing the Work, Not Just Reading About It

In a world obsessed with self-help quotes and quick inspiration, Davina offers a different message: stop planning and start acting.

“There’s so much opportunity to consume information and intellectualize our experiences,” she says. “But I always want to make sure people actually do the work, not just read about it.”

Her advice is simple but powerful. “Do anything different today than you did yesterday?” she says. “It might not be perfect, but it might get you closer to who you’re trying to be.”

That belief, that transformation happens through small, steady steps, is what defines A Steady Space. It’s not about being unbreakable. It’s about finding balance in motion, learning to rebuild while still walking forward.

Finding Your Steady Space

Whether online or in her sessions, Davina’s presence feels like a deep exhale. She doesn’t promise to fix what’s broken. She offers tools to rebuild something new.

For couples on the brink, for individuals caught in old cycles, or for anyone longing to rise after falling apart, her message is clear: healing isn’t about returning to who you were. It’s about becoming who you were always meant to be.

To learn more about A Steady Space, visit www.asteadyspace.com or follow on Instagram at @asteadyspace, TikTok at @asteadyspace, YouTube at @asteadyspace, and Threads at @asteadyspace.

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