Annie M. Henderson is a life coach, former Licensed Professional Counselor, Expert Facilitator in RIM (Regenerating Images in Memory), and five-time published author. With over a decade of experience helping women untangle the patterns underneath their patterns, she has built a global practice focused on one thing: helping people stop performing their lives and start actually living them.

Her work sits at the intersection of neuroscience, somatic awareness, nervous system regulation, and guided imagery — blending the clinical foundation of her counseling background with the depth and directness she's become known for as a coach. Through private 1:1 coaching, her Liberated Lesbian Membership community, and her podcast the Liberated Lesbian Lounge, she reaches women in over eight countries who are done explaining their boundaries and ready to honor them.

Annie's five books — including The Liberation Year: 365 Days of Choosing Yourself, Later in Life Lesbian: Coming Out Later in Life and Leaving Fear, Overwhelm, & Guilt Behind, and Women with ADHD: Strategies to Beat Overwhelm, Harness Your Strengths & Thrive — have connected with readers navigating identity, burnout, people-pleasing, and the particular exhaustion of being the strong one in every room.

She has a following of over 112,000 on TikTok, where her unfiltered content on boundaries, emotional patterns, and authentic living reaches women around the world. She is based in Texas and works with clients virtually across every time zone.

Annie M. Henderson is a life coach, former Licensed Professional Counselor, Expert Facilitator in RIM, and five-time author helping women break free from people-pleasing patterns and rebuild self-trust. Through private coaching, her Liberated Lesbian Membership, and over 112K followers on TikTok, she reaches women globally with her work on boundaries, emotional regulation, and authentic living. Her books include The Liberation Year, Later in Life Lesbian, and Women with ADHD.

Annie M. Henderson is a life coach, former Licensed Professional Counselor, Expert Facilitator in RIM, and five-time author specializing in people-pleasing patterns, boundaries, and authentic living. She hosts the Liberated Lesbian Lounge podcast and has 112K+ followers on TikTok.

Based in

Texas, USAVirtual sessions worldwide

Experience

10+ yearsCounseling & coaching

Books published

5 titles

TikTok following

112,000+

Certifications

RIM FacilitatorCertified Life Coach

Global reach

8+ countries

01

Why "nice" is making women sick — the nervous system cost of people-pleasing

Annie breaks down what chronic people-pleasing does to the body: the physiological toll of constant approval-seeking, why talk therapy alone often doesn't shift it, and what somatic work and RIM can reach that conversation can't. Ideal for wellness, mental health, and women's lifestyle media.

02

Coming out later in life — identity, grief, and what liberation actually looks like

As a later-in-life lesbian herself, Annie speaks personally and professionally about reorienting your life and identity in your 30s, 40s, and 50s — including the grief, the relief, and the relationships that don't survive the truth. Ideal for LGBTQ+, women's, and personal development media.

03

Boundaries that actually hold — why most boundary-setting advice fails

Most people learn boundary language but still can't hold a limit under pressure. Annie explains why — and what's actually needed (nervous system regulation, not willpower) to make boundaries stick. Immediately useful for general audiences.

04

ADHD in women — the misdiagnosis crisis and the strengths hiding inside the struggle

Women with ADHD are diagnosed later, misdiagnosed more often, and dismissed more frequently than their male counterparts. Annie draws on her book Women with ADHD to discuss why — and what a strength-based, regulation-first approach actually looks like in practice.

05

RIM — the modality going where talk therapy can't reach

Regenerating Images in Memory is largely unknown outside the therapeutic world, and Annie is one of a small number of Expert Facilitator in RIMs practicing it. She explains the science, what a session actually feels like, and why it works when everything else has plateaued. Ideal for wellness, integrative health, and mindset media.

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01The Liberation Year: 365 Days of Choosing Yourself
02The Liberation Year Journal: 365 Prompts for Choosing Yourself
03Later in Life Lesbian: Coming Out Later in Life and Leaving Fear, Overwhelm, & Guilt Behind (Second Edition)
04Women with ADHD: Strategies to Beat Overwhelm, Harness Your Strengths & Thrive, Not Just Manage
05Boundaries in Ink: 21 Days of Truth-Telling to Yourself
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Annie M. Henderson is a certified life coach, former Licensed Professional Counselor, Expert Facilitator in RIM (Regenerating Images in Memory), and five-time author. She specializes in helping women break free from people-pleasing patterns, rebuild self-trust, and live authentically through somatic awareness, nervous system work, and guided imagery. Annie is the founder of the Liberated Lesbian Membership community, host of the Liberated Lesbian Lounge podcast, and has a global audience of over 112,000 on TikTok. She works with clients virtually in over eight countries. Learn more at anniemhenderson.com.